Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-12-20

vanagcs resulting from the certainty safety desn,tcb
ana convenience of canal navigation would be secured
to inc commerce upon the line
(oce synopsis of the James River and Kanawha I'm
proyemcnt PIP. l6-l7)
There would certainly be n considerobIo ,dd;,o, .,
inc tonnage, resulting from the Improvement Let he
granted however that the total tonnage of produce and
merchandise, would now amount 10 only 100000 tons
lwelve years ago, ehalf the tonnage on the river
was stated by the Engineers be from or TO Lyncbur1
y, pes above IT, IL IS reasonable to suppose that tho
upper part o' the trade would be somewhat greater
uan II was IN the year lS3. But let it be supposed
al o. Inc 100000 TONS $4,000 would be from and TO
LynchDhrg ana places above it and so 600 tons from
ana TO places below Lynchburg; and that the latter
oocoe sSns would pass average distance of 100 miles
upon the line. $780,
2 Suppose the canal then extended into the Valley
as iar as the town OF Buchanan and the tolls reduced TO
IN average oil IL cents per ton per mile at all points
Poh 'iS nh Inc Immediate effect of the extension Of
canal OF enlarged dimensions to this point would pro
1aby he the construction of tributary railroad from
East tennessee. Prom such road there are tho
ncst grounds to expect additional tonnage Of not lcss
than iOUOOO tons (Sce the proceedings Of the Abing-
no" convention, IN August, 1881 and Of the Convention
reliance on future contingencies reasonable TO cal
gule tat 6y tle roads already made, in progress
e point Indicated there would be additional tonnage
thrown upon the canal of not less than 10000 tons
. ., Let the canal be then continued the town of
Sovlngton a, the Eastern end of the turnpike leading
from Guyandotte and the Falls of Kanawha Aud lie
the tolls be now reduced average of cen,a nor
ton per mile throughout the line This part of t,e co
nal would traverse country Astounding i'm lime iron
coal and lumber Ii would terminate near tho beautiful
counties Of Greenbrier and Monroe aboundna =; Gu
tile lands, which are devoted to grazing but wonlJ
speedily be converted to the purposes of age veldin
heavy products tributary TO the income of the canal e
Sovington rs IN the Immediate vicinity of the Mineral
Springs II would also be speedily nv Tho ra;I
road down the ravine Of the Greenbrer with The Neu,
RIVER, which is susceptible of good suice nnvgot;on
Tor abont loO miles above the mouth of Greenbrer RI
ver and Is bordered by the counties of Gr,vson NJ,
g od Wy.he and GILES Astounding in lead and iron,
Is and 1857 " P' PIP
must be admitted that the extension of tho c,r,, -
| he adj
mage of at least 30 900 tons VII
Let The Rail Road ne next constructed from Covng
30" 70 INC rams oil haIlawha, and the Kanawha River
be locked and damned, with view 70 eam.boat ma
yiSauon ir1m The falls to Point Peasant-Lct the
oiS upon the ftali Road for all products COMING mon
IT. ON this side of the Falls of Kanawha be 6xed Ein
hose ON the canal, at average of cents Ter ton
per 'ic- In order to extend and improve the trade
WIN me west, let the Company, for transportation ON
INC itai Road, with the exception of PASSENGERS rcd
,he charge to the rate TO which il would probably bc
brought by tree competition the parts of the Iin
namely; To ono cent per per mile Let passanrrs
DC charged for transportation the Rail Road Al the
rate oil cents each per mile And with the v;er, ,;li
further tonvite the western trade unon The In; SUI.
to compete adVantageousy with the rival lines ,br,'
o.r oVos the Canadas and the Mississippi let all the
tonnage from beyond the Falls of Kanawha be subject
ed 70 UNIFORM toll throughout the line inclusive Of tho
ai-roaa or one cent per ton per mile. BY the tariff
mus adjusted all the tonnage this side Of the Fs of
unIa wo9i1 pass every where between that point
ana richmond, tor cents per ton per mile for to 49,.
az te tonnage from beyond the falls would be subject
" 'n vi oiiy one cent per ton per mile. And fexcept
cents per mile for each passenger on tle raro, p
ior rate oil one cent per ton per mile for transporta
uon would prevail throughout the line -
Surprising the locomotives make Is miIos nor how,
Gley would pass over the 100 miles of railroad in III
hours and supposing the charge to be fonr cents ner
mile, as allowed by Tic charter then eoch r,s as pc
would yield SO to the Company p-'''Nsei
Inc distance from the city of Richmond to Point Plea
SAINT py ule proposed route, is about fg1 mes nt -
be assumed at 500 miles at the rates here snccd
tie charge from Point Pleasant to Richmond and from,
richmond to Point Pleasant, would be SIS for tolls and
50 tor transportation; making an appreciate of ain nov
"n OF about 10 cents per 100 lbs; one dollar lar
rel for flour. - - 49,
This % apout the amount Of the (cwn,rord r-eirb, from
o'nt Feaiant TO New Orleans but falls short OF H.
Inount OF the upward freight about 80 Is pcr cont
(See Appendix to the Synopsis of the James P;, -,
Nana"m Improvement p. 23-1) ~
Governor Clinton estimated the TONNAGE, which would
speedily come upon the Eric Canal from the Treot IoI
AZ enc mion OF tons The Canal Commissioner in
New York, IN 1911, estimated the shorca Of The t
lakes exclusive Of Lake Superior at 1000 miles ana ,J
quantity OF land surrounding them at Convenient d;,
ces as more than 90, 100000 of acres ,r,o ,,.I@-r
the ONO: from Pi;tsburg the Mssssippi - oh,t ioon
s ~ cN'ent ana suPPosng the country for so mica
sue to trade through the ravmc OF that river IL
would embrace the product of upwards of co oo0 600 -
eeos-ol the richest land upon the globe which Iv;n
more 20 the south, may be considered at lcas, os rod
ave as the country around the Lakes and to furnish an
n1a tonnage ofone million of tons (ee IJaine' lie,
the New York Canal D. 23) That n,e tor,o ,s c ol
that section of the Union, be ncnlculabIv reat H.
best atested by the expenditures with view In ito
2cq9sillon, made or making in the Cansdas in New
York, sylvania, and Maryland
The Virginia line will strike the Ohio River I'm, .
snail distance above the mouth of the Ohio Canal =,
P"' ilpH commence OF the Great hIuskiu-
gum, The Little Kanawha, and the Great Knnayhn RI
vers the volume OF its is greatly augTocn,6 j.;
comparison with what it is in the River above 'Tbe 1h
RIVER, from Point Pleasant Portsmouth, has = fall -
only one or two inches per mile whereas from Po;nt
Pleasant to ptsburg the average fall is from " To- n
inches per mile. -
rapid comparative view Of the rival ror,cs ;s o,
Gent To attest the high claims Of the James Rvcr All
kanawl line. The rival line down the Valley of de -
Lawrence, IS liable to the objections Of anoincr,tcd a.
lance, sea risk Lake Eric, and Obstruction Nv Ice e
SIX months III the year The line thro' YorL hoe .,
cotepH "ith increased distance, risk on Lake Eric
greater number of tr9nshipncns and soppago bv ;c
for four months IN the year. The line by ihe 1rooec
Nailrcad thro the southern tier Of counties i'm kri
in addition TO the dangers of the lake must ~
comparatively augmented expenses Of Railroad tram
poftatlon upon line $50 miles in extent 'IT,e In
tiro the State OF Pennsylvania blythe way of Psb,,r
VIII be subject 10 greater number Of Embellishments a.
Locks Of various dimensions upon three different ave-
TENS OF comparatively small canals and to intcrrntiSn.
by drought for three months the Ohio River and bv
ice for three other months in the year upon be C,ra3
leading from the city Of Philadelphia to the town Of
Pttsburg The line by the way Of New Orleans has
to contend with vastly augmented Distance 10 nereos
edcNpcn3e Ol transportation, 10 climate inuroua To
the cargo and inimca to the formation Of n sound
commercial character TO the occasional pri Vaeers Of Tho
Cupi, and to its terrible storms both in pe1ce and i'm
For ample evidence Of the competency Of tho
James River and kanawlla line 10 compete with The RI
val lines through tlc States Of Maryland Pcnpsvlva.
MA and New York, and the rivers Misyssippi and 81
Lawrence, references may be made TO the luminous re-
port Of Chief Justice Marshall the Legislature in the
year 1912, 10 the reports Of the Engineers Moore and
Briggs ia The year 1919; aud to the reports Of G. Crozcf
Esq, in the years 1896 and 1898 The very boat pyoof
if it, superiority be found in the desire Of rival
comuanV In a ni0iborinO State Ia occa.v "A ,.,r..