The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-10-24
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ny 10 'he stoekhoiders, begins with an allusion
10 lhe business OF the Richmond Dock lis
revenue has increased Sc, ,7l2.I .I6 during the pa.
hsca' year, indicating an increase in many OF
the Leading articles received and stipnad.-
lhe trade with the Northern cities seems
10 nave fallen Off; the number Of assort. d
cargoes which arrived from Baltimore. New
YORK and Boston, during the year 1859. was
Zuo, "hhe the number during the year 1860
was 110-a decrease of IS cargosx Tho u,hol.
number or arrivals OF boats and vessels in the
dock was 2,l23, the number OF departures
.,79.. me net income from dockage was S42
%Vool In this connection the report aIlud.s
TO the m1ny improvements that have hesn
competed or are now in progress of construc-
tion on both sides of the dock as indications
not less OF an enlightened spirit of lmprove
meht, man OF material progress in snd
around kichmond-a state of things due i'm no
small degree II Is believed to the facilities a E
forded by the James River and Kanawha
Company.
The contractors for removing the reef at
hockettS par nave succeeded remarkably
well with their chisel and dredge in breakin1
up and removing the solid granite and large
| boulders from the bed OF the river affordi no
" a. thls inie oepth OF from fifteen TO twenty
Ieet over ihe rocks where formerly only abou
| Twelve could be obtained An outlay of a fev,
thousand dollars more will open n channel
one hundred feet wide and from eighteen to
AccI oeFP tDlS reef. a n
tract has been entered into with the same par.
| lies Tor dredging channel fifty feet wide and
sixteen Ieet deep through Rockets Richmond
| aud WARWICK bars. The work of dredging
| was commenced early in July last. Already
| acnannei mas been cut through the Richmond
oar, IN compliance with the contract: More
thah twenty thousand cubic yards of sand
| and gravel have been removed up to This TINA
lhe entire work, under the contract for dredg.
Ing, Is expected TO be completed early next
| spring
| Ihe receipts from lock tolls have been
S34l5 30 and the disbursements on account
| OF the i've locks of the Underwater connection
| for repairs, S26,5l; for salaries of agents.
| S5i99e. Other expenditures chargeable to the
| llae- water connection have amounted to
| So42.U7.
| The Board regret to announce the death of
"liIlaIn D Richardson, inspector at Rich
| mond He died on the Sd inst having per-
| formed the duties OF this respons bic office
| witn hrmness and integrity, tor seven years
| his place has been supplied by the appoint
| ment OF George N. SkipwIth, formerly an as
| 1lstant engineer on the Richmond and Dan
VILE Railroad.
The number of boat. which passed through
| the first lock above Richmond, uring the MS
| cal year just passed, was 9,97i increase over
| Inc previous year, 2,46i Amount Of tonnage
tue past year. 2li, ,2f3 Ionsj increase 81 97S tons
| Amount OF tolls on tonnage collec Ted during
| The past year. 1924, l79 90; increase S5l $50 2S
| Amount or tolls on passengers the past year,
| so,o1Ooi; increase S2,95l.2 "a. Showing an I'M
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| year 1869, compared with the year 1859 and
| tins, too, notwiths standing the fact that the
| wheat crop IN Virginia ana enmessee always
| so important TO this line has fallen far short
| OF lis usual standard of quality and quantity
| statement OF articles brought down the
| canal shows: 1859 1850
Decf ease Is 0sl bushels
| ecTease 25 723 bbls
| Boxes of Manufactured Tohsoco Hls1 63G76
| Decrease Aus boxes.
| In other articles, descending and ascending.
| there was a considerable increase. To the
| state OF affairs existing between this COMPANY
| ana the South Side Railroad Company reIa-
tlVe TO the tariff OF frelghts, is attribu ted in a
| considerable degree, the dIminution in the
| quantity OF nour and manufactured tobacco
| transported on this line. The company has
| reason 10 complain of a departure in some re-
| spects, by the South-S Side COMPANY from the
larlH OF tolls and charges mutually agreed
upon-and among them, OF arrangemen IS made
Whlcn AFFECT the trade of the canal in the two
| Important arucles mentioned shipped al
| ynchburg for Northern markets. Neyerthe
less, In view of u steadily increasing aggregate
| revenue on their own side, and in considera.
| tion, also, the Board take pleasure in saving
OF 1alrer rem uneratlon to neigh boring i'm
proVement and a sister city, they have been
reluctant to give the notice, which either party
Is at liberty 10 give for terminating the agree
ment.
| The report alludes to the principal works
on the line undergoing repair-alSo in detail
| 6uan-
| cIai affairs generally, of the company. 1t con-
| eludes as follows:
I'm reply to the request of the stockholders
adopted at their meeting IN August, that the Gov
efnor ~ou.u call an extra session of the LeEisla-
| ture, Tor the purpose of considering the agree
| neCt authorized hy them to be entered into w th
| Messfs beIlot des MInleres. Brothers & Company,
the Board are informed that he vi II convene the
Legislature Tor that purpose on the l4tn of
| next ne as asreenent IN question was duly signed
| and sealed on the frat day of September and the
requisite acknoWi iedg mens and certificates use
| in r rance having been subsequently oblaIned, Mr.
hrrest de Beot des Mlnieres left rhIs city on the
| hith oil september, and departed from New York
| ny steamer on me me tWeilth, taking u duplicate OF
| the agreement with him;
On THIS subject, the Board have but little add-
| nonal lniotmauQn to communicate. Advices are
| daily expected from France. Since your called
| meeting IN August, the French Consul has re
| celved another dispatch from he Minister of For
| The schsme OF Messrs celiot dss MinieIes, Bro
| rners Company to his care. and requesting him
| To leHd TO them all the moral support which may
| seem TO hlm To compOrt with their design. In
| Virginia the indications of public sentiment are
| at once declded, and sngularly unanimous In
| support of the scheme. The prospect OF the imme
late completion of the canal throug h the agency
| of the pro posed Virginia Canal COMPANY appears
| to be everywhere received With satisfaction.
brilliant future for Virginia is genera ly antci
| pated from the development of the mineral aerl
cultural, manufacturing and CONNIE rclal resou foes
| which the completion of the canal would bring
about; and thus, too, not only without adding to
the burdens of the State. but with immediste ac-
tual relief to the public finances. and all the
| teTIal ADVANTAGES which would resut from the ex
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as would be required to say nothing OF the demand
for labor, provisions and supplies necessarily incl
dent to such an under akIng. The sub ect,
deed, seems to have expanded into national Inter
| est, s.nce many of the most intelligent and lnfd
entail Journal OF the country have noticed It with
expressions OF pleasure, IT friendly to the end
p.Oposed or Of detracton. If Influenced b, spirit
OF rivalry. In short no one doubts that the speedy
completion OF the James River and kanawha Ca
nal upon enlarged and improved plan IL OF
lmmeasuIabe Importance tn the power nd pros
certty, not OF Virginia only, bat OF the whole
South.
" The Board of Directors naturally feel pecu-
Jar interest IN the success OF this undertaking
Their earnest hope and constant enort WI Ii he oT
the seconp hment OF an event which they deem
worthy OF ou: Stale and country
Some further information, relative TO the
agreement with the French Company, was
communicated verbally by the President to
the meeting on Monday night, and noticed in
Tuesdays paper. Mr.. De Bellott, it appears,
arrived in Paris on the Goth Septem ber and
soon after left for Bordeaux the place of resi-
dence OF his family, in consequence of the
| principal persons connected with the proposed
Virginia Canal Company being in Algeria
Awaiting their return, he would remain at
| Bordeaux until the 18th He writes that his
| hopes are more than ever good-that the DO
litical horizon, though much clouded, does
not alarm him, and that he is highly gratified
at his brothers impressions in reference to
the agreement of the first of September.
STRANGE PRoPHEcIEs.-In the year 1915
The late Eikanah Watson, as appears in "Men
and Times of the Revolution (page 522, Sc
- od;,io, \ made nd nm hi shed the folIoun