Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-01-26
IN THE HOUSE YESTERDAY

An act 10 amend the act entitled an ac, - -,
'horizs the construction of Turnpike road from
some point at or near the Sweet SPRINGS toi,
,ersection with the Kanawha Turnpike. a, o, ns,r
the White Sulphur Springs" was put uron i,s
thrd reading and was supported 10y Messrs Frs
kline, Keen, and Smith Of X. The bin had n, -.
object the extension OF the time, which the charter
had to run under the old act. These gentlemen ~.
gued, tina, a, the end Of the present charter the
ker Of the road would not have been reimbursed nv,
the tolls received, the original cost of eonst,uc,o
on the contrary, he would have lost some G mr. 81
GOO. That important changes were necessary IN
the location OF the road IN order 10 make il valuable
IN winter. the cost Of which would amount 10 soo,.
or s3,OOO more-and, It would be but sheer ius
Iiee that the bill should be passed. in order that tho
proongatIon Of the charter might afford the oxpsr
and constructor some hope OF replying to himself
his past and future outlay upon the road. On the
other hand, 1t was contendcd by Messrs. Dormon
and Crutchfeld, that the tolls upon this road ,c,.
higher than upon any other similar road i, tho
S'a'e-and that they were allowed to the owner o,
the road as full compensation FOR CONSTRUCTING !, -
That there was no reason for extending the charter
beyond 1850 ITS present duraiionl 'or, it wnsnl.
leged that h maker Of the road would. bv that
time, have he.n richly rcmunorated. Moreover. i,
was stated, there was necessity Tor egish,inc on
this sui CT, here IN 1912, when the charter has
still eight years to run. The fact was noticed too
that the amount required to make the rrlposed A.
terniions was not stated; the changes spe.
CITED, which were thought 50 Indispensable
Alter some fcrther explanations had been made
by the advocates Of the bill. MIR Crutchhed with.
drew his active opposition. The bill was then nut
upon it, passage, and rejected.
Lean 10 Richmond Frei,ricts5ure and Potomac Hoo
Road Company.
The bill TO provide for this loan was now called
up by Mr Diniei-ond elderly gentlemen. that
CHANGED at the moment to he softly sleeping in their
chairs, were awakened by din pretty nearly m
great as " tain Of Rail Road cars we're passing
through the House-Ths was not the nc, Ms il
turned out; but the noise, It was found, grew out
Of regular war between the upper line Of Railroad
and the Portsmouth and Roanoke Road this last
violently attempting to rip up the whole upper line;
and tho upper inr, in ms turn, attempting 10 break
down the Portsmouth Road. The move me nts Of
the comb,ants we'd directed by the delegate f,om
Norfolk Borough, on tho one side; and the delegate
from This City, on the other
The consideration Of this bill occupied tho ba-
lance Of the day, up 10 abou, o'clock
Mr. Daniel. " an investment. such as the con-
tempnied loan, perfectly safe md assuredly prohta.
ble-to be appropriated to the completion Of short
link ia @ long line of improvemont--ifa loan, under
circumstances Ike these, was to DO refusod-if n
system Of policy like this was 10 he pursued, what
was 10 become Of the Common Tcalth's interest in
the o.her mighty Improvements now prosecuting in
the Swtd On 40 hands it WIS conceded That this
investment must be profitable. The balance Of
Aoa'Ing debt against INC company was very small
II might almost bc said the company comes before
tho House clear Of debt lie said, that In the most
unavofablo yoor, after paying all current expenses
and interest upon monies borrowed, there had been
still some forty Odd thousand dollars Of profits 70.
naming, which would have been divided fths i'm L.
pfovemont had been hoisheI.-when the soad shall
be finished from Fredericksburg 10 Acquia creek
the income from hat part Of the improvement would
be 20 much 90 be added 10 the profits. These cil
euatons wcro based upon tho PRESENT amount oi
travel and transportation but IL wos perfectly fai'
10 presume thst the increase would bo nt least -
| Der cent. But this wis tho only railroad TO which
! , lo,n had not been m,de-ani he would rom1rk
nh those favored in this way, had far regularly
,,id tho interest upon these loans. flo siid Z! Vu
sinia should leave this great route unfinished, she
would subject herself to the Just ridicue Of the