Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-08-15
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INTERNAL IapRovgMrNr-Noe


npou inisidpai sad I,ahlie interest
And FIRST. asio its effects upon individual
Interest. That which actual experiment has
proved 10 he true, has acquitted a strength
which mere argument could never throw
fronnd n. The certainty that Internal afii-
f2isl eommnnieais ons where they have mol
been provided by nature Ia . degree superior
TO Hrt,"Ill greatly Tsdaoe toe price % trinspor.
tahon, has been aScertained beyond Il Jaht nni
BY solitary, bat by numerous snd never
! falling examltes. The reason is manifest To
avery one. la Tue interior of countries not
provided by Providence VITA OCEANS, BAYS and
hikes, or large streams having considerable
| depth oil wFt"r, The obstacles 10 transportation
| mhk"'n unsafe. tedious and expensive ; conse.
qtenily, as time Is shortened Tum potat 10
! pom, aud safe,, secured, so wiI the ~ zee OF
ir insportalion be le,sened L wherever, these
| obstacles exist, rem val OF them by the ran.
strnclion OF artificial channels, will always
produce these .if.o,s.-Ihe only thing TO hs
/ con Id,red in every undertaking will be the
bmnusi OF transportation 10 be conducted ON
the line o improsement, and its probable in
CREASE This Information can always b. &C
qnired b. a>crrtainng the pUpul don, aud ca
pachy Of the soil, on TIE iine.-ii the popnla-
iion he fil, all calculations must DO based
upon the then quantity if not full, reliance
,nay he had upon fdnre increase aud th =,
by ascerfan,ng the CO ot the Improvement,
and tn an,o nut Of transportation. tie exact
capacity oil he tra5e 10 sustain Ia" expend-
ture On The imp; ovement viii tie a-teuaaed
As before remarked, whoa there Is sol
capable Of agriculture, and of Sustaining a
ioisfahIe dense pup,daiinn, there viii always
br - saving, vii IA opeTGtcs clearly IN iasour
0t The agr iruilnrst. A small comparison Will
best llins,iae this truth: On Jamas iiiver,
above Richmond. the average coI oil transpoi-
'at'ou IS J cents per mile per ton on the NJ"
York aud Erie canal Q cents, includlrg toll !;
| on the Balilmore AMI OHIO Rail Road, about
. IL on the Chesareake bay.abom on the
| Chesapeake aud OHIO Canal, about ID
speak from memory as 10 The two last, nnd ma,
no. be accurate. but am nearly SOD From
| his comparison Il is manifest how goat ia,
! disadvantage L. tue James River agrtcntnrists,
who rely a. on the natural channel oi that riv-
- for tran,pnitailon. Ihis disadvantage result.
| from thee canse,-ls, want ut eqnal depth
! Of water 2dly, tue ncapacity of the river for
The employment of large YES, ell, aud 8 iIy ,
! speed arising from shadows Il other ebsirut-
tons. When tie vessels when Gpa' upoa the
ocean al compared with tho small craft whl,h
navigate rivers, the advantages oi tue depth o
! water are manifest aud need not be enlarged
upon. As a stroog proof, lot .ve'y rejecting
man ask himself II the cost OF transportation
from Richmond 10 Europe was rs heavy rs
from Lynctburg TO Rchuoud, according Ia
distance, what arttcl. Of prodp.l'on would
sustain the expense THIS pIHV"s clearly the
advantages arising from 'nereascd depth o.
Wates. and the use OF vesse's capable OF hravs
tonnage. From tins cause has theie been
su.h SAVING in transportation on ca"ai.
and the principles of the reasoning appl)
with tul force to Rail Roads. In poin, OF speed
aud safety they are decidedly superior To tue
ocean itseIf--vessfis and cars employ ed on tnt III
not being hale to be delayed Dy storms, Gains
or adverse ~ind,, but their ptogiess IS cor
unual aud uninterrupted, nor are they Liable /"
be wrecked by htavy gaes. BY these hrihcih'
| channels of transportation the iaf'net has
the adyaI iage VI such speed that he "i"y avail
himself OF ID sudden ise IN the pri'e OF pro
dace and carry INFO market man articles,
which, without them, would aot bear the COS
Of Transportation. lilbcse effects are produced,
As they cer.alnly lave been, aud certainly
will bt, wherever tried, there IS not only say
ing in the actual coat OF transportation, but the
value OF property is Invariably added TO, and
wIth il an Increased spirit OF improvement and
increase Ut commerce. IheSe effects have
teen invariably produced, wherever these M
recommendations haVa been opened aud
cannot he misunderstood except by those who
will ,ot sec. VINO thai is acquainted win tho
history of English commeIce-wno that has
|
l.liou, and the rapid advance ~ The piics oil
lands on til lines Of The New York, penns,l-
vanis and Oh,o improvements--.Bni must at
know ledge this taci And when II is seen,
" no bui must acknowledge he wisdom which
conceived and tue enterprise whch executed
them The author has II, from suod anihof-
IT, that lands on the New York Canal, which
aic now valued at 500 the acre, "eIe dilhcnlt
OF sale nj -, before the Canal was consi'uc-
ed--and snt h is promising 10 he The effect OF
the iynproyements in Quo and PeDnsy lyania,
when they shall have been completed. When
we reflect that al the burdens OF uanspoi
tation are Upon agriculture, aud tbat every cent
| RLica it costs is n dead loss TO the grover.
II should be y desderstnm Of great moment
10 lessen lis much as possible this lax, which
ia annual upon his lahour aud industry for as
| YOU lessen this tax, 50 you advance the value
Of every article carried MO market, and the
saving is nett gain 10 the grower. This ,an
Tor transportation IS not 10 be considered al
an end when the produce is IN market, nor Is
the amount pad To get il 10 market to be re-
gafded as he actual cost. Ii IS 10 be charged
with the cost of the return transportation OF ev-
cry article If merohandize ~hich the agricui-
tur.t receives ~ exchange Tor his produce,
| with an accumulation OF the merchants profit.
! Hence The SAVING in going and returning
ar 20 lie con- ldrr-d Ia The s""st'"c'Ioo OF eve
~ line OF inf.s communication. Lei. then, ihe
IA ner "f Virginia calmly and deliberately
estimate the 1sI which he pays on The PREDICTS
4 Of his farm 10 the present slate OF trauspotta-
ton annually. and then multiply :. by ten or
fifteen years saving Oh hill improved state Of
transportation, and esk himself IT he would
not actually save more, in the reduced price.
iban he v ould be compelled 10 pay towards
the best scheme which can he proposed If
conducted with proper economy Tue answer
/ is manifest: ne UiH.
Our views of the value of internal improve.
ments, end their capacity to meet thur co-s,
are DOT TO be limited one or two years opera
ton but, in a country like our's, one should
look iuto the bosom OF iuIurity, and see anna
ally, with tie increase OF population, the IN
crease of labouT, and toe consequent Increase Of