Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-02-16
GeneraE assembly Of Virginia.
NOU Sc OF DELEGATES.


Tuesday, F6b IL. 1899.
49, JAMES RIVER MD KANAwHA COMPANY.
The order Of She day being he bill .sprovit.,no an sd
d''ionnl capital for The James River and Via Com
panv, and for Other purposes -
Mr. WATKINS advocated III" passage Of the bill He
Tell satIshsd that the Company would find M ;ruIv
IN payIng the interest upon The money bc,roucd Thee
could ts no good sound urged aains, the
tfi'y ard policy OF aiding this Company He usanced
several companies which had received the aid Of the
N"'nnon"eaIh, which, perhaps, had much less claim
upon II ihan this Company. Now he would nj, If In
gentlemen to say whether it would be acting ia rIy In
irns" our assistance To this Company when il had here
"''re oeen gwen to other companies Why should we
pu' u unGer greater Disadvantages than the others
IL CID not ask so much as the others had done
bn' II might BE- said. what evidence had we tia,
ms company would pay on the guarantee of the
sac: II Was true that we might be mistaken in our
cAcoa'"us. but h" Gid not believe We should be so
ia ms case He enumerated the different articles
'' "'u.' hc brought down the river and argued that
wy WINS "'Hd be such as wond go far to pay The int.
'S' 9" Tue ceHt lie verify believed that If the State
WOULD guarantee the interest of the prncnal stock e
'''u GEL premium the loan as the States OF Ohio
't"nSy wanna had DONE large enough TO pay wear
't ne would not now G" into detail of the ge
a''a"'aSes OF this work What the minds Of mem
"ahed 10 be satisfied about was our ability TO pua-
W." 'nnds ni The Company to itself Those who
'F'D We statistical information the subject, he
,-='. mast te satisfied that there would be more
., SN"'C"hl means 10 pay the interest. lie repeat
WIS MS opinion the company would ind no
,b,s''y ~haevrr in paying the interest Now, if
t was tn" mos! remote probability that they would
"'so'' to DO it, why, then, he thought the House
a. .' =" IN for the whole loan, and pledge the State
~ '' rn'Irs subscription And why do so? Because
%""o RAISE the Stock in the market at once. Why
h 'Hr pledge? Because it would satisfy the people
r ,"e safe vas determined to 60 with the scheme;
,i U' lar, The State had gone on in tritlng way,
w. U'ch dnuot prevailed in the minds Of many indl-
~ as TO whether the State really meant to carry
""h 10 termination. After referring 10 other
s" internal Improvement, and stating the liberal
,i P"a"ons which the State had made, he remarked
,S we benefits which his company would confer upon
SAFE ny the establishment and completion Of their
~ "'fE must be manifest to every man who had
we least attention TO the subject Then, why, he
sN, ught We 10 put this company under greater
,, inns inns ''an ohefs-tls company, which had such
c. neIct'ran task To peiform-lhe completion of this
10 t a"G important work whch promised such benefits
.rs Ms commonwealth Of virginia. He hoped the
wons would not be adopted, and that the House
Wv agree 10 take the bill as it now stood.
Of Iho lSAsLE said that he appreciated the importance
a, Improvement as much any delegate on the
"'an earl period Of the session. il had been his
vnsT "hen tins bill came up, to have given silent
ps.,an favor Of it. But, as amendment had been
''' which, II adopted, must wholly defeat the OBJ