The Wilmingtonian., 1823-10-09

ion between the tive bays that promises v
and public utility. They n
urther considered, thatif a saving ofabout a
$50. 900 dollars could be effected between n
The expences of land and water rights on|o
the two routs, that they would be the hap y
py instruments of partially rendering the
company such service.
viator goes on to state that, Whining q :.
ton with population of 6ooo inhabitants, t.
and capital of 100000 of dollars, and a
with the manufacturing district of Bran il
dywine, with an equal amount OF capital
invested in Mills &c. are entitled to more
than swamps and marshes"
more especially, he says, when more than
100000 dollars has been already expend- t
ed in cutting feeder for the Christiana
canal. This is sound reasoning really
it is saying, that because the Company 2o|,
years ago. imprudently expended lOO,oo0|'
dollars, of the capital in partially cuttlns|
"a feeder for the canal, that they should
now, to regain that sum in this more en-
|lightened day, expend the whole amount
of stock subscribed, and as much more,
Iin clearing out that old feeder, preparing
reservoirs, dams, locks, cutting the canal,
&c. and probably in 90 years hence, see|
the whole work abandoned ("tor q dry|
I,okp," as another writer has told us,) and
have the modification to view their exca-
vations nearly replenished with earth, and
grown up with trees, as they can now see
lon the old feeder. And further, that the
canal ought to empty into the Christana,
: .s because Wilmington and Brandywine,
: |have such capital, and population con-
sisting of sober, industrious people, who
thrive by attention to their own business
/, And who, from their conveniences of ma
n nnufacturing flour, as Viator tells US, would
# receive toll from 100000 bushels ol
wheat, before it got to Phila elphia "where
" there are no mills to grind it," conse
/. uuently it would be an advantage to Phi
nIladelphia to receive flour ready for being
it shinped, rather than receive the wheat
si|and share with their neighbours at Bran
: dywine the profit. How is it that the Phi
adelphians generally give more for whea
I'LL and particularly this season, than the Bran
i dywine Millers, if they have not mills il
n their neighbourhood to grind it ? We know
that there is very little wheat shipped
from Philadelphia.
yiator, in contrasting the advantage
of distance from Philadelphia to the moutl
p. of the Christiana, and to that of tn
a. mouth of the canal opposite the Pea
at| patch, says that ain case of calm or fou
e, wind, three tides are required for yes
.e sci to get to the Pea-patch, whereas, tw
,h|s sufficient to get to the mouth of Chris
of tiana, whereby there is saving of twelv
a. hours" If three full tides are required
le float vessel from Philadelphia to New
,g bold's landing, opposite the Peapatch, MOI
DO than two are required to bring one to tn
D. mouth of Christiana, as there is only
L. difference of nine and not exceeding te
miles. Now if this is the case, and I'll
We chance of getting up Christiana by tl
a. second flood tide is lost, which is SOM
st times the case, consequently they mus
lyIlay at anchor during the whole of the thr
OF ebb, and wait the third food to enter II
of Greek; and from its crooked and tediol
en- navigation, the whole Of this tide must
he spent in getting to the mouth of the cana
ISL We will admit for argument, howeve
H. that three tides, might a few times in ii
ct;|year. be required to carry vessel to Il
he mouth of the canal opposite the Peapatcl
ro- but am confident this kind Of wealth
te. would not exist three weeks in the nil
of or ten months, that the navigation is ope
,ht | have proved above that the same lens
lr- of time would occasionally be required
,ot]get vessel to the mouth of the canal
ur the Christiana. and probably it would o
his cur as often on one rout as the other, tn
three tides would be required. Then
la would ask, what would be the differen
b. of time occupied by each of those vesse
'es, in passing their respective canals Il?
The the thorough cut, a vessel would ent
in with food tide, and from the rapid a