Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-06-28

should arrest the deepest attention .! our city and
the State generally. -
FOR TIE ENQUIRER.
Alessrs. Editors: May again be permitted
through the medium Of your paper. 10 call the al
tention OF those interested. to the subject Of Nc
Aiamizing the road from stanton TO Scou>yille
All those who are interested in this improvement,
and have informed Themselves On the subject
must doubtless see the great necessity that exists
for doing something 10 carry tais great improTe-
men, into effect "a specify - possible. The i'm
preston exist. here 20 q considerable extent, that
il the next Legislature !oss not take some action
upon the subject that the people here will give il
NJ. and. in future, look to Baltimore a. the most
accessible market for their rro!uce; and. IN Inc
course oftwo or three Years, the city OF Richmond
will lose the entire trade Of this region OF cCCn-
trv Thi, il a fact rendered more AID more erl-
dent % Is daily. and one evidence OF II Is the
grea, increase in tie amount OF tolls received on
the VALLEY Turnpike during TIE past year, over
tina, OF the previous year. From the report otthe
President and Directors, it Will he seen, that the
tolls received during the pGst year amount 10
Sll030 being nearly double tha; ofihe year be-
fore Another evidence. that The trade OF this
country is very fat leaving Richmond. is the
quantity ii Hour going from this part of the Val
Lev to Winchester understand that, during the
la>, twelve months 10000 barrels Of -four have
been received in Winchester from TIL, county
alone Two wears agO there was not pound of
any kind Of merchandise received in this region
Of country from Baltimore and Philadelphia, via
the VALLEY Turnpikc-now. very lille j. received
in anr other wax. About eighteen months ago
an entcrprsing merchant from Winchester e.
tabli>hed grocery and commission house here
the business Of which has been daily increasing,
ana he is now doing quite an extensive grocery
and receiving and forwarding business. He i
receiving and forwarding goods for the Western
and Southwestern parts OF tni> STATE and also Tor
various portions Of East Tennessee. and i now,
| understand about 10 erect m extensive ware
house :or storing awav large quantities Of hour,
To BE- sent 10 Wiaches'er-and o'her Winchester
merchant, are talking Of establishing similar
houses here Solhar, il these facts. together with
others which have already been !d!d before The
people 10 not cause those most Interested in THIS
Improvement 10 be>iir themselves in proper
manner for the speedy accomplishment ot II. |
think the people oil this pat OF Virginia will very
soon give up all nope OF is ever being done
Before closing this communication, will Just
mention one argument which the opponents 10
the improving oil the road from here 10 Scotisvillc
make Use Of in order to prejudice the citizens OF
this place against such improvemeni-that is, that
it will break up stanton and carry all the bust
ness To Scousyilc Now. this argument. will
not. I tiiak do for il is admitted on all hands
that a good Mechanical road from here 10
Scoisvi!ic would oreatlv henel; our farmers
So. il il prove source Of profit 20 all the farmers
immediately around the joGn. should think. q
mater Of course, it would certainly benei, the
town loo. AUGUSTA.
stanton. June l9lh.