Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-06-09
GREAT WESTERN RAIL ROAD.


Cantlymen--Iu the annual creation, ! know
oniv of QUE bird, tina, II en- rsppe0, is so stupid
q. 70 need 20 enclosure to MS chge. lhIs IL
M. Mid Turkey. lie rufsues tue ita,u into the
I'm and .6en,js the little lite that Is itft 10 hun
h, IN. enemy, man, M looking upwards anu,
Ike his tor, ueyrI niIks vi retracing his steps,
Ibus. IT IS tth chose InteintI improvement
Eupineers anu their iIiends AFFECTED With ny
drucYphaius. Their lendencits aie all waleIy
aud il all the present faGa pi ImP'oseTs do
net die OF the complaint. am much m.leke".
There is another Class, winch meg be 'erneu
pnt.-lmprovers, who are UNIV Ilihg iGhi PIliitI
The o,a,e OF the u. States sbo",d ~ any ihing
Loans must not tic made by the SLATE, nor
uouey advanced by the y. States. LdIsSes
nous fare, IL their motto. In sbor - Golhlng
viii eontent these rerso"s bul the delightful
Inactivity OF Diusenrs In hIs tub ; bna ths,
otlers should no, intercept tbeIr sunshine h
tH mat thes REQ .lfe."
Aud. wtt.e these gentry are basking in
thea .ubs MARY land pfp.larns Iha' She M
tsu1s 10 have The commerce OF the Ntst Wcs-
tcin Vmginia re- choeS he cry, aui calls ton
tie opeuIrg oftne Ia tnneis TO TIN PaIapsco Ia
l1-.e5ence To those OF he James.
In this spun, the Legs atuie al Virginia ad
iuuins and leaves on the journal '"u or lhI &c
monuments, ere pertnnius, OF the interest II
,iskps IN the w.ilnfe oi rs co"s ltnents.
From Mir. Summers, lean hat " untoTtu-
nateiy, the slu ce navie alton MAS adopted
ION the kanau ia and has proved any Thing
rather than an improvement. 1he use "
S..ap,hoats mas been Destroyed, nj ,ersaia sta
"ee. OF the waters noI, nss HE facility ii hay.-
ysiiun IA any other mode, been increased
Tins vas atcumpaultG with hn annual tdk vi
Sl2oDU,ur an iut. res,at . PER At OH $24a 900.
Wei does M. SUBMITS obs"rvr tnat :" II l.
enc ol those instances IN With experience
hes been bought aud, II Is 10 tie trusted viii
prove p,ohlab!e 10 The State.
Apa,n. as 10 suicins and locks and dams, n
ereaI stress was laid on tue advantages Of Tue
LATER on tue Scba, iklii. FMS LeI,ese has CIV
en- WAY 10 a Rail lioad, & from APPROXIMATIONS
received from petsons VINO have passed ~,
save no douh, Of lis totIip.
Now, IN spite o. all TINS eAI erience, IN spiie
Of rs earue .Hhd pttCucdI IA ophi0h, as Is
sny whore 10 te ioaud, on the sn jc'tui it'rr
Navigation IN the Encyclppedih bfaann,ea, "
pubi,sl.ed in the Richmond Enquirer OF the -
Alti,---.n spne OF all "a sc lacts, dops the LIZ
gisaiure urdtr II survey oithe Jaiues and The
SHENANDOAH, with u view TO thelr Improve
Meat by locks and dams.-And, as II Is f!rgi
ordered, presume II " Ill receive tie fIrst at
trntiou of the Board oil Works. do ~. iron
KNOW, Gge, ia tins ver! Buasd retontn'u'
llted a luhn ot one 4 half o. iHO Million,
win view TO this mode of Improvement and,
10 ute OF tue seli-eyii-nt conclusion, that a
tesltlcred navigation at he end OF an lures
tIct,d Rail kpsJ, could never answer the dt-
sired purpose.
hope am not guilty OF presumption, IN be-
l'ving that the great obstacle to Kan TOAD
daeci to Lynchburg from Petersburg or Rich
mond is the TACT, that OF the whole State debt
Of 6S9, 039 there aie ) 24O, 100 con racted
10 loans or the James. Hence, that II Roads,
Turnpike Roads only, but COW ertIble into Rail
Roads, had received proper ana PRIOR attr''
toa, thu pu Ii deb, W ~ d nave been Ou S343
$50, an the 81, 246 900 saved or,lf MOI saved
it would have been usetully aud ethcaclously
SPENT
Prompt, in eligent and rrescent statesmen
as soon as the practical value OF Rall Roads
was demonsr ated, y ould have said, throw a
way, or rather consider as lost. your mi'spen'
si246,OOO and begin a-ne~. 1t IS tut t2e
miles to Lynchhurg by Iand--tor 5000 pei
mule or 100000 you can lay down fai
i"ad and, tie surplus profit of this sum WI
s"aole youIo red'em your $l.246OO0. In
s'tsd of this. the State WIS asked 10 spsnc
F'o0O, 900 on problemat ical scheme, i"steae
st2o,Ooo on one which the experience o.