Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-02-22


Ter connection, asserting that one oil The
locks was several feet too short, and that The
whole work would be rendered worthless 10y
lie error. On comforting with those charged
Nith the construction of the lock, anil eKomin-
ing the correspondence between Major G"in
and Mr. Gill-the chief and assistant eng'-
neers. he hid found that the supposed deficient
length could be easily, aud ai the cost oi few
hundred dollars, supplied by semieIrcolnr
channel. and that on Other canals IN the conn-
Try. this mode Of giving length TO combined
| locks ofhcnvy lifts had been often adopted
ANY Of the boats Gays Mr.. Glll) can pass
down, without alteration. The only difficulty
is in passing up which is easily removed. IN
the manner proposed Mr. $. referred also
TO the washing away Of the Judith dam
which he attributed allogctbcrto its incomplete
condirion-dccladng lhat the plan and theory
of ifs construction hnd been asccrlolncd and
admitted 10 be mathematically correct. 10
this connection, he defended the chef Engl-
neer from every suspicion ofincompctency or
Iioauenrion, and passed high culoglnm upon
his qualifications and character.
The large amount, too invested in The wa.
ter line, lsaid Mr. S. has been made ground
of objection and caused some TO look upon
The improvements with unIavourable eye
True, the aggregate expenditure has been
LARGE; but hns the Canal cost more per mile
than similar works OF the same dimensions and
capacities Mr. S had never heard among
all the charges preferred against the canal,
| that the cos had been more lh0n the 0rdtaary
cost of such improvements. Bot admit the
amount expended on IT be large rs you will
! is the abandonment of The work in its pres
Ell unfinished condition, and just, too on the
verge OF brighter an-plceshc way To Get back
tie large amount We hare expended Can
We make ~ aiIable the large Inv estmcnt the
State has In this great Improvement, except by
fall completing / in all parts SIR, (sald
MIR 5 tho larger The nmomt invested, tho
greater the necessity for the entire completion
Of the work. five had expended an lnsig-
niGeon) sum, We might well afford to sacrllicc
! il allog, thcf, but when We have our millions
on millions invested in tbs improvements We
cannot stand the sacrifice. We should, as We
certainly can, turn The " hole investment 10 ac.
count. By completing the work, and render
IN il as effective os possible IN all rs connec.
ions; "a vel in the mann line as in all It's aux
ilisry branches.
And lstly. lie calls Of The Company on the
Stotc for means 10 pny interest on portion OF
It's debt, have pre- adiecd many against its i'm.
provemrnr. Mr. :. sald Inc had already show n
IN an argument on the loan question, that the
embarrassment IN the fiscal aluirs Of the com
pany was unavoidable, aud was. indeed, under
the circumstances. 10 have been expected No
raiional man could have looked for any thing
else. The cash resources ofthc company had
been impaired one filth by the States putting
in as rarl of her subscription the works Of the
old james River companv at a million Of dol
lars,whpn, in fact they we've not " orll. to the
new company as many cents 1t commenced
operations with a further embarrassment Of n
debt IF $3.50 600, in the form of an annuity to
the old James River Cumnauv. And il was
required. from The start to paw the interest ON
the sums borrowed for the construction of its
works. That at east temporary financial en-.
barresmeut should, under such circumstances