Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-12-01


ri, between Lynchhurs AM 'iiH risr'.-
Ta' b'ani nave enjcavo,ei u comply, an II
lic9e hey have comEIic! wiih ta;s of'fl, a a
as II has heca Within lhc;f poker. GA hi> sub
jec', $50, beg leave 10 re!er Yen - the TO dc
umen,s ffcrl the chicl ensinesr, JUS. cpmn!dnr
Gated.
8 assessment of Damages. The company
being about - break new ground i'll ,hc Vale,
Of Virginia, The Board Of Public Works, fol
reasons satisfactory 10 themselves and 10 the
directory thought proper IN May lat. 10 appoint
board Of assessors, composed, with one cx
ceptlon, Of gentlemen who had no. form rly be-
longcd 10 that bods. Alter oGc re lsnation, ana
consequent rcappolniment, the hoard OF asses
sors now consist OF the following members, viz
General Peter II. Steinhergcn Point Pleasant
Slason county; Edmund Rulhn, Esq. OH Church
(P. o. Hanover county; Col George Blow, ST..
Norfolk; Ambrose Madison, Esq, Orange Court
house, and John II EdmoudS, Esq, Halifax
Court house. On being advised By the chief
engineer Of The time al which The line would
be prepared for condemnation, 5ud after con
suting with The directors, in August last, san
moned the borrd Of assessors 10 meet IL Lynch
burg on the 9TH Of Cc!Uber, for the purpose Of
proceeding with The assessments iew days
afterwards, however, on my tour ID tie West.
met with one Of The assessors, who informed
me that owing To the cXigencies # lis farming
operations II would be Impossible for him 10 al
tend al the time appointed. Judging that for
The same reason, the time would Likewise be in
:oayenien. 10 the other gentlemen composing
tic board, who, believe, are nearly all prac,l-
cal farmers, was induced to revoke The first
summons, and Il appoint The 10Th OF NoyemGcr,
Instant FOR the meeting
Al subsequent meeting OF The board Of di-
rec;ors, MIR BonJurant and h!r. Boyd directors
were appointed committee 10 accompany TIE
assessors Tor the purpose Il maintaining before
len the rights and interests Of tie company;
ard Mr.. Tomln principal assistant engineer,
was directed, also, 10 be IN Attendance, with
the surveys and maps 0: the condemned lands,
Tor the purpose Of giving 10 tie assessors all the
ncediul Information in his possession. II is 70
be presumed that bg this time the assessments
ncnl Of the result cannot accompany this re
poIt.
~. rLANS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS or THE
COMPANY.
In the last annual iepor, IN cntcayor wa>
made TO place before You, u aS clear AMI suc-
enc manner as practicable, description u
the line heretofore surveyed fur the COMPANY.
improvement, Gpan he alternative plans q an
ultimate continuous water line, and 81 a Fa!'oad
portage between CoVIng'on ana nc GIcai fil.A 81
the kanawha. The only deviation Of The poi
taee from the waller liac occurs b2isccn [bnt not
for The whole distance between ne month u Dan
lcp's creek on he casern, and the Junction 81
luckahGe and Ho"aId's creeks on me western
ieciivlly 0! the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS o' more man
seven NILS aq"r. n wafer m oeihs u's'S-
tor ~fr.f
ia'ca oy ha ate' cahn,'. - Soa.se w " -;
from; ana, assuming 'ha' 70 'ay'nS gu. ."e i"i-
foal pofia.', lhe engineer c1osc VI" oes. s'o"nu
through mat region 81 c""A''y' w mus i"','
lHa' me I'm u ne ihiIo'e,"."' ".n '''e ~ l.
10" ~ We s'o,' "'S'"i'ee h'o' W.
occupy P'eci>c'y W SAINT s'o"",' "ht,"e' "
orr z. IN "'hei moHe ~ cdi's ~ = ou'i - ~,
81. s''ou.u - on,"s - "''", ~, 49,
VIII" 'he "",e' 'ite ms [esss''n' up -
PS'''oh n'"' "," ~ ~ = " ""'"'-'
mas = s'ea'ei 'a'n""e - -, ",'o''' 90" .nn
ate 'o'' ~ lo"e "''., ''',' -
III cciii'l'" WIN ''c "ate' ''"e. i'.nte 'ne
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lne ''hP l"h' ,''e "'a'n'".'''s -.
s''"D,s ,v.,,orn v;,a,n;, ,5n,i,
"a ~, n'ah,he n,;l,,v ~ ,ailrosts =, . f,,ure
da,. lar no ,rsnsno,r ., na..cn~cf. AM, lnh aud
,.i,,atls ,nolS ~. NH, namely M, wh,l.
,,,a o.cno,n,v - m, ,rn., M l,r ,aiirnad yunl.
tnrrver nrsclua, The execution Of he waicr line
m. construction oi = rai,,oat. though by SON,
different and perhaps inferior Iouls, would nol i,
pgrclrdcd IS lis ,c.upanr. Tor a water line.
I. was not wi'hcu: good cause, therefore, tha
in the las, refJr', The adoption ~ me siocknoL''f'
.. he one q ne o'ner 81 me w. proposed pan,
o. improvement "d> ehdideei@.u - ue.'S' :
81 Vial 'inIini'anc', anu one "h'r cum y"
~ 'i"oe "''',' '''''e s""i' ~
iec''oh an u"e examination !" ~ as"'''''' W
'pIi 'ns np''n ~ ~ - ~ ti,'G" =.
IN s"cl au e.@n,'",,o"' 49, ~ P'",
ceI.a,I,u va ~ ha :, a. n,ts~ ,.,.
y, .,,,',.,;no H.. aI,-nb,,. r'..g. ., il /,
" O,c cd h"w"vsr ina, nj, c.s.y ro,,an II a.,
w,,k was mo; nrnro>ed /, be executed uu,il ii
thc nt.cy nan. .; ii. tioe stout. he ccri.rl-,
and N ccs>..;, IN ,ra,io when Il was b,i, "a,
,hal he su,p,u, revenue wa"i, in due tine, rno
bic the company 10 raise ihr necessary means
The proposition was, 10 lay o1t and exccut. a.
the ohrr ga..> 81 The iInr GpJn tie plan 81 cob
tinuous wafer n . b" ultimately psie. ted; ~
nn'l ihe connecting link across 'ar Alies nan
ccnld be undertaken, y sub.nnie i"f y z POI -
formed by layiu. nacadhhI'4 S"tIdte pP''