Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-02-07
FOE TIE ENQUIRER.
TO THE soI,Tti SIDE MEMBERS or THE GENERAL
- ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA.

TO rue SOUTH sInE ME ~ isct or THE GENERAL
Gentlemen One of yuur constituent body begs
leave To direct your particular attention 10 the hst pro-
vision OF The first resolution OF the memorial oil inc
James River and kanawa Company 10 your honorable
body ind especially to the concluding clause, IN these
words-"nnd providing further, that The Company shall
have the right in all cases levy Tolls as high as those
formerly paid 10 the James River Company In this
clause YOU will perceive nsdous attack upon the
rights and interest Of the people you represent We
pay The toll required by The James 'per ana ha-
nawhn Company under Tariff established for The 60
vernmeut uf the trade upon the cnnal, operating upon
all al,ke-ihat H. TO the extent Of our enjoy OF
that improvement The object of The clause cited is
to make us pay a toll from our po'n ot departure
or loading the river, instead OF from the point
where We enter upon the improved navigation, which
would obviously exceed the toll evied The trade of
the North side By the distance from point OF loading
10 the beginning OF The improvement; payment with.
out equivalent. When The toll proposed 10 he raised
was paid TO the old James River Company, the bed OF
the under their control, and they were re-
CURED by the charter condition precedent TO make
and keep up certain depth Of water; but no" 1t IS
well known that the present company have abandoned
the bed OF the river and in case OF damage resulting
from the bad condition OF the navigation, they e0nid
not, il they were bound, make remuneration. The
improvement OF the CATION OF the JamfS Rrer, land
Of the North side only.) was the design OF the old
charter, it is Of the new, apprehend. The Stock
holders, the South side certainly subscribed under
that mpression and the worthy President said nongh,
the contrary, when he traversed the counties, solicit
Ing aid to the work. Since The canal put into ope
ration under the new charter, we have continually
insisted upon extension OF the improvement by
means the South side and the President and Di-
rectors have continually held out 10 the idea that
connection by slacswater or bridges in
temptation. With that view, surveys and estimate.
ha ve been made ascertain the comparative costs
The Stockholders of The Sonth side have hitherto, with
the operation Of some liberal minds the North, md
especially Of the Represe natives Of The City Of Rich
mond, been enabled tn arrest the movement; made
but that all console ratons of justice have been
overlooked and the straenrd circumstances of the
COM any have ndoced them, in their zeal raise
propose t1cuSre tax upon the trade of the
South SIDE. We will acquiesce in any measure Of tax
which is TO bear equally upon ALL according 10 the
use that made OF the canal; but trust that the
Legislature Of Virginia will yield this doctrine
OF expedency winch to rule the hour. We
subscribe heartily 10 the position taken by lie Com
mtiee Of the Stockholders in their memoria-"Tha
the prorrety Of allowing at this time increase oil
tolls, seems TO rest upon this obvious rule Of justic,
and policy that The necessary charges and expenses o
maintaining an improvement, such az road or canal
be borne prime paly by those who derive most be-
neft from it, that is to say by those ,cho it, So ia
as the South side do use 1t, willing 10
bear our fair share of the cost, but further When
the James River u kanawha Company shall provide
! US way Ia get into the cans, it will be time enough
to levy tolls upon produce and returns IRON The
point where enter il We deny shat the canal hat
given "any increased value TO our property; end
! il there has been any ''dImnuton Of the cost o.
Transportation" 10 Is, it is incidental advantage
which we are entitled io-but this is nothing like
equal 10 the dminution the line OF The canal
and Will IN all probability cease wien The number
of small boa,s IN the river, shall be re
luced HE diminished demand for them. The freigh
!his time uctuang, and Ion low to continue Icing
besides that, the responsible carriers have been driven
by from the river, and property mostly entrus
ed 10 tie of free negroes.
The amour, OF the Will'ss trade whilst it exctcs The
cupidity of the stockholders Of The James River anc
kanawha Company, las subject Of taxation,) is
prize valuable be in ured it may be by heavy
tos-driying it into other channels ofconveyance anc
another market than Richmond.
a SOUTHSiDER Il STOCKHOLDER.
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