Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-11-15
For Mc Enquire
CHARLES B. SHAW, ESQ.

"Render unto Caesar the things that are Ceasars dc"
IA the Richmond Enquirer Of the 10Th or llth OF October
last ia br found editorial rather audaory OF tho Board
of Public Works. lin pa seemingly 10 speak by authority
which Injustice is done (hough perhaps Inadvertently 10
lie rrnean whose heads this article In speaking
of he resuVeys Of the Greenbrier Monroe and Meadow
river routes Tor the Covngton und ONO L. hoad the Editor
says:
"Of course, they have not proceeded sufficiently far
justly absolute compar sGn OF er respective ad'an-
Sss and disadvantages but they have progressed far
enough already satisfy the Board that there prdcca
s route miles shorte than The Grccnbricr and fourteen
miles .lor.er Than tho Monroe route surveyed by Mir.
Shaw Il Richmond Enquirer
lIalGzing my own.
In Mr. Shaw's report Of Feb 9Th, 1851, 10 tile Board OF
Public Works, puae 464 doc. No. 49, lie says:
IA also from the Salt Sulphur Springs, (and
this line referred 10 in the Enqucrs atclc) crossing
Swope's Knob. Aliens Cap and connecting with line
he GeenOrie ne at the mouth OF Little Stony creek
abve the great bend Of Grrcnbrcr SwOpes Knob
branc Of the Allegheny range, and presents vastly
eeatrr obace than The main Allegheny. Al The expense
Of G000 fet additional unnelne uni 81 miles OF addition
steep grdo Occurring throughout assistant puwcr) lla
miles ming be effected from line b. (he Monroe
ine and g. miles from line a. An equation OF distance
in eferenc to The 'ranspor'ng power srr m?hs TO be
either line or line A. The in eluated distance over
line B. bein ~ miles"
Now II w,ud acern from the Enquirer that this line from
the Salt Suhur, down Stony Creek TO the great bend Of
Grenber rver by which route had been discovered ten
miles sloltehln the Grcenbrie and fourteen shorter than
the Monroe nute surveyed BY MIR. Shaw had been re-
fact Mr. SHAY This very ne and reported against it,
have doot Mr.. Fisk will do. when he comes TO make
his CALCULATIONS.
Asa proofJf the qualifications Of Mr.. Shaw civil
engineer youw find that hs report OF the Meadow river
route houghnehnps made upon hus!y examinaton) has
been literally onfrmed by Mr. Fisk, utter long, aborious
and erpensioe urvey In his report 1882 s. says:
The McadOy river rejected because Of the
ccily first crossing Meadow Mountain, 900 feet after
reaching the Gcenbrer river whence an uninterrupted dc.
seen, is praclcnbe and lastly from the utter impractical:
billy OF adjusting Of suitable radius 10 the ground
be%een Meadw und Gauey rivers. This route had been
confidently claimed az being thirty miles shorter lhan The
lin. down New river So far this being The s
at he favrable estimate longer MEASURED dis
tIre Both OF tho rejected 10 w.t. the Monroe and
Mudow river have advantages, certainly which tlinll be
du stned hereafter but they greatly orcroalanced by
! intrOriiy of grIde."
sr Fisk has Withdrawn his corps from the Meadow river
rouc because found il much longer Than either OF
thsuher routes and with much inferior grade thus
ait heavy ami useless expenditure of The public money
| We. Wing The report oil Mr. Shaw. Yours, Sc,
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