The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-07-05
or THE SEcRE1,aRl OrIELE 2REAS1.l..-
ON THE SUBJECT or
PUBLIC ROADS e CANALS.
Made in hursucnce
OF REsoLrTIoN OF SENATE OF MARCH
lcoNTJNuED.
lcoNTJNuED.
VI. OHIO.

VI. OEIO.
Although canal navigation, uniting the Allan.
TIC and western waters in due@f course across
the mountains appears impr4clicaJie, vet tbose
mount.ins may be turned either on the po,rI Ly
means of the Mohawk valley and Lake Cntorio
or on the south through Georgia and the Missis.
sippi territory. The first communal, alton ", b.
noticed under the head Of "the river ST. -
renee and Great Lakes" OF the second it t;iP
be sufficient to observe that The country LIVING re-
tween the sources ofthe rivers ChAtahoucbei. and
Mobile, and the Gulph Of Mexico, is an Inclined
plane, regularly descending towards the sea. and
that by following the proper levels il presents NO
natural obstacle 10 the opening Of a anal. f.d ~
the waters OF t.ie two las, mentioned rivers, and
extending from The tide water on the coast of
Georgia to the Mississippi The distance in a III
rect lire is about $50 niles and tn be overcome.
requires only time, perseverance, and labor :,
When 1t is recpiected that such an undertaking
would discharge tine Mississippi into the Atlantic,
the remarks already made rt the t...lu %, ti,at 49,,
YER, and other obvious considerations Y, IN sufr
ciently point out IT'S immense importance, Mr.
should The plan on account OF lis magnitude. be
tho'i6ht chlmerical for the elevation and Diner
n4tura! obstacle Of intervening ground, or v.,n.
OF sufficient supply Of water, ond not distance.
are ne oaiy insuperable impediments TO an ar;i
fetal Navigation
This work, which is presented not az an i'm
mediate but as distant object, worthy of consi-,
Iteration, would probably require ten millions of
dollars, and tinrty years for its completion TIE
annual sales Of the public lands in Che hissi.sip-
pi territory, which are estimated al fifty millions
of acres, would after paying The debt due To Inc
state OF Georgia, afford sufficient funds and toe,
increased value Of the residue would alone more,
than compensate the expense.
1t IS proper to add that an inland nayjration. e.
ven foi open boa, already exists from New Or.
leans by the canal Carondele. 20 tie lake pom.
chartain, thence between the coast and tic ada.
cent islands to the bay Of Mobile and up it's two
principal rivers, the Albania and the Toi,bigbee
TO the head OF the tide within the actowledged
BOUNDARIES of t.e U. States. The current oftlsse
.w) rivers being much tess rapid than tliat of The
Mississippi, they have long been contemplated.
particularly the Tomoigbce, as affDrding better
communication to the ascending from New-Or-
leans 90 the waters of tie Tennessee, from ,,b,eh
siIey arc separated by shoit por,ages
Communication 6st5Veca The dtkaatic yiyeys. and
He riSsr St. Ldwrcgce and GreQt Lula
Vessels ascend the river St Lawrence rr,,c IN.
sea To- Montreal The river Surcl dischsrors -
some distance below that town the water. "f
Lake George, and Lake Ch.mpia.n. which uc,.e-
tr te sOuthwHdly within the u states. From
Montreal t. Lake On,aio III, ascent Of the rive
St Lawrence IS estimated II abo,u POO ice,
From the eastern cNuemity OF Lake Ontaro' "a
'iniard navigation for vessels Of More tban Inn
tons SltrthtaGg ScJjsbtuSd i!;vfS Il an 1000 n,ri