Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-02-16
GOWN ton and Ohio Railroad.

4. "a bin authorizing the Board of Pub
lie Works 10 borrow 100000 for The
construction of the Coyingtop and Olti3
Railroad, ipd repeating the 8, Section 81
lie law requiring the coEstrQetion Of thf
road to be carried OIL ftom its eastern AND
westernsteImini towards the certtfe, being
up on lis second reading, Mr. NAara
taoved tdamend tie bill BY striking out
its second section He sail ne did 50 ii
10 spirit pfhosiiity to the bill, but ii
Justice I'll portion Of the people he bad
.llee honor Of representing, WHO regarded
Tie hid section Of the act organizing the
HCovington and Ohio Railroad Company
as a p!edae| that the work should Be com
r.aenced aild continued both from thefeast
and west ends Of the road towards. liz
middle VA hot That each appropriation
shoniiEbe dquaIlg divided, Tor this cpull
not BID dotle, because j: will require q
much larg4f sum to tcons.ruettile eastern
Eill cost to5 constfutt the west.
sern hasf, but with the purposeH Of tomples.
ING boahfqnds at or about the same time
4 If4lhs ibHt be passed iii its Epfeseni
shape dhfs pledge will be repealed, and
no fituFo Legislature will be under any
IobiigAttgls 10 do any work on the West.
eyn end ill |tlle road will4haye been com
plefel. frdm Coyfns.ou to tie Kanawha
IfiFer. 9TAe farmers who i've on The
western end .of the rold kays had theii
farms drown open, and all the obstfuc.
lions ctlased. Ly is partial construction
| thr6wnfuiioh their farms, which they can.
mot REMOVE, andwllich They must eudure
I4illthe GonpIetion Of the road without. re-
eeiying the slightest advantage from the
work That has Been done. Tho western
ena, SAY from thc mouth Of Sandy river
/ u The EallsIofthe Kanawha river, which
E.can; tits saii.bys high aut horiay,fbe com
Eplessd at Il cpsl ef but little, il any, owe,
/ TWO millions ofadollars, will, twhdn com
ETleted Sitk3utthe connection with Gov
ingt6n, Bs both useful aud prof liable. to
the COMMONWEALTH and her people. u
complete thq connection between Coving-
toiland tle Falls Of the fKanawha river
must neeessaiiiy cost several millions 4ol
dollars. Would it not be wise to con-
struct first that part Of the road which
can be lha.id useful for the smallest sum
of none yR Being informed tint the in :
terest Of die whole road requires that The
present appropriation be expended under
the discretion Of the. Boar,I of Public
Works, he was willing, So far as3 this
little am unt goes, to consent, but was
not willing tp yield the principle that the
work IS lo Be constructed from both
ends towards the Centre heiroad.
1.-THE proposed amendment should car
ry,. he Woull move to amend the bill BY
adding, In lieu of tie second section, the
following words /: s':And the said sum Of
money MAY be expended upon said road
as the Beard Of Public Works may deem
most expedient, which would meet fully
the present case.
The Legislature ordered the money
appropriations last session to be used ON
the eastern end. and this was not then,
nor has il since been. supposed TO violate
the Constitution Of tile State, nor has it
been construed as repeating the third
section of-the original act. What was
constitutional then, must still be SO.
But cab there in reasonb be any difficult
Ity SO far as the Constitution is CONCERN
ed /? This il no. changing the third see
ton withoutIreciting it. forit Is not de-
termining chat the work should I'D con,
structed in any other way than thu.
directed III the bird section, but only
grants discretionary power to tie Board
% Public Works aslto how and where
thy may expend this particular appropri-
alton. III hoped the Senate would agree
to his motion,
Mr. johnson offered an amendment re,
curing tile company 10 build depots at
It's western terminus, on die grounds
condemned for the use Of the James River
and Kanawha Canal. The amendment
was agreed to.
The alnendmentof Afl Nartll was de-
fassakf