Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-03-28

Yg0T'g1 gIIE 4 Ell For The q y IA siniqnn
ytessrs Edilofs-In the fBsltlmore American" un
a.y the head of Rail Ro,H i,ems find the follow 10
iaf,rms,i,n ''rbe South Carolina Rail ad wit. its
branches ~ Cou nba and Camden. and lis road Ham
burp !. two hundred and eighty SIX miles long; and the
greater part Of il has been renewed, three times Nth
Lon The frst wssn na bar. the secuod hang bar aud
he third the T.rh Ills c. sits near seven mllIivp'
m am not mistaken this line of road was commence
IN $780, and completed to Hamburg distance Of one
hundred and thirty five miles; in eighteen hund ed aud
tLaiy four: the hasnce Of the line, mus, have been
rc,ed since that period.
fths Information he correct i regard il of greater i'm
portsnce that il shonld he generally knnwn To the ock
holders Of the Virginia and Tennessee Rail Road Com.
pany and with view u the investigation ii the sub.
ject wld .er have through ynnr paper. 10 ask the
Cbipf Engineer IT our road; the fullwing questions
!. Ia The statement in he Baltimore American true or
fase2 s.i,rsa f#z=,.5
O. VIVA, was the original c,s # this two hundred
and eighty six miles of road
8: Whit has been expended in rayns the track of
GENrads
~ Was moi The whole Of this 2S6 miles Of rad laid
with English Rail Road Iron?
s. Was not the Iron used in the strucon of these
roads regard as being Of good quality, as the Eng
lsh Railroad iron actually imported into this country
6. Was or il subjected 10 all the usual tests
b.fnre it received (rsm the importers
z. Do you do you not attribute The special disruc-
,ion II The iron the South Carolina roads; mainly to
the quality Of The lronl
:. g. Whea this two hundr red and Eighty SIX miles
of Railroad completed
desire to have these enquiries fully answer THROUGH
the Newspapers the hes, modes OF placing The whole
question. Of the relative value of English and American
iron; before the stockholders lfit shall turn that
the Ton used English iron. and hat it regard
ed good other English ir1n imported into this
try for similar purpose and inspected before it
received from the importers. ii me. tha it would
be surely bad economy in us. 10 inferior iron
in the construction of our road.
prnpound these enquiri, 10 the Chief Engineer for
two reasons first because consider the subject Il,
which they refer professional one; and. therefore the
Stockholders must rely upon him for counsel in the
ter; secondly because if am not misinformed he was
professionally connected with the internal improve
ment Of South Carolina and can consequently, speak
from personal observation, aud know ledge, acquired by
that observation
To avoid all misconceptions will say, in conclusion
thai have motive bu those stated above for seeking
this inf rmation, for myself aud other Stockholders
through the newspapers. thai have not SEEM had
any communication with Col Garnett since the article in
the "Balliinore American came to my knowledge;
therefore, can have idea what will he the character OF
his reply 10 my questions hnh p'opound with all
possible respect and with entire confidence that he will
with all candor, and in entirely sa,isac
tory to all concerned.