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

worth The xssn,l;iure required Mr.. Gallaiir, in
sno'he. part of This report, justly remarks " Nor
should the plan, on account OF lis magnitude ne
thought chime, icnl for the ee Walton and Other VA
iur.i obstacles OF Intervening ground, or want OF
suthciemt supply Of water, aud not distance, the
only ,nsuper"ble inpedniens TO an artificial baviga-
iiun. -"
The route for canal frop, Cumht rland to the Mo-
nongahe'a across the m"untains and its practicable
ny, are so intimately connected with the canal at pre-
seni contemplated, that IT necessarily blends itself
with every view OF the subject. II for this rea-
sun that the work commenced AZ Deep creek,
the better to Judge of its ptacticabily and Of ihR
reasonahirness OF the consequences expected
from oprnng the canal navigation as FAR is now re
commended The section across the mountans To
the states Of Virginia aud Maryland would at pres
en- undoubedlv he undeI taking heyond their ti-
nary means But 10 The states of Ohio, Keniueky
fenns,ls"nia, Virginia, aud Maryland, who are al!
Immediately concerned, 1t might not prove so, and
certainly not To tho United States who are no less
deeply interested in Ills accomplishing upon poiii
cal considerations involving dearest interests OF
internal strength, and in war, of commerce
and revenue, and the preservation of the union or
ITS piac'ieabiliiy, is believed ie doubt exist
as the necessary supply Of water he found. Tile
cost OF the ockage and tunnel The only real oh
sacics When the practicabiii Of line Of canal il
hsc"ttaned, where doubt all exist as 10 the
relative preponderanoc, U Is the province prudence
previous To The adoption Of expensive plan of in
pro'emeni, 10 weigh IN the scale of contemplation
The COSTS and labor against the advantages expected
10 he derived iierelrom. The cos, of the section a.
"A canal from Cumberlan TO Monongahela althoush
IT viii, whenever the estimate is made, he found
comparatively much greater than lower levels
yet, will fall far short Of hat AN ed mn h.
i'c have heretofore Imagined. But the othe
hand, who will undertake To enumerate the aJvan-
cages anl growing profits the trade of the only
canal, which is practicable between the waters az
Ohio and the Chesapeake IL is only necessary 10
sec the unequal location of the cen,ral route the
length OF the barrier oil mountains which Il wuni. Sc
ver the bonndess regions of the north western states
and terIores and the extent, literally UNPARALLELED
on the globe, OF the already connected Inland n,v
CATION, by means of the great lakes and coIoes,I
rivers TO he united with the Potomac, and 90 consi-
der the greater distance aud expense of getting n
and from their markets u our sea hoard 10 be on
mey SATISFIED ina, IN country increasing in popn-
a'ion, wealth, aud the knowledge OF political &c on
on'y like ours, the object To lie attained in n necu
mary ront Of view alone, is heyond calcuIa,ion
aud 1t affords the most ample guarantee for the inter
est aud capital that may he invested TO compcte II,
whatever may he the amount of such investment and
cannot TAIL moreover 10 he vast and ALWAYS in
creasing source of revenue hereaiier either 10 the
states through which II will pass OF TO the United
States, whichever may undertake it, The por,-
mount and primnrdial claim Of this rone 10 nuLIc
attention Is evnced 10y the location of the national
road, aud also, of the of government and M
less by the early date Of The charter Of the Poto
mac company, Immediately aG:er the peace esrab-
shing our independence. This last circumstance
shews II TO nave been The very first object of this
nature, which engrossed the attention Of Virginia
and Mary land, when had scarcely drawn the frs,
Dream oil emancipation. he manuscript calcula-
llohS OF our w ashlnSOu, who the father OF
company, she~, that In his mind the western trade
and the Improvement OF the Potomac, we're ALWAYS
| intimately connected He makes tn. difference he
tween the routes from Detroit on Lake EIie by way
ni Fort Pitt, now Piitsburg, and Fort Cumberland
! 70 Alexandria, and That New York IN distance
49O miles, upwards of 500 miles To tide water in
favor oil The foInert This grand speculation Of thus
great man. of drawing the commerce of the lakes
asd their northwestern territories 10 Alexandria re-
qures only the union OF the writer's of the Ohio and
Potomac, IN order TO he realized And with daily in
creasnS experience, and n full sense of the rand
advance IN the value of the great prize, it cannot fail
ere hong ia he begun and completed.
Ii IS supposed, that when the nature Of = voyaee
from the states north Of the Oeio O New Ore,ns oy
10 New YORK, Is conirasted with voyage TO Wash
iDsion, on Potomac, on the suppnson Of the nayi.
Rnton beng perfected across The mountains, thar
~ many respects, the advantages will be so consi-
derabe IN favor OF Washngion, that it will in MOS.
instances, he preferred. This preference over New
Orleans viii arise from the down stream navigation
OF the rivers empymr into the Ohio in the
gentle current of the Ohio, compared with The
rapid stream of the Mississippi, taking inIo view
the time, labor, aud expense of returning as well az
gong TO market, on each route the effect Of the
climate oil New Orleans in damaging flour md bacon
aud all vegetable and animal productions, and rs
dangerous influence northern constitutions
ms also the very great difficulty and length Of Time
requires Tor ships 10 get up from 10 that city,
over New York, the advantages will consist i'm The
shorter distance, and the necessity of navigating the
lakes IN vessels of different construction from those
used 10 rivers and on canals, requiring a change Of
hands, navisators, and the repeated removal Of cargo
from the one kind TO the Other while The owner of
ooai VIII he able go and all the way 10 Wash
ins'on, In most instances, with crew OF his own
ne'Shhorhood Add TO these reasons, tie circun-
stance at the New York Canal being closed one month
longer by ice every year, than a canal on Potomac
and The superiority Of this will he manifest
ITO be coneludedia o,rnert)
The following extract from Mr. Hamilton Ful,on,s re-
port the Bohrd of Public Works Norh Carolina Tor
the yenr 1921, page %, will give idea operation
OF locks on canals md of Il mehoi of sapfng me
waste 81 sr SO precious great elevations by means of
baSins or ponds arranged particular manner where
many locks considerable eleya
tons Mr. H. Fulton is engineer of celabrity induced
oy NoTih Carolina TO come 10 this country from England
Extract Although do approve Of locks than
one beng bui!t vi place, the work. do be ire
he, quadruple &c chains of locks mitch attention
ana waste OF water, as the following examples will show
VIZ boat has entered The upper tie purpose of
Ascending no other boat ascend until she out
OF the lower lock- and vice If boat a, cends uns
datey alter one has descended many ocks Of water
must be drawn from the summit there arc locks in tA
chaA, and IL descending boat succeeds the ascending
boat the whole ofthe is lost EXCEPT one lock full;
thus ascending descending boat in chain OF sis
locks will draw or six ockfulls water from the summit
while ascending and descending boat pa>siun rou
six single loeks, with ponds of sufficient capacity between
each, will draw of only ockf1 from tie summit -
Detreit y the through Fort Pitt Cumberland 20
Alexandria N' "
10 Alexandria, COZ
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