Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-09-22
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~osp.y MORNING. SEPTEMBER ~. isis.
Fiom the L,nehburs vissinisn
Raj. ROADS AND CANALS.

Raj. kDhDS AND CANALS.
n 10 psrcu ary important the people OF Virginia. st
h. Time thu, the claims superior advantage. set up by
an. respective advocates OF these rival modes Improve
men, should be inegen,y aud satisfactorily settled. be-
for. we r.commenee old works. devise Ia which
the inere. Of State deeply involved Originally
our predictions in favor OF canals where ceums'sn
60. favored their construction although our means OF ior-
ming Just opinion exceedingly mcagre. They are
indeed still But such they are, we eel compelled
20 auss,on the accuracy FIRST aud we have
therefore lad before readers occasionally those facts
that have possession, which nave had
tendency shake our faith in their soundness Among
these scu has been the apparent success OF the Reading
rail road Pennsy between rich aud the Sehn,lk
has been Tor time past an active ana eher
retic competition the trade. IL is not denied
the tonnage ts road has rapidly increased whin
the last twelve MONTHS while that the canal has dinin-
,shcd the ratio But the friends oi the canal as
,e neyettheless that the road has been doing losing
business and that has submitted to his loss Tor the pur
pose OF breaking down III. canal Is charged too mat
u 10 in n condition OF hopeless pecuniary embaIrass-
msn,. despite OF its aPParen, prosperity and mat II
hss been compelled 10 sell s bonds IN TIE market IN
order to pay ordinary expenses. These statements,
(which made by Charles Elle,t, Ir" h'q' VINO Is
deeply interested the Schuyikii canal. but wh" We
fell would make assertion OF the truth o winch
he 10 not satisfied have had the effect oi depfecsting
value OF bonds OF the railroad company, which We
told fell ~ per cent in ten days. and upon The soeh
also which quoted S4e. The railroad compan,
has preserved profound silence heretofore; but hndns
that longer do so with safety u promises TO lay
before the public speedily expose, which VIII pIesen
eondit,on n much more favorable hght WIN tnls
eonroyersy ". shall OF couise have nothing further 10
do thaa revelations and results we nave no"
sdverted TO H. simply because We nave heretofore ''ea o
effects of the rivalry between the two companies as one
evidence OF the superiority Of railroads over canals, even
for heavy transportation; and IS our Object, not To
produce impressions on SUBJECT OF so mueh
magnitude, but rather 10 guide the puohc inhu 'oiu''
concuaions we have felt due justice and 10 the an
poance VI the involved in the ultimate decision
Of the moo,ed question, 10 state briefly The we" OF se
by the opposing party.
We will add however, that the success oil the railroad
over the this instance only one, aud not the
most striking OF the facts upon which relied To show
the superiority o tie former mode OF Improvement The
great fact which has arrested attention thshat III
no single instance, far inormston extends, Ell
Their in Europe America has canal been constructed
IN the vicinity oi railroad while the other hand
there cases. both sides of the Atlantic, in which
alongside OF the best canals aIlroads have been built
and have prospered This fact. ii does not demonstrate
that possess advantages the canal
produce impression favorable 10 them, and uniaNoTa
BILE rival system. Ia Ie last number OF the Amer
Rail Road Journal, for example, meet with state
which cannot ial TO have important bearing on
this question. Ii The great topic now under con-
sideraon in England appears he the turning Of canals
iaio roii,oays. The canals from Liverpool 10 London
through Chester, Birmingham and NOvehampton, are II
10 said TO be turned into railway. The popretors OF
these canals having been satisfied that they cannot COM
pete successfully with railways, have to the wise
conclusion their allies. They have therefore formed
confederation with each other, 10 unite all these cana
into one contiguous group vi canal rsItodys The
- TO be let and the canal to be filled up part
by leveng the banks New capital 10 be raised aud
then they be allied with the present railways. which
are TO aid in furnishing five millions sterling, and thus
avoid Hyalry Tins adds the Rail Road JournaD
with csnals having railroads alongside Of them, with lew
exceptions (fhe Erie canal will be exception, they
YIELD IN the that stage coaches have
yielded 10 railwsys"-The Journal quotes. addition,
IRON English paper, which, adVerrng TO the foregoing
scheme OF converting canals into rsi~sy saws, This IL
Iruey gigantic scheu- but have 10 know that
the only OF the kinda similar intention beng
entertained by the canal pToPTrtOs the southern and
ps OF Eng and the district 81 the great Western
railway" These, and SIMILAR facts, which have before
noticed, cannot lA 10 Produce sTOag impression on the
pablE and, 50 far virginia conceT
med, ~ Elske pause before begin 10 tuGn~l the
ALE gbany sad 10 Loeb snd dam New River. With
continuous SsisT eomIanBIcaou from tar Ohio RI
ct Richmond.