The Sun.
London, England, 1817-09-17 00:00:00

NIARitIED.

On Monday last, at St. George's, Hanover-cquare,Thomas,
only son of John Eyre Bartholomew, Esq. of Crawley Lodge,
Sussex, to Charlotte, only daughter of Thomas Wright, Esq,
of Gloucester-place, camden-town.

AMERI CA N ENTERPRIZEL

The exertions now making by the Go-Titment

of the United States-, and the Legislatures nt.
the difielent States of the Union, to improve
and 'especially to open an Inland Water

Coutoktri;eation froth the States lilt() various parts
North America, demand the prompt
and sc+ ious a;:ention of hiS illajesty's Go'vetti-
The int culled ?(.;ati.ll from Like Elie to

Tnet;t

1111(ISoll it.ver Will Colt SeVeit MiIHMIS Of

'l9ll, rc, a►ttd as tl►e %yolk is to be immediately

entered it is absolutely ne'i:.essmy that
measures si.ionld- be adopted to conuteract the evil
•con•equenees that will otherwise result to the
Pro‘inces on that Continent. Various
si,gge3tions hare been made with that view to the
Goveruors of the' Colonies, and which, we un-

dtrvand, only wit the sanction- of the Mother
Country tObe carried into execution. The nips
att ,vhed to the following Reports of the Ameri-

can Con i 1 Commissioners we cannot front their
size give 10 our Readers, but we most earnestly
rtiptest their attention to the Reports, which cots•

tail) much import ~,nt and intetesting matter :

" The, OFFICIAL Fiti3ORTS of the CANAL COMMIS--
SthNKIIS of the s'rATE of NPV YORK, and the
AC t'\ of the TAGISLATUBE, respecting NAVIGABLE
COMMUNICATIONS het'ween the Great. WESTFAIN
awl VIM I ERN LAKES and the ATLANTIc OCEAN;
With Perspicuous Maps and Profiles.-Published at the
request of the Board of Canal Commissioners.

" REPORT TFIE CANAL COMMISSIONERS.

" The Commissioners constituted by the Act,
entitled " An Act to provide for the Improve-
!tient or the Internal Navigation of the State,"
Tressed 17 h April, 1816, most respectfully present
ti,e following: iep wt to the Legislature, being "
plain and comprehenzire Iteport of their l'ro-
ceeding•z," az req.dred by the said Act.

Tite duties eujoi,led ttpoti the Commissioners

are

" Ist. To devise 'and adopt such measures as
shall be requi,ite to facilitate and effect a commu-
nication, by. Canals and Locks, between Lake
Erie and the tra‘igable ‘vater3 ot Hudson's river,
and also bet‘veen Lake Champlain and the said
navig.ahle Waters.
" 2,1. To examine and explore the country, for
the purpose ot determining the ,most
routes for the. couteuiplatud Canals ; to cause
et:treys and levels to be taken, and maps, field-
boks and draughts to be Made, and to adopt
and recommend proper plans for the construction
and formati .r7ll tit the said Cartali, and of' the
lock dams, embaukineays, innutls and aque-
ducts ; and to cat:se all ntce,sary plans, models,
Bud dran:zlits thereof to be executed.
"3.!.'bit calculate and estimate tht expence of
the abavr
4th. Fo ascertain whether to any, and to what
*motto', and !you what terms loans olmoney can
be procured, on the Credit:of the State, for the
above ptrrposes----and,
5111.Toapply for donations of hind or money,
in aid of those undertakings., to th- United States,
to Svares interested, to Corporate Bodies, and to

• " fhe Ctinir;iliSioners met in New-Yolk on the
I7th day of iNI4y last, and after having otganized
the board, they conceived it best to effect, if prac-
tic.t;ik, the objects .of the Lq.,,:slatore, in the
course of thr sea,on —With this view-they agreed
to appoint three engineers fur the Eric, and one
for the Chatuphin Canal each engineer to be.
assisted by a surveyor, and a competent number
of -hands. The Erie Canal was divided into three
greatcsectido,, and ao engineet assigned to each ;
the western seetion extending from Lake Ede to
the Saneca river ; the middle section from the
. said tiVer to Rome ; and the eastern section trout
Rome to the Ilhdton. In the course of their in-
,,,irestigations, they found it expedient to appoint
a fonrth engineer, to explore and survey 16 fonn..
try ftom 13 uffaloto the east line of the 11„Hand
:purchase, on the south side of the mountain ridge,
it being represented that this route might be pre-
ferable to that on the north side.
" The hest artificial navig,ation_in the United
States being the ;Middlesex Canal, in Massachn-
.
setts, two of the Commissioners, accompanied by
two of the enjneers, proceeded to math e it, in
ogler to obtain practical information on the

subject.
ec Another meeting of the Commissioners was
held at Ut iro, on the .1.5t1i day of July ; after
which, three of .them explored, ita PerSOn the
principal and most, important parts of the route
of the western Canal, and, superintended- and di-
rected the general operations of: the engineers.
And in the course of the season, two of those
Commissioners attended, in like manner, to the
northern Canal, while their colleagues continued
to devote their 4, tendaticc to the concerns of the

other,
The dimensions oldie western orbrieCaniil and
-Locks, ought, in the opinion of the Commissioners,
. to b as follows, viz width-on the water surface,
forty feet, at the bottom, twenty„i4hr feet,
awl
the length of a lock,
depth of water, four feet
. nioety teet, and its width, twelve feet in the clear.
Vessels cat-lying one hundred ions may navigate
• e Gina' ot.t his size : and all tile lumber produced
. in the country and required for market, may be
trans; oiled upon :t.
Inc route of tie Canal, as explored, has
been ear.etully •tle,ignated by bench marks., level
nail other tivures; aild in tilleclience to spe-
cial li,srriLtions, given by the Commissioners,
fihdts nave bccti StWk into the earth in various
plates, .!0 ascertp:ii its Dittdre, With a View.to a
id the labAtir required, and of the
expellee. to he iuctorr...,i; and great pains have
betit taken to collect ail the facts ‘vlii,u; might
be requisite to- elucidate the Ncikties in fat our,
and the inyeditttents iU the Way of this great un-
,•tlertakio;..
" Front their own exarnioltion, -the C.Nutnis-
:zioners determititt that it would be expedient to

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connect the west end of tne great
waters of Lake Erie, thrum:lt the mouth e 1
Palo creek. In adopting this dtgerminatiOn, they
were intitienced by the Mowing -considerations :
It is important, to . have, at that cud, a sale har-
hour, capable, Without .much expense, of si-ifli-
'cient rulargthien J
t for. the accommodation. r. Al
boats and vessels, that a very extensive trade may
hereafter require to enter and exchange. their lad-
lug there. The -waters of Lake Eriu are higher,
at the mouth of the .Buffalo, than they are at
Bird island, or -any point further down tke Nia'-
gara ; •anti every inch gaincd in elevation will
produce-at large saving in the expense of excara-
tion, throughput the Lake Etie level.
" That section of the route which extends from
Bufrilo to the east line of •the 'Holland purchas:.,
and Iving south of the mountain rider., as before
described, was t- ploi'ed by Wilftint Peacock, Esq.
as Engineer, tinder the superintendence ot Joseph
Eli;-cott, FT,sq. one of.•the Commissioners, who
had been previously requested 'by a vote of the
Board, to afford such superktendence.—ln the
doails of this section, reference is made to Mr.
Ellicott's Report to the President of the Board,
mid the field notes, draughts, maps, and re-
marks of the Engineer, all of which are here-
with presented.
[To be continued.]