Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-01-26

VI LJuCnOOTS W incur dnJ & pcusc ~ .'hPS
lilinn against natural circumstances when nc
measure can modify. Let there be good turn
pike towards Lynchbu:g and another 10 Buch
anan,
Then, one ton from Salem TO Lynchbnrg, woult
cosl-6I miles al Is GEMS 50 Is
The same from Salem 10 Buchanan,
% miles al Is cents, 50
Thence by canal 10 Lynchburg, forty
six miles al cents, "a
Wonld it, against such odds, be prudent FOL
Lynchburg 10 embark in an expenditure Of abou
S2l 900 for the construction Of a turnpike, oil
pfoper Tor me Stale 10 taY The commerce from
Tennessee and The southwestern caunues An ad
ditional sum of 50 per ton, besides diminishing
thereby the amount OF trade towards The canall
Nay doub! whether the turnpike 10 Lynch
burg could even compete with The common roads
OF the country 10 Buchanan; for the account tor
transportation when the canal reaches Buchanan
will stand thus:
% miles on the road al II cent per cwt.
2240c. per mile, Sc
as miles on The canal, a, cents per ton "a
So 81
Which is vet II cents less than on the drec
,uropise TO Lynchburg.
| resrel that these conclusions should be unfa
vorabe 10 town which has ever been distin-
euished BY spirit OF energy and perseverance,
and has done so much for the cause OF improve.
ment, and especially for The James and Kama
wha scheme But still more should be unwil-
ling TO encourage an enterprise which would,
believe, result, 10 losses when the canal reaches
Buchanan, and even The North river.
am very respectfully,
Your most obi ser't,
c. CROZET, Pr. Engineer.
why then, should Buchanan be made The ter.
minus OF the Southwestern Railroad7 Because,
Isl. The sum OF six hundre thousand dollars
would be saved in It's construction.
2Gd. 81 throwing The Southwestern tonnage
upua The canal al Buchanan. (f il equals The IS.
innate, 100000 tons The revenue OF The James
! River and Kanawha Company will be increased
oNEHusDsED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
81. Tn. Southwestern people will save in the
item Of freight from fifiy 10 seventy cents per
ION, BY passing their tonnage from The Railroad
on The wafer line al Buchanan, and not al Lynch.
burg.
4rh. The plaster, salt and coal Of Tie Souh-
wesr, vii! be deposited at the centre OF The best
market Tor these articles.
may b. excused in referring more partcu-
larly TO some o. the points made by Roanoke. J"
raj, boys nose is shorter than mans nose
EIe mignt, with equal truth, have said that boys
legs are shorter Than mans legs. He talks
about the "ground rise and fall" being equal TO the
proposed grades OF The road, and hence that there
IS bur l,ule 'cuting and filing" The grades Of
this road ia The very matter 10 which we most Sc
riuusly object. The road is up and doDn and
doon and up, and rather more up than down. go
ing both ways, as an Irishman would say Sc
veneen miles OF this road is at grade OF sixty
leei and upwards per mile; six miles OF the road
Al grade Of between hiy and sky feet per
mile; and nine miles al grade Of between fny
and sky fee, per mile A locomotive Seiehn!
;Wenty tons can draw upon a level road load OF
seven hundred and fourteen tons Upon this
Lynchburs road with lis grades OF sky feet per
mile and uppords, a locomotive weighing twenty
IONS could draw load u only aboGt one hun
bred and fifty tons. Thus, about five locomo-
tiyes, weighing twenty tons each, would be re-
CURED 10 draw the usual load of seven hundred
and fourteen tons for one locomotive on level
road Query7 Does Roanoke" contend that
he grades Of a road are matters OF lille conse-
quencef Ii he does, he will become Inc laugh
NJ siooh ~ all The wasone's in The country =
Roanoke" dWells win "eculiar emphasis upoa
The large features u The country over which his
ioad is 10 pass II occurs 10 me tina, he has over
looked the largest feature OF The country; 10 wiz:
The Peaks of Ouer. The scheme of Roanoke"
ana hscn-laborerS IL tar Lvlchburs caute woul9
have been unique. il they had proposed 10 carr.
neir road over The largest feature Of III. country
% wi: th- Peaks Of Ouer. According to their
principles, grades being matters OF li!e coase-
lurncc) but lille "cutng filling or tunneling"
night have been required But after the road
wa. made, how lin the devil" would they ge
boi- IN
Roanoke" never thought up n that branch OF
he subject
Roanoke would SEEM from his "communca
tor" to your paper of the 29th December last, to
be deeply interested in The hog trade Of Baltimore
and just about the time he has filled The minds Of
his readers with the idea OF the "unearthy
noise" produced by the grunting and squeakiug Of
a thousand hogs, carried along in a train Of
cars at the rate of twenty miles an hour, he pro.
ceeds to compare Baltimore to some dashing
young, or rather old buck, seeking matrmo-
NAL union with that beautiful, fascinating, emit
cling young damsel, Virginia Now Roanoke"
just think Of the "squealing and grunting Of a
thousand hogs" and then Of your expatation
con amore upon the "coquetings and cooiDgs" Of
a pair Of love sick lovers. But | must quote
the language Of "Roanoke," in order TO do him
justice He says, Baltimore has again decked
himself in all the winning graces Of the most
approved fashions, and is wreathiDg his face
with bewitching smiles, preparatory to visit to
Virginia. 1t is true, he did this same genteel
thing once or twice before, lavishing his coquet-
~ and seductive arts upon your Legislature for
a sort of parsntal consent TO his union with the
Southwest bu, he was refused. For a moment
he pou,ed, and turned bis attention elsewhere;
but his love is still burning for mis- trst his only
love, and again be will come; and if your virgin
Southwest, now in the full bloom of nature,
beauty and loneliness, and feeling the impulses
Of natures wants, cannot find tide-water bo-
som re,dy and anxious to reciprocate her fond
Affections, Now "Roanoke," just think Of the
virgin Southwest" "feeling the impulses OF
natures wants seeking the tide water bosom
of that old buck baltimore "Oh where is your
modesty baltimore need not trouble him.
self again TO ask consent of the Legislature, Tor
he will find willing bride ready TO go with
bin 10 his monumental city, and this Common.
wealth will then lose her brightest jewel"
My feelings u loo big for uttersnce.
BUCHANAN.
AProIsTMENT By TIE GOVERNOR OF VIRGIL
NA.-Eeberi A. Rawor!h, OF Nashville, Tennes.
see. 10 be Commissioned for tina, State to take
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