Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1843-01-12
LYNCMnlI,s. thu sssDAY MORNING. JANUARY ~, 1913.

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grees.
All the repairs and reconstucons Of lho works Of art,
which had been injured by the fresh. pressed by
the lhiei Engineer with his woned energy aud skill.
aided by an influential Director. Mr.. Dayis) vet the
heavy jobs the Joshua Falls dam aud ,hecuvsr,
Beaver creek, liable they 10 interruptions irnm
the rises OF the river and capable OF being worked upon
only by limited amount of force, attended IN
their execution with greater comparative difficulty and
delay
Thu whole of the works, however. sufficiently
advanced, to admit Of letting the water at the Joshua
Falls dam. the twenty fourth September and at the
l.ynelbnrg water works dam. the second October
whcreupon. uninterrupted navigation more
restored between Iynehhurg aud Richmond About this
period the whole u the extraordinary force upnn tho first
division was dismissed. with the exception OF twenty
five men, who retained to assist the ordinary fierce.
and 10 enable IT 10 bring up and complete tho annual re
pairs Of the division.
As as the canal had been opened, as high mp
! AS I've rvcr, the trade between Richmond and Lynch
burg was actively resumed (although nj increased
cost ior relght) through the medium of haltcaux, nav
eating the river, as lar down AS New Market, where
iranshpmcnt affected with the larger boats pa
ting the canal As the whole trade oil lynchburp
tnued 10 pass through the channel for the space OF nearly
two months, aud tolls charged upon the river
considerable loss III the ol the work. for the
current year. must consequently, have been sustained
The expense OF extraordinary repairs caused by the fresh
upon the first grand DIVISION settled the office. up
Ia the ihr,irh oi November last, exclusive Of about
nine Thousand dollars thereafter To be pad amount 10
thirty three Thousand eleven dollars and sixty seven
cents. The expense oi tho fiscal year. ending thai
date. Tor ordinary repairs inclusive OF the salaries Of
gents on the cma. amount 10 fifty four Thousand
hundred aud twenty five dollars mud seventy four cents
making an ordinary aogregr" IT ordinary and eNuaon
nary expenses during the last fiscal year. OF eighty
en- Thousand hundred and thirty dollars aud
forty cents.
The iormer branch Of this heavy expenditure has orig
mated from caalntous visitation which is no, likely
10 again Tor the neN halt century. aud may there
fore he safely omitted estimates OF the iutnrc annual
charges of the division The latter branch Of the ag
gegate exceeds the estimate contained in the last annual
report OF the ordinary repairs OF the division for the as
fiscal year, by the sum Of only l25 10 and this head
oiexpendiinre viii probably be found greatly diminished
by the end al the current year.
After the test 10 which the works Of the diy
sion have recently been exposed, resulting IN the dis
closure vi all lis weak points, and IN the application of
the proper remedies IL IL bcIpvcd, that less numerous
aud costly agency will hereafter be required 10 manage
aud keep these works in order. The present plan ii the
Directory is 10 arrange the division sub-dyi
sons. with only single superintendent and three Over
secrs in each subdvlsnn Of these Supcrincndents
being an Engineer. by means If this reduction and
,,, -. -. -.'rcnchmcnis the manage
ment of the division, which deemed necessary
practicable IN the present state OF the work. IT is poba
bic that the cost OF ordinary repairs for the present fiscal
year. may be considerably reduced
The tolls received upon the canal during the year end
ing tue 1Dlh NuN, asi, amounted 10 &lVJ,24S, f'-
winch sum falls short of tue tolls Of tho pre-
ccding year by difference Of .522 60 Several tom
porafy causes Ca part ol which adyerted Ia III the
last annual report, u ~ have contributed dsapp,in
former expectations in regard to the producvcn,ss of
the tolls. The receipts from the important portions oi
trade apporalning 10 The Rvanna river the town of
Gainesville aud Wliss rivcr and, large part of the
south side Of James river, continued 10 be reduced
bout one halt IN consequence Of the suspension Of the
arilof tolls upon The river boats engaged in those
- rad, tlnv Ii
denis Adventure dam, or at the seven Islands feeder
As appears from siatemen, already made, the whole
trade U IyHt1urg, and he country beyond it, (con.
Stiintes about four ts OF the trade Of the canal } for
the space OF nearly two months at the busy OF the
year, was exempted from tolls for about thrd part of
the DIVISION by esoriing to tie bed OF the river between
Iynchhufg and Eye River. In consequence Of the
wheming disaster Of the canal the revenue Of the year
was still farther reduced by the diversion Of consdera
BILE amount OF trade 10 the Wagons of the upper
country To the Louisa Rail Road. 10 Valley Turn
pike. or 10 the Appomatox and Roanoke rivers The
wheat cropol the las, year contributed but little 10 the
revenue OF the wurkthe crop generally having been
injured by the rust aud large portion OF it in the valley
Of The river having been swept oil by the fresh. More
over, sufficient time has yet elapsed 10 devrlope the
creative powers Of the work. Nor il be necessary
to advert To the disastrous influence which the general
destruction of credit, and the universal stagnaon ot
trade, have shed upon the tonage and revenue Of the
line.
| In the first annual Report (pages II. l2,) made in
December, 1889, the following delneation of The 10
cation communicated To the Stockholders
"lhe line located by these Assistant Engineers cop,-
monces, by agreement with the corporation OF Lynch
burg their water works dam, immediately above the
town. After passing through the lower parts of their
town. prsucs the Southern shore for miles WIN
with the aid OF towing path bridge II the r,'er III
the pond of dam 10 be erected aud thlre quarter
miles lower down. near Joshua Falls Atlcr crossing
the river, continues down the Northern shore, 10 the
Alalden's Adventure dam, passing over I've nver, by
means of towing path bridge in the rellnen water oil
the dam To be thrown the main stream near that
point; ROcktsh river, upon an a9nednct and over
the Rvanna rlver by the by the other OF those
methods may be hereafter indicated by the definite
location IN that part Of the line. Generally the line is
laid the base of The hills in preference 10 the margin of
the river; but where there two levels the low
grounds it generally pusnes the line of separation be-
tween those levels and only in limited number Of
Sea- and for peculiar appoXlmates nearly
TO the rver shore Except at the points Of connection
with the river, where il ia 10 be protected by embank-
ments the canal will be raised 10 such elevation
bove the ordinary low water mark place it beyond
the reach of probable danger from floods and it would
have been still further raised but tor the formidable diff
| icultv and expense of higher location"
1t will, doubt be recollecled that in tho month of
June, 1886, extraordinary fresh occurred in James
river. 1t in the month Of August, subsequent To
that event, that the de6nitlve location of the AZ miles
last made, approved and confirmed. In the second
annual report, which was communicated ut the end o
that year. after the enumeration of the preceding facts
which had been sanctioned in the previous year. the gen
era subject Of the location resumed as follows:
''ln the location of the canal, it was leading