Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-11-21


accordingly in many places the coauec.
ton between stretches Of deepwater IN the
natural channel Of the river, was formed
by the contractors on the shortest and
cheapest line that could be had, regard.
less OF the direction of the current of The
river, III the direction and positionEo
the connections between the stretches Of
deep water in the natural channels direct
liy above Or below. Hence at some 81
the rapids and elsewhere, the new chan
hnela al = dug chutes e as they are
lcaiied on the river, through and across a
succession of short lengths Of deep water
and shoals. pursue : .sigzag course,
which Ill Is difficult for boats to follow in
some Of the stages intermediate between
high and low water. for theys do not al
these stages. coincide or run parallelswilh
the river current. Boats, consequently,
are sometimes thrown, upon the side
walls, orlbanks Of the dug chates BY thai
current. ifsf hs#ssl q
For these ,zigzagn improvements,
hindering and obstructing HE navigation
4oftthe river, but perpetuated by3the> East
erh Board Of Directors, the eitizens 81
'.the valley Of the Kanawha river had
paid into the treasury Of the Company,
I from lis Organization in 1885. up to the
3oth of September, 1857, the sum q
oNE uUNpRED AND sINETT-sEyEN THors-
ANpss IruKBREDl AND THIRTY SEVEN
] DOLLARS |84 CENTS, of whichs after dee-
Quoting s75,2lo O1, the amount spen1
| for repairs during the same period. there
lis left net balance Of $l2I.927 49,
| When the General Assembly passed
/ the act of the ] 9Th February. $50, en-
Iti.led "an act providing more effectua
/ means for the Improvement OF the Kama.
whassrivet,'' and that act was accepted
/ BVV the stockholders and became law,
brighter day seemedsto have tdaWned FOL
/ the KahaWha valley.
The citizens Of the valley. az well a.
1.-THE members ofthe Kanawha Board were
] assured that the Eastern Board. woult
IN rood faith surrepder ID the Kanawh;
Board, The control. management and su
pervisionof the Kanawha improvement
and would cordially cooperate wit
them, in their efforts to negotiate tn
/ loan necessary 10 effect it.
. But how have these assurances beet
redeemed b The stockholders will per
l.ceiye, that the first application forsth'
issue Of $500, 900 Of the Bonds was De
.clined BY the Eastern Board upon CHI h
i ground, In substance that protests
against that amount as being too large
i had been received By the Eastern Board
4 but when the Kanawha Board, upon 7
I more careful examination of theirI.re
sources, md Of the security which the.
lhad.to cfFar. and having had their atten
Ition called to the failure Of the Easter
Board Notwithstanding The unusual
and tsrepeated' efforts Of one5of the IDi
4 rectors.@ and the President. to effect.
lsale OF 400, 600 dollars Of per cen
bonds Ii lS57. asked for the issueao
j $500, 600 Of Bopds, their request wa
met, with The objection. that no plan hat
]. vet been adopted by the select committee
mo intimaiion OF this impeachment. hay
/ been given Ito the Kanawha Board. II j
/ true, that i copy of4the resolution ap
pointing the select committee had beel
furnished to the Kanawha Board, bu
]. along with it came the 4th resolution
\ adopted At the same time and authorizing
tthe Kanawha Board ttto proceed 81 one
d Ito, construct the Improvement OF the ka
nawha river. SO far as relates TO openin!
land STRENGTHENING the channels, femoyin:
distractions and concentrating the water
Hin such manner as may be. applicable =
1.-The Improvements. either under nj
Fisk's Or Mr. Ellet's plan" The pla1
adopted byI this Board was the work 9
j the Prineipsl Resistant Engineer OF ~
ffIEastern Board, and when submitted (
Il the criticism of the Chief Engineer z
8 that Board was pronounced by him to 3
fs4one and the same thing" with Mr.. ~
lets plan. while it could not "be said {
q conflict with Mr., Fisk s.. in this con
nectiou tia Kanawha Board callthe atten
II tom az the stockholders to the tact, cha
Il the Eastern Boafd have also passed
resolution declaring. ssthat the Kanawh
q BOARD, has no authority To- apply lh
revenue Of the Kanawha river tolthe i'm
u movement of the river, Otherwise than b
Etbe creation Iof q fund to pay the inteTef
/. Iupon. and repay the principal Of an
loan which NAV be made under the ae
, Iof the is February, 1853, and that an
! ,ther application Of that revenue by th
! sail Hoard win be aSsiolation Of the act
and not 4 commencement Of the Mor
4 under it,s, + III, the Kanawha Board
could neithet Get the bonds to negolial
, the loan, nor apply the revenue o. ~
n Kanawha river 10 the improvement, VIII
! construction is to be given p The TesoIt
! lions Of the stockholderspf the Goth Octs
n Der, 4 858 skA How was the kanawh
Il Board .sto. proceed at once To- construt
the Improvement
Bat again, after The select comnitte
] had adopted Mr.. Ellet's plan. and A
sfByers' plan also, as being 10 confornait
ii With it. and had recommended to u
Il President and Directors Of the Compan,
q the immediate execution Of Mr.. Dyer
! tplan, the Eastern Board passed resOl'
lion fixing the amount of bonds uhic
i the President was authorized 70 issue,
J $500. 600, being SOC, 900 more than W
! asked for by the Kanawha Board.
/ needed FAT the execution Of Mr. Dyer
L plan. This was done against the earne
4 remoustrarlqes of the Kanawha Board