Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-01-04

'aa -aUac 20 bc productive OF very rood c!fiCts
- Ahoni the middle Of April force consisting Of four
= hands and two gkc Of oxen placed on the section
from 1Guey bridge 10 Hickman j. with instructions
: pave the broken parts Of the road, and make such
. other repairs could be proEaby made without the
= use ol III" PLOUGH aud sCrapcr.
9 On lie ;h II August; the harvest in the mountain.
having removed the difficulty ct procuring III. rcaIsfte
supplies ." gram, this force was augmented bv an I'd.
, Goa Q! both hands and cattle: after THIS period
md "1tl about The -t d NoTcci!a. i WIS employed
+ IN tr @ng up portions o. this which had sui.
Tered :val wastn Or IND Otherwise T. come too !luch
depressed. pom the section from ...caraals 10 Co.
vsn@cn, Ire wofS: places n the road, up the -th II
AELaf were repaired b. the labor ot few hands alone
occasionally called III this Period, the season ..
harvest IN the mountains beng Just over, ~ efficient
fierce, consisting Of seven hands and four yoke Of oxen,
was placed on The :: miles OF road laying between
Hickman and ic%iSbGrg, most CT which required
be raised with the plough and scTarcr. This force
tnned upon the work unt!l about the ls November,
during hch nr 1t took up the payclncn, in NJ Cuags
meadows and NJ iGamizcd The repaired lie road
from ilick,naa's to Lcwsbu-r; rebuilt the bridge
Bu -f.r mai with the exception Of The aSututeps
ri,ici received only sl-it repairs some
additional improvements upon the portion road i .d-
ing t!!ro""h SGll VALLEY.
On The 24th August small force Of five hands and
ono yoke OF placed Tie division OF THIS Sec
ton which cxtends from i.c.:isburE to ,cvncton and
was continued upon it until about III" Isl October when
having finished The LIGHT r. pairs which this portion Of
tie road demanded, 1t dismissed from the line.
The expenditure upon bridges during the past season
has been "2on scale greatly reduced compared with
what II has been 70. several years past y handsome
and substantial bridge 1870 feet length has been
cd over Campbell creek, four miles above Charleston
It finished the ;2d oil September and was built
hy crarac; cost, inclusive OF the furnished
the contractor, Of about sGiG Tile timber for this
bridge had 20 nc brough. from ~ 20 - miles down the
river. Several other BRIDGES also oil 4 smaller class
have been constructed By tie road hands, namely
OYER Cane branch at tn" foot OF Gaulry mountain;
:ler ut Bungar> mill. between Hickman and Lewis
burg and another over N"cnc, ) branch between Al
dcrsoM and Miller The wond work which has been
only in part we'd and The stone work OF which
commenced and suspended the close ot last season.
and has been finished dUrn" the present year. New
timbrrs also for bridge Burning spring branch
have been procured but the construction Of tho bridge
has been deferred in order 10 AVOID Inconvenience 10 the
travelling public at the busiest OF the year.
an addition the toll. CATERERS house ut Gauley
bridge with the view Of replacing dCcnycd part OF the
building which it deemed prudent 10 remove, to-
gct!!c. with small ou-baildnr near the same, have
been authorized by the board and VIII soon Lc conp!et
cd tic expenditure upon tIcs" objects hcng regarded
conducive 10 economy III" end. by rs tendency 70
sccnrc aititu! collection Of tolls t.rou4. the medium
81 respectable collectors !@t important point upon
the line.
In August ana September travelled over the turnpike
road from! Covim2ton % ;uyaaa3;a, accompanied ior
the greater part the va: both IL" journey cut
ward and IN returning BIZ Ia" company able ana faith
foI agent on the western Improvements. Considering
the circumstances already stated, growing cut Il he
character VI The two last seasons ioGHd the road from
Covngton - he falls ~ -ond ard satisfactory order,
and til road from the falls to GuyGnduttc n very SUI
pcgior condition. /, was. however, Tie evening OF
iy arrival :ic Clio liza; tI, heavy r.s all
y.!,ie. caused tie d..age whcA has been already =
toned, having occurred toward nc western extremity
Of IL" road
n the course a: this inspection &C ,ic turnpike,
waa strongly .F=&."A - IN. ..ca' 1na advantageous
nah "a:
years. Upon Tie =, ncs o iarap;kc roads ;:cTe aSc
i bridges VARYING IA span from :" 20 loG feet.
With the exception ci very ir", tie abut!@cn's Of
all the bridges transferred BY Ia" State 70 the company,
on account Of original defects either Tie natcrias
workmanship. have o: necessity been taken down. and
been replaced hv abutmcHts oi GUARDED stone
OF good qualify constructed II substantial and work
nlanlise manner
The extraordinary expenses with which the Western
improvements became charged in consequence Of the
flood Of e..7 and The giving way Of numerous Gbut-
lc.s tie old road, which had to be rebuilt at great
expense have nov been pad off, and from ti:s ;inc
ualca extraordinary disasters should cccur the income
viii only be charged Viii, tie ordinary annual repairs
It's therefore probable that in future wears nett
venue Of moderate amount :ay BE- expected 70 accrue
The road, in addition T. the nett revenue accsnlHg
from the river
yoa tie hqaas-ia Rtra-tnc operations Of the year,
as already noticed nave been reduced very limited
extent About tie first OF July force placed on
the with instructions 10 renew the buoys, and to
replace such ring bolts as had been removed After
completing this work the force proceeded to build
mach boat and make tic accessory repairs to the
either beats preparatory to craple Oh tie shoals Soon
after completing the boats, however, the men became
si"kly, ana could longer be retained nor could others
y :TM = i he 'oE t r 1s' hands = work on he ry-
.,,fn eo.obs s' IL IT, sGr S - ous
o., the wcs;crn Sars were srsaii eaanccd b. the
| S..%'' - - ,, :. az ,,t. =.
po me P a,n - assumed ca!astcr u he most fatal
%e y+a IN c5s'" Of these causes The work
nn' :s,sh r;vr %a SUSPENDED il Inc latter part
Of august. and has not since been resumed.
am taet to have i N my '@ " ~, 10 I KaH, a,
tos Po" sn s s d-5 % gnnso i re sary dans
t the p5 FS ssn' 5"t tic same time am equally
tied to add 2t have reason 70 believe that Tie o!is
e. the n son1 1pa Sssf G2on ns x 4s
%s si a 'I c revenue from II" river g mc;mh
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