Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-05-30


snail, can in one day carry a load OF produce to
its borders; and we're the lands 500 miles rom
some Of our seaport towns, his barrel OF nour'
in weight zoo lbs. could be carried that DIS
stance for 90 cents, the price which Is now
"paid to carry a barrel SO miles, on the
"Lancaster turnpike consequently as relates
to cheapness Of carriage, and easy access 10
4 "market, the new lands, which lie ooo miies
f." from the seaports, would be Of equal value
" wi,h lands of equal fertility, which are so
smiles from the seaPorts But, not TO INSIST on
"their being of 50 great value until population
ais as great, il is evident that they must rise
I" in value in three or four,fold degree, every
Ineal mile Of canal would accommodate 25,-
$500 acres. The lands sold by the Unitei
Estates, in 1906, averaged about two dollars an
"acre, aud certainly every acre accommodate
"ed with canal would produce six dollars -
"Thus, only twenty miles of canal, each year,
running through national lands, raise the va
"lue Of $4,000 acres at least four dollars an "a
sore, giving S2,o4s, 900 to the Treasury, sum
sufficient to make l36 miles Of canal Dad
San individual such properly, and funds to
construct canal to It's oentre, he certainly
"would do it for his own interest. The nation
"has the property, aud the nation possesses
sample funds for such undertaking.
9th IFS advantage in fefeTeae, 10 Currency
The Committee have alrea't referred 10 ,the
sxhaustng and injurious effects Of annually
Withdrawing from active AID profitable circu-
lation. fifteen millions of dollars year, aud app
ply;ng i, TO the discharge ofth> Natl, el Debt,
as nropose1 by the Committee of WAYS and
Means, and have suggested the propr,siy of
eon6ninr The pavement OF TIE National Debt, to
Ten millions of dollars year, according ,o the
existing Sinking Fund, and applying the sur
Mus Ave millions Of dollars 10 Internal Improve
,nen,s. which would be us much as could be
economically and judicloussy expended, at the
commencement OF the system. 1t would be
sufficient 10 afford employment, and give okill
and experience TO our Engineers, ny the time
the National Debt is extingniShed, IN lS5S; and
the annual surplus. applicable to these objects,
increased to fifteen millions.
Itwould also be returning, in the meantime,
aportion Of the money, (drawn from the people
by laxation,) to sustain and carry on the se,e-
raj branches Of Agricultural and Manufacture
ing industry, al the same time, equaSiznS, m
some degree, nj least the expenditure OF he
public money: fol, il is facl worthy OF grave
consideration. and susceptible OF the ricarrst
proof, that, Of the twenty millions which
are collec,ed,annually, alike from every portion
of the country, there is not expended ny The
Government, in the ,cho'e o. The interior md rssi
.rn States, as much annually, as has been cX-
pended on the sea coast in the binding ard e2rip-
ping of n single shipH or haf as m2ch rs has hem
srpended IN he erection of a single joyiifcatiOnm
This consideration, in the Judgmen; OF The
Committee, strengthens the claims Of the in,e-
rior and the West, to a participation IN the
common means Of the country, 10 which they
contribute their iu proportion.
10th. rs advantages mrsfrence 10 lie d. Bf'sion
ofknorisdgs and Intelligence. Nothing, perhaps,
in country so extensive as ours, tends more
10 the rapid dissemination and diffusion ~
knowledge and Intelligence, among the People
al large, than good roads and canals hey
bring distant parts Of the country more hearty
together; promote trade and Intercourse, AMI
create friendly and social relations among those,
who, otherwise, would have, perhaps, Rename.
no, only strangers, bat estranged from each o.
Their, BY div rsity Of feelings, views, and inte
rests.
18th. rs advantages as relates 10 profits rsse-
oue. &-c-On this branch Of the subject. hook
ing 10 the extent Of navigation opened by this
canal, connecting bv the neares possible route,
all the Eastern and Western States; passing
through the heart and centre Of the Conn
try; tra,ersng parts Of the most fertile and
popuIous, and penetrating regions Astounding
with nexhausti5le supplies of ORE coal aud tim
Der, the committee think they hazard nothing
in expressing the opinion, that this cannot fail
to be one Of the most profitable and productive
canals tha, has been, or can be constructed in
the United States, constituting. as itsmust, the
great artery OF communication, and receiving
the Joint contributions OF the Chesapeake, O.
hio,a Mississippi rivers This canal, in fact,
has a decided advantage over the canals con
s,ruc,ing along the Atlantic scaboard, in this,
that the canals running near and parallel TO the
seaboard 90 which the UnnedS,ates have libe-
rally con,ributed,) are mere Improvements OF an
existing navigation along the coast; but this
Canal, penetrating the interior and Western
portions Of our country, is not IN improvement
merely, but it is tbs creation OF a navigation
where none before existed, and which, OF neces-
si,v, must and will be used by ALL and tbs ac-
Counts for the profits OF the New-York canal,
over which, the superiority OF the Chesapeake
aud Ohio, in reference to climate, position
and distance, has been already demonstrated.
The tolls on the Ncw-York canal, during the
year 1924, amounted TO S34o,76l o.; in 1929,
toS566,22l 81; and for 1926, they are estima-
ted at ST. $4,000, exceeding per cent per an
nun, on its cost, at the low rate OF one cent per
ton per mile, on all agricultural anu country
produce, and Gree cents for merchandise,
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