Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-03-15

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through the columns of your excellent
paper, that, IA my. opinion. the Coving-
ton and Ohio Railroad Is, By far. the mosl
important Of all the public works Of Vir-
ginia and as such should be pushed for
ward, with ali possible energy to It's prop
srterminus on The Ohio river. And, thai
my views Cd this subject my be the bet
Ter understood, beg yoa TO re.pnblish
the following extract, from The Z. Exam
siner's Report = Of the proceedings Of the
Senate for January 3oth, 1853.
COyington and Ohio Railroad.
e a bill authorizing the Board Of Pub
lie Works to borrow $80o. 900 for the
of the Coyington and Ohio
Railroad. and repeating the Sd section Of
The law requiring the construction f the
road 10 be carried ON from its eastern and
western ielmini towards the centre. being
ID Oh it's second reading. Mr.. WARrH
moved to amend the bill by striking out
its second section. He said he did SO; In
no spirit OF hostility TO the BILL but IN
justice to a portion of The people be had
the honor Of representing. who regarded
the third section ofsthe act Organising the
sCovi6gton and Ohio Railroad Company
as d pledge that the work should be com
menced and continued both from the east
and west ends sof the road towards It's
middle--not, that each appropriation
should be equally divided, for this could
not be done, because it will require a
much largersumto construct the eastern
half than It will cost ID construct the west
ern half, but with the purpose ofeomplet-
ing both ends ator about The same time.
II this bill be passed 10 It's present
Shape this pledge will be repealed, and
no future Legislature viii be under any
obliga,ionsdo do any work on the West
ern end till the road will have been com
pleted from Covington to the Kanawha
river. he farmers who live onlthe west
ern end Of the road have had their farms
thrown open, and MI The obstructions
caused by its partisl construction thrown
upon their farms. which they cannot re .
move, and which they must endarefilI
the completion Of the road without re-
ceiying the slightest Advantage from the
work that has been done. Tie western
end. say from the mouth Of Sandy river
TO the Falls Of the Kanawha river, which
can. il is said by high authority, be,com.
pleted at 4 cost OF butlittle. il any, over
two millions OF dollars. will, when cons
pleted without the connection with Cow
ington. be both useful and profitable TO
the commonwealth and her people. To
complete the connection between Coyias-
ton and The Falls Of The Kanawha river
must necessarily cost several millions Of
collars. Would il not be wise to con-,
stfuct first that part Of the road which
can be made useful for the smallest sum
Of money? Being informed that the il
terest Of the whole road requires that The
present appropriation be expended under
tile discretion OF the Board Of .Pnblie
Works, he was willing. So far as this lit
lie amount goes. to consent, but was not
wiling % yield tile principle that tbe
work IS 70 be constructed from both ends
towards the centre of the road.
1.-THE proposed amendment should car
", he would move to amend the Bill BY
adding, in lieuof the second section. the
following words: And the said sum Of
money may be expended upon said road
as the Board Of Pablo Works may deem
most expcdient1 which would meet fully
the present ease. Eli .=@ ii
The Legislature ordered tho money ap.
last session to be used on the
eastern end, and this was not then, nor
has il since been. supposed toviolate the
Constitution of the State, nor has, II been
construed as repeating the third section
of the original act. What was constitu-
tiolfal then, must still be SOL
But can there In reason ba any difficult
~ so far as the Constitution il concera-
ed !? This is notchanging the third sec
ton without reciting i. !; IS not de-
termining that the work should be com
structed in any other way than that di-
rected ia the third section, but only grants
discretionary power 10 the Board Of Pub
lie Works as to howland Wllere7they may
expend this particular appropriation. e
He hoped the Senate would agree 10 bis
motion, !" HIS.
And / also beg You to re-rublish the
following extract from Che journal Of the
Senate for March Ifth. 1853.
i |" A bill providing forf TIE further con.
struciion of the CoTington and Ohio
Railroad. being the unfinished business 81
yesterday, was taken up The pending
question was on the adoption of tie
amendment proposed by Mr.. Beale.
which is in these words !: In the Sd line
of the LIST section, strike out all after tie
word prescribed, aud insert tie money
sufficient for the completion and equip
ment OF the Covington and Ohio Railroad.
and 70 apply the same to the object III
such manner as they may deem best;
provided, that the sum expended shall
not exceed eight hundred thousand dol:
lars in the years 1858 and isso
sum Of one million OF dol s,.,
thereafter and provided h yss that tie
aggregate sum expended shall not exceed
The sum Of ten millions Of dollars. u
MrlDeneal moved to amend the amend
ment, by striking out the word y ten 4
and inserting The word s.six,' . and the
question being put. thereon, was deter
mined inathe afirmative--Ayes, 20
Noes, II. On motion Of Mr.. West, the
vote was recorded As follows
Ayes Messrs. Brannon. Bruce, Camp
bell. Deneal, Deskins, Douglas. Flood,