New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-28
LETTERS FROM TIE PEOPLE
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Iono affection to the above proposition +
a., e v.o,ld lie violation OF the ptcTndcr
foith Of the Government. (See Led 70 collect
act. Feb, 1922 We have pI and oDply that
the Duties on lmpOrtS ~ tLe handed debt, and
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Cold 10 t'c t"! Il easily pay oil the green
shall do IT, we debtors and spectators Will
backs "hehe their necessities and efforts not
ieV US tho Government, our Currency Is kept
ti'' ,Seecietcd.-Ed. Tibl
g6E GREAT WATER LINE THROUGH VIRGINIA.
TO me Edttor Of The Tribune.
SIR: From the time of letter written by
Washington correspondent of The Herald on the water
was propose" FOR the first time to open this great work.
and yet We are told in the same letter that the ola
James River nad Hauawhd Canal" was designed Ito
connect the waters o the James with those OF Kanawha
Neither Of these assertions is correct; the opening OF
water line between the James and Kanawha RIVERS is no
new project aud there is not, and never was any such
work as the james River and Kanawha Canal" or any
eorporato bearing that did the James River
ami Kanavha CoppaHB in its charter ever contemplate
Opeutpg a continuous water line through Virginia.
The facts m tae case simply these: In Aarch, 1857
slc Lame, River aud Kauawha Company" was ineOr-
puratcd, with "a capital ~ 100000 charged with the
DUTY connecting tie tide waters ana the ONO y one
OF three plans: FrstBy extending the Lower James
River Canal" which built around the Falls OF the
James River at Richmond TO some point mp tle river
NJ. lower than yuCLbarg, thence by railroad across
tn ioilta Of the great kanawha, and
the &c ~ Slack water improvement oI Iue fNaIS
Ee Onto; or secondly. by continuing that Canal ana
from its termination up The James RIVER 10 construct
continuously railroad to the ono or thiruly 70 CT
stlUct a cOutiuR0us railroad from Richmond 10 the
OHIO" Til, James River and KauaN ha CompanyadOpted
the second plan, and Tor many years aDoIeu nIu IO
n. arcppu, sueut With 10 test the feasibility OF
carving The wafer line across the AHeghanles retdteu
surveys were made and experiments Instituted WIN
could be constructed IN the mountains and supplied WIFI
RAIN capHS 'ous eOul 10 suIl 49, o.. - aTomt en-
years ago, Dut proved unsatisfactory,
The third plan, OF constructing continuous RalToau
frOm Richmond the Ohio, was never entertained Dy
the James River and KaTaWha Company" In NOYen-
her 1886 lie writer first projected the plan Of con,
tiuuous railroad from the Chesapeake TO the ONO ana
published has at eugth IA HHfS Merchants Mage
zine and followed up his purpose against muGh oIOS
ton until February 1886 when the charter OF the klch
u,ond and Ohio Railroad Company" was obtained ABOUT
wears also urged in various articles written Tor
the purpOsc the construction OF canal by means OF
tpe iiudr tie AegLaies, through the heart or Nlr-
bulk from Norfolk up to the ONO IL Will thus DC seen
that the plan of great Chahnel OF uSee ,rouEn, va
gpa rOn tie Chesapeake to the OHIO both by canal ana
railroad are by means plans OF recent Origin
Ne1c- TOrG, sept 81, 1863. r. LAhA'