Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-07-13
REPoRT r.
To THE STOCKHOLDERS or TUE JANIS RVER
AND kANAwHA COMPANY.

hEibh
: To THE STOCKHOLDERS or rnE JAMES kvrR
AND kANAwnA COMPANY.
have the honor TO lay before Won. on behalf
ofihe Bnatd OF Directors, In conformity To The terms
ofthe recent call for your present assemblagr, a
body II Rnles and Regulations for The navigation and
management OF ihe Caual. and The Collection ui
Tolls thereon, and AZ the same time To submit t.
your consideration a arT of Tolls together with
tables of Weighs and Distances TO facilitate rs ap
pheaiioa.
In making This come nncalier. I deem il prop
pei to stale that the Rules and Regulations hetr-
with presented. although patty original IN matter
style, and arrangement, have been clneny compiled
fom the rules and regulations OF other works 81
ther inishrd 81 moie advanced than our own. wih
such notifications adapt them To The peculi.
aiiiIes OF our local situation.
As soon as IL WAS ascertalnrd TO be The pleasure
oil the Stockholders To receive hom he Officers ol
the Company, repou upon tbs subject. the Press.
dent AID Directors deemed il prnper 10 earl 10 their
AID the valuable experience 4 the etear works which
bad gone into prac cal 0pe IA other STATES aud
Widths view, they requested lnormallon from the
oihcers OF I'VE vt the principals lines Of navigation
in the Unnrd STAIRS namely, the New York, Penn
s,vania aud OHIO State line. he Schullkln Nav
gauon, aud the Chesapeake and OHIO Canal
o HIS call the officers OF those works responded
with prom plitude aud hbrralny by full communi.
cation oi the results OF THEN past experience. rmho-
died and set forth IN ihen respective systems of
Rnles, Regulations, forns and other Documents
constituting aliogeuer ol valuable and inter
esiing inflammation, winch will he imported to the
Stockholders, OF Committee ofrbet body should
it be Desired
II is proper. also 10 state, thai in proposing set
oil Rules Tor the Canal, the boatd of Directors have
deemed IT cxpedient To initiate the examples sci b,
N"tthefh iines when those lines were opy partially
executed by dscatdiug the comparatively loose a Il
Gn'ple Turns suited 10 cheap tyer nasigations upon
Which The rolls have reference TO distance and h,
pTopeediup In The md
ulatlons adapted 10 gfeal and expansive improve
nent, on winch the charges are graduatsd by the
lergih OF the voyage aud the amount ufuse made OF
the work No satisfactory advantageous tempo.
rafy OF Intermediate system has occurred to the
mnd OF the Directory.
The system, Of regulation proposed, involves n. an
essential ingredient al all points Of the line where
the presence OLA suitable officer will admit the nav.
ment OF the tolls upon the downward trade in ad-
vance. in conformity TO the sing usage as 10 the
upward trade.
IL also calls for The immediate restoration of The
ancient leq nemei OF prompt payment inst, ad of the
hose practice Of weekly dts Tor the tolls hereto
lure prevailing at the dollhouse in the city Of Rich
mond.
This practice wssin,roduce1 BY The tnll. catherers
under the administration OF the former Connauy in
violation OF their printed regulations. and has been
reluctantly tolerated by the present Company, mn.
al the period Tor the introduction OF the new reru-
slations.
The system of crcdit for tolls upon tonnage is
held. upon all the flushed lines at the North
as utterly taeonsiseDt With the safety of the reye-
nue. and is most expressly and repeatedly condemn
ed by The Canal Commissioners " the State OF New
York.
The two Innovations upon the present usages of
the iollh house. here recommended as essential parts
OF new ard improved system are, however oetened.
along with the whole body OF Rules aud Regulations
10 the consideration OF the Stock holders.
IL is proper. also 10 remark that the mower of The
Company infiict pfnates INJURIES d. ne In is
property beng limited 10 persons using the Canal
aud by such Use voluntarily subj ctDg themselves o
lis regulations, vsrIons provisions essential to the
proper protection oi public works, winch are TO be
found among he rules and regulations OF other
States. and are not embrace ed in The provisions of
the act OF Assembly of March SIh, ls27, entitled
IAN act 10 aunish the burning or otherwise iniutnp
OF puhic property and for other p.rpuses" hive
been necessarily omted, and form 90 part Of the
rules aud regulations reported for The cousic-
faion ofthe Stock holders. With a view To pe,tec e.
mod compl To- the system OF at,on for The Canal
these provisions Should be embodied in . bill amen
daioiy OF the ainresad act and recommended 10 in /.
adoption ofthe Leg stature.
All oil "hieh IS most respectfully .ubmined
JOSEPH c. CABELL
p. J. X 4 H. Co.
The regulations thus presented. together with the
Presidents Report we're then referred TO comi,it.
Tee Of y Consisting Of Mr.. John Thompson, j.. OF
Amherst; Mr. Chapman Johnson Of Richmond Mr..
carter A. Harrison of Albenarle; Nj, Samuei
Marx. M Ar hibaId Peasanrs. Mr.. VIM. Alison,
and Mr. JOHN II. EusIace. OF Richmond, wnh d..
REGIONS 10 report thereon, at an adjourned
tobe held on The following evening at the same
place.
Al WHICH time and place, the Stockholders ha
wing again convened, Mr.. Thompson fram the
Conm'liee above mentioned reported as follows
- The committee 10 v hem were referred the re ,.
plaitnns Tor the James River and K,nswba Canal.
together with tables oftolls. weighs. aid m essu,e,
proposed by The President aud Directors Of The
company have according order. had The same
unutr consideration and report them back wnhoul
smsnhnent.and cordially recommend their ado p,ion
~ The stothholds. 10 General Mse,ipg'