Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-03-02
ron TIE EN2UYRER.
Li-ZER.WiL IMPROVEMENT.
no. III


| ODJECTIONS-Ist the proposed plan Of tHpro,'-
| fiig ME Navigation of james Ruer ON Rock
cts 10 MLrGiPS MI.
! ist. The foundation from the Rock-L.anding to
Rockets, he,ns Oh sand, botom, cauaot BE- ra'uic
| securs, ~.
| 2d'y. That high fresles in the River vii over
! no~ ulc wsls 0 ue Canal hn-ss rai.. i toa t'e-s.
Ia isht, aud euiNiser the vessels Oie therS;u-
BY raising wal, Of the Canal oit %. re reach O.
ireshes, would DC attended with TOO g.sa, an cxl
| pence.
8 lily. The advantages to he derive hy the promo
lei canal an4 BASIN be O,t.ncd by uprotiug *
clearing out the sand, gravel, Sc between the ISL
| an,l OF "a M,yo's ani the Rcck Lan,.ag--and at
Tiiing cXpcace.
4,h.,. 10 perfect The work in such a manner
a w'u rcnt~. i useful, will enormous
81 y.
5ty That this is act the time to opcn bo ks for
rails n, .J5scriptons-O wing the scare " al mo-
ucv.
To these obiectinnst may he answered.
ID. la preparing tie tOui'da lon. making
ia"getnenis Tor that space which will be- under low
water marx, it's very c. rtain that neat and reg
u'ar wall cauuct built, with the same ease rs can
be done ii'pve, les the sand was d.inmed oIt X
the water kept down. This part ofthe work must
ne done either ~ boxing the sand aud Waterfront SO
that wall be ail, and tn place tirnbers
crossways and parallel with the wall it, on exam.
nation of the bottom il should Ice fuul advisable
Or, by sinking large pens OF timber welt ed with
rock, as NAV be iound 10 answer--iiut the t,epih
cannot bv determined until the bottom has been cx-
amned--but as The middle Of streams is almost al
ways deeper than the sie near the hanks. we
nI:y venture TO conclude, that the average depth
III not exceed that between tho falls aud Rncke,ts
or not thsR from four to SIX feet but tnat IL
will more probably he fau"d not no-e than two or
three tect b. low water mark, is the case where
afr. Coutts has bnit small brick house on the
sandy bar, which iso good foundation, two feet
DC ow Low Vaer marx an cXHct Cstn.. IL caau, Ia
course be made ct this time, hut shout it be found
necessary 10 resort 10 peas, the cxpcncc cannot h.
as great as u regular stone wall laid, rs the
supply ot timber that will ansv Ur trat purpose
eng very abundant, and may be had mod rate
erms, as the Workmanship may be performed hy
lie toughest calpen,et s--as no nlasoHiv will - re-
qiiircd--as tte stone can be obtained by blowing
wit! but liite cspencc in removing tit is bcl,ev-
ell that pens Ol timber filed ia with rick wuulh h.
io'inh tie cheapest, and would every pur-
pose rerIirc'i from low water mark dow nwai Us -
~ the base 81 the wall from the Rock. atding 20
the locks 1t X cketts VIII be 10 feet If rr.uia-
stone wall Is lad, agreeable To the plan.) or Is
feet psns are resnrted To, there cannot be anv
reasonable cause to fear, that the toundtipa will
yici; bn, will BE- perfectly secure. Seventy years
agu, tiIespot, on which the Nessrs. Adams have
lately erected such stately cicss On both sizes OF
the Market bridge, the for.atior WAS more forbid
den 10 look at than the Foundation from Rock .snd-
ing 10 lGcckeus-They have -r-cteI large buildings
with walls sixty feet AMI up.artls in height on a
base Of about four feet, au which walls Ac 20 carry
a he4vy - iSht no appearance oI the Foundation
Welding has been 'scovercd-lf tas fact is estab.
lshed, how much less is the pg0o,biily tnat the
wall RON The NOs'-Lsuding TO the lOcks at Rock
eats wilyi'h the base OF " ich will Dc from IL
10 10 feet VIDE, and the average height ri the wal
will not "Ncre'i twenty feet, ani vii not be bur
thened with sny ad!iuoiai wsight--In addition to
which, It is more than probable, that building will b.
erected Of the sandy bar island, against the wall
which will render the same more secure.
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