Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-05-02
FIR the "lynchburg Vireinan."

FIR the "Lynchburg virgnian."
MEssas EpIroRs:
writer. over the signature Of "a
Friend h. the Virginia aud Tenn. see Rail Road Com.
panv" has been pleased an article Of mine pub
lished 10 your paper Of the 22nd inst He saws in re
ferng To my article eff the writer had referred to the
rce'dnas at The regular annual meeting of he Stock
holders IN November last he might have ''ssved himself
the labor ct preparing much Of his communion a.
relates this subject He then gives MS the resolution
adopted by the meeting of the st ckhodes, which is as
follows Resolved, lha, al the present time, il is in
oxpedent 10 The recommendation Of the President
and Dl"c ors. in regard 10 The erection Of Rolling Mil
fur the manufacturing rails and other iron needed for the
use OF The company" And he Then proceeds to say
lhus is Ibis question settled; ard as have always
thought there wisdom in the old SAYING never t,
cry over split milk, shall not attempt 10 remove the
doubts and difficulties ol"Another Stockhlder" 10 the
policy recommended by Cen Clay in his second Annual
report"
suppose when the writer s1ys, 'thus is this quest ion
settled, he means that il has been definitely seted-tha,
the Stockholders have dsa approved the suggestion and
that il is not again be brought up confess that for
one. was Of ff~rent oplniun bought that the re.
solutions # the Stockholders, which followed the one
quoted We're lstended mainly elicit nforma ion which
would enable us 10 determine a future day. whether II
would be 10 our interest To build the Rolling Mill and
make our own iron, to purchase il from the American
British manu ctnrers. IL the question has been set
tied. as stated, and definitely seil d. the communication
M"A Friend to the Virginia and Tennessee Rail Road
Company, has certainly given the first information
of the fact From whence, "A Friend of he Virginia
and Tennessee Rail Road Company" gets his nforma
ton tia, the question has been settled If he cans that it
is has been ndt initl " settled fcoarse know not
1t Is certanly not 10 he derived from the language of the
resolution resolution chat ii Is inexpedient al this
time is not resolution that il may not be expedent at
dnGtier time And judging from the number of pubca
tnns. which have lately made their appearance in the
pIblic pa coma ting his very idea Of the company
erecting Rolling Mil and making heir own iron i should
imagine there others besides myself Interested in the
Of the Company who boring under The same
mistake, il indeed mistake il be
But, the fact re, that the question in relation to the
building Of the Rolling Mill has been tied why was it
that much Of the Presidents report as has reference
to tina subject repubshed in your per Of the 18th
inst. Thai re publication. certainly moi the work
of one unendly the building Of the Mill because from
the beginning the end, il is argument in favor of
The scheme and nothing more. think il probable there
fore. that Of The peculiar friends Of the scheme NAV
have been laboring under the supposed mistake
thai ysef and others pnosed tn the scheme have been
laborng nnder. know full we'll, that when saw the
publication, was Impressed with the belief iha, lis Oh.
jec and the inject of those who had procured it to be
be made was to enforce, lar the calculations and
arguments which il contained, would 90 the building
uf the Mill 1t was under the influence of that belief
coupled with the idea. that it would be dangerous and
hazardous undertaking. that attempted in my previous
article to question: In as respectful as could
Certainly intending nothing else, and intending
nothing else) the accuracy of the Presidents calcua
tinns
can say io"A Friend of the Virginia and Tennessee
Rail Road Company" that whether the question, in
laon to the building Of the lling Mil has in fact been
settled or rot do not regre, the labor gave myself in
hs preparation of $50 much Of my communication as
iaes la thai subject" should he wiling 10 labor even
more, to he satisfied on The points which refer |
do regret however that The idea Of thu Element Of ha
question: has far Influenced "a Friend If The Virginia
and tennessee Rail Road Company - as induce bin
decline the 'aiempi remove the doubts and diff
ties, the ubs cions If Another Stakeholder !"
To the policy mmended by Gen Clay, &c. He could
probably have given sume useful information many
IT not all the points suggested information, which if not
useful To us in determining uron the propely # build
ing Rolling Mil, might he useful to in consider no
another question to which shall presently advert of equal
importance and OF equal Difficult y su h pc, that it
will he the pleasure of all who may posses any know
ledge on such SUBJECTS. to give the benef, of their
views. There cannot well be a redundancy of knowledge
upon any subject. The world may prof by it, Hcer-
ialnly can never lse by it.
Since my former communicative have hesn informed
that there is another project foot which may probably
be adopted the cons Ieralion of which consider i'm
rtan I" the Stockholders that of buldnga Rolling
Mill. Tina, project is for The Virginia and Tennessee
Rail Road Company to advance a Suf lent sum an
ir'n company for The building of Rolling Mill with the
view 10 The making Of The iron sin or Lynchburg"
The iron company advanced furnish to the Virginia
anu ehhessee hall lIoad company the IRON necessary
fr their road, al some price 10 be greed upon We
told by the esideni If he Virginia aud tennessee Rail
Road himself. in the report referred to, tina, English
can be delivered in Lynchburg $47 Ole per ton, and
that with The extraordinary charge added # sixty three
cenls for three months interest, first cosrs as if il
would take three months TO bring the iron from Richmond
TO Lyochburg. Now believing as confidently do, and
being strengthened in that beefby the opinion of Others
that The English rail which now be purchased de-
lvsrabe al Richmond at sl Soc stated by the Pres
Liant
IKE kind which be manufactured in Lynch
burg And being entirely satisfied, ha! he Englis,
manufacturers willing subject their rails COIN
r.ls5n with the rails MANUFACTURED in America, for