American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-02-14


delphia, has been engaged in making examinations,
and Mr. Randall, one of the New York engineers, is
now engaged for the same purpose.
Your committee deem it supeIiluous TO enlarge
upon the great utility of this work, and its partlcu-
lar importance to the commercial emporium OF the
state and TO the whole of the agricultural district,
which sends its produce down the Susquehanna.-
This majestic river which rolls its waters from the
northern to the southern boundary OF the state, and
sends its branches to the east and 10 the west rises
in the heart of the Genesee country, and with the
aid of the improvements contemplated by this bill,
will secure large share of the trade OF New York,
and it is believed that the surplus productions OF
nearly twenty millions of acres will seek market
Through its channel. Although your committee
believe that there exists reasonable prospect oil the
completion of the Union canal in few years, which,
besides other advantages, will be the means OF
transporting large share of commodities from the
Susquehanna TO the commercial capital; yet it must
be obvious that single canal cannot be adequate to
the growing trade OF the state and besides the situa-
ton of many counties on the lower parts OF the ri
yer, will forever deprive them of the immediate
benefits of the Union canal. Every intelligent OBJ
server, must at once perceive the vast Importance
OF enabling those who reach tide water on the Sus
quehanna to go either to Philadelphia or Baltimore
and to have choice of markets and the benefit of
competition In addition to securing and fixing in
our own limits, portion at least OF that part OF the
trade OF the Susquehanna, which otherwise would
go to Baltimore, the canal would open, water com
muncation between the city of Philadelphia & Ma
ryland, Virginia and North Carolina. AS early as
1908, the Secretary of the Treasury Of the United
States, in an official report makes the following re-
marks:
"lhe present annual carriage across the peninsula
which would be drawn through the canal, is estima
81
sengers. This will be greatly increased BY theI
facility which the canal itself will afford to the
merclal intercourse between the two Gays, and to-
the conveyance OF articles carried through herl
channels, or too heavy for transportation at the pre-
sent expense Of carriage. The Goals wanted for |
Philadelphia and which brought down from the /
sources of the Susquehanna and Potowmac, but
from the vicinity of Richmond, would
naturally pass through the canal have alone been es
llmated at more than 100000 tons year. The an
nuai carriage OF all articles may in the present satet
81 population, Citizen years ago) be fairly estima-
ted at 10000 tons and The direc, annual saving toll
ne community a S30o,000, being at the rate of twol
dollars ton for the difference between land and
water carriage across the peninsula after paying the
oils These, at the rate Of fifty cents ton, will
give TO the undertakers revenue OF $4,000. lea II
ing, alter deduction of $4,000 for annual re- il
lars, and OF $4,000 more for attendance and con
ingencies, nett income Of S55O00.' L
1t IS rue, that since the Secretary's report, coala
brought FROM the Schuykill and Lehigh, and i'll II
therefore not probable that much Virginia coal IL
VII be carried through the canal; but SO high ala
a'ue IS set upon the Susquehanna COAL that largelb
Quantities are now consumed in Philadelphia, afterI h
eng carried about 500 miles by sea, which is the
istance from the mouth Of the Susquehanna; where
by the canal the distance would be but about eieh
y'hve miles, < without the dangers OF sea voyage Ii
Moreover, since 1908, millions Of acres whichIy
would be benefited by the canal, have been brought
nto cultivation and rendered rich and productive \;
millions also have been added TO the population the
most dense part OF which is in the vicinity of this
Improvement, and it this work is commenced, there I
3 an almost certain prospect the immediate com S
'letlon oil the canal from the Delaware TO New York
Which would not only confer an additional benetit {
lpon the stockholders of the Delaware and Chesa-
'eake canal but enable nearly all our citizens with
ut the expense OF land carriage, sending thelr
productions to sea, to select as market either Phil
delphia, Baltimore or New York iE
1t such advantages can be dscerned at the pres
mt time what may we not expect after lapse ola
lew years, from he completion of this work, in Q
conjunction with the Union Canal and an improve ~
nent OF the ousquehanna what may we not ex- 10
'ect from lis effects upon the agricultural manufac-
uring and commercial interests Of the state. whenI
lnder the au pieces OF peace and of freedom the state
u Pennsylvania will contain millions ofinhabitants lit
Without seeming to enter the regions Of fancy tIb
would be difficult to depict the scene, which viii be IS
Produced by wise application of our resources, to
uch noble objects. r.
Your committee do not think it necessary 10 ad- h
'ert 10 the monied capacity Of the state, because, /
rom the foregoing observations, it will be perceiy
"a that they are OF opinion that the stock to be sub
'crbed will be more productive than even the bank
stock OF the government. No subscription what {
Eyer IS to be made by the Governor unless others
shall have previously subscribed as much as will
-u'e us completion within few months after the
last instament is called Tor and nrobablv ,sthnlt
eighteen or twenty four months from the time the
Htsi ins'alment is required. These facts must an