Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-04-24


Debts on Snnemahoning extension $4,000
Gettysburg railroad lJ0,U00
Allegheny feeder, 100
Doubling lock, 1902
Repairs, 100000
New work on finished lines, &c, 10000
Debts due for repairs, 10000
Damages 10000
Survey for railroad 10 Pittsburg, 10000
Erie extension 100000
North Branch 100000
Wconsco Canal, 10000
Union canal stock 100000
Monongaheia Navigation stock, $4,000
Bald Eagle Navigation stock, 10000
To complete railway to avoid inclined plane at
Columbia 6O,OOO
For locomotives ropes, &c, 10000
To Danville and Pottsvil lie railroad stock, 10000
In the afternoon, the bill TO provide for the expenses
Of Government came up. MIR. Fraey (ofP) moved to
add improvement BILL several of the items Of which
acted on but the whole bill gone through
with when the Senate ad journed
The House, on Friday spent the morning in debat
ing and maturing the internal improvement bill The
afternoon being set apart for private bills the Lancas
ter Loan company bill up, debated, and the
first section negatived, which defeats the bill by vote
yeas q, nays 4l-after which several private bills
passed
On Saturday, in the same body, the Improvement
bill came up-ts several divisions amended or defeated
when, after session of or hours the whole bill
negatved
In the Senate, on Tuesday, Mr. Srohm made re-
port in relation to the affairs of the Philadelphia and
Columbia railroad, which was agreed TO-
The Senate took up the Improvement bal, Mr. NV.
ers, chairman, which, after sundry amendments were
offered and remarks made by Messrs Frailey (Sch.,)
Case, Sterrett and Pearson, favor and Messrs Plu
mer Sergere, and Caldwell, against-its further de.
bate cut OFT by motion for until half past
three, when it again came in order, and after much dis
cusson the bill was passed through committee of the
whole, in the following shape
To the Erie Extension $4,000
North Branch $4,000
SURVEYS 100000
Repairs 10000
g MononIahela Navigation 100000
!" Union Canal 80 shares 100000
I" Bald Eagle 5000
And sundry lesser appropriations added and the Sc
nate adjourned at O lock-evening
The Senate, on Wednesday, spent the morning prin-
cpally IN the consideration of the Improvement BILL
When the hour for recess had arrived they had passed
most of the items through second reading
The Senate proceeded to the consideration of the
improvement bill:
Which was passed division by division until the final
vote In the course Of the debate, the previous ques
ton was called but not sustaincd-then the bill was
nseatiued by vote of l6 to IL, viz
Yeas-Messrs. Brooke, Case, Coplan, Fleming, Frai-
ley, (Sch) Fraley, (Phla) Hays, Miller, (Adams)
Miller (Berks,) Myers Pearson, Snyder, Spackman,
Sterrett, Stevenson, Kingsbury, Spr--l6
.fays-Messrs. Barclay, Bell, Brown, Cochran Cald-
WE'LL Ewing Killinger, Maclay, Patterson, Penrose,
Plumer, Purviance Rogers Shortz, Sergere, Strohm,
Wliams-l7.
On to-day, Thursday the Senate, attached to bill
TO incorporate the Perrysvle bridge company, an TN
procsment bt making appropriations to pay expenses
of the Government interest and the necessary repairs
and debts various old lines. After call OF the
previous question, the bill passed by the following vote
Ycas-Messrs Barclay, Bell, Brooke, Brown, Cald-
well, Cochran, Ewing, Rlinger, Maclay, Miller, (Ad
ams,) Patterson, Penrose, Plumer Purvance, Shorz,
Snyder, Sterigere, Stevenson, Strohm, Williams-20
k1us-Messrs. Case. CoDlan FLEMING Fruley (city)
Frailey, (Scb) Myers Pearson, Rogers, Spackman,
Sterrett, Kingsbury, Spr-l2
And the bill transmitted to the House.
The House sent over message stating that they had