American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-05-06


stock of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Com
pany. and bill for the same object having becom
a law ia Pennsyiva IL, it may now be considered a
certain that this great work wi not be much longe
neglected but that our citizens, aware OF its impor
lance, will come forward with additional subscrip
lions, to an amount thai will insure its speedy com
pls;ion.
AS many who will become stockholders, are en-
Sifely unacquanted with the ground over which tn
canal Is 10 pass il is, 10 some measure, the duty
fhpse who have a knowledge OF the country, I
spread before the public the information they pos
sess because, in order that the greatest possbl
advantage may be derived from this work, il is
vas. importance only to The present, but to IL
ture generations, that il should be properly locate,
This point should be decided with single eye
public utility, and those who express opinion o
the subject, should be free from any influence, of
private or interested nature. The writer OF this al
tice owning no property on any OF the propose
routes comes to the discussion OF this question un
influenced by any motive, foreign from the publ
good He has sons knowledge of the countr
through which the canal is 10 pass and is acquaint
ed with the views which influenced the origina
board OF Directors on ills point. He has given at
tention to much that has been said and written o.
this sublec, since, and is decidedly oil the oplnio
that the general interest, and hat OF Philadelphi
IN PARTICULAR, will be sacrificed, if he termination O
Newboid's landing opposite the Pea Patch.
will now proceed TO state the reasons, which
are the ground Of this opinion but first wou
remark, tina, oil this route, should really hay
Wrought It unnecessary to say any thing, did | no
know hat few individuals are advocates Tor it, an,
thu under their auspices, an engineer from New
Iuik, (Mr. Randa) lately introduced to the board
coNhaed his survey entirely TO this route. His re
port understand Is in accordance with the views o
htg ~ ..l. .
companions in this business not one of the boatt
oil directors being with him on the survey.
This scheme, as | have understood it, is to cu
Through st. Georges marsh three miles, five fee
deep, raising banks each side tour or five feet r
helght At the termination of this distance the ca
nal Is to enter ST. Georges Mill pond, which ex
tends about two miles, and contains decaying de.
post, which has been accommodating for nearly hall
century. The grand project is, however, to hold
an onward course through the m-pond, disregard
ing mlasma, mosquitoes, &c 10 the ridge Of high
land, which, according to the report OF II. La
tooe, is sixty TWO feet above the level of the tide
at the lowest part OF the ridge. 1t is moi intended,
as nave been Informed, to attempt g thorough
cut al once but to go down about forty five ieet,
and then by extending the feeder Two or three
miles, and collecting the water OF some springs, al
Inc source OF the mill-pond, to furnish abundant
water Tor supplying the locks!
Ii my Information is correct, water is generally
found on the table land Of the Peninsula al the deph
OF ttteen feet. How then il may be asked is the
remaining body OF carth, thirty feet in depth, 10 be
removed! Carts we are sure, cannot T.. employ
Ill learn, however. that a b,at wnh wonderful
con'rVance IN Its hotom IS TO accomplish this Her
cuiean iaoot--l Is To remove mass of earth lh
live ieet in depth, forty five 10 6fty in width AMI
four miles in length But where is this earth 10 he
placed Inc greater part of it, on an average more
IMAM iour miles tom its original location, to all IN
supporting the muddy banks oil the Canal through
d. Georges Marsh The lmpracicahlty OF this
seheme, The RUIN that must result the interests of
the company II II be attempted, and the great oh
lecuon 10 the route could il be accomplished NAV
DC easily demonstrated. To me il appears imnos.
sioe mat Iudclous and dislnterested men can pa
tIohse such schemes and hope hereafter to
SNOW to the sat siacton Of the stockholders thai, i'll
u could be completed, it is calculated efectuav to
oe'eat the important object which Philadelphia
ought 10 attain by her exeftons to finish this Iink
an The chain OF our inland navigation.
Another reason for the opinion have expressed
49, that On the route proposed there must be draw
p'iages across the Canal most serious inconvpni
ehCe 70 Canal navigation, as well as to travellers
ms inconvenience has been found so great in Eng
iahd, that IN all their canals Of recent oriein. ,hey
nave sludlousy avoided hem. They are not only
ehPessse IN their construction and attendance but
nlso ~ accepting them IN repair. But this is the
ieas' important consideration the detention oil
vessels and the loss OF time they OCCASION actually
interrupt the navigation and must eventually pro-
auce serious loss 10 the Company. On the other
route It is understood that no draw bridges will be
necessary, as the ground over which it is to pass
w" admit OF permanent roads under the Canal
'inolne' reason 49, mat on the lower route uponl
- pia" P'oposea' uralns' at an enormous expense
must be constructed to carry off the water. which
IN umes OF heavy rain, would flow Into the Canal il
?nanltie, 100 great for it to contain and would in
Inre the navigation by large deposlte of Garth and
gravel IN its bed = a'u
y iurthsr Reason is, that the country along the
DOrder OF St. (renrur's 49,. - -