Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-09-13
Fmternal amspr0vcmcnt.

AND ROANOKE Rail RoID
vrea, $500 nH sep, 1'-fhe all absorbing interest OF Ibis
s'oa' pu"''c Work, causes every movement towards its ,c-
conplshmcnt to be vie wed with more than oriin,ry :,
uSHcuoh-ahd The inquiries continually made OF u. as TO
Us progress, awaken an anxious desire 10 cherish. bv ava.
ry means IN our power, the well founded conyictio, Tia,
.e oe.t hopes ol this community are identified with us
eomp'enoh' WIKI whs, solicitude then, should we l,ok
a.. u circumstances which may favor its advance.
men'' and Insure its speedy accomplishment The funds
nav T. mum moo'te IN all enterprises of this character.
~ u promptly furnished to tho~e who are chorypd
WIN Tho disbursement OF them. This is a general .3g
gesuon-i us only applicability TO the case in hand. being
perhaps, a little more taIdiness with, some of t,o s,h..t;
oers IN paying in their quotas, than was to he eyncc,od
from ue urgent necessity of pressing the work to con
avisit OF inspection through he line of the Ro,J bctwonn
tl' place aud Suffolk. They express themselves wen,
sa''sn@d with tho progress made by The contractors on tln
oener paris OF 'he ro'I, and especially are they graiiGed 10
ho,ce' thc greater facility than was anticipated. in ora.ii,,
nv laying Vs foundation for tis Rails in that part of tha
Dismal swamp through which the road is 10 mass hm.
tween this and Suffolk. The soil for the mos, nrr, he;nr
pIpe,riay, aud ai'ording an excellen, bssis. / is conf,
uehuy believed that no serious obstacle will he on,,soJ 10
their progress, and that should there be no heavv rains
Ur aoout three weeks TO come, that section of liza Raj
will be reIdy TO receive the rails. Verv hsnIsomo noS'
eress has also been made by Messrs. Knox s. Co. Can.
tractors for the section nearest to SulIolk-,he graI;no
being nearly completed the dressing Of the timber nres,
P"r1o'y 10 Inc laying down oil the Rails, was commenced
on tuesday last about two miles from that town.
rom the energy AMI devotelness of the CONTRACTORS 70
the important object, litlc doubt exists that the ,yorL y-fn
oo eH'c'ed "iihin tho time stipulated while a more fl.
Vorao'e circumstance towards its prosecution could no, he
quoted man That the preparatory operation OF grazing the
lpan ana making it ready tor the Rails, has fallen c,nsiicra.
o,y sslow the estimate presented by the Rcport Of Ar
CrOzet. VT
The Iron Rails and Locomotive Engine have lon, snco
oeen ordered from Liverpool, and a reply received from
the Agent employed, that they should be furnished vr;,h.
me utmost promphIude. They are, therefore, expected
70 arrive IN Il short time, and should no disspooint,nn,, -
cur rom this quarter, and The season prove iavor,bIc liz
Road 10 Suffolk, ii is confidently belle we'd, will be reaJv
Tor travelling by Christmas.
1t affords us satisfaction TO state that survey "a and, Io,...
mo whole country between Suffolk aud the Roanoke have
beeh male, the levels taken, aud from these dat, II o,iu
romans Tor the Engineer, whose arrival il shortly loot,I1
,,or, 10 designate The most judicious line for the RoaA-this
the grading and construction Of the Road.
W lie chief obstacle TO tho advancement Of t,o yorL
mas oeen found IN the difficulty OF procuril q lGb0ureys in
sithcieht numbers, a difficulty, which il is hoped. the
mnsnnSo OF me enterprise will aid in obviaiing. by exert.
hS 10 me utmost, such means as they may possess I'm
SEM iabourers into a vineyard from which such bounihrI
remuneration may fairly be anticipated.-Beacon
Petersburg RAIL.RoAD-Th communication ~,
tweeh the James and Roanoke rivers is now randi. easv
emi peT'ec', by means OF the Petersburg Rail Road. A.
'hus foan mas become a very important link in the ch ain of
communication between the North and the South. tina ei.
TORS oil the Petersburg lnielligencer have Obtained from a
h'ehu' Tor Tie Information of travellers, the following stale
ment OF ls Advantages :-.4ieE. Goz.
me MAI and Passengers are now transported, bv aid
OF me h'ii- Road, between Petersburg and Fayeucyirlc
IN 30 hours-disitnre 2fO miles-from this town n r. ,In'
more, by TIE way of Norfolk, by Steamboats, i'm % bonrs.
Dy me way OF Washington in 30 hours; from B .Iimorc IN
rhhade'ph'd IN nine hours; making the whole time takeniu
travelling from Fayetteville, ~. &, throupb pet.,slurn, -
Phildelphia, but seventy three hours-and such il La,
rangement oil thc line, tiat the passenger are no, disturb.
Gu OF 'heiT rest bat one night. The road fom Biokelev
70 FSyetteV,ilc, Is known 10 be one OF the best i'm the
southern states, aad tie horses and coaches first rate W.
are not aware, that any route of communication fro,n ,o
SCUM 10 The North, presents NJ many comforts and n
fe6lehces To TIE traveller a. The above"