Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-09-03

purchasers do no, hesitate TO YOU they have paid
these prices, but that evidence OF the worm o' e
ari' lc, do they give any reason for IT, iney' no
doubt, have policy in it, These prices sou"" WIZ
in the OF the planters and probably may cause many
TO send their here; and in this way INC merehan
enabled to fiji his orders and well afford to lose lew
dollars two bales OF cotton me Ma" No"o Is
completed to Bakcley distance o' on miles, anu an
inclined plane is rapidly progressing to completion nom
that place TO the Roanoke The Locomotives, with their
train of Cars leave here at half past in the morning.
and return about O'Clock in the evening" carrying AMI
bringing passengers and freight a, the rate OF about 20
O,1ek Trapeling-It is stated in the last Advocate,
that passengers who left Petersburg Monday morning
at 20 minutes before o'clock, arrived at Halifax IN CO.
by the way of Bakelcy. 2 o'clock on the same day
so niue. for the Rail Road --NorfoK Herald
from the Petersburg inteligcnccr
The Editors OF the Norfolk Beacon publish letter from
friend in Petersburg, who appears to have been no lille
locker and who communicates some information which
is catering TO and doubt interesting to them He
has, how ever committed a few mistakes.
His information respecting SLAVES is somewhat erroDe-
o the business Of getting them is not confined to com
pany but is engaged in by various persons-here s no
parcel contracted for which will cost sos
per NJ delivered at City Point"
His discoveries that 'he prices Of Cotton and Grain
very nucua,ing" and that wheat ..bags will wear
OUT, peculiares Of this market and Of Rail Road
transportation which the parties causing them, should
rect II very true, ns the letter writer states "'ha
ket his previous remark of the huctuaon in price
for it, But is not true, that hcse high prices
paid TO sound we'll in the OF Planters hey sound
we'll in their pockets) but these paid during the
element of speculation, which frequently exceeds the
bounds Of prudence, and such mprudences not
GREEN WOOD
Our readers may remember that during the last win
ter the Legislature ordered survey OF the Holloway ri
with the Petersburg Rail Road. We published some
weeks the report OF party OF gentlemen who had
explored the river in large boat and whose experiment
Afforded proof OF the entire praccability OF removing all
distractions to its navigation. Since that PERIOD intel
gent Engineer has been engaged under the authority OF
the Board Of Public Works. in making critical survey Of
he n ~
nexed results of his iabos Mr.. Thompson has described
clearly the advantages Of this mprov emen and the ia
cility with which they may be realized that cannot
believe that the planters the Nottoway will any long
hesitate take the step. to the
pleon OF work in which they have so deep interest
PETERSBURG, Aug. 81, 1888.
To The Editors Of The Inteiiigencer:
GENTLEMEN :-lt is with pleasure I comply with the
request 10 furnish you with the result OF the survey and
estimate, for the contemplated improve of the Motto
way River, from the Great Falls to the Rail Road, dis
sc miles, GLIB yards In which distance, il flows
through Of the richest and fc rifle sections of
try in the State OF vrgina-and, from the smaness Of
the amount required TO open useful navgaon and al
ford the Planters in that section easy cheap and
pedious mode Of getting their produce TO Market would
lead to the hope, that the work would be Immediately and
vigorously commenced. the advantages Of which al
most ncalcuabe, when compared wi their present tar
dy mode OF transportation wretched road requiring
twenty cent OF the actual value OF the article TO land
II at market
There 25 miles of slack navigation the RI
ver ccasoned by the diere mt mill dams which are pro
baby rather advantage than they back the
water many shoals and falls in that distance The
locks are supposed feet long, wide built of wood
sustained by dry walls where the strength OF the
rent or other circumstances, may render necessary
They last under ordinary circumstances from to 10 years.
when the increased amount OF produce will doubt
rant permanent structure The river independent
OF the locks in the different dams will only require clean
ing out and occasionally wing dams 10 deepen the
on the shoals the total cost Of which is S29, 406.
In a communication from gentlemen dbOue the Forks
oil Notoway they state that in the event OF the river being
made navigabe from tina, section of country alone
send 1000 hhds. Of tobacco and &C, 900 bushels
wheat From the Forks TO the Rail road distance of 90
miles, there is exceedingly fertile country which
would add largely 10 the above amot-wh yearly in
crease on The whole amount from the increased facilities of
transportation; which would TO place beyond all
doubt, handsome interest The investment. AT the
very lowest cslcularon the saving TO the Planter will
coed SO per cent the pre- OF wagonng his
bacco, and on wheat In much greater proportion.
Your ODD servant w. Is. THOMPSON.
NEwcAsrLE AND FRENcHrowN RAII.RoAp-
This road has been in operation since the 81 OF February,
1882 In September 1882, locomotive engines per-
manently employed il, and the OF horses for The
ranspoI aion OF passengers entirely dispensed with. The
first locomotive used by the Company called the De-
losing trip, although considerable portion of the
conveyed the passengers Of two lines per day the
road both wayssixtysix miles This fact striking,
asmuch as contues an erroneous idea which has obtain
ed too generally this country, that locomotive engines
frequently disabled, and OF do their work
great expense The Company has imp all
from England they from the factory of the celebrated
Robert Stephenson & Co. Of Newcastle. upon Tyne
There are now and have been all this season, three
them in use the Newcastle and Frencbown Rail- Road
"a fourth has just arrived in the ship Delaware, from
Liverpool.
The Company good deal annoyed, for a time, BY
the emission OF sparks from the smoke their
gines; but that evil has been entirely
ingenuity OF their engineer, (of locomotive power) Ed
ward A. Young, native of Virginia. who has procured
patent for his invention Thus the great desideTatu
this country, oil burning wood in locomotive engines
been attained.
tits estimated that hundred and fifty thousand per-
have been transported this since il was
put In operation TO not Of whom has the slightest
cdent occurred; and is remarkable fact, that the
whole progress of this work, from the CONNIE OF
its construction TO the present day, single human
ing has suffered the loss Of life or limb.
The arrangements Of this Company for the uansporta
ton oil their business nearly perfect. The precision
as TO time with which the passengers daily conveyed
their road, is matter Of wonder the variation
rarely ever greater than FIVE minues-ibe time fixed
being from 90 TO go minutes the distance is is LIZ miles
Guards placed soDg The road convenient distances
and signal STATS erected, by of which, information
can be sD.med from end Of the road TO the other
ia three minutes. This great security as well as COM
tort 10 the travellers for Is the duty of these guards 10
keep all horses, cattle, &c of the road; and case OF
detention, from any the
OF II would bring immediate Ii is believed how
ever, that with the exception Of delay caused by snow
storm, there has been but instance Of detention upon
this road worthy Of being MENTIONED and that when
the engine passed over COW. The Of such
an accident(Do injury sustained then by any
passeDgeris rendered almost impossible by the udcous
precautions above mentioned.
single locomotive has frequently conveyed over this
road upw ards Of two hundred with their bag.
number, and the sight Of them, all in notion conducted
by the gallant little steamer highly picturesque and in
teresfng.