Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-03-15
Virginia Legislature.
aoUsK OF DELEGATES.
~ e5ncsday. .Hareh : 1851.
NOarH YVES .EltN IORNPiKE.

NORTH Wks tEGN IURNPIkE
MIR Caldwell said, be md not cons,der this
House competent tribunal 10 decide th,s
question II lhe amendment proposed ny the
{, e. ieniaa from harrison should prevail, It
w0ui1 place the Engineer IN a n.ulaI di
lemna. II would he remembered dat tie
Amendment adopted by the House on "a
turdsy requires TIE Engineer 20 leeate the
road from CiartsDufg 10 the nearest pracii
cable point Oh lhe Ohio The amendment
now under consideration requires him to ter.
inmate the ROAD at Pafkersbufs There was
evidently discrepancy between the two
prop0slllons--snd believing as b" DID, that
the state Engineer would be mach better
qualified to dsclde upon the most eligible ter
mutation Of the road than tins lisuse eau
possibly be-he, therefore, moved the indef
mite p1stponement oil the Bill ana the
amendments.
MIR Faulkner expressed bimseif decided
Nv favorable 10 the termination OF the North
Western roc.i a, patkersbarg lie bees ed
il to be the tn, point OF ~ esteFa terml-
nation--and thought, that any other location
of the road would materially impair its value
as State Improvement, and lessen its ad
yantages to the country intended 90 be bene
fitted by il The situation of ParkersbuFg
on thu Ohio river, and in reference 10 the
rich valley OF the Seloio, entitled II TO that
distinction lie referred to, and read an ex
tract from the address oil Abe LswisbuTg
Convention, expressing preference for the
Termination OF that road at ParkeIs5urg he
had never, until recently, head ofany other
proposed termination oil that road. MIR i
thought IN the conflicting statements made
60 the House, much weight should be allow
ed to the oplnions of that able aud talented
Convention, embracing, as II Did, much OF
the Intelligence ol Western Virginia, upon
the subject Of Internal lnprovenent--hay
ing been called desIgnedly to consider these
subjects He had himself no sectional feel
ings 10 crafty. lie regarded the enterprise
as stlctly a State improvement, IN which
the interests of the State should be consulted,
not The local views and narrow pariialities OF
any county or neighbourhood An .ndefi
mite postpone mert OF the Bill would accom-
plish his purpose by leaving he entire Wes
tern location To the Engineer
MIR titzhugh SAID the House was travel
ling over the same ground occupied on - OF
day. lhe gentleman from Petersburg had
stated, Anew any objection which had been
disposed OF on that day, ny assuming that
PaikeIsburg was the head q steamboat Ma
vigation MIR + had said in his former re-
marks. and he repeated IT, that tie Ohio Vas
now navigated 10y steamboats, drawing a.
inches as high as Ptlsburg, SO that the sup
posed advaAtag, no longer exists MIR 4
here read a resolution OF this House passed
IN 1899, in which provision Is made Tor the
survey OF d roau from inche,ter to the
nearest practicable POM on the Ohio river.
He also read the report of the Ens in. er IN
which he says he was informed that Par
kersbur. was often the bead of steamboat
navigation This was bls reason for men
tioning Paikersburg, aud his alone. And
that reason no longer exists. But II has
ben SAIL that you are nearer the great Val
ley of lhe Miami aud more convenient 10
the commerce Of the Ohio But Mr.. + was
convinced that lhc access 20 the trade OF that
Stat was easter at Sistersy,ile than at Par
kershurg. The advantage 10 travellers was
decided. as could easil, be shown. liza man
were at Clarksburg Oh his way to the Nest,
he would rather go to SIslersviile a0a take a
Steamboat down the river, than travel 50
miiee by land 10 Pafkersburg. he might |
appeal 30 any droyer whether he-would not
rather take this course than pass through
a barren uuinhahted country, where II was
not possible TO get fodder for his beasts
Then, il WA better To decide as they had,
than send an Engines 10 puZzlr his head
with the representations of contendIug par
ties, and have the quesu referred again 10
The House If III ohlec, was to OBTAIN the
greatest amount Of tulls, the roao ought TO
go to Nist,rsvile, which was in every view
the best point for Its termination.
The question being then taken on the in !
definite postponemgnt, II was decided an The |
ailnmative-Ayes %, Noes 40
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