Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-05-06


1R'nnh containing communication sientd "Anulhci
/ Ngchnohdor We were exceedingly snfprzsd esp,
GARY by sueh erulhns fahe. ioleafn that orr rrtn
/ Ion rails hal pr1veI bad on the CITY Point RAILROAD
/ we sold these ras. With honorable assurance that
we would replace any rails that with far usaga should
pteRe detective N1iha reasonable time Not having
leaIh any complaint from Pelersburgw f certain Thai
Tue ehaI9eS 81 "AnoIhe Staehhoei against our rails
We're without foundation. To make assurance ,enbly
sure, however, addressed letter. of which YOU have
cnpy enclosed 10 VIM r Hinton. Esq Of Petersburg,
"he 10 conjunction with Robert b. Boiling, ESQ If The
S}ne city, aght The rails from US Mr. llintens reprv
speaks Tor itself, aod will convince You that
'Aauiher SaehhodeI' has been mfased upon hy the
malicious representations Of interested panies who did
MOI suppose that an Article, published in the interior Vt
Nr4lnla, would ever reach eyes. we are glad tn
learn that "Anolher Sockhudef'' us gentleman of
ngh character. and wonld not make any missiaement
from any improper mafive,o and hcn that you will
lay be fore him the realaton o the change 1t is proper
To add that Mr.. Hinton IS mistaken the time the
lien'on rails, ON the City Point road have been use
1t Is iieo years Instead of Twelve months.
We have deemed II due 10 reputation Ia say thus
much w have nav no interest whatever ra makinp.
The extraordinary character Of the Andoyer Iron,
which we have introduced within year. has procured
iro our works more Profitable and steady employment
Than the manulac nre Of Railroad iron coodgiye
w hen, therefore. say most sincerely. that we be
IleFe that American rails, well manufactured from good
pig lron are worth much more, ten dollars per
low eSlmae.) than the EagiiSh and Welsh rails that
are usually brought ion tins country. that
testimony will nut be attributed 10 interested motives
We have made rails r four years and during that time
have been close observers of the relative Of Fngsh
and American rails, and our deliberate lld gmenl so
much IN tay1r Of the latter that propose To buy them,
Tor road Of own,a ten dollars per advance upon
the present price Of English rails. We d. to
say that all American rails good simply bee use they
are .3nericni, English rails bad because they are
English On the contrary. we have scen bad American
tas. uade iTam inferior pt, and llmaunlactured, So
we have rerg good English rails. But what we
mean Is that English rails of equal quality with the best
American rails cannot be imported for less money than
the latter can he made IN this country. The English
rhs. now imported at $40 per ton, are very inferior
article made Of The poorest pig IRON aud in the cheapest
manner. We speak from personal observation of the
English works made within one year. These rails are
no sloner laid on the track than the work OF replacing
them begins. We have seen track almost literally IN
taiets after years Use. Not 50 with rood American
nails. such believe Trenton rails 10 have been
W Il have thirty thousand tons oI them in wear.-
The fist We're laid fur years ago. the liu sa,onie
Railroad, under the drecden Of Mr. Schuyler la view
OF This NATTER addressed hi n letter, ofwhich we
enclose copy and his answer. Since then, they have
been land on the Camden aud Amb1y, the New Jersey
the ca and Schenectady, the Syracuse and Utica the
/ Auburn and Syracuse, the Tonawauda, the Michigan
Genital, the Arpomaioy. the New Orleans and Carol
ton, the Rutland and Burlington and the Hudson River
Railroads. Thus widely scattered they must eitheI
condemn us, or speak in behalf. We can only say
hat we do nut know and have heard ofany LAM
mated or enta'ed rails among them, and we have heard
Iron: them frequently.
! We send you The opinions Of VIM Raymond Lee, f..
=. Williams and John T. Jackson, VIII $, testimony we
could convennnlly get. Mr. stevens Of the Camden
aud Amboy Raoaj has just sailed for Europe, or we
might have added his testimony. We can merely saw
tla previous 10 his departure he offered buy 2O0D tons
OF our rails at SO per ton cash. and that declined he
III +. rs are IN tile water where we have 10 con pete
with English rails TO- this offer at least equal
sol AT lyHehbufg aud was made after lhfec years tra
OF the non.
Bot perhaps, ii will be objected tat while it is appa
tent that Trenton rails hive been rod it affords no Sc
cnrly I'm. ih0se made al lynchbpg will be So. From
god pc ron. g7oi nails always be made, if the
Wofkmen have proper experience. As 10 the quality Of
the pig iron which comes t. Lynchburg judeiun by the
specimens have seen there cannot be question that
1t is very superior We have the pleasure Of knowing
MI Albright, VIII has works IN yOuf vicinity, and his
non we know obe exceedingly good As to the other
element ct making good is experience il is now album
dant from the suspension of many rail mills on tide
water The experience which cost us 500 eco 10 cain
is nos in the market. We do not mean our own hut
our fofem1n and workmcn. mill now be built and
rnn n halt the it could have hcen four years ar
There are other obvious conilefaons touching tins
important question which will doubtless have their innn
eHce On your declSion-such he imp Of spend
ing The money Of the stockholders where ii is returned
10 them in the sl-pe of payment for wh1teyer they pro-
da'c;fer there IS no staple poduc ion Virginia Of which
the iron worker viii directly Indirectly promote The
consumption But our time does not permit us to en-
large and we fear that already remarks may be deem
ed ont Of place. Our only excuse is that We in com
mon with the whole mmnnIiy. have deep stake in
having the best possible Railroads built-and that the
alIusion to our rails seemed Justify remarks which
Strangers might not otherwise properly indulge in.
WITH the wamest wishes for the success of the great
enterprise. (amost National one ) in which you arc en-
gagged, we are,
Very respectfully,
Your obeden servants