Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-02-05


the inanc al statements of the present and preceding
wears that such has not oeca the fact nasmuch as The
amour, borrowed and applied 10 the payment oil inter
est, on The hand has aen short Of the amount Of
nett revenue applied the lp'he to 'he construction
Of the works. Il Will aprtr from these statements,
that the rresidrnt and Misunderstanding accomplished
The nam chec i the ssu' Of pos, notes, have made
EXTENSIVE prog in withdrawn. them from circna-
ton SO MAT il robable hat hy the end Of the ensu.
gar Tins 'co TO IT, d''net application ,,aa OF .nr
Who're particular information relative 10 The fiscal
o Ssns tic company, rseTeacc IS made 10 The Sc.
cretarys de,acd ,alemsn- q receipts ana d'San!se'
Dcnts for the year ending wiii The SON November
l-i and his summary statement d. receipts and DIS
burscmen;s from the organization o. the company 10
the same date (Sec Appendix and D.
| ~. PgocoSEp cnhsGE - riaN - ihE WESTERN
| PART u rnr line, AHb MLIhob Of RAislH" Ap''-
i rIo>AL CAPITAL.
| HAVING now laid before the stockholders, in obcdl-
cnce To the requirements If the charter, detailed m
formation Of THE operations Of he year, and OF Tie
present sia,c aad condition al line company, beg
leave to uvite their earnest atn;ion I" subject lar
ranscendlng in nesest any OF those embraced IN le
view that Jas been presented My object IS TO recon-
mend the substitution, for the plan Of railroad port
are across the mountains the continuation OF The west
ern water line far east rs Gr"cnbrer bridge, anu
McAdamised surface on the company turnpike from
the bridge TO 60. .ngton, with view To the ultimate
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same time to suggest plan d subscription Tor ra's-
ing the additional capital necessary tor Tie completion
| Of the improvement.
Under the pro. sons Of the charter and the resou-
tons o III. stockholders, the company IS now required
10 consruc, railroad iram the town 81 Corington 10
some poit On the kanaMha below the great falls
thereof Although the company has not committed H.
self 10 any parlc route Tor the raroad nor 10 any
particular point termination Tor the same on the Ma
nawha riycr yet the surveys and estimates made IN
1855 plainly indicated tina! the most ludclons location
and termination would not reduce It's length below -,
miles and that us cost would fall but little short OF y
millions.
/ When the company's plan Of improvement was
adopted hy the slo1 holders IN the year lc'2 ra'I-
road portage acros* the FOUNTAINS was incorpora-
ted into il, not from any straci preference for that
mode Of transport, but b, use III the then existing
state Of Information Thu SUBJECT continuous water
line was not dccu'cd prac able a, any admissible de.
gree OF expense. Accordingly, the surveys Of lo3>
were made under thu instructions vi the directory, as
preparatory with view 10 enlIghten IT'S III
fate decision merely 70 the best route and Western
termination for the railroad. The question o. the prac
tcab:y and relative expense OF extending the west
ern part Of the water line nearer IT, Tie base oil 'ie ~
eniany With view 20 ls ultimate extension and con-
necon with the Eastern waters, not submitted by
the directory the engineers who unprecedented the
surveys, nor did they report upon that question:
Il But al no period Of time have the well informed Por
ton Of the community been inscnsble to The vast spc
mixed or broken line Of Improvement; and although
the President and Directors, III view OF the combined
difficulties nj the cliffs Of New river and at The pass 81
the Allegheny, did not in lc35 make this question one
the objects of the surveys yet being impressed will
the CONVECTION that the prI cabllty OF completing the
connection at future Aly, would recommend the
line they called for information from the engineers
in regard 10 two collater; questions naney the prac
t'cablny and best mode Of Supplying with water the
summit level Of canal aero the Allegheny noun
tam and also the pfaccabl!ii o locating hereafter
water line alongside OF the railroad without inter
ering with the same. Ard upon these specIul points
the engineers reported lavorahy, as VIII be seen by
reference the fourth aanua report Subsequent re
Fiction aided by the lights thrown upon the subject
by the cxpe Of some of the nciThborng States
led to the belief that the difficulties Of this enterprise
had been oycrraed, and, that II might he accomplished
in ovn time, 10y Jndlcious cooperation OF tht
company and the STATE 10 test tie accuracy oil these
new views the Board Of Directors deemed proper L
have additional surveys made Of the country, between
Covinoton and the great falls Of the kanawha.
On advisemen, with the Chief Engineer, Mr. Gill
Prmcipal Assistant Eugingcr, was charged with the ex
animation. tins officer bad formerly been employed
an lines a. Improvement at tho North, ulording hlu
unusual opportunities oi information III regard 10 tin
subject proposed u be investigated and had acquire,
additional titles 10 The confidence VI the directory BY
the energy Judgment 3nd practical skill which he hat
displayed we'll III the conduct Of the surveys Of 80
rs The subsequent management Of the second diyi
SION Of the canal.
iroittng Of the facts already established, and aidet
by small party drawn from the second division o tin
canal, Mr. Gill executed the Greenbricr and New rive
survey III the course o.. nne month. Himself and h
party embarked The Of Oct, Mt GrcenbrIcr bridge
IN three small boats pro- led for the purpose and navI
gated by fro, he East Of tie ridge, aud ar
rived at Lnup creek shotls the h OF Nov, having
passed all the rapids the route without the aid .
ropes eSccp, ut R,chmr"us falls and the Great falls
Another survey the pass Of the Allegheny, has
hppn cpI aulIs in ind is
rections Mr. Gill report Of the FIRST OF these survey.
is herewith communicated. (See Appendix o. en-
brace the 10 express the very decided appro
baton entertained by the President and Directors o.
the prompt and able manner in which himself and hi.
assistants have reriorrn,k the important duty viii
which they were clargeGN
Greenbrer river, w'ih ew to navigation similar il
fhn,aSsI and that OF the , '"s; ys5
. the New river 'rton, with 10 Steamboat
viga,on similar character and dimensions to that al
ready prrs,rOe Or lie Kanawha river. Tie ,rs'rpc
tous called nh ra 4; pt!. of five feet of water III the
steamboat chanH If sufficient capacity 10 admit oftht
towing Of canal boats and to The extension oilhe
below l.oup creek shous 10 the mouth Of kanawla RI
yer it being tie u0icte design Of the directory tia!
the canal boats Of Ilr East might, the one hand
either communicate Yih steamboats,, at or near The
mouth Of GIecnbric' er or be i"wed down to the
Ohio without clngs Jc"Tg": aud, on the other hand
The New river, 4 sout that river be hereafter sua.
BY improved, 'hat The canal boats might likewise,
without change Of cargo pass up that river towards the
| North Caroua line.
The line of navigation, as located from The Green.
brier bridge natural basin steamboat landing, !
mile below the mouth Of Greenbrier river, making
total distance Of 10 G2 miles, consists of .6 miles 81
canal and II. miles Of slack water In tins dis.
,ance there is total fall al SIC feet distributed among
~ lift locks, VARYING in lii from three 10 ,wentyeght
feet There are also four guard locks and thirteen