Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1859-01-22
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NJ. Speaker. h lS4s . sailroad dAartes ~ grant
Cd By The legislssure, tsisd he NosshCsrola Con-
tsal nilroad Il was extended westward 10 de
town Of Salisbury; there The wsstsSn extensioa
ccased and u was turned south . Charlotte. thence
into South Carolina Thus ended the western
extension Of the Censsal railroad Is 1854 s6s sid
vile, MorEanton, and the Svanannoa Gap 10 The
French Broad rive. near Ashsville. By charter sp
propeating four millioas a dollars On shs part a
The State 70 continue nd work and The substitute
now under consideration, offered By myself In keu
Of the original bin had the honor Il Introducing
proposes 10 amend The charter q 1854: The orig
hundred thousand dollars vere subscribed by psi
vate suhscsibers the State should authorize the
public treasurer to subscribe four hundrrd thousand
dollars on the part Of the State, and 20 On from
time to time till the whole Of SIX millions the
capital stock Of said company, shall have been sub
scrihcd To this bin objections were urged By
eastern Senators, upon The ground that 'he xosk
might progress at each end proposed and exhaust
the State subscription, leaving the expensive work
Of the mountain pass to Be executed BY The State.
thus involving the State In heavy additional sPpso-
priatiousI To obviate those. and an Other rsioosl
or well founded objections To this great vosk.
drew up and submitted The substitute. which pre-
vides that the oocthird Of the amount nccesary 10
which extends the road from MoeE1ntoa to the
Paint rock, on the Tennessee line. shah be sub.
scribcd by solvent persons countics corporations.
and the contracts taken fos the completion AZ the
whole work and approved q BY The board Of inter.
nal improvements, before any of said vosk shall
be commcnccsl under said charter. Il further pro.
vidcs that the State shall not be olled on TO pay
more than Ave hundrcd thousand dollars Per snnum
Of her subscription
Now, Mr.. Speaker, what, ask. h The solution q
this peupositioaf Il h simply this: to ak The
State only to keep In good faith and carry out It's
solemn legislative pledges This lin further pro-
poses, that not oay the road shall be built to It's
present terminus. near Ashsvillc for the original
sum appropriated on the part Of the State. TO wit
four millions e jolarS-but to complete Il 10 the
Paint rock. distance Of forty. four and fourth
miles further than the original charter cxtrord T.
ash, Mr. Speaker. whether In the whole history a
railroad engineering on this Continent. there ever
bic to the advancement Of great systrm Of State
policy!
With view to disabuse the minds II Seessors
and present this scheme In It's truc light, propose
now to furnish the Senators With some psptles.
maps estimates, and figures explanatory of the
work already completed said line. and the prosa
bic cost necessary to finish The entire wesk. The
road from Salisbury TO S,a,ssville l. now completed
fully cquippsd and running. and h perhaps a. 6se
u not the finest railway Of its length in the Union
and what d still more extraordinary. u has hesn
completed within the engineers estimates. The
road from Statcsvillc to MorEznioa b nos let To
contract to gentlemen Of high character. Of means
and ability amply sufficient 10 construct the wosk.
and that too for loss than the engineers csti
mates and that said wosk will be completed tos the
price stipulated no well informed person douhsA
This contract embraces the first section o( sid
western extension. The second section umsrs The
bill now under consideration, extends IRON Morgan.
ton to point ono mile west Of tbs western portal
Of the Swannanoa tunnel distance Of iosty.tvo
miles; estimated cost, one million nine hundred
sopuSand
This section embraces the entire mountain divis-
ion. eight miles and 0c-fourth including The up
proarhcs to the mountain on the western and eastern
slopes; estimated cost Of said mountain ps&A shout
seventy thousand dollars Per mile.
Ths includes NIX short tunnels; aggregate length
twenty five hundred and twenty Eve irct the Psa-
cipai tunnel Is only fourteen hundred ssrt which
lies under the summit 1t the gap These estimates
calculate the whole excavations and tunnels to be
rock, and allow one hundred and fifteen dollars fos
every lincal foot Of said work, and tho average
grade Of this mountain pass b one hundred and Ave
feet per mile. The circular run, around the round
mob. q exhibited here on this beautifully drawn
map. prepared by our scientific engineer. VI. J. G.
Turner. exhibits In high dcsTvc The science Of this
skilful engineer, and though L may seem novelty
TO xomc yet this ingenious and sdmisable DEVICE Il
gaining ono hundred and five icct elrvaioa by this
CURVATURE saved To The State one million and hall
Of dollars Of tunnslne. which could not otherwise
have been avoilra
The third division AZ ssid rad eytenis from the
terminus Of the second division, 10 wit point
one mile west Of the western portal of the Swan.
annoa tunnel. by way Of the Valleys Of Swsnanaua
and French broad rivers to the Paint rock On the
Tennessee linz. distance a sixty.two and oarhsll
miles; estimated COST. eleven hui,irrl and twenty.