Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-07-12
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The Roanokc-the Yudkin-ftc Jnnlrs-Ms CahaoOa-
Tie Kentucky-tke Licking-ondMs S"n@y
(Rrspeclfully addressed to he Members o the Univer
sity of Virginia. and the Colleges OF the Caroilnas
Georgia, Kentucky and Tennessee)
SIR:-Consderng that all these Rivers head so near
each other, and that if the improvement IN inland
narration which the adoption of stnal draught steamers
seems promise carried into successful operaton II
is likely each may become appcachuble from its tetm
nation the surrey and knowledge OF the tac'
ties they Afford become subject. of interesting en-
quiTy.
West Point Academy down 10 the most recent institution
in the West talking of Mathematics and Civil Ens-
necrng and to know the difficulties Of obtaining the
services of Civil Engineer, would contound any one I'M
acquainted with the actual state OF things individuals
OF ordinary talent and little experience arc now asking
and receiving S;I2 Fer diem, with attendance 10 boot
With even such ay there exists great difficulty in
obtaining surveys To make it highly detrimental 10
the PROGRESS of the public welfare.
Great merit is due 10 tie University OF Virginia. tor
having put the affair Of Mathematics and Civil Engi-
necring correct footing In Virginia, and Virginia
alone it is under Stood that the parsng Of Virgil is not
necessary make Engincc!; and, in hcntuc Ky, and
Kentucky alone, is there to be iouHd an ambuatory
Corrs, the object of which IS 10 teach practical Engl-
iccrng; and perhaps, 10 survey works thai are IN pro-
lection. To rXwcL such measures from the CarollnoS
seems like ':callg spirits from the Vastly deep: They
will not come. Hence am led TO hope that. at tue
mcrnr on the 9Th OF July, lc36, at Knoxville, the
gentlemen of Virginia and North Carolina VIII make
the attempt Corps for each of the above.
named Rivers, whose object should be 10 effect scien-
tifc examination Of tem from their sources IN the
Mountains to their termination in the Ohio and the At
lantc. The principals mg ht be paid, partly by the
State partly by the Districts examined; surveyed and
benefited and partly by ingenious and matheln7caiy
inclined young men, who Tor the sake o. The experience
and knowledge they would obtain, wond unite TO form
tho different Corps II the youth CT Kentucky would
ion the survey OF the Kentucky and the Licking would
be bcne!iceny supcradded Thus would survey be
made Of Rivers and the ad accent country which, III lis
mineral results alone you'd m1rc-ayc infinitely more,
thar, pa the charge. And these results as to Iron alone,
arc surely of infinite Importance for il is said the Hull
Roads nav in pro COTTON in tic y. ;. VIII produce a
debt TO Great Britain OF SO Coz II the conduct Oh
Congress could astonsh any one, that exhibited 'h'
year in the face Of this and other and similar facts, l.
would do 30 in us instance. II is finely, and think
firly, though iunnily illustrated in letter from New
York in the National nclligenccr (riweekiy) OF the
9th June 1886 The writer deveopes the advantages
of general system of Rail Roads, and cxemplhes his
opn;on BY the actual state OF things IN Georgia. where,
al this instant, Gen Jesup is said to hold l9co mounted
men in readiness escort the mail through the Indian
nation The expense of this corps cannot be less than
ST 900 per diem, Tor months, Sjl:ODI Ii, to this
we add the other expenses OF The Indian war, ana eX'
penscs which, in great measure, woad have been pre-
vented We shall find this very year, that very little less
Than - QUO OC0 would have been saved. This $4,000
600 would have paid interest at per cent TIL the
work was completed, $40 900 laid out on the Rail
Road pointed out by Col. Long in his report Of the
Road from Memphis TO Savannah, DC, &c and to
which, as we'll his report Of the Road from Ports.
mouth Ohio, through Virginia, to LinviIle Mountain,
NC, / would beg to recommend the immediate atten-
ton O your readers especially appears probable the
Cincinnati and Charleston Road will be found TO pass
most easily into Georgia. ana so on to Athens and Au-
rusa--l!us leaving all upper and eastern South earo'
lima and southwestern and eastern North Carolina To
shift for themselves. " l.. ~
June 49, 1896.