Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-03-24
IS MCDONALD, EDITOR.


stock Of the Virginia and Tennessee Rairoac
Company, by the county of Roanoke, will b.
decided the fourth Thursday Of The present
month"; Las, Monday icing Court day Tor thot
county, il was deemed advisable hy those ~he
favor the subscription. to submit to their fellow
cornty men some oil the leading consideration,
why the appropriation should he made. ard
to answer objections urged against (which
was done in well arranged, forciblc and very
able speeches by Mcssrs VIM. Watisand VIM.
NJ Cook
As strange as it may appear, that a PROPOSE
ton so plan-so full of good aad beneficial
effects, submitted to the sense of the citizens Of
that county under such peculiar circumstances,
should meet with any other than hearty res
ponse, to the extent at the sum asked, ond the
offer of more. if the necessities OF the work
should require,-yet 1t was, that gentle
man. Mr.. Collin Bass, mounted the stand and
undertook to reply To each of the gentlemen
first mentioned
The assessment of real estate in that county
aswas stated by Mr.. Watts is about three
millions Of dollars. The county is saving now
annually by the railroad more than twenty
thousand dollars In the transportation Of
produce, md the importation Of such articles
as are required to supply their general wants.
Seventeen thousand dollars ofthis sum are made
in The transportation of wheat and noui 10 their
market, in Lynchbufg. Mr.. w. continued Ia
remark, that county pride,if no Other Consider
aliou could influence them, should impel them
TO this measure, as abe whole amount " hlch
had been taken, in the entire limits oil the coun-
ty, was mol sufficient 10 pay the land damages
assessed against the company by the Com
mssiouers of their own Court Roahoke was
in he I'll possession Of great highway which
Was sseins them nearly twenty Eve thousand
dollars pr annum, Which sum coul be figured
mp from data, before tie eyes OF e,,fA man who
chose Ia make The calculation TIE improve
ment flom which these advantages were dc
derived was permanent IN i's character and
would continue through all time 10 dispense
blessings and benefits which he had not th,
time, nor thought Il Necessary to exhibit This
MEDIUM Of RAPID intcreontsr had c3oic 10 them
Without Extracting one cent from the weald
ol lie county. TIE city h Lynrhanrg IN the
elst. and all the Counties wcsihad in con juno
ton with The lmprui emont po.n ot the State
built IL for them. and he s1b nied il 10 then
seli5us attention ~ holLer e!y, Us 4 generous
people, were wiling 10 let he's, facts stand un
altered, and he conifasred W.T. the course oi
tier nei2hbors, md the Id,l igenee ard pub
lie spirit Of other communities.
This excellent speech could be followed
further, as it sbouuded in clear and striking
statements of The facts connected v ith the i'm
proyement and the duty of HAT countv. but
his competitor on 1t occasion deserves attcn
ton
Mr. Bass commenced hy SAYING rhat he felt
the embarrassment Of the position duty assign
ed him; that fhe calculation Of men acre dc1U
SIRE and the figures Of Mr. Watts peculiarly
so. That he came to Roanoke from the City
of Richmo nd-he acquired lis notions there,
and was indeed a strong improvement man;
but this proposition was new, and un.
heard of. These were LIS points, and tol
the motive of his speed a ,rdNarer could
clearly sec that Mr.. b would have no ob
Jeclion TO serve the good people Of Roanoke
In the councils Of the State. He admitted ali
the advantages which I'D been claimed for ia,
road, but talked about wagons, four-hors,
teams, and The McAdamiscd road TO Buchan
an; leaving his hearersin doubt as to his views
and whether or not 1t " as his purpose to con
trast that method Of getting to market witt
the railroad
Mr.. b. stated further, that the speech which
Mr.. Deane made there few years ago, upo
thegeneral effects and advantages of railroad
was "defus're." also in this, that the cost UP
barrel of -four from Salem to Lvnchbur
was few cents more than it was reprcscnte
to be for the same distance upon other roads-
and to which NJ. d pointed in his remark
at that ,imc. This objection was about a
well sustained tba first Naither NJ