Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-04-01

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Mr. WELLS said hat be under state oi leelng
-; II as lie never before had experienced on this oIr 10
opposition "t the member from Ohio had 50 hluGa aso"s
cd ns That he scared knew how 10 reply nat seh'T
i.i this House well remembers, Stood shoulder 10 s"'
rr him advocating the justice Of granting the rghI u
way any portion Of The people OF this State 10 construct
Railroads their soil, with their own money toH
NJ $p.aKcr and this House, well rcco!lect aa pul &c"
DAVIS since bill under consideration 10 nc"!porat" IN,
r4-tu. ant Elt:iant Railroad Company IN s?:it "'
Kindness and Eleai:y CONSENTED ne snicaoa Of friends,
~ amend Nil gIau. ire r!ea -! way ~ VIZ
Hec;oyin cpiipau! construct their road 10 the cit" Q!
WAe!ia !t5n,d long and hnT. jur the success o the
!i amended and he S s?arec no etoI's III lis ''i'
Il is passed both Houses ana is the ll' OF TIE an'
NO.v Fir. wltlc Do find h!t am here with OH III
which portion q my constituents &c deeply lnereSc1i
bill which &" haTn 10 any portion OF The toim"h
ga Bin SIR strictly local il il: cli:racter 10 enable ts
people. O.. uiI!v. Sore their in form .!
pint stock company construct railroad from hc ONO
iver into interior 4" iii" country for the purpose {"
transporting their Stone Goa! - :tIkt aHa ave % tt:
- lD"r and other orJdice the On" l:"c- "hcE Is !e
Only d"Ga: or :-ir surplus polrc 81 "tcA e: nave I'll
a5Urin"c. lasS whclr do we "a h!! NC ii:u MN re-
t'n his steps and opposing the p:Ecp!" when ~
advocated former occasion, which have a'u'td L" ara
why aa unat!o s@. will leave that question 10 ne
answered ~ soma n'"ElG. mote learned t!ao t$ss'
appears that h np?usos mis- I'LL because III. Ticls s*+n
10 run IN tho t.rectcn ct sbute nov in Inc nam T" ils
good Oh Commonwealth must the people oil hahe2cN
county be brewer bound band and foot pGeaase, o.S'
cE h2n@" sometime. /" stand with ii2i: it'e" i'!. ~
wards Flushing Because yS:g is 90 Hie- east on tt"'
M: cannot b. qcSTc - maxi road 10 their c'ai ''S
Strange ard marvellous The notions o! n.an.
i'e gent cnan iton OHIO Count! or HE waves !'o'
EG hoout ths i4P"! 10 find BIZ wss:c.! G c"s4
:Hchcr i- lic:2taM amendment He knew Il :ia1 no.
me-!t sufficient 10 carry through without III tSss'rt -
nitor!cH5 bI. The Neit-DI-G aad Re, ;cy ti H.!
U"r.. sal tad 4nis, anG :G; his amendment vas ADOPTED
n" :|IooA "as manifest! 20 IT, lie, Is this toASe va
rctrn'hes made or: amend III. North! =" stern 'i:.
road bill - a 20 the right OF va" TO the ie"it@a
C"i.inay 10 construct te: ROAD u nc. Tie ;Iit"'s
to. hi! would consent - his r,4rrn, believing
"Ont hc means 81 ,-!caag the y !! :Gpcd ana mas
y"a ,rc iir ''as thrown upon te "." - be:" sa'e
Ta! consulted 10 .iIcr The amendment ~ iE pa II
VA '" at has ro' passed oo.h branches 3i lie Lts
are aui NOT "it!"ut opposition. Ard Al ,'hn rot W"
he or2o,iIi acc;et! NJ, he original BILL but ct tie
"i"n1m.U ana lie opposition great t: IL a>se
the >a7ais ~ glorious majority at bat one 'c'c
Nv, sir. OF 81! this consider it most nrEi" ara
gnlua; hat opToo; the bill! new under confederation
si!l,5 r0an nom tie quarter il does He nlar:'s yo0 t
ns hill, i passed will seriously inurc the interests {"
N,ls+ara sod Wheeling Virgins towns, and build un 'sa
U..rl4 ana r;;i=bu-, which towns o foreign S-icS
%""! nln he gnaman thai he Is not called on 10 pro-
;ec. I- interest OF A"lIs}nrt was sent here Tor ih o
H>'" -: !':tctd Ia DO It, so far n am ;l9e n'7o''G
An"' F o"c interests and will seek 10 maintain s COW
"r Interests L9pctlnt entirely on The gu: o '"1'
!ng, j'9r en2 be her aJps. :ar that Nc'shai" N'"a
'rr;'s aud showing it, acs Ii" Opposition %
'~ tu"c ".i!rd because she knows cannot aISl ''
interests.
IA Speaker will endcaror 10 show this House, ta' Z
'Tt~ connection win pittshug, br thia route, l'a PEE
>enf 'cry uncertain The SieGbcnvle and Indian" f"nt
cam ana probably will with Pitisbur& D? fDad q"
the North west side n the Ohio river. Ire !>tnESE:'!'
and uuiu improvements will extend down the i!ao r!'f -
Beaver aaj tom thence TO the mouth OF elbow crfN t.
miles Mort; al >cuhcR. and there they leave tie river 10Y
tin interior o: OHIO. The Seubcnve and Indiana Railroad
will terminate AZ Stcubcnve the Ohio river; from thai
point tc" can c"m0ect with Psburg BY making Il miles
Of road The level valley OF the OI rScr; and canot ae
expected uht any Company would build TWO bridges one
acFuss tho ONO ana the Mononglhela ~ COS"
cis hundred and fifty thousand dollars each, and
then make t.. miles u" road rough and mountainous
cyGaIrr 10 reach point which they accomplish hy ma
H- II n! - as before stated. But sir |! any Inducements
~ h held out to that Company select the route across
Virginia wut be better do il than let them pass
NJ The rEcr The opposite se thereby deprylng our own
citizen. %: tie benefits and turning The improvement Into
another SGatn? ;hrN that member on this floor would
otiI"rwisc.
Bat tca ,g in!uacrmrnt be held out 10 that
cuats;: I"ru"ai:ac their work across Virginia We nave
a1arG ii receiving AL ir" that quarter. And now slr
- r"c" {" ih IN" improvements al the day, We are
~ "n road as wr can
Ncnat 1acc "pai sa Tie Pennsylvania Central Railroad
Company "oU: 'ci thu route 10 lind their way NeS on
tai hope has vanish hcy have selected the more North
crn route" ana nave cMn need constructing their road down
The opposite side 81 Ohio river, have Before stated
AMI. addition 10 that have been informed that the
pany ir.!n! arv" steps Ia continue with lhcis road
down the river by The way Of Steu5cnvic tie village OF
Blig"rn opposite 10 Wheeling You see from the facts
which have forth that connection by The Cove route
ont nr"3lrn'iia' viii repeat that II would be much
better ir Virginia ~ induce the Sruhcnye company TO
territory with their road, drive them ron
aHi deprive rs Of the benefits The valley of Holidays
'''" iac ~" sIrnH'atnr country, cannot b. SUrsS: III
tie state Tor fertility al SOIL and the enterprise Of the Ct
l.n= it-ics furnishing an! ind -ous town has lately
.ori.uc uo in that valley; and by it'll. icste:-
ne care of the Legislature, il will become place
II wealth and o2uIencc. And sir, what tio ask
Nothing nur" iru TO grant just rights, such as
:uu have, GRANTED 10 WcsbTrg, Wheeling ana the North
Companies. Simply III. right OF way make road
soil "i. our own money. While you have been
,pgopGtimg millions upon millions 10 make railroads in al
most very PARTON u" the State yet when county
up aud asks the simple right of make read
carry Gcr coal and other produce TO morkc, decided
opposition anis 20 DC presented against H. Cue! treat
,neut this i portion OF your loyal citizens!
Now lct anime the elect that this road would have
the interests Of Nhe.nE r!o3;ted II were constructed
through 10 fs";g ihe travel that woul rench the ohlo
river by the >.nbcn.lc and Indiana .AcaJ, oil coGrs"
w"Ct arrive at $trUt cnvic Ii il dcshcj Tor Ps1nrg
"oAli - there hy the river Steamboat, ~ The Bcl
yer railroad II II were destined r Plladepha H. per-
hafs would take the rouie i! not, it would 10
WcIl.burG, and there 'akc the HempGe!I read at TINT
point 60 wheeling and there tic direction rs
the roads designed +" Gn;la ~: common stem
II The PENN. yanii !ne |! destined tpr Baltimore IL, 81
course would take The Bllrrc road. Ii the traveller
ascending the OHo Five ana destined "r an? CT the aa
cic: h coj take choice q! ci;h"c OF the routes whe
alluded tia. 'rDHi t>2i aGit his fancy Ii going
Pi:tsbu, he would r" sop anc exchange s.a: IN tho
noble lost!:@ noisy railroad car ii |:
wtra rurun. through ~ the Eo.!Iay Cove routes and Il he
should take that route what :ar'Gr would Wheeling any
other part a the Commonwealth, Sustain by it nJEe sir
But ;@ contrary, portion oi oar own cl.i:cns "na
have III, cti@!iI. wIih Wilton: H. the travel wDu -
lie Iiv. by TIC pcarc: road on tie West Size of Ec po
rirct.
Nov -ir thiaA have s!lo~n ca1clrsi"ty that
ncci,u kcIy be fsGe " ;!e Co.a lons and 80
cor!Iy, thai. ii made i, coui n}urc Wheeling.
Icu. -, - conclude. viii r1ir briefly TO object, in
vre m max ny his Cave ROAD Fr,t transport
- The Onu iiycr ana iur. !e.e Il 10 te Southern
,irl kgts hcrc tcrG ncvcrialus cman, ana seconty
eipre full EsoGlces EDntgn ia: by bring
the coal into convenient D"rLe ana !tdH - carry tie
vast n,aI.tt ,JGr and osI produce that flows iEo iiit
va!lc" nm he surrounding county which ru nccr s,!
w. tat is way tn. OH" rrr iyr shipment such
scls ~ TIE select BY 81 this o Iu>"
fatv,l the coal in mountain lands "l tC LrQI2l, into
rs, thereby welding the owners the crrnDus ariont ii
ir., ;rer hundred dollars per without i:ur!ns
Tie surface To- the OF cultivation,
fl. ,iay al: these advantages l5i;aiari 10
. f.t4.. l.uar gt.It
with ii! conviction iist have discharged my duty ~
those II iHy constituents who are interested lc this mater.