Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-08-13


Road the present season, is taken
from, the Wabash Courier. Other
correspondence IN relation to it is also
published in that paper, but we mere
ly saijoin the remarks Of the editors
the letter Of Captain Ogden to the
Chief Engineer Of the War Depart
ment, giving his views Of the manner
in which tie appropriation should be
applied, AMI lastly, lis plan OF ar
engagements for the work under present
c;.cJl1s tances.
saTiOT..L ROAD.
We invite the particular attention
OF the reader to the following Docu-
ments and Correspondence in relation
10 the Cumberland Road. Ii will be
discovered tina, the operations on this
great NATIONAL work are to be con-
fined - tie thirty miles east and rcsi
Of the We bash. during the next work
Ing season. This course is render
eli absolutely necessary by the con-
strgic;Ion o. the law of Congress Of
1876, which renders the supcr!n-
tcnieu, responsible for the disburse-
ment Of the whole appropriations,
without the slightest equivalent, and
without the Government or It's OH
GERS sharing, in any degree, the re-
sponsibiIity ofits disbursement. Capt.
tain OcDEv, it will be discovered,
sought to obviate this difficulty, with
on, success; and now feels cOnstrain-
ed to adopt such plan Of operations
rs viii place The disbursements in this
State and Illinois under his imme-
date control. The publication Of the
correspondence is now made to OBJ!
viatc the necessity OF enquiries in re-
lation 10 the subject.
WASHINGTON, July s, 1886.
Gen Charles 9ratiot, Oh. Eng. Washington.
SiR: | have the honor to acknOwl-
edge the receipt of your communica
ton informing me ''that tUO hundred
and f)iy thousand dollars have been
appropriated for continuing the Cum
bcrland road in the State Of Indiana,
including the materials for erecting 4
bridge across the Wabash river, and
one hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars for continuing the Cumberland
road in tic State of Illinois," and |,
Submit the following project Of oper-
atoms for your examination and ap-
prevail.
Tire second section Of the act pro-
vide; ''lhat the MONIES hereby appro
p.ia.el for the construction of said
road in the States Of Ohio and Indi-
ana, be expended in completing the
greatest possible continuous portion
OF said road in said States
With the present appropriation it
is proposed to comply with this Sec
ton. by working on three different
points, and from thence continue the
road progressively to a junction, viz:
LIST. At Richmond (within four
miles of the Ohio linc,) from which
the work shall continue westward in g
sections Of ten miles i. e. the grading !
of the next ten miles to be made
whilst the first layer of metal is put |,
on the preceding,-always givingIJ
precedence to completion from the
place of starting.
2l. At Indianapolis near the CEN e
tire. and operating on sections of ten q
mics East and West in the same man. a
ncr rs before settled.
81. From the Illinois state line to
ten miles East of the Wabash river. q
Eastward in the manner q
before stated. \
is proposed, preparatory TO the
operation above recommended, that e
al bridges and cuiverts that have been 4
be completed. a
For the collection of .smaterials 1
Tor erecting a bridge across the Wa II
bash RIVER. and the materials for the !.
bridges in the Wabash bottoh,, it is y
proposed that Il steamboat of Il light N
iraught of water. and six tow boats 81
Or scows. be constructed or procur- n
I'd Immediately. rs q greater portion II
ot the stone will be procured at from
twenty To forty miles above the
,rossing of the Cumberland road. o
In the State of Illinois. propose o.
% grade the mos, difficult parts of u
he road first. but to operate on the rt
whole line. Il
This project is considered as the
BEST calculated 10 save the interests
VI the United States and OF Indiana
md Illinois. but the execution of j, is at
in my present situation da
because. first. l am alone. and cam IN
lot personally attend u sLci, extend !"
"A works. This could be obvlated by -