Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-04-15
Enr lie Niftrinian
,,pcrSIA AND TENNESSEE Raj. ROAD

R,ilto,c and especially in relation !" The all important
subject II the heavy item oil rails Tor III" Rad am
n,,ird because it will s'ric; enquiry. and may
% ,t bope prudent intrart; upon winch the success
If Railroads mainly depends
Hui IL cannot be disguised. that several eommunlca-
inns which have appeared in the pwn papers. are one
.Jed cscua ed induce Stockholders In favor the un-
lied experiment Of the Com auy's manOac urns its own
rails.
In.xT'Enmsnica'Ion, wear 'shed 70 abandon wi
lace go aud patent sereptyped Arguments vi Tue
falureyyESher companies &c
In another. a newspaper sketch OF the operations OF
the work -sh ,ps the Erie Railroad is given without
st1tisiic-
Anoher more recent calling upon the principal Easi-
neer. to answer string Of leading InIerrogau,fes.
nd now have your paper o The oth instant, an
extract from Stalmdsh iron master, stating that
the Enplisl iron this country for Railroads, was
vainousy bad and unfit Tor use; which The anihor oil
the publication suppses accounts for the disasters On Tho
south Carolina Railroads.
,rhe essential pau Of these various publications mp
,,,r to the undersigned be fairly stated, all Of which
he will endeav1r 10 answer ~ their order.
LIST. As t., abandoning village mott ns &c If village
,ions have led topvae success. III business we should
h. sln in ahand ming em especially Tor city notions
which have proved disastrous The Stockholders want IN
f,m,tou and Statistics not the rotnnS OF any one
,hpy can only Judge Of The future by the past aud when
,b.y look around the and fad few, II anp OF the II
rna stocks paving ateres and Their stocks al oo per
.n or mare discount they do disirns spec atnn, and
adventure in new schemes and they enquire, II the nh
memus Rslroad companies IN the United States or one
snoe company have ,ted this speculation Of manulac-
turing their own lron
If no such instance has occurred, why Should we win
less capital and less experience attempt 1t
onJ Erie abroad shops &c--Supposed 10 he a pub
LEGATION futf a letter writer, travelling over the ad
gives n, cunt u the capital stock OF the
cup,ny and certainly does pretend 10 say that THIS
cnmpany nr any ulher. manufactured lheir own irin
Such publications afford information, and are entllrd
1, no consideration from any one, much less the PreSl-
dent and Directors of Railroad. who stand charged
with the interest Of the Stockholders.
ard The bad iron the South Carolina ltailr'ad &r
M, having The paper before me, containing The string OF
Ia ding onesiinns prapouned TO our Engineer cannot
we'll cross examine him. but will respectfully suggest the
following CIR inieuogallons w:
l. Who was The Engineer on that rad
What kind Of iron used plates Ut
q l. there not lest of all iron be used, aud what is
that test?
A Have You tested the specimen ofirou in your
office and what has been the result OF that test
q What is the extent Of Railroads IN the l. States (
8. Is there one sing company wi" nave lhaaulac'u
ed their own rails ,
Divers other pertinent erqntes might be made. on
come al once To the .
And enquire if be true in fact, and if true the EnG-
r,er President and Directors. asked to explain how
it's that these til u.auds of miles Of Railroad have been
hns imposed upon and how is It, that the halhnore
and Ohio Railroad. CHE most important r ad IN HE I'm.
\
their road from Cumberland to the Quo river flo" IS
it, that the Virginia South Side Road have contracted for
this iron Of which you have specimen
Have ynu compared this specimen with the ran man
udctured f,r the Richmond and Ddnyle road IS not
your specimen the better? and cannot You buy 53
Ter cent less than that roid has contracted 10 pay for
their Virginia iron !
Have you submitted your specimen 10 the usual Test?
or have you test fnone what l. the security that
you can make better, OF half as go1d
ia. The ht their
ial and how far it will carry the road, and put II III
successful operation No 1t is supposed believes that
with our existing capital under the pesen, system that
the road can be completed beyond the New River, If 81
far. Is il then prudent to hazard Ia niue cap'a, On
new and untried experiments
II is a very oininous fact that ronmastes now hav-
ing al hand dead capital cannot be induced TO
become manufactures, by the company agreeing to
advance The eces-ary money 10 give VITA ny 10. th'
dead capital stronger argumsnt could M. be advanced
90 prove the bad cy nay the absolute rum. OF becom-
ing manufacturers And II hoped before tins be- done
that public meeting Of the stochodrrswl be called to
deliberate and pass upon lhs new PROJECT ol vial interest
to them.
Some Of your contributors Messrs Editors. have sPn.
ken of dcyepiug the OF the State by using ITS
maeras Sc" Whilst his looks very well upon aper.
we must he allowed enquire how this Is to BE- done
The company ,lers the Virginia iron nastersh peier
ence ma T. Understand the State proxy, would even al
low 5 per cent Tor Iiraina than English iron.
they say no! cannot alnd it. for less han 33i per
cent more. II should be remembered, thai the fn9sh
iron has 10 pay dus freghts &c. upwards OF AZ per
cent and yet Virginia iron, cannot come into competition
for less triif than IS per Free trade Is brcom
ing the order Of the day. and il 40 per cent is not sui
cien protection The American iron masters they shouls
change their pursuits
The true ode of developing the resources ofhe State,
is 90 build road 10 the greatest extent our capital VIII
any il, and open communication cheap and eXped
tieds, travel and commerce, enable the idrmef 10
bring his produce market at half one third The pre-
price, and him time and money. IN travel and
then indeed you develop The OF the country,
and, 50 in relation the minerals of the Il West.
On the contrary, domestic materials at 33 per cent
advance upon foreign materials, and your capital viii be
exhau ted before the work is hall done Indebtedness and
mortgage follow in the case OF the Portsmouth aud
Raleigh companies.
II much to be regretted that company had not
adopted The system of employing lis own lab one third
of our capital would have bought 900 hands and with
the remaining capital doubt that IN process OF
tme the work could have been completed to Tennessee
1t is too late consider that mode OF work npn the
first divlsjou the nhec Of all should be 10 press 10 com
pleDn this si division, IN The III ST economical man
possible, dcarding specualiops.
Further-on the subject of developing the nrces Of
the country, and especially in relation The Iron masters
the james river valley would ask. if they have ia
ken any stock in mpa1y; or rather if the counties
from which! you could get pig me- have not been most
opposed 10 improvement.
Let us adnp the motto of g. Free Trade and Sailors
Rgh' Stu other words, buy whatever we want as
cheap can, and sell what We have 10 spare as high
can abve ALL economlse, and success will follow,
a cau md ffaci