Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1837-02-09
The FulmouM and .ItGraM4rn Raj. Eoai.

their Official duties. The purpose Is, 10 clia1leilgc luz
proof Tor every allegation made on the i'"r" 81 Congress.
Tic faimouM and .I.CraMdrta Raj. E"aL
We revcal, that this road ought To 1T rna:r-G% So.
as Uossibe. II is necessary TO the transportation % i'
.ual at all SEASONS Of the year. How has 1t bee" 'a
Quoted for The last i or 5 weeks: The Potomac fiv"r Ia,
hnnn scaled bv ice-and that communication, ~! couTS
Is cut oil The only resource has been, 10 take II IN ia.
cart with four horses, over the present road tom IL.
Lrrjcksburp to ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS may be pronounce
the SerounIan Bog; the vllcst road; perhaps, IN A"!'i''i
! Tlruunl this route the mail Is delayed al best >r'r@.
! h,urs: and sometimes every other day, il is cnilrcly SIS
urnGrd.-BullI the proposed Rlli.lOad Is also ncccs>af! 70
/ co.npIele the cham Of Railroads., which extends !!"" =
/ Carolina 10 Boston. Thus: it is calculated to rr"I'o'r""
! interests Of all the other Railroads.; the tai! .r"a! ''"mH
! Carolina 10 Petersburg; the Kali. road from leteTaJHiI''
| Richmond, which viii soon be conplrtrd-thc IA: !oat
! from Richmond to Fredericksburg the railroad iwH
Washington to Baltimore, &c, Nc. That h"h ,io@
! fredericksburg to Washington only Is wanting 10 com
plclc the chain. Then push II further South, 'hf"'-'
! y. Carolina, :. Carolina, Georgia, NC and We s!l!.. n"'t
? ral road from Augusta u Boston. Nc, Tor the GPE
I transportation Of passengers. We are 50 much !!nPTcs's~
with the value oi The proposed rhIl-rG.I: lhil 80 rl''.'
lnrbcar 10 express Il hope, lst. that the !tIc''''"i' -'
fredericksburg Rail road Company viii aoah'i"a I'
continuation OF their road 10 Potomac creek and :i,l"'
the present General Assembly Will c]onLriJut: som* =
slstance Oh the part OF the State, to tn" stock "i"cA 81
be SUBSCRIBED! by private capitalists. lncrc Is h1'"f p
prielpr I'll The present RAILROAD stock: who ; ~ .l''!'''
ed in lis success. The longer the chain oi TaEf''.''
/ the inpre passengers will be transported aiunGt." """e
/ liuc-und the greater the dividends which "iii a&c'.'. 10
! tie siOckIIOidrrs-W invoke, therefore. IA" ASSISTING
of the State. as well Of capitalists, IN inrth"!1""e =! ''
interesting object. While we say 10 Uncle San, H"'
of-wc say IL the State Legislature, HandS 0A.
The Cillzens OF Fauquier-and oi FREDERICKSBURG 1s
now moving in tins good!y enterprise. May lie "f'
brilliant success attend their LAb"rs.
The Wa:renton Register says: 4" Under The direction
OF the President. I cOnmittcc, consisting 81 Nr'sF' II
T.. Scott, SaGue! Chiffon and a. }. Mi:S!!a!! "4'' .''
cccdrd 10 Richmond, 10 present The claims 81 the ID"
pany 10 the Legislature, and 10 solicit Il subac!it'in" "
Two liilhs Of the stock on The part OF the State. "a!
are also charged with The duty Of negotiating ".t"!'
Richmond aud fredericksburg Railroad comp1"!'"
All abandonment Of their pr"j"clo I running L" t"t ''"'
uf Aqua Or Potomac Creek, anal lUr throwing '"s' ;"
plus funds into our Company
We extract the following from The last Frcdr..c"s"",
Arena. The memorial oi Tie c:liZ"ns OF tEr"ri;",
burg, unanimously adopted, III town meeting, ~. ~"
lace, Mayor, III The CHAIR, and DR.. W III. Browne '"I'
laryl is admirably drawn. 1t c.n9haiIcal!y staica, 1"'
:. Before the lrrmilatIon Of another year, there VIZ
from Boston 10 Washington CITY, all unIntcrrup'e" 49,
road communication and, when the woikS no" IL l.
pd pronIrss are completed, 4 like continuous c'ini'"
| caution from fredericksburg 10 Raleigh. FIv' iri
hence, we may safely assert, that from Brsto" To ~
gusla, the only broken ~l!nkiwiIl be that AT prc>ctt H".'
c0nside llion-if indeed, the !bcralIty Of your !"!'''
bic body he now invoked IN vain. Inns I"ic;'"P''"' d"
the continuity Of Railroad facilities. VIII bc bal Pt'"';
e. pcIIcUCCu III tit IuIIOCIS cusyiIoo " AZ "a -
when the navigation OF he Potomac Is interrupted "S ~
aud tie travel thrown upon the worst read III ti Ii."'
iUr two or three months al i time, that Inc "ai'' u ~
road hence to Washington can be properly tS'"'''.
We vii! not speak of the !rrcgnlarlty and Gc!l' "'''
sarily attending the mlIl, when carried 0"cr th7 -"
they are proverbial. But largely interested ~ ~
State Of Virginia is, in tn" Stock of the scV"t4' 100
Roads from this place 10 the Roanoke, any c!IcHHi''''N
which affects lnlurlously the travel on those '''I'
serves the attention of your honorable body; 't' -" -.
rn ~ ~ Z ~ ~ N iptn H.toII. h., ShnW INA. sE %"
rcrs-prrlIaps cxaggeraled-of tie land route |'"
this and the District of Columbia, have the elect ~
vert into rival routes travel, which, under ot.r' t"t-
stances, would traverse the State fioin It's S''"'''
is Northern boundary. The injury thus acc:","s
imp ovcm rnts in question, and, OF c"urc, 10 "r
as Il large shareholder. is abnndant!y Obvious. 49,"
admit: indeed, OF plausible defence, were ti' 49,"
made, that. surprising the work in question u ~
II unploductIre, lis construction, a! the eSc,OS' ..,t
pcnsc OF The existing corporations 10 tie SjI'". IN
become 4 matter Of XpclIency-so greatly "|' ,s:
juriousiy must the absence OF the ImgTo'c"!''' ="
the $ several Rail Roads in the South. ..,a
"Your memorialis,s pray, that the State DicE'SS =.
the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac - ,.so.
Company, be Instructed, b. a resolution "' o.aenu
rabie body, TO exert themselves u procure s.,f
meeting Of the stockholders 10 RECONSIDER t"e rycP.
which it was resolved to construct 4 rnau II ID" nj.
ricksburg 10 the Potomac River, and thl: po*r' Z
en- 10 the said Com pany to subscribe for ste" "'" I.. 70
shares as may be deemed proper by Inc Sto'm nr ,,.~
the stock Of the Falmouth and A!eAanifa -" Ct.
Your mrmorialists do not doubt that the '''''' N =
tended 10 similar enterprises, by the sat ,a.ar
granted to this Workout under all me tH"'',.E,1 il
cces, they think the Legislature would be I',' ny 70
departing from the usual practice, so for as - al,t: Of
~expIici, promise that the subscription Tor gnnI =
The stock by the Board Of Public "or"s' s "oo; ,t
made as soon as the residue is taken BY cc!r''a n;o,y, 10
individuals. A pledge of this kind w0"'' ,hs enTr'
friends, and rive confidence in the success I % I.ras rt
prise, while. practically, it in no manner, p rct, sDr
State in 4 worse position, than if the pledge " ,cjsdsss
heId-since, of course, the subscription, OF To-. Nc 55,y,: 81
subscribe, the usual portion Of stock' ""'!" -; ,aeT'
condition precedent the bona ide subscrLp!!'"" l.a--
mainilg three .frtls by corporations and InI t' lie u
Your memcrialists therefore respectfully s""