Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-01-20

not exceed $50. Ano,her western route from thc
same summit, would, IL much shorter distance,
reach the waters OF the Monongahcla, and may be
AS practicable. Ia would connect that level with
Cheat river, above Big Sandy Geek, hv the u,ud,i,
creeks OF the Great foughogeny and Cheat rivers,
which have their sources ~ The same pine swamp.-I
1 hs shOrier route has been surveyed, hut u *
hele,.d II found practicable, thar canal. from the
summit level to the mouth of Cheat liver would he
Extract OF letter from James Shriver To G. u Mercer
dated Union Mills, Nav 10Th, 1923
As neither the mode, nor the expense Of passing |
the divi'"g ridge were taken into consideration a,
the time OF making our meuioram,ia,I will trouble
you with few rema,ks on this subject, On the pr,n-
cple that it is n.xpedcnt to make AN open cut lto
a ound deeper than 80 ieet fnd that the length OF
tunnel to connect the waters would he one and an
bali miles. Gen. Harper, TO whom am indebted
Tor some valuable information on the subject of Ca
mails informs me- that the average cost OF
IN England, has been found be about S25 600 per
mie which will give Sl87 500 for The cost of Tue
tunnel IN question. " Ii Is also found, says he s thai
an open cut, any part of which is 80 feet deem vii
cost an average Of $40, 600 per mile" From the
Nartows to the commenc ement Of the tunnel the
mean depth of cutting will be less than II feet The
above, think high estimate, when we have refer
ence to soil easily excavated as is the case IN In ~
instance. From calculation of the aumb-r of Gu
bic yards Of earth that must be moved fnL that
much less than halt thus sum will he suicien, pay
for the excavation of mile-take il, however, nj
one half (sixy thousand dolars,) and, Tor sake of
ready calculation, call the distance niles 1near
the true d,s,aneel The cost Ihen, OF the open cut,
would he 100000, which gives for the whole sum
mil level on The above plan, the sum Of S487, 800
i From the of the glade lands the aiuyiI soil
being oil great depth ~ every parr 1t very doubtful
whether iunneling will he found practicable AT any
pant than Immediately through the mountain ridge
this would reduce its length less than half n mile
What would he the additional expense of the open
cut, increased as u would he, its length cp,h nd
wid b, and subject TO manv gent difficulties. we
have no possible of forming correct estimate
Sidewalks would certainly he found necessary thro'-
ont most Of The distance, and would he a considers
| expense Al pia ~ lean
| not suppose the cost will go beyond The above esti-
| mate and IL can certainly not exceed a million
Would even this sun he aforementioned To The i'm
poriance of the object %
| Surprising one hundred boats TO pass the summit
level each day OF the season, when the winter sin all
not have closed The Canal with ice or for $50 d.ys
OF the year, and each boat TO carry hut 25 IONS al
though The canal locks would, in the same time pass
As many hoais, carrying from so to IS tons, and
drawn by Two or three horses instead OF one then,
900 tons would pass the summit level each day, aud
| IOOOOO ions each year. Surprising, moreo, err, the
average toll I" he one cent per mile per ton, and the
d>ance from the summit level, each wav " -stwatt.
y TO Ere ,and easwartlly 10 the tide of the Potomac
10 he 800 miles, then the toll, emher half Of the
C"nHi, would amount, at SIS per ton, 81 100 GOO
per mum The boats will not navigate 'he Canal
| w'h the regularly here imagined many more will
pass al one sea~oB Than anoher, hui IhIs estimate
vii, az leist, suffice to prove, that If the Can | he in
constant use, no fear need he entertained that there
WI not he water sufficient al tie summit level 10
make Ills profit reach The most sangune expectations
o it's ardent friends.
Y QI) This estimate is literally quoted from the ouar,o
7 edition ofFhps Inland Navigation printed IT92-
o1hlIed on th, suiJrc may be added he following
lIact OF letter ir"m Col job" Il Gamble late Engineer
10 your enquiry respecting the Expense Trne'iy,
fer you besides Philips, Col baldwin, Report IsIs
on Canal 10 unite the Roanoke and Appomattx rivers
It's estimate is 10000 per mite. "nueiae, ho, 1922
published in Paris work upon the suiec OF the Navig
tunnel at Ellsworth, on The Grand Junction Canal,
10 per running yard" This tunnel recently
| by
planes IL is 1880 yards long, in height 10 feet and in
| . miles long and so feet deep.
n Q) The Locks ofthe Scottish Canal ofhe Forth (,Ivd
(which "a feet by 20 in the clear lin ol8 ier
Locks, recently constructed James River of
40 feet, and which have lift 81 feet each are IL feel
wide and 30 feet long in the clear, passed in 81
minutes
The oekage Of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal from the
| section will be 1872 feet in 2I2 miles.
The ockage or the Western will he in ascend.
ing TO the summit level from the of Savage or in
10 miles 1908 feet The descent thence P,,sug will
ne upwards OF 100 feet. In all there will be ass Zee,
n"nrdin Philips Table al English canals besides nuner-
Gus tunnels have Iockage iet in 81 miles seven
only of these canals have ckage 1870 Zee, in 10 miles
The Chesapeake and Ohio unna, if ex'-nded tu the
Chesapeake and the Lakes, be considered
as succession Of canals, ana then the average oekage
VII he found TO be less Than That al canals exis-
sumption of wafer, the of the objections great
,b G h ~ h's canal furnishes reply to
ne ,ne present facility nf managing the lock gates
ana ,e speedy passage through them the second
ervors between every succeeding locks the third
obviaed
(K The resolutions originally submitted to the conven
ton did not specifically provide for the event. part
OF me sum required might be subscribed by
aud the chairman, with the OF the Committee re-
ported, a. an amendments the clause enclosed in
annexed 10y the convention, o the fret paragraph of the
sd resolution IL asin,en,ed 10 the
states and corporations within whose TERRITORY subserip
ti"h might be made to sumo the payment the United
STATES or to The company, of such subscription behalf
OF the subscriber under ample guarantee by personal
or real security or bo OF the puncIua him 10
bis state corporations Interest and urincinal In e
come due upon the STOCK which he has subscribed
he CHEF loss OF many canal companies the ultimate
fixture Of the homes Of several bays bee,, nc.. 60, W
want OF punctuaitIy among the individual subscribers Ia
their stock. Nothing would he easier or more eSpe,rn
than to obviate this defect in the above The esir
81 loan shall he effected by he government United
States for the benefit of the company this as1unpsiI v
ne s'aleS aud corporations would PERHAPS indis-
penSabe. IL Is NOT unexHmped In the states
were authorized to assume the payment of the direct
du" 10 the general government from respective cit
zens anu they WIRE allowed for the assumpsi. discount
o 10 per cent ihr doubts which were entertained
authority Of the make sue an
of the direct taxes he levied upon property wIihn
heIr TeIecii'" hs aud II the United States authn
rize TO be made with allowance TO- Of rs pe cent
discount To such states Chos~ avail of the
heneht, grew out OF the debt assumed and
cannot attach to the assumpst proposed, This NAV
I've Hssinaied to sale stock bv state 10 iu,liyi-
duals VIII" undertake TO pay for il by insl.lmeE
Shorty the adoption ofiIc Federal constitution the
united States assumed to millions public
eu'o'S several sI"ies VINO then composed the Union
|
Resolution If the Stocthods offhe Potomae Cam, coma
mn Fsblilarl Sd, 1925
Whereas the annexed printed copy of n hill No Al nov
pending before The House Delegates of the General AS
seOy OF lan'l accompanied by letter from General
john Mason Pr sident OF the Potomac Company been
submitted so the present meeting Of Potomac COMPANY
and may be deemed important L. tue the said
b that the "pfiOn ot this meeting should he had
provisions thereof and of the amendments If the same in
iimned by the said letter Now, Resolved That this
meeting approve OF The provisions of the said bin and