Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-01-15

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regulating The militia OF this CommonweaLb :
Revised Code, ch IS, be made 10 apply 10 volpo.
leers in The Virginia Regiment, and 70 such an.
er volunteers as may hereafter be called n,o H.
service Of The Uni ed States.
On motion OF Mr.. MORRISON, Resolve
That the committee Tor Courts OF Justice te -
sirucled 10 enquire into the expectancy Of i.
creasing lh- compensation Of the jaiors If M.
Commonwealth for the support OF runa way sIaye,
confined in The said jais for safe keeping
A number OF petitions were presented AMI Ee.
ferred They will be noticed TO morrow
JAMES RIVER AND KANAWHA CANAL
The House resumed The consideration o! Ne
bill providing for the completion OF the James Ri.
yer and kanawha Canal from tide-water al Rich.
mund 10 The town OF Buchanan, and for other pur.
poses the question pending being on the amend.
menl OF MIR. Bocock, 10 amend the bill by adclup
$1,000 dollars for The Soulh-side improvement
Mr.. BOCOCk briefly advocated his amend.
ment; he said that the sum proposed was The ex.
act amount estimated BY The President for This i'm.
pnremen II would give 1000 ions o, pro-
duce, which would greatly augment The tolls
lie thought that justice demanded thai this ap-
preparation should be- made.
The vote was then taken and the amentmen,
lost, ayes A. noes GO.
Mr.. IRVING moved 10 amend BY inserting
proposition directing the President and Direcon
10 expend S32, 0C0 for the construction oil dam
/ and lock across The river 10 Gainesville Thi.
| amendment was briefly advocated BY Messrs. In.
WING and LANCASTER, and adopted ayes
II, noes 10.
MIR. MOSBY moved the following amend.
| ment:
| Provided, That notwithstanding any thing con.
tanned in The first section Of The act passed the 24ih
ui March, 1913, entitled IAN act authorizing the
Ia MI IN ha na m irot
their tolls, and for other purposes" The James Ri.
yer AMI kanawha Company shall not htreare,
demand and receive tolls upon Indian corn
wheat rye, and other grains and grass seeds
upon -four, corn meal and Other meal-up,n
hemp. fax, cotton, tobacco and all agricultural
productions transported on the James liver, upon
either the ascending or descending navigation, e1-
ceeding two and a half cents per ton OF two thou.
sand pounds per mile.
Mr. MOSBY entered into a long statistical
statement, TO show that The tolls Of the company
were now very high. He referred 10 The original
chaIlerot The company, 10 prove that a fostering
hand was extended 10 agricultural productions;
that there the power was only given them 10 Tax
these productions two and hall cents per Ton
per mile. That portion oil the Stale, whose pro.
duce was obliged 10 come down this route, were
willing 10 suffer while the cana was being con-
s,ruc,ed; ana they did bear il burden-that bur
uen 0dS NOW uCcu lHGIcdSNu nun W LiN
per cent. Ii is needless 10 say tha, This increase
cannon be borne. lie referred 10 the comparative
tolls in 1882, and those that are now levied. IN
1882 the toll on corn meal was Two and hall
cents per ton OF 2i0 pounds per mile; now, il is
three cents per Ion OF 1000 pounds; SO of flour
Sc. In 1913 the company asked for aid Tor he
payment Of their guaranteed bonds They only
asked an increase of tolls 10 three cents per ion
per mile, but the Legislature gave Them more
~, III l-aJ fn,. thet, fhpfn
10 lay tolls of three and hall cents. The com.
pany levied tolls given them by that act, and so
much dissatisfaction did il produce in every par
of the State, where the least interest was felt
that the Directors lowered them. The reye.
nue. OF the company was greatly increased
by this reduc ion. Mr.. M here read .foa, Mr.
Cabells 18th Report. 1.-THE tolls be leyie,: byte
act Of 1882, on hogshead OF tobacco, its 'r.,eh,
and tolls would be IS 81; under The restored tolls
OF lS43 they would be 81 H. A large potion
OF the tobacco is luge and The average price is
from ninety cents 10 one dollar per hundred, which,
assuming hogshsad 10 weigh one ten, woai
make The price 20 dollars, and the cost 10 get
| irrm Lyncnbnrg 10 Richmond would be 81 a.
| The average price Of wheat in Richmond Tor The
last five years has been so cents Now, i. a man
has 1000 bushels Of wheat in Lynchburg, and DE-
sired 10 bring il 10 Richm I'D, it would take near
$50 bushels 10 pay The cost OF transportation
The charter ui the Company, 10y operation Of
law, expires next MAY, unless The Legsla NE
choose 10 extend il As they are asking loon,
he desired 10 confer upon them The same rover
| given to them by their original charter, and 10;
that by The act OF 1913 The largest amount 81
| revenue will arise when The tolls are lowest he
cause every who has produce 10 sell vii
| then send II, as The charges are low, while lhey
| would he deferred when they high. The
receipts Of The Company would have been
| sufficient, il III. wheat and tobacco crops had
moi b, EN- cut shori, and he considered il IN. 8
wise 10 IA Use the Tolls on that account. The PEG.
pie along the line OF the improvement are will
ing 10 bear The burdens Of Government; but il Is .
not right 10 Cypress them grievously. II is III. s
Just unwiSe and unreasonable, that while We s
are willing 10 extend relief 10 this company tha
hey should have the power 10 destroy The value
Of our property.
Mr.. DORMAN thought that This was
matter ot 80 much consequence thatth members 4
were not prepared TO vote upon It's merits.
proposition OF so much moment should have
been referred to a committee; but nothing Of lhi, a
kind has been done. The company meets AGAIN q
in fortnight. and he thought the proper place 'c
bring This subject was in committee. He wunIi Dc Il
all he could there 10 aid the gentleman He hopte Il
that no more amendments would he adoprj as y
he knew that every hair would tend To break he
camePs back. Gentlemen who were anaiou, Il Il
vote forihe bill had told him that they would he a
forced 10 vote against il if more amendments s
were made 10 il. 81
Mr.. LANCASTER said, that he would &c i
back 10 The year 1920, when tolls were sixiylat q
and half cents per hundred. From 1883 10 ls3s 81
when tolls were al their lowest rae. he iouIc
that tolls were SO cents per hundred, and aItougf =
we paid that, the Lynchburg merchant pa id cs z
more, as the competition ioTup loading was great -
rr than Tor down loading. Although The crane Is
gave them The right 10 lax three cents per lrn % ~
mile, yet The restriction on agricultural produc,
only made an average Of cents, and then ihtY z
asked Tor an increase Of tolls. Mr.. L. content,
tina, tie heavy receipts in 1915. was owing 10 1t, &
heavy wheat crop, and he opposed Direco'
The reduction OF the tolls. MI. L. here entered in.
statistical calculation, 10 show that The olss
ought not to have been reduced. The amendrrt
was farther debated by Messrs. IRVING ar.
RUHWELL in the affirmative, and Messn
VERIFY and STROTHER in The negative, ar.
the amendment was rejected, as follows
hYEs-Messrs. Brown OF Albemarc, Ii,r (.
EIaryie, Powell, McDrarmon, Shelley. Serge.
Burwel, Bennett Bocock, Mosby, Fox, CAD y
well, Irving, Street, I.eake, Carroll, Dilar
Edmundson ol Montgomery and Pulaski Tarr S
Tunstall, Cooke, Sturm, Cook, TATE Rurd@ s.
Goodson, Stephenson and Floyd-29.
NoEs-Messrs Jones OF Chesterfield, (Spee.
er,) Gusts, Finney, Layne, johnson, Byrd Boa. &
Small, Thompson OF Boeiour BambricS, hsr
rson OF Brunswick, Morris, Dickinson, Slang s
ter, Thompson If DinwidJie, Roane, Love Il -
of Fayerle and Nicholas, Smith, Carper CanG ss
White, Jones of Gloucester, Calwrl, WaW g
Major. tlieti, Thompson oil Hampshire, Dsra g
cou Lee Duncan, Lancaster, Goodwin, Howar g
Thompson OF Jefferson, Patrick, Gaines, Va
lace, Robinson. Gresham, Richmond, Balial
Harrison OF Loudoun, Schooley, MclnIyle e
mondson oi LUnenburg, Poindex,er, Banks, tl
mond 'Odham, Browne OF Mathews and Md't -
sex, Wageoner, Williams, Brown of Moncrr-
liza, Beirne, Brealhed, Kelly Perrow, NeTo.
Waus, Happier, VERIFY, helms, Oliver, EdeH'
ton, Davis, Mcpherson, Symc, Lanier, Csctt IS
Fairfax, Stone, Anderson Daniel, Tyler, Sc
Their, Mayo, Harper, Dorman, Bare, Blown
Rockingham, McElhennev Morrison, Hi
Shenandoah, Slickey, Goodwin. HoIlatay, r..
hugh, Harsrave, Freeman, Gillespie, iome
Caslleman and Cha ndler-95.
On motion OF Mr. DARRACOTT the ious