Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-06-26
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TIE LOUISA RAILROAD

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Upon :hc application Of large number Of Stockhnld
crs IN the Louisa Railroad Company special meeting
has been called, To convene a. Louisa Court House
Friday the 2Olh of July next for the purpose Of provid
ing the Of extending The Road 10 the vicinity of
! Gurdonsy4e.
proposition will be made 10 the Stockholders by re-
sponsbe pprsrus pee the Road to Gordnnsve by
the cIuse Of tie yea! c3J for s. 900 per mile including
depos, officers salaries land damages and contingen.
ces Of every kind provided all additional subscription to
the capital stock Of 20 shares Of 800 each be pro-
cured The residue Of the stock necessary complete
the road, exclusive Of the State subscription Of 3 5,hs,
amounting upwards Of 2U0 shares will be taken BY
the contractors Themselves The gentlemen who pro.
puse 10 undertake the construction Of the road expect 10
Je by the increased value of the stock (wben
il reaches the base Of lie Southwest Mounains in
which the old stockholders will b. equal sh,Ters
10 the land holders Of Green, Madison, Orange, Cul
pepper, and AIbemare. | would say, IS the time TO
To and your poslerlty cheap convey
ance the best market in Virginia. for your agcrllu
raj products The low rate (2 per tom al which lime
and plaster will be transported between Richmond and
Golonsve, will enable you to rrtii'zs your lands By
exchanging your surplus lime for plaster which operates
so benefcIully upon your mrunaIn sHiIs You might
very well afford to maze donation OF S2O0n I" ensure
| ing the completion Of the road to GordonsTe.
Blu, be assured that Independently Of the benefits you
will derive agGcuItnraIss from the use OF the road,
The investment Of your capital in the stock OF the Com.
| panr, will prove 10 be source Of handsome profit
! The whole c"sl of the road from l,s junction with the
| Richmond fredericksburg and PotGnlc Railroad TO
sTie, will fail short OF s3 500 per mile There
will not be solitary bridge, and only three small cuI.
sPrta from end n the line TO the nther distance OF
A. niles The Company invited give their road a
different direction. with promise Of efficient aid from
the persons Immediately interested IN the change Of
route. II the land o"nes in the vicinity o G"rdsns
vile neglect the opportunity of ensung The cnnst'uc
ton Of the road 10 that point, at 81 small price, they
will ?e reproach themselves for the fully ot reject.
| the boom which is placed within their reach.
To the present stockholders in tho Louisa Rail Road
Company, Iwouid say. d, not neglect. for moment,
TO embrace the o-r which will be made 10 you. You
now occupy the high lands which divide the waters OF
! the Rivanna from those of the Rapid Ann. Go on to
GOrdunsvI'ls without delay from whence great tho.
rouLa.e viii be opened the Valley by continuous
railway or McA dami7ed Rad, and at very distant
day will probably be connected with the RGrnad To he
constructed between COvrng.on and the falls ut the IA
nawha Unless you compelled 10 II b. liz apathy OF
those Immediately interested you should never think OF
from The ridge which have selected TOR the
location of your road. will afford the cheapest aud most
practicable route Ia the Great West whilst IL will (by
approSnang within 20 milrs Of CharI"ltesviI!e with
certainty, command he travel which passes through thu
village both Ia the East and 10 the North. ny dvrrg
ing from your present route at Newark in the direction
| of charlottesville, tie cost OF your work would br
greatly increased, by encnunering the South Armand
Rivanna Rivers, and you would lose several hundred
| feet of elevation, which in approaching the Valley you
| would have 10 regain by heavy grades and the pas
sape OF many streams. which would obstruct your
course You will the great Western travel IN
either dreciinn At Gurd0nsgll|e you will meet with
no competition for the trade Of an extensive aud fertile
district of that country and the increased local travel
that must necessarily pass along with it 10 market -
AT Charlottesville, ynu will have 10 contend with the
! Rlvanna Navigation Company for the transportation
! of Gii The heavy freight down and up. They can un
derbd ycu. You would moreover afford an lndncement
for the cunve vance o. the productions of the Green
Springs section of country TO the Kvanna instead o!
their being transported mach greater distance on your
road in The direction of Louisa Court House. Alter
reaching Charlottesville, if railway Or Mcadamzeo
Road should be continued from thence TO the fahey,
the great accumulation Of produce at the termination "i
the Rivunna Navigation, would ensure It's ultimate I'm
prcveuent and destroy forever the prospect OF poh'
which you have n right TO expect from the Western
trade, il you pursue the route which Is best calculated
to command it, A STOCKHoLDER.
Miles
From Richmond 10 GordonsvilIe by the Railroads,
will be *
, From thence by Snmonso Gap and Port Republic
TO the Valley Road is about ou
! From thence to Jenningss Gap in the North noun
tain, he great lhoroughlae 10 The Vest is about ~
Total distance from Richmond BY Gordonsville 10
Isnninos's G,n. is about l49
| From Richmond by Newark and Charlottesville 10
| Jennings's Gap, ia about lq<
! From Baltimore to Winchester is liz
From thence 10 jennings Gap is about loo
Total distance from Baltimore to Jenningss Gap, 22
! The distance from Washington city to Jenring's
Gap by the Louisa route, is about 2iO
The distance travelled on Steamboats, and Railroads,
will be about LOU
Leaves for Stage travel between Washington city eo
ard Jennings's Gap 00
The rate of exchange on London continues to rise IN
4 NJ, E,rt nnphl1 nrn bDiiJl
and they pay profit.
NIRGNIA-The County Commissioners OF Cess couny, state
nj Illinois having county sent oil ld county, &C.
o,c m an &C, Legislature the State oil ll!nois, approx