Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-04-15


much interest in the Virginia an Tennessee rail raad
and as The opinion which has lately bean adyncsed the
Virginia.. by "A Friend of the Virginia aud Tennessee
raj rnd eomnany' il adopted. will believe operate Ii
lis injury. am induced In undertake tho defence If
cheap .Ion notni hstanhing The advocate nf costly
rails. nrams stn show. that In INV anxiety buy eesn
IRON II Sc sght of every principle of true economy"
In discussing this subject il is not nv nienln To
nne word that wound The feelings of any persn but
In take 1t Tor granted that interested motives what
s1eyer except Tor the sslu c'mplean Of the rnad
actate thaSe VIII, favor The Virginia irun; ihos who
wish this company purchase thu Fnes or the "chesp
iron;' mon obsdnte" The writer insnuaes that the
motives Of the latter Ito add TO tbs thousand hum
bugs nj like character. nea " In The country then In
commence a regular System of newspaper putting. sell
out their shares and pieket the profits made hv decei>ng
the ign rant and eopidug of the ennuirv." To this
charge, wish only say, that thonght The tine hid
passed, when could he found regardless OF public
opnian as 10 pursue such cnduci. aswell as that which
usually followed. rather preceded by declaring d'v
MS when the Corporations deeply III debtor were
bankrupt borrow the money 10 paw these dividends,
sell heir shales and pocket the profits, made by de
ceiving the gnnant and confdng of the county,
a Friend Sc :" tells rs Of 'an article Recently pub
lised OF STRAIT udshe iron master having said. That
The quality Of the British inn imputed into the United
aies vlllanou~ly bad and much OF totally unit
u.s." This was N doubt the case extent
lorme ". LIST Because the BRUSH manufactures had
10 learn how make good ais; and secondly our eng-
had not that perfect acquaintance they now have
ri the quality Of rail road non. which ndn ed the DIS
honest efraud the railroad but thus state
Of things has passed away well as other 'hnmbnas'
WILL desrroed by "A Friend of the Va. and Tennessee
rail road company"
Again. is there any csr'aintv that better rails would
be made here, than can he purchased Of Eng-h non at
a much less cast think because there the man
uiactnrers understand their business, here they will have
10 learn, ard This learning is To he paid for.
Let any dsnereSrel person O. 10 Richmond, and sea
the rails made tJ the Danve company; then % 10 Pc
prsbng aud examine the British rails imported for the
Petersburg road and he be sas d it is trur econ
omy to purchase the "cheap ron," will mike no fuHh
er ef'rt 10 convince him.
II however. we could procure rails made Of Virginia
iron at the Cas-, the British, taispcompason OF
quality would ar ought to determine the question but
this is So fr the raiiS ma la of Virginia iron, will
probably r the Virginia and Tennessee road from
$50 10 100000 more than the BRUSH rails aud notwih
Standing this great disparity il cost. believe lr"n what
know of the two kinds, that the latter will he better
made and more durable, which is the case asst regards
the lires carts aud wagon wherlS The Bnlish 'rbh
made for Petersburg road is certainly better Than that
made in Richmond at a growing in cost ot between Is
aud \ dnllars per ton, drginnentuW al rrnncndm anu
if am correctly Informed large maj rl'y Of the ta road
companies in thu United States veu>el the British.
fhoweyer. The rails should be made in near Lynch
burr urea loss must be sustained before good rails
be made. This occurred at Rich nond, and must occur
whenever article Of manufacture Of 50 much diff
Guilty is commenced besides the large expenditure ne
csssay II erect and put into operation large an esao
sh sent which has been. understand from good au-
thorltv estimated by gentleman Of experience and high
standing al $4,000.
The writer tells US Of tn. large amount # stock We t,
he subscribed aud thinks that by purchasing The BRUSH
iron. "lhat dsrnst will been engendored TO such an
extent as will he fatal to tins enterprZ :" however.
have come to a directly opposite conclusion, for 1t ap
pears me, that true economy never produces disns
bat should THIS company proceed 10 make Their own rails
contract for them at cost OF from ten 10 hleen dol
lars per ton. IN than good BRUSH rails would cost,
that it wou necessarily produce the very effects depre
Gated by "a Friend sc.
One Of The ohJfc s of this company was to deveope
the mineral and agricultural resources OF the South
Western Virginia. by alordng cheap and expeditions
transportation u market, and Ibis will be best Effected
by using economy. in making much of the road
in good and substantial manner possible, but not by
building few iron masters. nor by the "eary de
velopampnt' ola few local and iron mines" feel con
flent that this course would much more likely secure
the confidence of such David Graham, (Hho
referred to- and thai he will regard his as The
"way to deyeope the coal and iron mines Of Wythe
county,"
"a Stakeholder" IN communication which appear
ed in The Nirgnian few weeks ogntes upon the
thorily of the Baltimore American. hat the iron Of The
"South Carolina road and lis branches 2S6 miles, has
been renewed three times with iron, first the fiat rail
the second the hange raj and the third the Il rail-" cts
cost near seven millions dollars" a Friend # the
Virginia and Tennessee Railroad company" refers Ia
this essay. and attributes this great loss 10 the English
iron. which also inference of a Stakeholder :"
II is generally known that the fla rail" the KIND
rsed when the South Carolina road commenced, and
for several years after Ina, perlod-tht improvement in
the pattern of rails have ben invented aud used from
that perlod 10 the present lime. such the H. the and
the Il. From the facts stated by the Baltimore Amerl-
can induced believe that The rails changed,
because the iron defective, but in consequences
If the Improvements in the form If the rails. The fat
rail' first usel was snpers ded ny the "lnge RAIL- an
this BY the L the necessities n the company and The
advantages If the improved rails became apparent. This
appears t, a much rational conclusion. lhan that
all these kinds were defective and OF Englsh r1n for il
that company had found the fiat rail vlianously had
they would not have procured the 'nange ai. of the
on and if this also found Totally unfit for
use, 10 have purchased The + rail Of The iron
unwSe in the extreme.
| have endeavored to answer "a Friend" &c, with
me qid minis" and hope that he Will show. he
has promised, THAT in my auxely to buy cheap ron.
have list sight of every irne principal Of economy. or
it appears to me, that 1t will require great elII Of mind
prove that the spending Of two three hundred thou
sand dollars without "qdd pro quo" can be true econo
my. A. Is. I.
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