The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1841-01-07

% nae Tor ca per day, and Il can be CON-
monty had for less in the western counties,
tho comparison is still more in favor OF the
road, the cost being m the
rate of 500 to 1886. How does it stand
between this latter road and the common
roads OF the upper portion of the State g.
Taking the usual load on your common
for six horses to be 4 900 lbs, and
assuming that they will make sixteen miles
per day, with abou, as much ease as they
could twenty-five on the turnpike, after de.
Quoting the tolls, make the estimate in "a,
YOUR Of the McAdamized road IN the pro.
portion OF more than three TO one. On u
road no, McAdamized, but graded simply 10
the manner which thi. bill proposes, think
the advantage will be two to one in its ia.
yor compared with the common road.
Even if, however, the cost on turnpike
we're just the same with lha, on rail road,
yet the former would be greatly preferred
by the farmers Of the country. They find
horses and wagons necessary to the proper
cultivation Of their farms. and would there
fore rather use them on the road than keep
them unemployed during the winter. II
would be well TO authorize the board either
now, or when the work is completed here.
after, TO vary the rate OF toll according TO
the width OF the wagon tire. For example,
on some roads Of this character, tie high.
est tolls are paid by wagons with tire under
two inches IN breadth, aud the rate dImin-
ishes as the width increases, until il reaches
six inches, after which nothing 10 charged,
under the belief that tire OF that width
does 10 injury whatever TO the road bed
| have been informed, sir, by one gentle.
man, that he used wagon with very broad
tire for short time open ground SO soft
a. fist as TO have been quite miry for com
mon wa, voD, and that It was thus rendered
so compact and firm, that any sort Of vehicle
could pass over it without the slightest diff,
Guilty. Ii, therefore, the turnpike which
this bill proposes should never be McAdaD.
lzed, yet from the character of the soil over
which it will generally pass, with wagons
OF this kind on il, would never probably al
any season Of the year be other than smooth
and firm. 1t would only DO necessary Cor
our farmers TO keep two sets Of wheels, one
for this road, aud another for common use,
an expedIent by which 10 the end they
would incur no additional expense.
] shall now, Mr. Speaker, advert to some
OF the benefits likely to result from this
work, provided II should take the route to
Asheville. merely because am better &C
qualn,ed with that region. Without qres.
,loning the advantages 10 the State from q
direct communication with the north west.
ern counties, shall leave to the Senator
from Wilkes and Ashe to explain them,
since, from bis intimate knowledge of tia,
country, be IS more capable Of dong il than
myself. 1t this turnpike Should be con
sIrocrrd, Tennessee, will, mos, probably,
meet IT on our border, with similar road
trotD knexville. Il is The opinion Of many
persons that the merchants Of Eas, Ten
nessee would fnd i, to their advantage to
have their goods transferred from the North,
by such route as this, rather than by any
one OF those now open. A number of her
citizens have assured me that they ore
anxious TO see such work perfected
The opening of this road would also give
Us good daily line Of stages TO the West
An agent of the Pos, Office Department,
who recentIy examined the route, declared
that, in the present condition Of the roads,
K could be travelled over in two days less
time than any other between the East and
the West. If a turnpike were completed,
the distance 10 Knoxville would be passed
over al The rate Of six miles per hour in two
days and half; al eight pef4hour, in less
than two days. Ii now requires nearly
seven days 10 make the Journey in the sta
ges. We might thus easily make it the
interest Of persons travelling 10 the south Of
II, TO pass along this line, AID, from bonce,
BY the rail roads norihward. From Ashe
vile, for the 5Um Of two or three hundred
dollars per mile, good stage road could
then be obtained through all of our extreme
western counties TO Georgia. The co0airy
beyond Is level; and Georgia is there great
y improving, by rail roads aud turopkes,
her means Of communication with the rest
ofthe world BY assisting her, in the man
ner proposed, we should have route to her
uo.bern counties, and 10 those of Alabama
and Mississippi, shorter, by seventy miles,
than any other, and holding OF, stronger in
ducenents to Summer travellers.
a Of this travel will thus be thrown on
the Raleigh aud Castor Rail Road. Be
sides, we shall Inevitably, ere tony, have
connection between this place and The Viii
miDgton Rail Road. Such Of tho travellers
aud as much of The produce from the West,
as would naturally seek Wilmington, will
then hayc facilities; afforded for reaching
that place. Raleigh is also within thirty
miles Of the aayigablo waters OF the Nsuse
Riser; and this turnpike will inevitably find
It's way there. We should thus, sir, have II 10
cur pnwer to exchange the productions the
middle and western parts Of the State, for
the fish aud other commodities Of the east.
A large portion Of ths country, Mr..
Speaker, through which this road would go,
is rich mineral region. That the mines
Of precious metals, gold and silver, are M.
meroUs and rich, is well known. Copper,
also, appears TO be extensively difused. II
has not, as yet, been much sought for, be
cause the process by which the ores are re.
duced, is tedious, and requires much capital.