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FARMERS' Rt^GISTER, 



[No. 2 



To the stock of the New Shenandoah 



Company, 46,666 



A further suliscription to the stock of the 



Rivanna Navigation Company, 10,000 



To the stock of tlie Baltimore and Ohio 

 Rail Road Company (to construct the 

 portion of the road running through 

 Virginia,) 302,100 



To the stock of ihe James River and Ka- 

 nawha Company, 1,990,800 

 To the stock of the Roanoke, Danville 

 and Junction Rail Road Company, the 

 state subscribes two-fiilhs of the whole 

 capital, (i3;800,000-,) the stale's sub- 

 scription to be paid in the ratio of indi- 

 vidual subscriptions which n.ay have 

 been made on the 1st of Apri', 1839. 

 To stock in the Little Stone G;ip Turn- 

 pike Company, 2,000 

 To stock in the Red and Blue Sulphur 



Spriniis Turnpike Company, 5,000 



To stock in the Lewisburg and Blue Sul- 

 phur Turnpike Company, 1,000 

 The following are direct appropriations 

 not founded upon the two-fifths Drinciple: 

 For the repair of the Cartersvillc Bridge, 1,700 

 For a road from Nicholas Court House 



to Gauley Bridge, 1,500 



For a road from Price's Turnpike to 



Cumberland Gap, 60,000 



For the repair of the road over M iddle and 



Peters' Mountains, 1,050 



For the construction and macadamizing 

 of a portion of the North Western 

 Turnpike, 65,000 



For a road from Sistersville to the North 



Western Turnpike, 6,000 



For a road from Western (Lewis coun- 

 ty) to Charleston in Kanawha, 6,000 

 For a road from Ice's Ferry, on Cheat 



River, to the Pennsylvania line, 2,800 



For a road the from Pennsylvania line to 



the Beverly and Clarksburg road, 18,000 



For completing a road ii'om Staunton to 



the mouih of the Little Kanawha, 1,600 



[In the three last improvements, the 

 the counties are to raise a proportion of 

 the estimated cost of the works.] 

 For the repair of a road Ir'oni Logan 



county to the Kanawha Salines, 1,050 



For a road from the Pound Gap to the 



Fincastle and Cumberland Gap road, 50,000 

 For improving the navigation of the 

 South Branch of the Potomac River, 2,000 



The appropriations for the above mentioned im- 

 provements, and other contingent demands, will 

 probably swell the obligations incurred by the 

 state during the recent session of the legislature 

 to an amount considerably above four millions of 

 dollars. The income of the fund for internal im- 

 provement is absorbed by the interest on former 

 loans: But the state has entered ujion this en- 

 larged course of policy with boldness, and there 

 is no doubt that the good work will proceeil. An 

 act was passed with a view to this object at the 

 close of the session, which appropriates the inter- 

 est on the surplus revenue, on deposite in the 

 banks, for the payment of the interest on loans 

 contracted for public works, if sufficient, and if 

 otherwise, the residue to be paid out of the trea- 

 sury. 



During the session, the following new compa- 

 nies for works of internal improvement were in- 

 corporated. Some of them are of great impor- 

 tance : — 



The Cartcrsville Rail Road Company. 



The lleniniisville do do 



The Tuckahoe and James River Rail Road 

 Corn|)any. 



The Farmville and Danville Rail Road Com- 

 pany. 



The Petersburg South Western Rail Road 

 Company. 



The Pumpkinshire Turnpike Rail Road Com- 

 pany. 



The Greensville and Alleghany Turnpike Rail 

 Roail Company. 



The Giles, 1< ayette and Kanawha Rail Road 

 Company. 



The Middle Island Creek Rail Road Company. 



The Lexington and James River Rail Road 

 Company. 



The Lynchburg and Buffalo Springs Turnpike 

 Company. 



The Brandonville, Kingwood and Evansville 

 Turnpike Company. 



The Valley and Slienandoah Turnpike Compa- 

 ny. 



The Staunton and Iron Works Turnpike Com- 

 pany. 



The Dry Branch Gap Turnpike Company. 



The Staunton and Covmgton Turnpike Compa- 

 ny- ^ 



The Harrisonburg and Staunton Turnpike 

 Company. 



Looking still further forward to future improve- 

 ments, the legislature directed the following sur- 

 veys, which will give ample employment during 

 the present season to the corps of engineers to be 

 engaged by the Board of Public Works: 



A route for the rail road from Falmouth to Al- 

 exandria. 



Route for a rail road from Richmand by Farm- 

 ville to Danville, and from Petersburg to Farm- 

 ville. 



Route for a road from Clark&'burg by Middle- 

 town to a point near Pleasant Mills. 



Routes tor roads from Bear Garden Mountain, 

 and from Romney in Hampshire to the national 

 road, at or near Cumberland. 



Route for a rail road li'om Wellsville in the state 

 of Ohio (through Brooke county) to the Pennsyl- 

 vania line. 



Route tor a road from some point on the free 

 road in Buffalo Gap to some point on the Harri- 

 sonburg and Warm Springs Turnpike. 



Route for a road Irom Sperryville to the Swift 

 Run Gap turnpike, by way of the towns of Wood- 

 ville, Fairfax, and Stevensburg. 



Survey of Cheat River, from the point of which 

 the North Western road touches it, to the Penn- 

 sylvania line. 



Route for a turnpike from some point of the 

 North Western Turnpike on Bond's Creek in 

 Wood county to the Ohio River at the foot of Mid- 

 dle Island. 



Route for a turnpike from the Kanawha salt 

 works, by the falls of Kanawha and Vandals in 

 the Loop, to Giles Court House. 



Route for a turnpike from Lexington, crossing 

 the Blue Ridge at White's gap, down the valley 

 of Buffalo river, to D. Sandridge's in Amherst. 



