Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-05-16
nocKFisH NAVIGATION COMPANY.

construction oil turnpike road from |
thence across the Blue Ridge to some
suitable point on the road from Waynes.
borough to Greenville. THIS work, if !
completed in proper style, will be ofin.
caiculable advantage TO the southern
portion of our County. as it will bring
navigation some 90 or 80 miles nearer to
them than at present. We hope that
our citizens of that section of the Coun-
y will bestir themselves and lay hold
OF the work with determined spirit, SO
as to ensure its speedy construction. The
present is the age Of improvement. All
portions Of the State, seem to be waking
up to sense of the importance of ener-
getic action on the subject, and we trust
that "O!d Augusta" is not to be left in
the rear.
in ACT Incorporating the RockGsh Nari>
! CATION and Blue Ridge Turnpike Compa-
ny. Passed HprH the End, 1889.
he IL enacted by the General 1assen,bly,
That IL shall he lawful TO open books al
GTeenville, in Augusls County, under the
direction of james nj. Liiley, Gerard b.
Stuart, Cyrus +. AIcCormick, George Es.
lridge, Benjamin +. Graham, Isaac Hall.
and Ballard Smith, or any three of them
at McCorkle's store in Augusta County un.
DER the direction OF Thomas McCorkle, Ro,
ceit McCormick ID Ohm Steele, Mathew Bry>
on L homas Mayberry, and John S. Black,
or any three OF them; at Greenfield in Mel
son County, under the direction of John b.
Coles, John M. Smith, John nj. Martin,
w Ilson G. Smith, Nicholas L. Martin, J ohm
~ Dickerson, Samuel NJ. Page, George
IL. Crawford, and James Woods, Junior, or
any three OF them aud at Howardsvile in
/ a'oemarie County, under the direction of
Charles "A Scott, Doctor Charles Scott, How
Ell Lewis, James PampIin, William H.
carter and john Crank, or any three of them;
Tor the purpose OF receiving subscriptions to
4 The amount OF sixty thousand dollars, IN
shares OF one hundred dollars each, 10 con
s'i'ute Joint capital stock for opening and
improving The navigation of the Rockfsh
!. river from lis mouth to the fork above Mar
IN MIL and 10 any higher point on the
North fork oil said liver, TO which il NAV
be practicable 10 extend the same, and for
constructing turnpike road from The high.
est point Of said Improvement, across the
i1i9e Ridge at Walters Gap, TO nIersect the
valley road at some suitable point bet neen
Greenville and Wuynesborough in The
County OF Augusta
hundred shares shall have beensubscribed the
subscribers, their executors, administrators.
and assigns, shall be, and are hereby incor.
pora:ed into Company, by the name and
style of the Rockfish Navigation and Blue
Ridge turnpike Company, subject TO the
provisions OF The act entitled an ACT crib
ing certain general regulations for the in.
corporation of turnpike companies. Provi-
ded that SAID Company shall not he COMPEL,
ed 10 make summer or side road 10 their
turnpike, nor 10 pave or cover the same with
stone or gravel that their said turnpike
Shall be cleared sixty feet wide and be con
structed eighteen feet ide, and shall not ex
coed grade of four and hall degrees.
Be HJurther enacted, That said Compa-
ny be and are hereby authorized and requir-
ed 10 make Rockfsh river navgahle al all
seasons up TO the aforesaid highest prac,ica-
Die point, Tor boats drawing eighteen inches
water, and may accomplish such object eli.
Their by siuces or by locks and dams, or by
canals, or by such combination of each mode
OF improvement as they may judge most ex.
pedIent: And the said company shall pos
sess and exercise the same powers, and he
suoJeci 10 Inc Same restrictions and penal.
iies IN acquiring land, hot exceeding sixty
ieet In width for canal, or one acre at any
one place Tor the abutment of any dam, end
the necessary materials therefor, as are Civ
en- 10y The before reciied act for acauiring
land and materials for The use of their road.
De HJurther enacted, Thalthe said Gem.
pany, when they shall have completed their
improvement On said river as far as The
mouth OF Hickory Creek, shall he entitled
TO demand and receive thereon, toll, upon all
articles transported on the same, not ex>
ceening three cents per ton per mile cd
all The provisions Of the before recited act
concerning the payment and collection Of
Tolls on the road Of the Company, shall be
equally applicable TO The payment and collec-
ion OF tolls on said river. Tho said Gonna.
ny are also hereby empowered 10 sell, lease,
or otherwise dispose Of any waste or surplus
wafer at any of their canals or dams, sub.
iJect, however 10 any pre-existing right TO
such wafer
! BE II further enacted, That The said Com
pany he and are hereby authorized 10 en-
large their capital stock from time 10 time
10 on amount not exceeding one hundred
thousand dollars
BE it further enacted, That If the said
Company shall moi begin one Of their said
works within t~o years alter The passage OF
THIS act, and complete them both within five
years thereafter, then their right and inter-
est therein, and in The tolls and profits &C
crulng therefrom shall be forfeited and cease
ne atfurther enacted, That The Board Of
Public Works be and are hereby auihoriz.
ed and instructed TO subscribe for two fihhs
OF The capital stock of The Company hereby
incorporated, agreeahly 10 The terms Of the
act entitled an act prescribing certain gem
eral conditions on which future subscriptions
10 The capital OF join. stock companies shall
I've made on behalf Of the Cornmonwesitf
passed February the eleventb eighteen hun