Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-10-03
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eoine ., ech Z orc ihi'dlc noirl. This rolni has
always ocen, ana Is now tEous % pIIsca: !i-eI
al me hcad walcrs OF - ucs--a >,ieaiil which
passes nearer the geographical! centre IL Ike
STATE Than any other coES.t cradle river Tie
company termed for the imnroyemer. of III,
ronis, has ucen almost hopeicssiy swaprra .iftc
lSi0, whoa The n!si div sion OF canal was tjTish.
ri to l., nchburS, and has since that time leen
taiDy Trying 10 move cher forward OF back
waid-l 2 either 10 caiir out The purpose d! is
institution, az 10 sell Itself 10 lie state "Hard
tine>, CiaSs,tG financial embarrassment that
scapc goat Of The iinid politician, have liihei'.
prevented either. and inihc r:can.ime Tie friends
81 the improvement; have lesn discussing Ike re-
sreciire advantages q a railway or canal IS
the Western srcIiou Of The line. | cani.o rre-
tend 10 shed any new light On question, 10 the
DISCUSSION OF which so many NOR competent reT
sons address themselves; bit would sublrii, lhlt ct
least rs mitch OF the canal Should be completed
as aier ample deliberalion and the counscls CT
tie first engineers OF tie country. has been com
menccd, and that II woGh teEd measuishly 10 al
lay The fcycri>h disilusint the North Valley Pc
pie, il The canal were Carl d. al least 10 BuC ha-
man, instead of unaccopn,aby throwing away
The JU0O00 dollars which have been expended
above Lynchhuig. rati.cr Than extend tie inn
pIovemenl 10 the hes!t 81 their NARROW sup.
But the great doubt al tbs lime seems 10 lie. not
whether he kanawha line is 10 be a railway or
/ whether il Will prove enough Of Hercules 10
/ strange in is cradle lie serrcnis which wiilhe
/ arouLd II, be they sent from Olympus or Balti-
more. Thu signs o! the times and The various
Influences which divide The North from lhe South,
10 mol promise new that unly and decision in
The action OF The Legislature, which is Necessary
/ 10 make il Stale work, or a work al all. |, is
but natural, that long aIathy and indecisinn on
our own part, should encourage foreign lille eslS
/ rta Ma ,i,.t nod. ,I.tr
own ACKNOWLEDGEMENT within our territory; aD il
n"@ Virginia enterprise Is 10 bGlk as hocelassiy
I as ever at the foot Of The Allegheny, large pOr-
\ lion O. her people may with some reason think
that other States should be- allowed to attack lhst
! barrier To destroy both the tear OF interference
and The arguments which support il, noihiEg is
necessary bur Tor the delegates OF The reoplr 10
I make one bold move, and adopting al once Iii IS
4 the central improvemen-ihe line 50 10 speak over
which the dark prospects OF the Old Dominion
are hung 10 bleach in Tie sun OF energy push il
through at all hazards remembering The motto OF
'penny wise and pound-foolish and not dauued
! by slight immediate Debt. 1.-The Northwest can be
brought into lis support in 10 Other way, Tie SIN
culaf cheapntss oi the means Che estimate from
Lynchburs 10 Point Pleasant is 50 Ala 525, and
II the new plan OF a continuous railway be adopt
ed, the cost will be mcre than million less in
comparison with the vasiGcss OF The results with
regard 10 the prosperity of The Commonwealth
for which they avow the exclusive love al Ea
lives, might induce The people OF that section TO
Try il purely as an experiment. | mention the
Northwest particularly, because II IS from that
quarter that the most Serious opposition TO sys.
tcmalic prosecution o! Stale works Is 10 be az
pretended, the new element of agitation which
has been thrown into The loca feeling OF thai sec
lion b. the application OF the Baltimore railroad.
having unfortunately placed the citizens OF or
counties in position quite adverse 10 ne WISHES
4 Of the rest OF The STATE This seems The prore!
!! place 10 examine the sectional question speak
OIL and | shal! proceed with all ci!tidcDce 10 do so.
/ The Baltimore paily resi- much OF their rea-
/ soning on the authority given IL Tic hisl charter
! To strike The Ohio II any point above The NOUN OF
I tic Liule kanawha; thereby abandoning, as they
4 contend forever 10 The COnmcfcial supremacy OF
/ Baltimore, the entire section 50 bonnd.r!-an ad-
! mission which implies, as a little thought Will
\ shcw an abandonment on The part OF Virginia
nnd her mats 81 all right 10 Ies9nLces Of ono
,s tic iitilily oil their claims 10 prescriPii:e
tight uf way il il only necessary 10 advert 10 HE
clause limiting The concession 10 the IL years al
4 lowed Tor the completion Of The Railroad; and
! the company having failed in that pat OF the
\ contract The State is ToW ahsulged bon IN laci
Il and equity ifoEl the cratulious extension Q! lts
/ own agreement. The orig ina blurdet nthc ro'l-
cy oflhc Legislature began 10 be perceived in lci5
when ha the chartered period had elapsed, sno les
\ than one-irurh oi The road Was col strucie'. aLl
/ il then being uhvon> hat there woad be an op.
por,unity OF removing he obstacle We had place.
| in our own path, AMI OF rccla'Ining he hort
| tarc we had 50 nearly lost, he James anc ha-
4 nawha Improvement was ofsaniNd, anc great
movement made which would Otherwise have
been quite absurd and hopeless. That he Bal
lnore ard OHIO Company viewed the thing ~
this light, is plain, from The TACT that giving up
all hope OF being a,ai C;!s!ei lie P.,ineisouI5
terminus, they ibelct.ui ward cuDi!ned men sur
veys AID advances 10 tie Cumberland routc-
ana il was not till tie sioppaSc al The southern
work within the past lew years. thai, alter
scorniui rcpulse lrora Pcnnsyivania, ller as i'm
pu,er:ly sought again 10 ring in" on V.fSin'a.
/, lasnlt as far .s an aware, been no,td IN
any OF The nnmhs!.s- publications. ca ii's Gao
ton tia, iac Maryland dan. 10 The u-e'' !. =
Little Kanawha Is in TIC teeth q the iact, ma.
Richmond is actually NEARER PalkersSufS ana
The Tier al counties in the same lan'rce, than
Baltimore From the later point 10 The DIVER.
aence oi the proposed line IS l69 mics, and
thence by Tie lavuritc rope 10 the sources q ne
Sunth Branch. and over The mountains 10 ne
head walers Of The kanaw hi, railway cannon
he reduced below ol0 mics between The same
. minis By turnpike direct The distance IS 2io
t miles l-nakins the whole distance deg miles
while should hereafter lc neCessaiy,a road conio
be built &C, ortt!no 10 The present distances, IRON
ri, bnoni 10 Stanton 1911, and thence 10 Par
Lersburc 2;i;. in all 10 miles. And from Ire
LAST named place railway 10 the head OF steam
boa, navigation On The Great kanawha 81 miles
ah1ve Charleston, would cover less ltan Ioo
miles Nor i the advantage oi the Virginia c.
Is less appacn, in lis proximity to the eastern
norton of the proposed line; for, by The Louisa
railroad to Ham lsonhure Will tc l"2. and 10
Norfieh, the heart of tie South Branch valley,
lut IH1 miles; whereas the nearest route 10 bai-
more from lhal place is 2ll miles.
And that Nature indicates, BIZ This laiier route,
, Richmond as he proper market o! the Norlh,
west, is seen in the lacl-which n:ay be verified
, by a glance al any good map Of the S,ate-i'i1 NE
crossing Of The mountains AT point west q Hal
risoEhuro, is more practicable Than a. any o'her
nan of their cxenr. since not chiy are the Pei.i-
lei ridges fewer and lower but in the tn'in I'cse
; ne OF tie best possible openings for rai'waf :
presented in Brooks Gap. TIE 'ace OF ire c"oh-
, inv here is decidedly more favorable than ihc
! route along which the Baltimore ana on!" fa'i
road has already Progressed.
The disinlritsted pariizans Of The latter To5d
r sconl The idea OF going 10 Wheeling, hee;rse
: ,hrn ,hey wonld interfere with The business q
: piusburs and the Pennsylvania line. yel temure
lv maintain. that The adoption OF Paikershurs e.
: he terminus Of The road would not al al diver
! trade from The Kanaxha improvement, nc 81
: LpiciBrc OF which IN the ONO Is nearer ~ L,
;, Ter town than Wheeling is % Piisburg. l,deed
c This is such palPabe rIti:ncc, ina. lhe Wv ~,
5 more American and lis bolher coadjnlo's ''t"i.
i disavow it, and do not pretend TO dlsg"i.e ~.
o hostility 10 the Virginia work. And, ! 'htf
e we're any donb on this score il woud oe 'emIss,
:, by the tone Of the Cincinnati press ~ sieas'h'
n Of the eligibility OF Pafkc'sbufs on acc M :.
h lis ucarness 10 their city, al ie ,iaue ilu' *.
: wond have 10 pass The NOUN OF ihe otea' "a
is Eut il is needless 10 multiply arguments -, 2
> .,,ah tonic and against such casnists. -
% only thing which could raise 70 The q NV
r. discussion the professions &C foreign CRY and
Of oreign incorporated monopoly 10 enc 'ounh :
o. onr territory and resources, Is nc support ol lho'
r claims by respectable portion Of cur own CT
t. Ems unde, gl,a. cannot bot be considered as
ne Lasty and mistaken view Of our own in'erfs'
is say hastv, because | know that The great Toe
10 of those Who ask for he introduction ol The "a