Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1838-03-21
INIERNAL IMPROVEMENT.

e.,cs he a vote Of So 10 GA majority Of
EIGHT votes against IT. II seems Also IRON
the same paper, that SIX friends OF inc biii
were absent, which would have made the vote
e. to "a and flour members who from their To-
cal position IL might have been supposed would
have voted for it, instead Of against II, 10 wit;
Messrs. Lucas, of Jefferson, PARK and ODELL,
Of Hampshire, and Buck, Of Morgan, aud the
absent friends Of the measure had been present,
the vote would have stood GO for il, TO 90 against
IL.
We must confess we have received the inior-
nation with modification and surprise. VIII
Virginia never wake up to a perception oil her
true interests? Must another ear pass around
before she discov ers that her parsimony leads TO
poverty her pretended frugality 10 wretched-
ness and ruin
1t is to be hoped, that this, the most vital ofall
other subjects, will seriously engage the earnest
consideration Of the People themselves, and that
in the selection of their agents, they will send
to the General Assembly, men Of enlarged and
liberal views and those who are friends to a wise
and judicious system Of Internal Improvement
1t is, as was well said in one OF the published
speeches of a member Of the House of Dele
gates, " the only way given under Heaven where
BY the sinking Commonw alih can be saved"
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
RICHMOND, March l3, 1888.
DEAR SIR Below send you the copy of
Bill which has this morning received the assent
of the Committee fthe House Of Delegates, sub
scribing on behalf OF the State S420,000. to-
wards the construction of the Baltimore and Ohio
Rail Road, from Harpers Ferry thro' the county
of Berkeley to Sleepy Creek in the county of
Morgan. The above sum is two ff,hs Of what
will be necessary to construct the Road between
the said points.
The. confident hope is entertained that we
shall be able to carry this bill through, even
should the General Improvement Bill be lost
which, for the honor, and prosperity Of the State
may heaven forfend.
Virginia would manifest a shameless disregard
to the true interests of the lower Valley and of
the North part, if she refused this inducement
10 the Rail Road Company to bring their work
through our State. Mary land bids a million Of
dollars to take il by Hagcrstown-the Company
has ascer aimee that their most desirable route is
through B.fke Icy, and all they ask, in return
for the selection Of that route is, that Virginia
shall subscribe two flths, TO compensate them
for the loss Of million l cannot br ing myself
to the belief that il will be reject ed.
Banks Banking, and Currency" worse than
the English alliterations Of g Corn, Cash, and
Currency are sounding their i'll omened blast
in our ears from morning till night. We have
wild experimenters, here, in political mctaphy-
sizes Ia what state they will leave the good old
Commonwe alih, it is difficult to determine. Not
the better, fear, from their nostiums.
Respectfully yours.
L. BE IL enacted by hc General assembly
That the Board Of Public w orks be and they arr
hereby authorised, TO subscribe for four hundred
and twenty thousand dollars Of the capital stock
of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company.
upon the terms contained In the Act passed
February the lIth, 1892, entitled " an Act pre-
scIibing certain general conditions on winch
future subscription TO the capital OF JOINT STOCK
companies shall be made on the part OF the
Commonwealth" and upon the further conditions
herein contained.
9. Beu further enacted, That the said sub
scrption shall be applied Exclusively to the CON
struction the said Company's Rail Road from
Harpers Ferry, through The county cf Berkeley,
TO Sleepy Creek an the county IF Morgan But
such subscription shall not DC made, until the
said Company shall have given to the said
Board, satisfactory assurance that their Rail
Road shall be located on the aforesaid route, and
no part thereof shall be paid until the Company
shall have actually commenced the Rail Road ON
said route
3. BE it further enacted, That the said Board
Of Public Works be and are hereby authorised
TO borrow such sum sums Of money to enable
them TO pay the said subscription, agreeably TO
such terms and conditions may be provided
for loans for purposes Of Internal Improvement,
in any general act passed at the present session
of the General Assembly; and if no such Act be
passed, then the said Board may effect the said
loan or loans upon the terms prescribed by the
| Act entitled " an Act to authorize a subscription
on the part of the State TO the stock OF the Balt
more and Ohio Rail Road Company, passed
| March 2S, 1881.
0J-on Saturday the 10Th inst, two thousand
shares of United States Bank stock were sold in