Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-09-01
THE CENTRAL IMPROVEMENT,


we have been forced, by circumstances Ia refer ia
'n's subJec, much more frequently than FIR obyious 70,
sons we desired 10 do ihnuga certainly its great por
lance entities II to even attention than we have m
slowed upon IT, Necessity is laid un,n us. by ,no,he,
article in the Richmond Times to add few remarks
TO what we have already said
The Tunes says tina, our argument, apaus, The nross
culion Of the canal "has rested npon the os,,toa ,h,
!, would be Improbable" True blu, We have stated
The reasons for tina, assumption aud no successful a,
tempt 10 conlrovtn those reasons has ever vet been
made. The frs, Of these easons is ,ha, merchandise
ana produce can never be transported upon the line at
low a'es as they are carried apon rival lines The
mes. true, refers us 10 1.-The aborious estimates ol
tue necessary expense OF completing the canal and the
Pfobdbe income TO be derred from il. which are to oe
onnd In the various Reports of the President Of the Com
rany, and the accompanying documents for tho pur-
pose OF satisfying these points. Those very ei-
males however, thus ai have been shown TO be ridcu
ously absurd by actual results as far IS the work has
progressed while, as 10 that par, Of the line vet un
touched. particularly rs 10 the comparison Of The cos,
OF transportation between it and rival routes presen, in
formation shows that they wholly unreliable now
however accurate they may have BEEN as we doubt mol
they were. when they made. The very last II um-
DER ofhe Cincinnati Gaseite furnishes us with slri
king fact in reference TO this matter: letter from New
York. TO the editor OF that paper dated on the Sth OF Au
gust asi says 81 find feature in trade has ID
'Pca,ed in consequence Of the eompetion of the Miami
'cana Goods are passing through this city from Phi.
'adepha, destined 10 Kentucky and Soulhers Indiana
"via that route. Merchandise pc, and is ia "
"shpped from this city TO Cincinnati. for los per
800 lbs and heavy goods for less. say 90 95 cen,s
Can any one hope that goods be shipped from New
York coastwse TO Richmond, and thence by the central
improvement 10 the west, for any thing approxnang
to that rate2 Can compete with the Pennsyl
vanla line. leading in direction Philadelphia and
in another 10 Baltimore II we can let i. be shewn by
reasonable estimates, and in that case, we will repeat,
what we have heretofore said, "et the ,cork 20 on '-
IL this cannot be shown. we ask, chy should go on
For, in the place. deny that The canal can cob
tain large and profitable trade within the limits Of
Virginia" Neither the agricultural capacity Of the
country through which the canal will pass nor its mine
raj resources justify such expecalion-for, even
though both thousand times greater than they
are, neither ~o"d be augmented, unless the comp leton
81 the canal scouid reduce the cost Of fransportation-
and that !: cannot do! But the productive capacity of
the country in agricultural point of view, if not lis
mineral wealth, greatly overaed by the advocates of
the completion Of the canal. On This point we have IL
IN our power this morning to lay before readers the
subolned article, from the pen Of one of the most nle
gent minds in the Slatea gentleman who, by his posi-
lion. is wholly unnfuenced by those "iocal considera-
tons" which imputed TO us-and who speaks from
extensive personal hnoedge Of the region Of country
from james River 10 the Ohio. The force of his re-
marks superseoes The necessity of further observations
from us: