The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-01-07

the manner in which The affair nas msa.
aged. II was Hell understood By The m
ili.lfd. thai The 6rsl appropriation sas
oils sufficient Tor The foundation. The
managers went upan lhe supPosliinn
that HE membess ef lhe Lsgi.ls.ufe had
nsl sufficient inlelligencs aud public spi.
III % construct capitol worthy Of The
ssale, and that ii VAS therefore necessa.
~ 10 enifap them into il. Sir, ! h.ss
no lasle for deception Of this snfi. an an
utterly opposed 10 III fraud. even though
II sh0pld be called pinus. Ihs intellect
and public spiEii Of lie cUuaify. il prnp.
efly appealed -, will sooner o. laier
grant sll that ought 20 Be asked. The
bill nov uadsr discussion expressly
linils The Board 81 lnleTnsl Improvement
10 an average expenditure Of one ihnn.
sand dollars per mile. nthst sun should
prove Sufficient 10 complete the road ac-
rurdiRg 10 Tie specifications, II il male
heir duty 20 do il. II il should be other.
wise. lien they are. authorized nnly 70
make The best road which The sun sp-
proprialed will enable them 10 construct.
And how 10 This board Constituted The
Governor Of The Stale 10 II lis head. and
he appoints The other members. lie il
~ officer elected by The peOIlr. and res.
pousible 10 them. because re eligible. 10
suppose ilial he would violate IN express
provision Of the isw. and thai lhst Wills
ZION will be sanctioned by The people, and
by The next legislature, strikrs me -
preposieTous. This case, therefore. 81
Tor from resembling that of The rebuild
II. II The capitol, is 10 al respects III,
i rrssrse. @..s
1 Will ihs snm appropriated be sufficient
Mf. Speaker, 10 cnnskucs tho road accsr
ding 10 The speci6calioasi Al first
daabied. but The examination OF similar
roads. and some observation Of tie coun.
" have brought me 10 the ecnrlusiun
that j, will be ample or the purpose.
Most Of Tho limestone region is less f..
rorabls Tor such = work Than Thai oser
which Ibis road 10 10 pass. There the
country 10 generally Ear more broken.
and lhe frsquen, l.dges Of rock reqnir.
ing bias, greatly increase The expense
Of grading. llul from this place 10 The
mountains. ibs country is most fIsora.
bic Tor our purpose. BY keeping 70
much A. possible on The ridges between
The streams, The rosd may frequently
,ssss over many miles a. . time where
ss~iil seldom be necessary 10 enanse
the natural grade of tie surface. Blu, |
hare. sir. that 10 offer which l. entitled
10 lsr more weight than any ,hing could
say on this point. The opinion oil Maj.
Gwynn. or his xii ss an Engineer,
and OF his candor ~ man, II 10 unnscss.
ssry for me 10 speak. Il is his impress
sion, that the road msy perhaps BE- made
for eight hundred dollars Q mile; but he
is.so well Satisfied that one ,hous,nd
dollars 10 suffcien, thai he suihorixcs me
W Say 10 The Senate that he 10 willing to
lake the Whole contract al thai rate, and
.o.give bond for its execution.
The width Of The graded portion ol the
road il 10 be tweniy-,~o feet. Suppos.
lngs,he elevation Of The embark uIrnt or
roai.bed to be eighteen inches, three
times that. a. the bill proposes 10 be add.
ed 10 the width, % IS To give tic shapes
! and half foot base 10 foot ele sailon,
together ai,h two feet additional on each
side. will make the entire width between
the bitches thirty feel. am satisfied
HAT good policy does no, permit the road
way TO be narrower than this. II is how.
ever, provided, lha, il great difficulties
are encountered. for example. deep eide
cutting. on a steep hill which canno. be
avoided, then The graded surface may
be reduced 10 fifteen feet. The maxi.
mum grade for the road is not to ex-
coed 3 degrees. or an elevation of one
in twenty horizontal. That this can be
obsainsd without serious difficulty, no
one will doubt who remember. that ma.
ny OF our rail roads are limited 10 a
grade Of thirty feet 10 the mile. or one in
l76. Though some OF them hsse per.
hsps attained an elevation of 90 free, 10
the mile. or abou, ] in 60; YET since the
load locomotive can carry on such
road 10 not more than QUE fourth The
usual one, il 10 deemed advisable al.
ways 10 avoid such steep grades when
practicable. /. 10 luriher to be CONSIDER.
ed that Toe curves on the turnpike may
be far greater than the rail road will ad.
init. To increase the dral. a. much
as may be practicable, no reasonable el.
fort should be spared TO render The road
as nearly level IS practicable. Besides,
sir, | look forward to the time whcn /,
will become the interest OF The s,se
10 M'Adamize the road. wholly or
in part. Il 10 desirable, therefore, tia,
the rosd.hed should be 50 constructed.
tha, il may hereafter become the found..
lion Of . M'Adsmized road, il il should
be our interest 10 make il one. Accord.
ing 10 the plan proposed in The bill, chi,
contingency will b. completely provided
for. Nor will there be any loss Whale
yer Of labor or Hensy 10 converting the
one sort OF road into the other. In some
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