Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-03-02

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tcrs on The same side, removed ali doubts from
my mind. II the objects uf Internal Improve
'heh's are to ensure certainty ana iacihiY 10 the
| transportation of the products oil national IN
ous'rv and enterprise, surely no dNpaSolonct"
! person will deny, that Raj koad 10 York
| Town, from Richmond, would greatly d:miniSh
| the distance, and consequent expense, and Ia
clIitate the traNspOvlati"n ct The agr!culura!
productions Of Virginia, which may pass to and
from Richmond, TO any ports foreign or Amer
lean. 1t is asserted by Navigate that b rre
of Richmond iuspcClcd flour IN New York, Is
there worth fifty cents more than III Tins place.
| " oud not The price OF 4 barrel OF Hour be en-
| HANGED, If by the certainty ana ,XPedrion
| which Rail Read would afford. -four could
reach tho New York market, earlier hy many
/ days, than il now can thro Oh the long, wind
| ing, circuitous, and Intricate navigation, 1t en-
! counters through the james? Suppose Road
to be 20 llarrisun's Bat; Will all the lniIica
cacics of the RIVER and DELAYS to commerce b.
| avoided. Even should Road be made to
THIS poiut. yet while Shp is loading or sailing
from this Bar to the Ocean, Hour could be trans
ported from Richmond to York Town, SHIPPED.
and the vessel far on 'hc voyage on the Allan
tic. will not al present, Otter an estimate OF
The probable expense v alch must occur, i'm at
temp, ng to remove the various impedments to
navigation, which are presented in James Ri
yer; snch as lorrison's Bar, Turkey Island Bar
r., u Z.
out am induced 10 believe the cost could not
be less ;han that Of Rail Way 70 York. MAY
not possibly tr,qnent applications of funds b.
required TO keep these Bars open to navigation?
All who have sailed on tire James, or have any
knowledge of it, know that the ulluvion Of the
James Is very great. upon thuw of vii ter
SHOWS and III her usual frcShc'S. To these d,i.
fcuhics, and probably additional periodical ex-
penscs, Rail Road to York Town can never
be exposed. 1t is conceded by the writer's in
favor Of James RIVER, hat York River possess
cs advantages The James Ri1er does not possess
"Chares City" admits that "a Rail Road 10
York Town, will approximate nearer the sea
and TO Baltimore If produce should be directed
to that port" VIII 1t no, consequently, approxi-
mate nearer to Philadelphia, New York.
Charicstown, New Orlcans, nay to ali Europc,
II has been Shcwn by "Civis," that one hundi cd
niles of navigation would be saved to COM
mcrce, from Richmond 10 the Atlantic, through
the Roud 10 York; this saving being estimated
III DIRECT line, the distance and difficulties
must be considerably increased, by the numc.
rods slnuosiies Of the james. AT almost every
bend and angle of the RIVER, a breeze which.
Tor short distance, may ne favorable, becomes
adverse. Not so i'll York River; one wind Will
bring ship from sea to the wharves at York
Town; the same wiEd will carry her from the
wharvcs to the ocean. AT 10 time, cxccnt in n
storm can ships tie prevented from .RrArING ont
OF the River, having spacious surface of wa.
ter, and wide channel, to beat in. "Nuv;yator.'
though an advocate for the James, canGidiy con-
icsscs, that "as port of entry, York possesses
advantages BEYOND any location on James Ri
yer, this side of Burwell's Bay" This
writer understands the subject be writes
ufon-hc seems we'll acquainted 18th the coun-
try, on either side OF the James, and the
candid acknowledgment, honorable to the heart
81 The writer,) carries with it an almost irrcsst-
"a 10 q, IL.
and oppressive detentiOns spoken by "Navira
tor" are but too veil known to all mariners who
have trcqucned the river; to the population up
on It's banks, and felt by the r chmond mcr-
chant "Navigator," when writing on the OBJ
structions in the James, says, and says truly.
1.-The nrst in Importance is liarrisons Bar; the
cause oil continual VeXaton, expense and DELAY
TO all engaged in foreign commerce." This
cannot be charged on YOrk-no veXations no
delays, have, FOR ever can, occur in this river
IN II, no mpedinents present to free, unrestrain-
ed navigation, at All SEASONS of the year. to
ana IRON the Chesapeake Bay or the ccean-no
bars OF rock or mud 10 be removed-no liability
to repeated calls to keep these bars opcn-no
suspicion entertained, that if removed the re-
movals would be only temporary, and require
frequent expenditures Of money and labor. and
repeated and reiterated efforts to keep the bs RS
from reforming. The mariner will readily ap-
preclate the value and Importance TO himself and
teilow-laGorers of living, when in port, amids,
the healthy, high land and sea breezes, when he
contrasts them with the niasm he hourly inhaes
from the fresh waters of the James. and its con-
tiguons surkcn grounds. 1t is an axiom COR
tend, IN Commercial polity, thai whatever con-
tributes to diminish expense of Transportation
enhances directly the value of the exported
article. Consequently, the expedition and faci-
hlicS wheel a Rail ROAD to York will afford
"nhcd with the easy, unobstructcd, unimpedcd
navigation 81 its river, must give it claims upon
commercial patronage, which no o'her place,
no OTHER contemplated or suggested route can
present BY this route, the farmers and plant
erS OF the South and West would be relieved
from the heavy annual tax of $50 900, which is
stated W Ma lGatOT as now paid for lIGlItcTaCc
OF produce from Richmond to the shipping: for
though this sum IS pad by the merchants. the
farmers, and planters ultimately pay, because it
is GeGuctcd from the purchase money of their
products, or estimated in the price given. Gave
lhe rail rood 10 York, and ali the expenses viii
De comparatively nothing. Give the rail way
10 YORK, and Inc products ofthe soil viii increase
IN value: consequence of the certainty and
faclity OF transportation. Give the rail road
and Richmond viii feel it's consequence to hcr
IN every branch and minute ranifcntiou Of
her industry, and III the increased value Of her
real property. Give the rail road to York. and
The produce Of the work will INSTANTLY in
crease Ill value, because of the certainty
ana expedition, Ar ALL pERGops OF THE
YEAR. that this chtnuel, to markets at homo
or abroad, will afford 10 it-snoo,hing and
quckonlng the intercourse Of her ciIizcns
WIN our sister States, East, North or South
Permit me Sirs, TO draw your attention tn
a few data, which may further ciucdate ihs oucs.
ton Of the rail road. Facts, speak to the under
standing; arc ineontrovertble by argument They
speak more than volumes Of theoretical hvpo
lhctIcal reasoning. What arc the facts alluded To-
Those relating to tho ships Richmond and TnIlv,
10, published from the Norfolk Beacon, in The
Richmond Wing, of the 18th inst The papcr ;s
before me- there can be mistake in the quota.
uon make. After noticing Tie short passages
ut these ships, from Uampton Roads to Enoland