Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-10-14
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


AZ ,he route a" ,6e o'ofsd road from Lynch.
burg to New River Upper K,nawh s,o..eI III
Blue Ridge and legnsuy, il was emed advi,abls 60
po'pine opeui0g books ,ub,csip ion aa,il T.. prac
bi'iiy was drmons rd hy an as,u.l survey AID 40
estimate mad, by rk,liu Fnd exper enc-d Eogiues
's probable cost Too'e duties have been pei fern
ed, aod ihs Bard o: Commissioner Lyrc C! burg
b"vs the sa'fseron Of preSeDiiug herrw, b cory o.
ibe Engineers R.por; hey have also appointed Tu>,
dy, the h'. day OF Noven Der neat tor opening book
OF subscIipiiJD ia This
Tne pubis IL Already a2pi'ed that il will belong 10
tie Company (roi 10 N" B,.rds of Conrni.sonsn1 o
make i's own le,iiin he ront, on which tho rail
road shall b. located, and 10 aiCp lie plan cen
srus'ior. Ths rCues iced IN hs above II por, are
iour 10 aunt e' anil he Plan which the e.m tie is
ea'ed, 10 graduation foe loe motives, a single tack
r!e.eDi, Inc VI preparations or another track s..
willis, he B1efd believes ihs, he limited time A :
lowed the psiusipaI Engineer and his AS i,,sn,s 10
hi, exploration, ha boen employ by them faithfully
and ably, hey cannot doWoi thai full a miputs
surveys viii lead 10 considerable reduction OF the
difiisue' and 10 the dsyoopmsDt Of facil,s end ad-
manages OF conIirus,ion, moi heretofore believed TO
eyii.
tt terms Of the shaTtsr ia spirit o! liber,lity
bseomns the pr j-c,ion OF in proven, nj impor,sn
Ia Itself, but grea ly more link in a cham son-
meeting he trade Of Chesap-ske Bay with tie Ooio
river, and vita Steam navis ton III. Tennessee.
The charter IL no, iiied time the giant per
peiusi. The tells are liberal 10 exsess being eigh
cents per Ton per mile all transportation, aud nv,
Gems mile for pssseDgerf which tho somp,-
ny ", wi bout dc ub voluntarily dmiri.h, but which
ufD'h an assurance that investments 10 ito sock will
oue or more tracks, aud may select it's own route ia.
EiseIn termination being james river Al Lynshburs
aud 'he Western on any Pon, TN New river.
Va ious estimates OF the amount OF ranspori alton
bave been laid bere the eemmun y: estimates prspar.
81 wi h great care and with mucl opparen ut sapdour
Inc lowest e'iuIde CT the amount on ihii rail way
suPpGSIGg 10 other etiog improvement 20 b.
made 1. oFy 'houiani tons Annually; but Tho Board
will not venture esaae Of its annual irsnsporia ion
IN 'he event OF iis extension t. iDerseei with steam
boat CATION TeBne,sss river and ito sonus con
oil at nd Kan. h..
The atetiai ob'siicns 10 tue navg .ion OF Kanawhs
se (nsa. iho III u Ia o. Giulsy) com toe Coy.ng
ton spd Geenbrer route wsli a, 70 This: IL
Ter one, the ohsr vii parue pate in its beneh
The capital suh'r:ssd by tie Charter 10 be rai,sd
n The hfs nsa' c., six bupdred thousand dollars
in Gig thousand shares Of one hundred dollar, easb
but tbe company, after its may increase
Iva capital TO Twelve thousand hares OF one hundred del
lr' each la he event OF such mtreate, Tho p:iy
ege OF su.s"ibug ter such additional share, 10 grant
co 10 Tue 81 ckbolter and either al VI FIRST or Sc
sond OPP nil OF books OF subscription, moro shares
subfei bed for tha1 autb rised 10 b, taken the
C0mtDisiioBeTs 10 reduEe them pr ipoFtionatIy,
Two dollars on sAc shars taken, and part thereof are
TO be paid to The Commissioners al Iho place OF sub
'sripor; the baaOce 20 be paid in sueh iB,tanent.
and a. SUCH times as Tbs President and Dresiots Of
the company may require. IL appears probable iha
The hrst iDstslmeLt, Of five or ten dollars On cash
snare VIII be sailed Tor 10 April, May June nexl
snd ano'her such in'iament In tho fall OF The year
10 the begin Ing oi 1888 tbs work may progress
rapidly, as the pqusiio surveys aud locations NAV
have bsen complsfsd
In eous'u'iOp, The Board will remark, that lh,
seh;ms 10 nO@ submitted 10 !hs publis-ibat IL depend.
tor sueooD on Individual subscriptions -hr, whiia il
IL notorious that immene surplus capital 10 the nor h
eTn eiloS IL seeking inVesmsn', in stosk (and In rail
read stock e'preidyJ it would be unsais TO RELY on
o'heTh ug Tor ehii fell 10 do for ourselVss-
iba' our local knowledgs enables us 10 perceive The
snVsn'ges q ILVisnel's in his stock; bu the isrdy
1oObjeqce OF sauous ssogers must be gradually wot
ny 'ussessY9 deVeop'men's-ibs', though our SAFE
ooes nor sonsin an eqnh number of large espi aiiss
Wtn on, n0fheIn sisters, YET she sams re'uli may be
obtained by esen Individual contributing according 10
bBmesu'--~ihsi a sebsms promising yre,,e, sdo.n-
tHges 10 The community or s,fsr and more oro6,,bi.
irves roeLts, can be hard mlsinsd--,hat II he IN
vain 70 look Tor tbs aceonpishm OF ihs wh,s lin.
o. improve msrts n his ops link eannst bs madsand
mar ~ reoIle Of Virginia will MT ent hem,elv,
YIN ~ ninse pinibs and s5oriive 'horis, willis,
We O. I'VE OF other States less favored by manure are
a.h'ok' "nh nave attained, soDdi ion Of unpsfsl'el
ed p'"p'n y 'utsioed and EXTENDED by each sueess.
svs 0ofk.
by order 81 Tho BoEd
HENRY DAVIS, Chairman
WEI. VI. RiYgs, SecrefdTV