Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-01-16
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For Thai such must be The inevitable result Oh men
nol;,y NAV be easily shown. The Cenllai IN
n,ovempn, wouId of course be carried 10 o ucha'
nan; this Improvement would be essen.la,, !.
dor ~ render The Canal available and prooucus.,,
as we'll as looking 10 its ultimate conhe1 S
The great Valley improvement Inc otas nse
Ioroe interest in that road-bu her immense
Investment in the g.eat central improvement ~ :,
The State would render The constructor =. ~; ~
nronosed road on Stale account true ecohon -,
danendent of The strong claims oil Inc Souln"e
Gan,lemen urged The objection that inc eeh'iai
;mnrovement was unproductive Did any one
ever ernec, that it would be prohtapie oeio,e ~.
s,odnoa and minerals Of the West and Soulh"esl
We're reached1 have received e'ter from uios'
;.,ai,;oont gentleman Of Boletourt, informing me
,ha, he increase OF tonnage derived from iron
Lone cond not be less than 2OUOO tons
w;ll now submit a statement OF Inc wealth. VI
The counties through which this road wonid pass:
In the tweniy-three counties Immediately INTEREST
ed in this work, there was population oil III
eo4 The value Of The real estate was estimated
AZ 500 665. l4I 43, and the value of the produce
and live stock, in The year 1910, as by statement
RI S936 1S, making an aggregate, exclusive OF
slaves, Of S25 COS, 100. Such was the country
for which this improvement was asked. With
such resources, agricultural and mineral, The in
creased tonnage would not be less than fifty thou
sand tons, yielding two hundred thousand dollars.
| make these statements in regard TO the pro-
bable increased tonnage, upon The authority of
others upon whose judgment | rely. The re-
sources Of this country had never been developed,
from the want OF facilities Tor the transportation
OF lis produce 10 market. The advantages OF
this road would be ncalculable, both TO Inc people
of the Southwest and 10 the central improve
ment. The lands in the Western DIVISION OF me
~ IN
since the assessment Of 1890. But, althoash
YOU may estimate the appreciation Of lands.
count the locks and herds and slaves, and
calculate The aggregate wealth which one
ari If Justice will add 10 this se-made coun.
try. YOU cannot compute the gratitude, The devo-
lion, which one kind smile from our much loved
parent will difluse through the heart OF her ne
elected child, until you know the difference be-
tween happy, prosperous and contenled people,
and d.populaled region, relapsing again INTO
wilderness. You have IL compare with The po-
.itye GOOD which might be achieved by just cx-
penditure and the negative abstraction OF proper
~ and people which must result from the CONT
nued disregard Of our jnst claims. There is
mint Of view in which the interests oil Eastern
Virginia are particularly concerned; for, in addi-
lion N 10 salt and lead, which abound in The Wesl,
there exists protusion OF an article indispensa-
HE 10 the regeneration of her exhausted lands
Gvn,um is as common in the counties of Smy,h
and Washington, as flint or granite in less favor
cd portions OF the Stale. Sir, if Virginia annu.
aIlv NAYS her lhous ands for this article, imported
from foreign countries, what are The prospective
advantages, when it can be delivered al lower
rale from our own quarres, and the tobacco and
-four money Of your consiiluen's-now paid TO
France and Nova Scotia, is distributed among
your own people, and etained IN Your own Stale!
il may Re said that we have before heard OF all
these hauering antcipatons; but il gentlemen will
investigate the subject they will be satisfied that
The results here promised are alike obvious ana
practical. \, -.
I will next present statement OF The dis
bursements from 1883 to 1913
House Document No. 25- Session Of 1851
Disbursements on account Of internal improve
ments East Of Blue Ridge:
Second Auditors Statement, A,
Nos ], Q and 3, S23i4,od9 II
Firs, AUDITORS Statement, B, Nos.
As and 6, l'2'i92 /"