Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-07-16
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CHARLESTON AND AUGUSTA Raj. ROAD


Sins; see with Infinite grati6c aion the Railway spi.
rt is increasing and trust its al, ance ,cU he W. mo-
gressive as 1t must be beneficial However, make its
progress successful, and TO avoid error il IN
consult experience and ascertain The later the ex.
perence aud The more egregous the error the better
Hence now. that Virginia talks of contnin, the railway
from Potomac Creek TO Richmond, am induced TO bring
the 90 much talked OF Charleston and Augusta Road TO the
notice OF your Rail Ro,d readers
That work has already COS; $500 000 and before il
completed, and after the debt aud ntsrcs, Tor which
believe, 1t stands under Of Assembly morgaped TO
the State Tor the 500 900 loaned (he interest by the
bye, not noticed III the given 10 the pubc and
oil course, not discharged paid than 81 600 600
II not 81 900 will be its cost for 1875 miles Tie
charge for constructing, &c. ia S579 S3s bstor iron
SlOolOl SO, together $685. 900 4l-or for 1876 miles
$1,000 Tor single mile The iron is about s7O5 the con-
''ructIon and the eteetera about together $4,000
look to the report OF June 1888 That paper ,e no The
early estimates varied from S05 900 for I4O miles to
SoS1 ooO Tor 100 miles-ho former by Mr.. Mils-the
latter by Dr. Howard-and, seven late as February
1882 the chief Engineer, when more than one third of
ne contract a6ors had been completed gave the sum Of
SOoo'ooo which was 90 him. presume) thought sufi
" ceht TO cover the entire cost of construction"
These efceterd acknowledged to amount to Sl5O-
ooo' anu as soon as the nutiarous character 1000
" vouchers and accounts will permit them to be col
lected aud published, there is little doubt in nv mind
but that they will reach $500 000 more; and perap.
make, as have before observed, the total expenditure
oil SlioooO0 The rendition OF these counts will he
matter oil easy performance, Commissioner Black
ing oil his system OF supervision says, that nonhy re-
ports received persons i'm CHARGE or The ga
veral Nations Il copy from the Mercury the orthodox
NuliihcaIon Journal and presume this TO be term of
The party though, perhaps Stations may be meant ey
iouhg the aggregate OF work done from which the
cost per dnnl OF maintaining and preserving the Road
can be ascertaned." However there is no rule with
out AN exception, and II il probable accident has
CURED, 10 prevent the Commissioner ring accounts
thus kept the 10Th June, and what were promised on
The LIST May and at that time in state OF preparation
But let us return to the etceterd and the estimates:
The last annual repor, hat 1892 was predicated ON
contracts actually made-the forces Qualification ma
made usveGy military actually work. Iii should have
been IN the held and the assurances quo novelty GER
family engineers as 10 the probable time Of compile
non very soon after that report it discovered that
y" there was much more difficulty in ercauatinp IN.
p" earth Query, hour much, and UheTc is the euPireh
neo construction Of piles and trussel tocrk3 ~ ba1
had been supposed by both parties" II parties thu.
went on suPp0siOnS we need not be surprised 10 hear
that quick sands in places required abour nevet
ending, while consolidated clay Uwo dreadful wor,ls>
In other sections, denomnaled hard pan by the work
men, rendered The expense the delay am. the difficulty
lar greater than could hare been f0reseen In several
cases II was inSurm0untG6Ie and (nserabiIe d!cfu -
abandoned by the contractors in despair! In several
oher cases was necessary TO aid and relieve the con-
tractors that that they might be (hus) induced to per
severe In all cases IL the OF increased cost
=" aud great delay" Such The words Of the repor
which terminates this subject by candidy sa.iny ,,,,
The tohoe c0Tk has been erecmed by apprentices l!n
UhO only GeSh to be expert ,cheH WORK rs DO X
However, 10 eucdac the efceterd let us look A little
farther The current annual expenses in one deuar,.
rent alone OF the company,
Chiei Engineer per annum, oI oniy mon,hs) SO soc
.oh",s'ioner 5000
Resident Engineer. $500
= 40 90 (S2,OoO each) 1000
f'oau-Hhen' asSis'ah's' &C. &c. per dnnuu. l,2lO