The Sun.
London, England, 1817-09-18 00:00:00

AMERICAN ENTERPRIZE.

" The OFFICIAL REPORTS of the CANAL COMMIS-
SIONERS of the STATE of NEW YORK, and the
•f the LEGISLATURE, respecting. NAVIGABLE
(o.‘imfNlC VI'IONS between the Great WESTERN
2,0RT11 ERN LAKES and the ATLANTICOCEAN;
000 s Maps and Profiles. Published at the
request of the Board of Canal Commissioners.

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4` REPORT OP THE CANAL. CaMMISSTONERS.
(Continued from Yesterday's SUN-)
" Begi then, at a point in the Little Buf-
falo Creek, marked 14', on the map, aml extending
wo miles to the southern ext tenni y of Black Rock,
marked G, the line of the canal passes over a
marsh, of which more than two feet of the surface
consists of light muck resting upon a strung bed
of cky, suitable fur brick. The average depth of
cutting, for this distance, will be nearly ten feet.
To perform it will require the excavation of
33,350 cords of earth, which is estimated at
Dollars,l42 1-2,
• and would cost - Dollars, 37,518
" From G to E, on the map, is a ttZilc, and in-
chides the margin of Niagara river, at Black
Rock. The rock here is composed of limestone,
mixed, in the upper stratum, with flint ; and as.
the average depth of cutting will be five feet,
there must he excavated 49,960 perches of stone.
At 62 1-2 cents. per perch, this would cost
Dollars 30.600
" It is believed, however, that by erecting a
wall near the river, and puddling it, for the lower
'bank, the Canal may be made, for this mile, at
an expellee not exceeding half of the above esti-
Mare.

" From the letter E, at Black Rock Ferry, to L,
at the Tonnewanta Creek, the line of the Canal
continees along the margin of Niagara river, the
distance being thirteen miles. A part of, this
. distance will be completed, by moving earth
enough to torn the lower bank of the Canal only;
nevertheless, to cover the expence of makine;
culverts and small embankments, at several Creeks
which cross the canal line, the average depth of
-excavation is calculated at five feet. This calcu-
lation will require the removal of 80,600 cords of
-earth, which, at one dollar, would amount to
Dollar 80,600
it is proposed to erect a dam across the
creelt, Of sufficient height to raise the waters
thereof to the level of Lake Erie. This height
vould be four feet deep and sixty-eigth "hund-
redths ; and the expellee of the dam is estimated
at Dollars 8,500
Such a dam would produce a level surface, of ft cell
..-fourteen to twenty perches wide, and an abun-
dant depth of water for seventeen miles up the
Tonuewanta, to R. Beth banks of this creek are
bold ; a towing path might he made on either for
600 dollars per mile, and would therefore cost for
the whole distance 10,200 dollars. Thus might
,the Canal be completed for seventeen miles, by
using the bed of this creek, at the expellee of
Dollars 18.700
• To most, cases, experience is decidedly against
making use of the channels of natural streams,
on any part of the route of a Canal Navigation.
-These streams are so apt to produce injury to the
artificial works with which they are conheeted,by
freshets in the spring, with a strong and muddy
current, by want of water in the fall. and ti,e
tudden changes to .which they are liable at all
.seasens, that they should be avoided, except as
feeders, almost always when it is practicable. But
to these remarks the ,Tonnewanta affords an ex-
ceptiou. Alter the dam is built near its mouth,
that part of it which it is intended to use, will have
moch more the character of a quiet narrow bay,
or an artificial canal, than of a natural steeatn ;
anti to give it still more of this character, provi-
sion might be made, with very little expence, at
the point where its waters are first subservient to
the Canal, to turn all its superfluous freshets
and H )(ls down the Oak Orchard creek into Lake
Ontario.
" The expence of a lock near the dam, for the
purpose of facilitating the navigation. from Schlos-
ser to Lake Erie, would be Dollars 19,000
" At It, on the Tonnewanta, thirty-three
miles from the west end of the Canal, the Lake
Erie level terminates. From,this place to C, on
the summit level between Lake Erie and the Ge-
nesee river, is twelve miles. In this distance locks
mast he constructed for a rise of seventy-four
leer and eighty hundredths. It would probably
he expedient to divide this rise equally between
ten locks, in which case the lift of each would b.:
seven feet and forty-eight hundredths. Of these
locks three might be placed at R, four at C, and
the remaining three at-some convenient place or
places between. The expence of them would not
exceed - Dollars 100,000
Between It and C the country is remarkably even.
The average quantity of earth to he excavated in
each rude of this part pl.- the route, is estimated at
3,786 cords, which, as the plough and scraper
might be almost exclusively-used, would not cost
more than sixty-two and an half cents per cord.
At this rateetwelve miles, the distance between R
211(1 C, -would cost Dollars 23,275
The length of the summit
.level, from C to 13,
is seventeen miles; and it_ passas over a country
so very level, that an average depth of four feet
of excavation is all that will be required. 'To eiY,llt
this, the removal 01.5.050 cords of earth per mile
will he necessary, and such removal may be per 7
fornied for seventy-five cents per cord, amounting,
for seventeen mik.s, to Dollars 64 387
From D, on the Tonnevianta creek, to C, on
the west end of the summit level, it is intended to
construct a feeder sixteen feet wide mitt foue
.feet
deep. The length- of this feeder, will be fouimilea
and sixty chains, and 2,640 cords of earth per
mile must -be removed in order to complete it; at,
seventy-five cents per cord, this would cost
Dollars 9,443
From the end of the canal, at Buffalo, tax, at
. the cast end of the summit level west of the Ge-
nesee river, is sivey,two miles. In his report
reliting to this section, Mr. Ellicott observes, that
. itt the preceding estimate of expence little- has ;
,sbern left to
.conk.cture. The aggregate amount
of these estimate, is Dollare 379,523
To vel.ich lie adds ; for grubbing: and clearing ;
for enedeciitag Bigelow's and. Spring creeks into
the summit level, near itt east-end; and for.,;pay

of engineers and officers to superintend tile exe-
cution of the work, - Dollars 70.477

making the entire expence .of these sixty—two
miles - Dollars 4-50,000

It will. he observed, that if the canal takes the
direction here indicated, it will-be raised seventy-
four feet and eighty hundredths above the level of
Lake Erie, in which case recourse must be had to
other reservoirs for its supply of water. Common
prudence demands, that upon this subject every
doubt should he removed, before this route is de-
finitively adopted. Mr. Ellicott has had the sources
of thiS supply guaged with great care, during the
driest part of the last season, which has been more
remarkable for severe _thought than any ever be-
tore experienced in that part of the State.
Independently of waters deemed sufficient to
repair the waste occasioued by eiaporation and
soakage. these sources consist of ten streams na-
turally flowing, or capable of being conducted into
the summit! level. Whet) these streams were
guaged, they afforded in the aggregate 253,435
cubic feet of water per hour, which would lid six
hundred and seventy-three locks every clay, and
provide for the passage of 1,209,600 tons during
eight months, in boats of thirty tons burden. Be-
sides, the raising of one of the canal banks to the
necessary teighlh for a towing path, on tine summit
level, would produce the flooding of more than a
thousand-act es of land, whir,.n.as a reservoir, to-
.gether with the •hourly discharge
,ot the streams
above mentioned, would be abundantly sufficient
fdr all the wants of this level.
From the east end of this level, down the valley
of Black Cteek, and along the west batiks of Ge-
nesee River, to the point where the route c K.•
plored north of the mountain ridge passes that
river, the face of the cottony has trot been scien-
tifically examined. It is well known, however, to
present no serious impediments to the construc-
tion of a canal ; and its facilities are thought to he
such, that if the, difficulties occurring on the sum-
mit level do riot prevent; the canal should cer-
tainly take this direction. The length of this
unexamined section Avould be about thirty miles ;
and it would require locks for a tall of one hun-
dred and thirty-nine feet -and eighty hundredths.
The expence of these locks Might he estimated :it
Dollars 150,000
and all other expenses of this distance at 6.000
dollars per mile Dollars 180,000
Making the entire cost from Lake Er to the Ge-.
nesee River, in this direction, Dollars 780,000

[To be continued.]

SHOCKING ACCIDEN

NIELANCHoLY INSTANCE OF SUDDEN DEATH.—
Mr. •Enwattel Honosotv, a respectable Master
Printer, residing at No. 17, Pierrepoint-row,
Islington, after going to church with hi. family
on Sunday morning, returned home and dined
gether, never appearing in better health and
spirits in his life ; after dinner he had a glass of
brandy and water, and then went c,it with his
children and had a walk in the garden. On his
return he was taken ill with a sudden pain in his
chest. Mr. Clifton, surgeon, ,was sent for, hut
before his arrival he expired. Yesierday an in-
quest was held on the body before Mr. STIRLING,
'at the Gun, Vierrepoint-place, Islington. Ver.,
dicta pit() by the visitation of Ood-." The de-
ae,itaa a-a, 49 years of age.
Mr. J PICKAIID, of %Vaal, near Doncaster,
wlqo had been upwards of 26 years. head ma-
nager of Air. HALL'S livery-stables, in Down-
street, Piccadilly, we are sorry to state, died on
the 29th ult. Hi, death was occasioned by the
overturning of the Rockingham post-coach, in
in which he was a passenger, at Sutton-upon-
Trent, in Nottiaghanishire : he was killed on the
spot.
On Tuesday night a shocking accident hap-
petted at Knightsbridge. owing a great deal to
the misconduct of the driver of a bread caravan.
A young man, about twenty years of age, who
was short sighted, was passing along Knights-
bridge, ay the Guards were marching off duty, and
MIS walking in the horse-road ; a caravan was
driving up at a quick pace, the young roan was
apprised of his danger, but could not cross on
one side of the road because of the soldiers, and
on attempting to go on the other side the horse
knocked him down and the wheel of ahe caravan
passed over him: He died almost immediately.
Yesterday evening, a fine boy, seven years of
age, in going over the street at the end of Setscoal,
lane, was run over by a brewer's dray, when one
of the wheels passed over his head, and crushed it
to pieces, and killed him on the spot. The dray-
man is in custody till the result of the Coroner's
Inquest is known.
On Thursday se-nnight, as a Post-bny,,who was
driving a chaise up Chatham-hill, was walking to
ease his horses- during Their ascent, he observed
some boys hanging at the back part of the chaise,
and snapped his whip at them to drive them away.
The horses immediately set Off at full gallop, when
the driver called to a young man. coming dOwn
to stop them ; he endeavoured to do so,
but failed in the attempt,- anti was. knocked down
by the-horses, and the wheels of the chaise pass-
ing over the lower part of his belly, produced so
great an interaal injury, that he died in two hours
after the accident. Au inquest was held on the
body, -when the Jury gave a verdict of—" Acci-
dental Death."--(Maids one Gazette.)

COIRONER'3 iNQUEST.--Yesterday an Inquest
was Itch! at the Duke of Wellington public-house,
High-street, Shadwell, before J. W. thrwts, Esq.
Coroner, on the body of Sarah Went Worth, a
young woman, 27 years of age, who died in a
state of intoxication. Verdict—Died from the
effects of excessive drinking.
A Gentleman, named SMART, from Ealing, 'was
stooped abut the centre of Oxford-street by a
gang of seven or eight ruffians, on Friday night,
when they knocked him down, took from him
his watch and silver, and made off in a body.—
It did not take three minutes altogether. The
gangs which infest this street at night, set the
watchmen at defiance, and call for the assist-
.Rnce of the housekeepers, as the nights get
longer.
Tuesday night, between 11 and 12 o'clock, as
Mr. Turner, of Euston-place, N'ew-road, was
,passing along Grosvenor-place, from the house of
her sister at Pimlico, she was stopped by'two
men, having the appearance of soldiers, who rob-
bed her of -125.