The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-12-22
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f,reseru aud estimated.
III. improvement fnr passing o@a''
/ dam Geek, hieli had he.n drtis"n dH'
enntracird fof bS the fofnsr EnGh.ef, !"
consist al ~ gaaid gates. placed s'A'.
feet spari. and 70 perird by Nasie dam J
over hicf AMI between thu gales th'
creek va, intrnd-d 10 pass ~ time al hisl
/ wtf.r. md ia hr received into the canal 81
all ,hltrr timss. was d~rmed very nhJtc-
il,nab IN many respects. and of course
rejected. IL hen Of II, a aqnrdnct ohe
hundred feel ~ lcngth. has been thrown Il
cross the creek, and oona""ted Win II
guard lock, fo thc projection nj IN" e'n"i
,rlnw. In lhIs aq'rdnci, two cde' lf"e
cuIseris arr inserted fur the passage II lht
creek water, al ta ordinary height but
wb.nit risrs considerably, the aqarderi
III be inundated, without lnlny 10 the Cd
nal, oi imprdinrat Ia rs uavis
Fer thu food gates which mad been con-
s'ructrd Ia the lower mouth of fuckaiinr
Greek, land found not la answer the pGr-
pose for which they were intended Il per
mauent waste dam has been sub nla-
ted.
The dam at Maiden's Adventure, from
liz Importance to that part OF the Canal,
which IS dependent upon II, for a,s0ppiy OF
water claims the posl prompt attention
aud accordingly as s0on ~ the wafer III tue
river had sufficiently subsidized, operations
Mere commenced upon il by the public
hands, on the 3oth day of May aud II
was completed on the 3lst day of Au-
gust, al M expense not exceeding Ill. orig
NAL estimate.
A part only Of the paving which was
tbonsht la b. adv sable by the formel COM
ni,4ioner, has bcro executed the balance
VS. o,pitird, because II w. deemed uhne-
crssary, aud II found 10 BIZ so hereafter,
may be more rheaply executed, with the
advantage of wafer Transportation for thr
material, upon tn Canal. Crawling the
tow path has been onltted for the same
reasnna.
There has been expended and paid, IL
pom the whole work from the first da, of
Deermbrr. 1874, In the fist day of De-
cember 1873, the sum uf Sii5,8Oi SO
which will appear in drtail by the table
which accompanies this report.
There Will br Naot"d, 10 pay balances
due upon contracts. damages ascert,ined
aud ~ be asce,talnrd f", rnislng and re-
?alring the banks To bild farm bridge for
Mr. Sampspa's aceo uu,odatlon, To com
plete he Lock keepers House at the low
or creek, aud HE fencing, about nine thou
sand dollars.
The wooden locks which form \ conn
mhuiCailon by Wat"r, between the Basin II
ihi4 Citv, and lhr Dock, az IN bad order,
aud too much decayrd tn admit of bsiuG
otherwise repaired, tllaa BY thorough re-
cuna,tuctlun
They are considered however rs "A very
usr - appendtg, In the Canal, and the
proprlrty OF iheir being discontinued by
au. 5 r.s,ectfully suggested.
I II, gro nd uhiCh they occupy, with III"
use of as much water as IL necessary i.r
tneir op.raiiuh..e b. aprh,a IA other pr
poses Noeid n tor u Con-Idrrhhrs sun,
"pPncipr' miner tSt,rkS II much rreurr
public ulilitN,
BY the dam at Naidcp's Adventure, the
fall OF the river ha, hrrn cnmplctrly over
come for about ten miles above il, afford
Ing excellent, riNrr nay igatlun luI that dts
lance and the saur result has been pro-.
duced by tn" completIo" OF the dam at
Forc's. These facts, exhibit Il remarkable
and very interesting contrast, between til"
rxpence of impro, InS the navigation Of
the river, upon lis own bed. by means of
dams and locks, and lhit OF mihins the m
dependent canal Ia the sam" case, two
dams, with lock in each. erected ut an
expense of about forty Thousand dnila, ;,
fu,alsh the must perfect river navigation,
!or twenty miles in the other twenty