Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-08-09

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ways on the route OF small canals where epo,cer
is 10 be used, instead OF cutting hr coca iona re
mnenees, resoring TO cend.og or desse ndiny loo
IL the suggestion OF MAT geea, man was wei founded
how much more si6e mus inclined plane be- wi ere
todter p0tcer can BE- used! We hear much of late q
the power OF s'acnTy steam ines on rail road, IA
| surmount great tl-vston', but believe .ve,y Enei
neer admits 'he superiority OF wa,-r-power whsre l.
can be obtained on the score OF econoy al i.a. Ia.
stead Of dspuiipg about the relative ben. ii ~ canals
and all road, 'hou'd MT be ,urpi-d that fore
distant period, the should be consd red aim
versa ly an useful accessory 10 The her. es,.ci.v
when the route Is parallel 10 tr cipi,ous ,iv.r
iorbear TO enter upon 'hs con d-ra ion OF the effects
OF an easy and expeditions ccmmuaic ai,n The
basin aud the dock a, Richmond, ecause IN 4, self wi
den, tn all who send duee OF any SORT down James
riv r. or receive goods from sbroat hrous that ch
ne, mus, fecth benefit OF TIA, nunie lion To
the Coal trade II IL OF ytll i'm ror sncr. yIATOR
TO THE EDITORS OF THE ENQUTRER.
PHILADELPHIA, July 30, 1881.
While Virginia Is wasting in apathy and inactivity
this period of general i'm the internal i'm,
provement OF the states, Pennsylvania Is using The
most strenuous exertons TO mature and finish the n,-
merous schemes OF such nature, which have been pro
jected and commenced in the different sections of the
state.
The amount expended by Pennsylvania, in the pro.
secuon oil such works. within the last ten we RS, is said
to be not less than IL Is millions of dollars; and ne
enterprises have been adopted and part of them com
meneed, which 1t is said will demand the expenditure
OF the further sum OF eight millions of dollars
friend OF mine is preparing for list of these
several plans OF Improvement, including detailed
statement of their several costs their objects and
vanagcs and the effects which may be pected TO fol-
low their completion This will be forwarded 10 YOU as
received.
The effect OF the improvements already made, has
been so FAR TO increase the value of real property where
yer the lines OF canal rail road have appros ched
valley district of the state in some cases so per cent
and in Others reblng the former estimated value of
such property. This estimate bears no simiiude
to the extravaganza rise in the price of lots lands in
Virginia, which succeeded the late war, when specu
laons in them followed by such general and ruin
Gus cons ,quences but rests upon the actual
facilities furnished TO the of the lands i'm getting
the produce Of the 10 market as well as i'm gen.
era increased prosperity in the condition of the inhab
tants of the state.
In the meantime, send you sketch of tho enter
prize undertaken by company chartered by the adj
Joining stale OF New Jersey, which from circum-
stances in its character renders worthy the notice of
thosa states which contemplate similar improvements
Ii bids lair to be one OF the most important works which
has been is likely to be, engaged in; whether re
garded as promoting the prosperity of Philadelp h or
by yielding large returns TO the stockholders.
Some facts attending the grant this charter are Civ
en-, which may be worth notice, beacons TO guard
virginia from similar incautous injudcious dispose
ton of the national domain or power.
Knowing your desire to obtain and dIilse useful in
formation TO your countrymen, make apology for
transmitting this sketch TO you for insertion i'm your pa
per for its dressThis you will see is rough in
the extreme IN consequence chiefly of the seye and
Ill state oil health under which Il has been cole ted
and prepared but the facts contained in it. NAV gene
raliy be relied upon as drawn from the authentic
before the public.-The few remarks added must mass
Tor what they are worth, from attentive considera-
ton OF the facts stated.
CAMDEN AND AMBOY RAILROAD
Camden is a sms village on the Delaware orposie
in: City OF Philadephis where the river 10 about
mile in BREADTH South Amboy 10 seated al the head
OF the Rrsn Bay, 81 miles aad ten chains Il ON Cam.
den' as measured ty the course OF the tarsad aud il.
about 81 miles from he City Of Ne York. Gov wa'er)
making the whole distance from Camden TO New
Y otk, rather less than sc miles.
The Charter for the Ill Road from Camdan IN c -
boy was granted by the Legislature OF New Jersey
early in 1880 Surveys for the designation OF the lice
OF The road, were begun In June, 1880 By pur,uin,
course near the Delaware river, a very favsr,bIs
route has been discovered, very dree, lire so that
in many places there is not Tor Mills any deviation
from s!rais hi line.
The estimate of the epaineer for ora1i,o tho ,Lo.
extent of the road, 81 miles 10 chains ineIujjng brdg
es, &C. G235, 935 80. Contracts for hi, nnrnoso
were soon after made, 900 nj hin this snm
South AHboy, where the road terminates a. the s,.
tern end, is one OF the finest harbours in the United
STATES accessible at all seasons for the Urges. vessels
rom the sea and from New York; that the connu.
nsaon with Philadelphia and foreign countries by this
route, will be uninterrupted The sontracts for ieyei.
lag we Track Tor The road are aad TO be all
aud the laying OF the rails from Amboy B.rden,on
on tue delaware, was TO have been begun about the
2O'h oil July; and they will be finished, 60 a, TO be
used, early IN the present auiumn-hat it, from Bar
denton to South Amboy, 10 which place, the
on eaeh side, at present run. Ths graduation OF ,ba,
part OF The line from B.rden,on TO Camden has beer
commenced, and Temporary rails will be laid until IN.
walk properly settled, TO admit Of the MT rail-
single track only will be laid frst This will allow
OF the transportation Of materials for second track AL
most without cost Locomotive engn IS arc 10 he us ID
ihese may safely be estimated 10 move at the rate o
10 miles per hours this will give hours for the tri,
from Camden 10 Amboy and allowing hours 10 r.aet
New York from Ambov gives hours for tie ,rjp from
Philadelphia 10 New York.
;. Amboy, possessing The advantages il Joas for ,
pore OF entry AID departure, during tho winter months
and having added 10 the facilities fer ran,porntion n
the eargoes OF merchant traders by the rail road
become an important point Tor the mercantile
OF Ph'd slpha iodsper entity of the advantages of il
nearer connection with New York
ne tolls and freight for these cargoes must treble tbe
profits now derived from this source and the passage n
persons across the state Of New Jersey The sum now
received Tor light freight and the passage of persons
by the present conveyances, is estimated to exceed
Soop'0Oo The completion of the whole of this grea
WORK mas been calculated as not likely 10 exceed s. .
SO that is probable, when the road gets full,
INTO operaona greater amount will be annually return
ed 10 the stockholders than was paid in the first
LOT the execution OF the whole work.
This charter or 80 years. may perhaps be REGARDED
as the most imProvident, il you please liberal gram
ever made by state TO company of individuals and
IS believed to have been the result OF deep-Iad spec
atiopthe stock is now principally in the hands ~ tbe
large capitalists of N. York AID Philadelphia. Where
Whole community were anxious 10 become siarers oil
the stock, as was the fact in this case il proves thai
some management must have been employed TO throw
the mass OF IL into the hands of few. Had the work
been executed the credit the state of N Jersey
ample fund would have been provided for the compile.
non oil every desirable work of the kind i'm the State
and perhaps large surplus applicable to objects Of
education, Sc.
The same company have also been allowed to take
The stock authorized TO be raised for cutting a cana
rom the Delaware TO the Rariian River, and have pur
chased out all the turnpike companies from the one IA
ne other, and thus secured TO themselves monopoly
OF the transit business Of every kind, during tbecon
"nuance OF their charter go years.)
Ils proper, however, TO add that the State has re.
served portion Of the stock OF these companies for III
own bene6t.The rail road through its whole exten,
II Is SUPPOSED will be fnished bx The end Of he No