Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-10-15

tempt TO hunt up the record-consult lis edings-
Judge for lay the result of research
es, frankly and freely without ear favor or
before the public We go for Measures, not Men.
RAILROAD TO FREDERICKSBURG
The great advantages OF this road will be obvious to
every one who examines the subject. Many of them
have been already pointed out in the public papers IL il
confidently believed, that the income from and
The transportation OF the mail will pay fair interest
the capital; provided the road be udicousy laid out and
economically executed The country is very favorable
and abounds in excellent materials. BY pursuing the raj
lies, great saving the expense of excavation will re-
suit aud increase the distance little, to be unworthy
oil notices thus making the road perhaps cheap any
that has been ever constructed in this country.
Richmond and Fredericksburg would sensiby fee
the vantages OF such road, and the whole
country derive ncalcuabe benefits from it, The far.
mers on each side OF the road for many miles, could easily
bring their produce 10 places OF deposit freight points
on The road and have them cheaply and expediiousy
transported to whichever market they preferred. far
ner in the interior OF Hanover Caroline who makes
thousand bushels OF grain for market has 20 pay from
10 to 20 cents per bushe for getting market and
liable to loss from delay damage and theft The trans
portalon on Rail Road would be third half of the
cost of the present MOLE Now any one calculate the
amount OF saving, arising from this difference in a series
OF years. and hoo long would be before
ed TO the c0e raiue Of the land which this produce
is raised! Say that of land produces hit b,I-
shells only OF wheat, in parts Of Caroline and Hanover,
whence the transportation 10 market is Is per
This acre OF land then worth dollar and eight
per dnum less than OF the fertility i'm the
immediate vicinity of market II it produce four barrels
OF corn the difference is still greater; for, corn sci
dom bears price that will justify twenty thirty
miles oil land transportation This view of the subject
applies 10 all situations and countries and is the strong
argument in favor OF internal improvements generally
The saving in freight Is sensibly felt by individuals
and the aggregate amount left by it in the hands
OF the producers is very great Every vocation in
dustry trade is alike benefited. This saving is in
fact profit, and sufficiently great where improvement ts
have been made TO any extent, give new lite and ami
nation TO whole people We have abundant proofs OF
this in the States North of Turn your ewes TO our o,y
Petersburg Her enerpIising people and those its
ha frur faH
endence OF one OF native sons) TO the Roanoke and
we see that has already impaired industry
nation 10 that town and the whole country TO the Roa-
noke Lands have risen in price, and disconnected peo-
pie have ceased TO think much OF emigration. Agrcu-
ural and other improvements i'll follow
quence; and The whole egion within the benefits
road, must ere long wear smiling and prosperous
tenance.
Until the introduction of turnpike and steam boat trans
poraon Ia The West lands were low and produce worth
less, except for the consumption of stock What now
the aspect OF that region Prosperous beyond any thing
recorded of young people, in the annals of the world
Why should the people of Virginia sleep on in istIess in
difference and permit the forests and brars continue TO
encroach upon habalons The great scheme of our
western communication certainly OF primary
in every point OF view Should the efforts now making
fail in raising the necessary capital seems 10 me- that
difficulty be felt by the Legislature in re modelling
the charter, to permit the work 90 OIL with The
funds now subscribed and when they shall be exhaust
ed auborse the company if the remainder of the
cannot be taken in the time, to borrow the defcen-
The State would hazard nothing in becoming respon-
ble Tor the loan. throw this idea under the hope
hat III VIII ne considered. by the time the
are expended, il is than probable that the work will
be able 10 stand onits footing and credit One OF our
monied institutions when the United States Bank shall go
down, (as IL must) become sensible OF its errors and
consult its interest, well as that of the State
Bn il has been said, that the Fredericksburg and Rich
mond Rail Road ought to be postponed until the James
River scheme ges throsgh This might be gIeat a
delay do not the necessity OF pausing about al
ALL Surely Richmond is poor but that she mig hi
contribute handsomely towards the scheme, notwitbstand
ing her very liberal subscription the improve
men Fredericksburg will do her duty. The counties
OF Caroline and Hanover large and wealthy, and with
but little assistance, ought 10 be able the work
themselves. That to such work, promising so many
advantages and the certainty OF handsome profits hay
doubt, subscriptions will be obtained from elsewhere
Of considerable amount.
The consumption OF coal in Fredericksburg, Alexan.
da, WashDgtOO and Georgetown at present greatly
ceeds what one unacquainied with that trade could sup
pose And II this facility Of getting it from Richmond
isted, that consumption it is thought would he more
than doubled The tolls from this would be great
and when united with those from travelling, the mail ant
the transportation Of agricultural and other produc lions
the amount could not fail TO make the stock valuable
moned men certain of income.
Subscriptions 10 such stocks usually paid by easy
instruments, and generally not embarrassing
subscribers many other money engagements Indeed
it has frequently happened that the have beer
paid so gradually that the sums constituting Them would
have been spent in extravagance have Otherwise
OF service. In other words, subscriptions this ma
ture not unlike savings Banks. The amounts FINAL,
become Of value and yield important additions TO inc ONE
I'm whatever point OF view consider this road, il
is important Its so, both regards the commercial i'm
eresis of the two be connected and the int
rests of the intermediate country and the great tho
rougare OF the principal travelling from North 10 South
II mast strike every scheme OF peculiar interest
II would have the effect Of bringing it the greater par
of the travelling from North TO South, by the Csrersvill,
and the Lynctburg routes For, its connection with the
Steam boats Potomac Creek and with The PETERSBURG
and Roanoke Rail Road would give rapdiy and safety
I which none Of them enjoy Nby, then, should we
hesitate about W The expense surely cannot be beyond
the means OF those interested The Legislature will take
wohhs oil the stock, and the other three can be made
up by spirited movement. Let the survey be made i'm
mediaely, and the charter Obtained work ~
the spring. II wait for the Legislature TO make the
survey, whole year, and perhaps may be lost
Pfocrasnaon Is The beseitng sin In the Virginia charac
4 ter. Let us, then, be up and adding. HENRY.
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