Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-01-02

under any fcfcunsanftsJ nut tHai
must Of Necessity connect .fh The canal At iynehhnTg
Ought TIE works up0n tie Canal above Lypchbuig,
10 be completed tho moth Of North River. under ga
sng circumstances II be improvement IS 10 pro
gTpss to us stern terminus Cor even 10 cnyihgoh)
there ought in my oplnionl, be no further deiayee
cause are losing every year in The decay and diap
idsiion Of tie hslf,compaed wols unfortunately
and impfaydenlally and,riaken between iynchburg
and North River amouit nearly equal 10 the interest
upon the estimated ces. otheir final completion. II.
however 10 he recarqed hopeless enierpFlze.
10 whch The State will NJ longer devote its means aud
energies. (Which preied not 10 say am not able to
perceive that anything ike equivalent would be re
eelved from tbs exensio Of the Canal to the mouth Of
North RYef-as no one, presume, would expect to
derive from the augmented unage consequent npln It's
eomplcion, sum al all approAmaing to the Interest
upon tho outlay But weher the nal is to be prose
cuied OF not according to the original plan, the Blue
! Ridge Canal 30 prematurely demolished should be re
stored and the people of tho Valley thereby furnished
with safe and convenient outlet 10 market Il 10 din
cult to conjecture what may be the future policy Of the
State, when Tho lapse Of tine shall have removed
batod the violent prejudice, amounting even 10 hostility
engendered by The imputed Encouragement Of This
work by those to whom its construction has been conled
and when, perhaps, ttn State itself shall be IN bet
ter condition 10 undertake its successful prosecution. But
there is nor not the slightest reason 10 believe that a
single dollar al be loaned or guaranteed to the Company
with an eye 10 the western e2nnan Of It's works The
amount required to liqudae such Of the Company S
anor viii Of course as we have repudjaors in Viz
GINA, be appnpriaed-bui in erndging and ernmblng
spirit Il barely possible thai the application of the
company for sum sufficient to form its South side
neeiions (Which ought have been completed before
he Company stuck spade into tho earth beyond our
wn,- works dam,) and 10 finish lis incomplete and de
cayinc WI, : above Iynchburg, may be vuod--hut /
doubt it, Tie al. ira Of the Company must necessarily
come before the House, some form, in te" days
and from the notes of prepara that occasionally reach
IT. - ID ASA lIs
from certain quarters very triendylo he improve
ment ITSELF and now more than ever embittortn a"'lns
by it's failure. far realise the splendid antic'
ton Of lis too saagune advocates, who did npt unlriu
natey look at the difficulties TO be encountered. so
much as at the benefits 10 be derived from itbelurc
whose ardent Negotiations. all distinctions PHI scal and
pecunary, vanished, II touched by maglcan ranf
while, ii destined they believed TO pour PER- ~
ual stream OF wealth into the great commercial at
the head Of tide water hich to call into existence
and to tortilla the whole extent of country from the
James To the Ohu, whose banks were washed by it's
waters These sniicpatois may not have been rxrav-
aganthey may yet be reazod--but il IT Is 10 he in uur
day at all, lis consunmaun must needs be Jeff 10 others
less scrpucal and calculating than the members Of the
present Legislature.
stated, in my last letter, that tie Baltimore and o
hio Rail Road Company had purchased the Winchester
Rail kuad-but was mol then accurately informed to
terms Of the bargain. Tho Baltimore corporation a,
grees to pay the debts Of the Winchester cninpa-
al annutv nj sIG ono hosiaes which ao,,,,t >, 81 ~
cent. upn the cani,,l ennlaysd in i,s c'.,res ,lb
.alo bn,yeyar ia MT an ,,s-yi,,a 900 t,,, :; II H.
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if not runors TO hermit great rival Gro =, c,
within short distance as 1t proposes Of its vesttrnr
minus but it. on the Other hand tho E,p,vIa
improvement is to be relinonshed os an .ohencte
idea" as some contend there conld he m, re,s,,,-
able objection to an application which would an ri bv
the capital of foreign oomnany an excel r,.d nm
ninp about 6O miles throogh Tho II r,t;tnrv f y,,io
and tending 10 the more rapid deye,nneot If tlo
ces of tie vast northwestern rcpnn nov ,)nos, e,cn
ded from market by the absence If nj, facilities
p1rlaiion OF course unap a oueston en- ;nn,rt,,t +,
the James River country no vote can Ia ,.en nv tho
delegates reprosentjnp hal soc,irn basod rnaa ,j
prehenson, now prevalen, bat v6jch nn,sr ,,oro q
vorabe ausnjees NAV urn ont IN be ,,nf,nIa go, |