Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-02-09

on the neEof the work, the money will
be iudiciouslyI and economically expen-
ded. In the construction of an improve
ment fully adapted to The wants of the
trade, and that this resident Board will
be able to secure the prompt collection
of the tolls, which win be amply snf-
ficient to paw The interest and extinguish
the principal Iii the debt ID a short peri
cd. Without Il local Boardsto supervise
the construction Of the work and manage
it when complete. the parties interested
will not advance money, because they
know, from the experience Of the past,
that they cannot rely On the prompt col
lection Of ths tolls necessary to pay the
interest ON theldebt. .8 ii.
Your memofialists can conceive Of no
reasonable objection to the plan proposed
for raising The funds and constructing
the improvement. /. The State merely
suspends te mporarily. her right to the
tolls, Tor the purpose Of securing such an
improvement as tie law originally com
templated. E '>A@s. HILL
/ The treasury Of tile State is not asked
to furnish the money, but on the contrary
the parties wh9 use the Improvement are
TO be charged with the entire expense,
aud when Tile debt has been paid the
State will BID invested with the right of a
revenue at least ten fold greater than that
which she ID now asked to surrender. We
conceive that The application which we
now make should not be regarded as m
appeal to the liberality. but to the sense
of justice of the Legislature. We think
that statement Of facts will satisfy you
that there doesInot now exist an equitable
right to eollectItolls On the Ksnawha riv-
,er. The James River and Kanawha
Company aFe how claiming and exerei-
sing the poWorlof collecting tolls on the
Kanawha riKefg upon the,ground that the
to-called Kanawha Improvement was
transferred lat the time of their .organiza,
ton, and that the present condition of the
river is as good as when they received
HI from the STATE. ..I;- IS
By an adt passed in 1920, provision
was made fol- the improvement of the
kanawha river pn State account, and the
law required that il should be 50 i'm
proved as-to befrendered navisable at all
seasons Of the year, for boats drawing
three feet Of water.
In pursuance Of tie provisions of.this
act, there was an expenditure Of about
100000 OH THE Kanawha river from it
month 10 I,o,ib Creek Shoals. iTke en-.
gineers who lad charge of tte-work were
unskilful; HE channels or sluices were
badly located, and the whole work was
soplanned lind Iconstreted as to prove .al.
most total failure. The sluices do no
| furnish the depth Of water which the law
requires, ai1d they are besides SO crookhd
that ID flush stage Of water, the heavy
salt and coRl boats are frequently wreck
ed, from THE inability of the boatmeIl te
keep them ID the channel
+ In. 1882 The act was passed organizing
the James River and Kanawha Company,
and transferring TO it the kanawha I'm.
provement. During the % years, com
lmencing in 1856 and ending in 1855, the
total amou1tIof lolls collected on Kanawhs
E HUI Si7A1Rt
~ ~ M ,f,,, $40 rar;o5 Cd "a 4
4 r r. -
ENa J. roron, H.! ID ro.rs no al
g Y.' 1. -
. ] 70 ill., =, i E I'll 1 s559f
= Tbns tba annual revenue has beer
obonf .sseesve II / raT can't On the cost of ii,
worL and dnIn,r sonoe wars the pet
,oxanra bas hadn 3naarlv 6ffean ner cant
~ III stn9d,,t This Is onssof ii,
fs,v ;;nyestb, I'M which the STATE has eve,
made In Il wgort Of internal improyemen
witch. had ret,Irned more Han six ne,
cant inter1 "a oontba cost ItisInot surnr;
| I'M that ne |nedrle of Kapawba should 5,
diseontentkdI with dis tax on their trade
when n III Il remembered thatthe so-calleC
| Involvement II regarded by them as
nuisance hntl doesflot furnish them BRO
Iner facil;ties FIR the TRANSPORTATION 8
Ethe;r nrodE,cs III market. but On the con
| frary A. tha caI,se2af the destruction an
! aailr oflnrtDneEty worth tens of thous
/ 81, 'of /, bisrs afor the loss. Of which III
$50 p;larI ona Raaawha Company re-
sa ~ i = hdannifv them, i
80 I, Ill s,r4sT Isrn ~. -uE rRucrIo,
ia 81 I, 800
| .ho liz yaars ia, arc,,
| : = ~ 49, ,ii 1a5e ,bara rora "a
a aooos y 80 u f',i ~, t., IL - 4
Ivy 1917 III 1 haa " y ~ Raaanh
Eanu s'h1 III saat &C.. ras worth aba,t M