Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-12-14

tula2 The lssrs Of your Com missioner on this inn
pmiani point. Bui, upon Ieferr,6g 30 note the
bottom OF his letter OF i2ih June, 1928, singu-
lar and Important dies -nce 10 discovered between
| The c"cu~s' ances at ending tho Mohawk, xnd the
James L. Jacksons riycrs.
happears by this note, that in going IN from Sche-
eec'ady Cine head OF the falls on the Mohawk the
fall of The river IL follows viz froa,
to Sthoharre, y miles fall feet per nile average
Schoharr'e 10 Little ialls SO miles fall, feet exciu-
sNe OF the rapids. Little falls 10 Utica, 2. miles dis
lance, !. inches ver nile. Utica to Rome, Is
\ miles, fall foot. The whole distance ftou, Sche.
neciady TO Rome, be,ng % miles. A few miles he
yonJ home, the Mohawk lakes its rise in u level
country aud the waters beyond that, the other
way 10 the lakes. So that, IN great aud extensive
rams and melting SHOWS upon that river, the wxer
w the lower sefion, running more rapidly than th
neat above, 10 discl,arg, before amy accumulation
can take place IN like manner, zach successive sec
ton 70 relieved from tho iorsest which descends in
! ITS neshborhooJ, beiore that which 10 coming from
| above can ua'te ~rh It. 3S@
y" Jasaes risess .he circumstancss sre exactly re-
,ersed. Ia the section from, the old iorks, (,he
head OF the faltj3 % Madea's Adventure, s3 miles,
the i.ii Is foot six inches per uiie average, and
Tor The mex, 'hr'y-ei2h, miles, to New Castor,
creas.s, till in the mountains it amounts ia some
sections, TO an average Of - feet per mile. The
whole distance, from the old locks Duniop's
creek, being I'D mles Beyond this, tho sources OF
me r'vet extend IA many directions to a grea, dis
lance in mountainous country. Thus, in great aud
extensive rains and melting shows, while tho water
moving with comparatively slow pace, 10 the rst
sec'ion aud for thrtyeght mice above, Tvs velocity
beyond thar, increases uiotc and u,ure a. we APP
pfoach the mou"t alma, whist the diatury moiioa be-
low gives time for the increasing accumulation from
above TO osertake II, and TO producc torrent which
nunda!es The valley from hill to hill, aud sweeps
every mug before Il that 10 firmly fixed, where
ever tue carteni prevails. This Will enable us TO &C
count or the extraordinary fresh Of Ill., which
ior'y ieet ahove common tide, and 1875 TO twenty
e'gh eei this last is marked upon the door Of the
'efykeepers house at CA tefsviile that Of III is
saa W Az who were old enough notice IL, to have
oeen twelve feet higher than that OF 1895 Those
""cn nave occurred since this, have varied iron
COMMON high wafer ulaik TO twenty-five feet above
oidiaary tide.
This remarkable difference in the character Of the
o s'esms cannot Tail 20 shew, that no experience
derived ',om the effect Of freshes on the Mohawk,
eau oe oil any value to US, in na,ing their conse-
'"e"ces upon James river, and must warn US of the
"~"Se' 'o oe apprehended to our canal when the
wan OF ia!i IN The river from whence our supply OF
wafer aiusi come, must OF necessity leave il upon u
compare 'vely low level for some number Of miles
"e.ow Tue 'eeder. How Ear II may be necessary TO
guar" against th,s evil by pavement, will depend up
on 'he opiHon OF the agent who may he employed to
execute It, Your commissioner is under the belief,
ia u VIII al least be necessary where the river im
f'"ges on the hanks ia the farms of the Governor
ana Dr.. Trent, which he supposes Cannot cost I-ss
man twelve thousand dollars which sum is included
~ the estimates io' finishing this section.
lhe annexed TALES will shew, that
there was reported last year, TO have
been expended On the canal, between
the old locks and the western mouth
OF Tuckshoc creek, SSS GIG 81
There has been expended on thi, Sec
ton, III addition TO what was reported
r, l,Myear, 10000 10
There will he wanted 10 fence and gra-
vel The towing paih OF this seci,un, to
finish the dam, and for valuation Of
land, $4,000 90
Making an aggregate sum for the
cost Of nine mIes aud iiiiy-six
chains Of canal, Of SI174.O 81