Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-11-14

import 81 TIE Joint Cosmissioners on tis Nrr;1,,;.,
y the P1fondc Rirer.
tooncluded)
ehNhRAh ADVANTAGES OF CANAL, on STILL WA.
TER HAvIGArIoS
Or q canal, such ~ ~ now proinss,I a h,., .,x
'ng 20 tons buIthen, will be enabled 10 ON ~
1 r,er course, with The same facility she goes down
Lib" navigation the canal will ~. -, ".
except When il is closed hy ice The 49,, s"uu
n'n OF Potomac river has heen EXPLAINED and ,hs
a"erence ~ these important respects is too pnr;nu
To reqire additional Comment. e
Ts' usual load ola wagon in o,- ,,;t .
stated ~ ) ions u boat, one man -, bnv $50
morse, VIII tie equal for Transportation ihen 10 -.
man wagons, 8 men, and 10 horses each ,,annt
ung AZ the same tate OF distance in equal fine a
ca'eu mon IS hereto annexed, marked IN \ wL;ch
sbews Thar, taking into view the daiIv exne,.o 49,,
fps. ''nu CUM, "nd wear Of The Wagon, men, and
"oses, required 10 transport 25 tons and The sama
expenses, iaieres', aud wear of a boat man bov nnJ
noree, required Ia bear The same burden nm :, S,u.I
e Haospor'9'on ny land earri"ge seO times greater
IMAM u, canal IL may wei thrn be s,atrd n ~,
the public would he great gaiarrs were thev IN Iy
ou' upon the making ut every mile of cunni ,,v.n,
s't"ss as much as they expended upon q mile
OF turnpike road while = mile of can,, j. ,r,a.
made ~ loss expense Than u mile Of roaJ -" ,I,
commonly II has cost, recrnI work in his coun,r
so,ne'h'ns more per mile Tins has rarely ex
Setueo Ihrd oil the cost ufa mile of iurnniko IcLo
culverts NC. all considered To sbe,y bl,. 49,, IL
may he Increased, for the benefit ola canal comon
ny, "h'le The ifeehi is still esSened very cnns,a'
by, hu example given nv The late Al, RL. 7, .,
ton Is SD strongly stated, aud cienrIy ill,srr, ,,
we cannot DO better than insert il, verna,jm
Df 'he Lancaster turnpike, from, PLiIddeIubig IN
ihe ou.qurhannah, Ut Columhin ia II miles o. :;
from COiumbIi 10 Pbilade!piia n ha,,eI Of a w ",
~ "eign', pays one dollar cariacc bro1J wheel
ca Wagon cures W barrels, 3 tons and nave
'r .nrnPihc' doiIHrs: thus, for each Ion carried
ihe turnpike company receives oBy ono ,Ioilar rho
making OF me road cost 8 II! 600 /; or on nn ave-
rage oi o,Ooo mile. will now suprnsc a canal
10 Gaye been col from Philadelplia to Columhia aud,
WIN us windngs, To make 100 miles NJ n onO -
mile or, Tor the whole, S 800 OOO On such q
canal, one man, one boy aud horse woulJ coa"."
% ous ~ miles day Which, the follow inc
would De iho expenses man, y 1 "a horse I'll.
boy, 30 cents tolls for repairing canal q 1 eli,
tor passing locks, KS. = 80 iDieiost on ,le we,r
od Don't, on GEMS fvm Total, ) 8 this equal 10
~ cents = ioU for 20 miles aud no more ,hsn . =
ton for 100 miles, instead OF ) TO- paid by The tosd
consequently, for each ton c7Iried from, Colnn,,,;
20 Phnadelphn, on The canal, the company m;eb,
oke YOU VI s,r "oft"s instead OF oHe, which is now
got 10y the road aud heU the 1onr would arr;vo a,
PhllddeiphIa ioi sere1 dol1rS ton, instead nf ,s
which II uOw pays. The lou OF mercband,,. ,,ts
rom rblladeph'a back TO Columbia, wuuld aI.o nav
less than now pays. Suppose that exachv liz
same nanIer Of tons would on the ean,l ,l,n,
are now transported by the rOld ; Again I: Ic, II Lc
supposed that ao"e dollar atou, the turnpike comma
~ gNcs6 per cont per aDnum on their cap;tnI or
s ]ti,OdO, OF S2&,200 consequently, " 20 ,oUs
must he Carried; wliel, nj sir doitfrs Il nm "a ,bs
canal compnny, would givn & 1873, 200 yem, or "a
per cent. for tue capital Of s / $50 900 . -
10 Older 10 see the immediate efTrct Of cu,,;,,
ca"nl hnm tide ~uet 10 Cnmlierlaud, IL is necrs.nI
To ascertain the amount of tolls nov taken n, III,
rolds leading frDm aud through ihose d;s,r,r,s 81
country which viii avail themselves Of Tie cb.a,.,
conveyance Wy c'nals rs frnnr fr~slurg IN Nee,
driI, mud GcnrgeiOwn, and from Unionin,yu by ia.
gei"OwD, BsnstOroggh, Frrdetirkfown. &c. to
BhhHufe aud Georgetown. The tolls nav f.keu nm
w 81 roads, IDd also ~ tie Circuit F1s OF tho Poo,
~ 90 nay 5e OF tluos increased IN amount -, ,,
ca5a!; md si, 90 consequence Of tho pre.f s,v,,g
~ lrc'gb ~ 'hOvc si1tpd aud rgenipliGrJ the 60,
OF transportation 10 the owner OF The ntn,l,re 49,
goods, viii be greatly cheaper rbaB il now il by III.
road - wv
Bu' by ilr the greater part of tie toll rccs;ged m
canals generally Md likewise on This canal g;u oc
cruc on those articles, which nre too brlLy Ia Lo
transported 10 any considerable dstnnce Inv roaIs 49,
Iho present natic ,l"s Tho use sf these npcessory
although Cheap antilles, rs now alDos wholly dcn,eJ
10 large olsud population aud The benefits or sprt
D. the iptrr'or fford- secluded iiom tie sralon,J
Among bese are fuel, TIE materials for bn,lding
and c'fi'in articles oi toDd md doDesfic USE
10 wri coat, cDrriwood and charcoal, line slate
marble, non, timber, pnufr's earh aDd tanners
b"fk, i'n cor", osis harley, salt beef pork cider
irpif, tir, iuTpoaiioe, l1r
10. totpl, 81 itese articles, a. be- ofnined from,
t1- 't1ssfi P0iyuae aud us branches ;q literally
80 y. an.no.e 'gr v1ch tbcfe viii be q growing de-
ae ch 90 lrc'c. 20 prcseni exchanged Nv the in
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