Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1843-12-14


6 iaiseneni. and his alone isEsf decided ia
psilsn0r far where bhrtens are Is Be borne.
! 1, bnt sli nat he mode u beaGins lh-n shonl
3 feuaslsd s. aceepssbsr a. pssssSlsf 10 ihos
apen nhfm lAsy are gIaced VIA tkete -.
fesfsc a! $ recon- me4'i 70 the I-gisiAinrr, II.
sd''pllen oi lias principle = lhe general one up
IN ~hirh tlse itlafe Imposition n the Sale IA
should o. regulated
10 i91Etng over the many Interests 10 whifl
your care i ex,sndei there is perhaps no ons
Which has aeea&esfed a. Al 60 gifaian er pense
o. f9stefsd into beng by 50 many local anxie
ties and slrDksles, lhe coEBlion, Of which ~
sonle years pssl has b4eo less coD>lissed bS Ibs
L>gisi4tufe. han :hat sf Hose nqdDefeus lnrn
Pike Eo9is uhrh hask bceacxeSaied By joini
stock casslpanics The4ss.rOads.ef great sggieeas'
extent 1Hi CT have adually kroHn. Up viii
the e1materte, The inirIc6afre, the progressive
necesslti4s and settlements " our people ani
coasilIte, a. Is all OF these obiecsss FAR Too I'M
poftanl portion IL chr public. welfare 70 Be o
lhefwise tbsn be sabjsct, Il all iiges Of The mos
extensive and psIman-nI .cohkern. Wher
REGARDED a. mere iHyestsneaG Of capital
made viii 4 view 10 tigidends - money, ihey
have net bern pru6sab!e, and except "a q fea
eases. taey are not iiksig ever ID become 50. Ia
this. hoafyes there IS 50 dis4pps inlnest sof
III be great fasioFity III cases thsse roads were
CONSTRUCTED wsgh 10 srksiai feiefeece toiheir re-
sulls Of inveslnen, II capital. 1hry had iheii
origin, FOR he most p3n. inAlhe eendilien Of our
iaieli3r, disrerscd ADD struggling population,
whose bard necessities aemanceirelief, and 10
whom 20 instruHrnis of relief, could have been
sent, So able ID administer i as tbey we're 90
able 10 remofe from their prosperity The embaf-
fass1nent, whsch obslrpcied il. ADJ BY incFeas-
ing The capabilities Of their labor and their soil,
10 adj them ali ~ the general ppTer and re-
sources II The sie. And 10 this, ss . whole,
they have happily sacekedsd Saeh, indeed, are
The Improvements almost every where accompa-
ing these roads; ~ rev settlements, The better
agriesi5fe. the acc1atala,ing comforts of all
kinds he enhancet yasue>cf boHses and Lands,
that the bpinivn isco1ilenty entertained, that
not oaiy Ia these respefis, but Ia the actual ad.
eiiional revenue which II brouRht BY their
means into tie Treasury, the state hasa fair d.
yitead, The psiPeiniiy ~ consiaetea, upon her
PORTION eT the money! expended upon them.
floweFersih:s may BY, they are permanent hx-
faFes on her'soil. SO lhat whether tbey are worth
any thing ofiroiso tie private sharbhylders, who
have haz4rded more upon their conjunction Than
The State, she al last has an inieTesl in them
which cnmpIsheads ND i1eIesis OF all her part
neFs--shc i in s cases The "tesidaary egslee, z
Icr heir Il ALL and ia thai capacity, III reap to
she reRaies fnlu E. lhe enii:e benslit Of their
JOINT isbpFs4 upon herr population aud wealth
tiei Interest," Hereford, in The due p1eskrY6tion
and impair e .5s--::1, Is Nth III and, and that
xhflter iheS Ne continued as toll roads or be
converted into Zee onss Ard ia order 10 have
this interest protected, .and 70 save az cree
these Improvements 9Fom dilspiialion and ruin,
il would be highly cIpelient for ths STATE "a
provide 90 her part some better adapted and
more esecluai supsriiiss4epee thaa il is posi-
BE for he Blatd Of Works, organised as il nog
IS. 70 maintain TbiS Doard, ctmposed qf The
membetS ofthe goyefa4neit acting ~ esieip, acc
holding heir sessions 10 The capitol, ale loo re.
mote from shc improvements 10 question, toe
Eab.e taefrbf in ihe appoint aeHtof proxies, toc
much occupied wiih lHr primary dulles of lheil
sese1aa as.i5nS, ever 10 be as compeisnt-t TO The
execuiien of lis trustees central and control
ing board ought to BEL BaiMha.ever ibis com
pelsaey heftlyrofe, ~ repeal By The last Legis
lsiure. II thelaw establishing The cfiee Or ciyi
engineer, has greatly 1etaced Il, as i has taktr
from III Board Tue setgices and infor ia ion up
on which hey were accustomed to rely, aht
without which public bscrifces car scarcely fal
ia result.
Undeiithese views X IS submitted as worthy o
Sons rqns Iteration. hether The shAres of the Ss',
~ The iift ktnsk tnruplke companies might mol Z,
adfahiI eeeHtiy surrendered 10 lie county eohrs
The seseftl coaniics 10 riieh lhes lie and be he'll,
bythem Is tne propefiyofi he eonniies speetvely
thus suisiitufn, these touffit with or without &c
srittioir nay De- thought necessary, IL the room
na1 stead Of Abe State 1hcsr courts rnsy mol, il
"a rcfpees mike The best possible Repositories o
tlle tfHst u. ftcir constant prrseuee ii tie place
service, sheif pfao1ai ledge of al Il fequires
and tie ear ALL cnltroIng thlnenre Of thevery in
qualils tsfem Tor = 70 Arll IL gree stsfei-si
render their Substitution Ter the present Dosrd
substaittial Advantage 70 the public. This trust
aud thai over the COMMON highway, Which is nov
committed " law 70 khess cou9s. should not b,
eotiaunded nnh kindred ineihsieney az manage
meat sHterred The cases are materially tlisiin
sushed ttofa each otllstr. IN that oil the eofnmot
highway. every enforcement OF las by county COURT
and Jufies Is IN enfOresment uIon 5he people, q
whom tifzse g lnris and iurie cons itte part Of
graiMtoHs ahd oitenilIhes most uRwilling. am
te5nblesane labor. Ia tlse case submitted, such en-
loreement would be thft a contract, where the
people s9aiA te the mihor party in service and The
Target nas ~ Iserest. However The measure sug-
gesed might nsglt i j Obvious, ufa. As the State
deriyesns dlsllsnd from Llese roads; she is most
Interested ~ safne laa tpr their management with
" hesi pfesersing them shall thereby best connect
them with her general Welfare.
The sitisiaIs ard cd ns Of other works Of inter-
ngi Impoverished 10 tl3e State will be reported upon
bysihe Beard u Public Works, and 10 their report
beg iesta % refer you for snvh inf rmstion npun
this sufjAtt generally as you may desire 70 have.
would, huuetcr. especially recommend 10 yoyir at
tenliou aEl liberal rec the OF the States sub
serpion TO The Bslirote and Ohio ralio ad coFapa-
ny; and would also bring 20 your notice certain sur
geslioas 10 lie report fahs Richmond, Frederick
burg and PosoHsae railroad company, toIlehing the
application whieh Is proposed 70 teSnfde Of the
Stsle's share tf The dividends on iCs stock.
The great central IinelOf improvement extt tdnr
from iidcF dter 81 Richmond 10 the Ohio river,
which has barn entr1sit Ia ID thc James River and
kahswha Com Pany, is ID so many respectS peeu ar,
isso eenneeted with the iaost extensive aud fertile
dependency Of orr who'll interior and the CONNER
e'sl Importance OF cur Only maritime Cities and is
~ithsl IN situation 50 en- barr ssing Il preseuf 10
IT'S further operations, thAt take leave 10 reeom-
mend tito your earliest consideration With such re-
marks as the Interests Involved seem TO require
Passing over the various end anxious tdsts OF which
this sei IL some form ahd TO some extent other
has nov bgen ue subject for upwards Of sixty years
4 will be 5nnqgh. histpr5ealy, TO saythst On BS2
the pr, seat James RiyerE& Kama 4ha Company was
All e.p5tsl stock Of ise millions Of
dollars, aud ws,n tie 'sPi Of ausmenlng lite eight
m;llio6s tint the State became subscriber ID This
CoH7Ms; ffst e ihe aAonnt IL two hlths,@a az
ler~Ards u thrce fiths II the 1--WE millions paying
hith OF this subscription by the transfer 10 The
e ,npsayasi eertsin works upol lie line whfsh she
hid pfctienslJ constructed In her fands, aad
Ihs bAlsnes, Or iva millions. ia money, and holding
herself " charter fec 10 take or not % take any
SHIRE IN tie ausneuled kapitAi. The other share
holders "a ship company are iadiridasIs who hold
about eight hundred Thousand dollars ef the stock,
NOD the corporations Of khe city Of Richnond the
. ak Of Nnginis, ihetowh or ~ nehbnrg, ahd WASH
insisn College, Mh9 holi the residue The CON-
lany thus Fe0sAtated vas charged ish he sum IL
y hi thu Site 10 $40 HAD purchased GA the shls
&c the hrsU James H.scr Compsay, sn,nariing 10 ,
perpeta aaaiisy q Nv Anty -ons thasaad dollars;
lni Il further CHARGED with the duty ef -ofnnlet-