Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-12-09
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of continuing the canal and who consider rail
road extension ofthi. Inc Improvement more
eNpcdient aud practicable Without intending
10 dspapqe this latter species of public work,
or to oppose the completion Of the Central rail-
road a. a distinct enterprise, think il my duty
10 cite the experience Of other states, that have
embarked LARGELY in canals, in opposition to
these We've. This duty is the more imperative,
as erroneous opinions prevail extensively upon
the subject in Virginia, and a sentiment of an
taeonism and hostility seems to exist towards
the canal among the friends Of other improve
ments. Thorough information upon the sub
lect would remove this prejudice and unite the.
lficnas Of these works in support Of the canal as
an Improvement destined to furnish neyer-fliling
commerce and prosperity to them all.
If the experience Of similar works in other
state shouldhe found 10 fequifean abandonment
Of the canal, IT should be abandoned without
hesitation, but iflt shonld appear, from full and
thorough information os 10 their operations that
the policy IS wise # Vigourun5ly parsued--and
only unwise when pursued will hesitation, lam
geur and disrtust--iusead ol' ahandoning we
should push forward the work and that with
the spirit and energy which i necessary 10 the
sneccss a" we'll ol' thls Us ot every other great
undertaking.
New YORK enjoys, most of all other states, tho
adynutatos u this species of Improvement, and
rcap~ more fully than any other the benefits Of
al early, wise aud energetic policy respecting
them, The toll, upon the Ere canal in 1898,
the first year during which it was opened
amounted 10 slo2 b6l. In 1sl9 they reached
sl2062, 1872. During The twenty five Years Of
tn, canal % operation, that state has, encouraged
by the results Of This leading experiment. con-
7tfucted the Ghamplaln, the oswrgo, the cayu-
- aud Seneca, the Chamuny. the Genessee
Valley, and the Oneida Lake canals, the Seneca
nFertoW,hg-palh. the Oneida afHrrimproyemcnt
aud the EAyusa inlet, She = also on-tructlng
2o1 additional mlles oI canals aud enargne tho
MAIN Euc trunk aia cost considerably exceeding
'ha' oi ,l7 ORIGINAL cnnsfuciien, The income
lom these hter1l works swclledthc total receipts
oi the state from her canals IN 1910 to the im-
mense aggregate of o},1l2 COG. The cXpeudi-
lures upon these works during the year aeeor.
ding l. the report ol the canal commissioners
were fiSo SOB, which Ieii uetiprotit Of S2,757,-
l02 from the years operations. The comptrol-
ler reports that on the aoih OF September 1919
the entire cost ct New orN canal including tho
sam ol ~ l,62i 7ls, expended IN enlarging th'
mnn work, had been N332ll l3S, that this en-
lngomeul, being incomplete had ~ yet effect
ed no augmentation OF the annual receipts; bnt
that heFerthelessthe neil average annual income
ol the slate from these canals during the five pre-.
ead'ug yoara hal been equal TO capital Of
80, 1l3t219, at six per cent, interest and that
the net income for the year lslo, taken sepa-
talcIy represented capital ol l0,9ol7ll.~-
The report q. the comptroller Tor lsl9, shews
the upward hcsht towards the lakcs) upon
fhe.r ean1Is 10 have been l.5li foo tons, salu'
81 4 ~, 3,3pb,,oI, and the downward freight (to
NarIa The llQd7ohl Ia have been 1919 9i6 tons,
Ndord At a92,3l3,22li making an aggregate
'nsl|ui u ~a2' ''o% IONS @ Woflu ~ ''os,zSo,
"a',n VA wa M 'u' 'i'''' ~ ''i'o1 "nS' ai'9 ..
Na''o' "l'o" ui' P'e'at'1na o' 'le Plesea'"2
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! ,eo'n'i'e upon Tue Nt" 'o'N 'an"S W h'Vo
oee" t"e'Nr ','i''oa7 ~ ooli'9 aoie 'nan 'i'e TO-
'a Niiae "a inc exports 81 l''e il''ea 'tateS III
ulel' o"n eio"uh P'oa"'o ana ua"''a''ntei
curing ll' year tae ld'ief ua}i'- peen aloI'
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