Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-09-21

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nal which, il correct. IS OF great ;moor.
lance. Shouldit be satisfactorily shown.
mat the whole work can be completed
Tor Ten Millions Of Dollars, no doubt
can exist as to The certainty of procu.
ring ample means.
Chesapeake aud Ohio CaRoL-We
have recently been favored wlththe per.
usai OF letter from Gen. Bernard. chief
OF the Typographical Corps Of Engi.
neers OF the United States. Ills es,im-
ate OF the probable cost Of the Canal
from tide water to Pittsburg. is 30 mil.
lions OF dollars Although, saws he. II
has heretofore been stated at 30 millions.
1t IS probably that it will serve to create
a reaction infavor of the measure. We
have also been favored with cory of
an analysis OF the prices of the differ
ent materials which will be used in the
construction of the canal, of labor. sc.
II the General was correct in his eslim.
ates OF materials, work, sc. we would
Willingly agree with him that the agrre.
gate cost of the whole work would he
S20,o09,0 00 Indeed, 10000. 600 would
be moderate estimate, were we 10 pay
S per day for common laborers, EIGHT
dollars per thousand for bricks OF
small size, say eight by four inches.
and two thlck--lime at sixty cents per
bushel-stOne at two dollars ner nerch
delivered, and s. and 81 cents, put in
the wall; the balance of his estimates
are equally high. Now, in order to
show the public how far the estimate of
the Gen. are above the real cost of those
articles, we will barely state their sew.
eral prices in this section of country
and which, too, many of our citizsns
would be willing TO deliver them al. on
any part of the line of the canal. where
limestone and clay can be obtained.
Brick OF the size required for the canal.
can be had at three dollars per thousand.
lime at ten cents per bushe, stone de-
lIvered within reasonable distance, at
nifty cents per perch, and put in the
| wall at eighty seven cents-laborers in
| abundance may be obtained for fifty
cents per day. Compare this estimate
ct the real prices fthe articles, neces.
sary for the construction of the canal,
With the Generals estimate, and YOU
will find that in many articles. he is at
least three times too high. The canal
therefore, instead of costing $40, 0oo,-
600, will actually not exceed Ss. ooo,-
| 900; or at the extent not more than To-
| 100000 This statement should be
correct before it goes before the pnblic.
lest the warmest friends of the measure
should be frightened at The enormous
cost of the work and desert it entirely.
Put tie cost Of the Generals estimate.
even then it would be the most proiita-
| bic stock in which the general govern.
ment could employ her funds. ;f we are
permitted to take the New-Yorlx canal
for criterion. That the estimate Of
materials, labor, &c. &c.is entirely too
hgh,sw are sure every practicle man
is prepared to say. Gen Lacock. who is
one OF the pennsylvania Canal Commits
Jloners, and who is man of practicle
knowledge in the construction of turn.
pike roads, canals, sc. contends that
the canal from tide water to Cumbe,-
land, can be made for two and bali
millions of dollars-and farther saws.
that he vii. contract to make it for that
sum. MIR. David Shriver, we under
stand, who was lately attached to the u
nlted States Board of Internal Improve
ment, also says, that he will ioin Gen.
Lacock in the contract
Gen. Bernard gives the most fatter-
ing account of his late surveys and ex.
aminatinns of the WHIPS creek and Cas-
selman's route, and states that there il
no obsticle in this route which cannot
very easily be overcome.
On Friday week, two canoes with .
family of Penobscot Indians. the mar.
ents, son and two daughters, visited Ha.
verhill, Mass. from Indian Old Town.
near Bangor, Me.--The Hayerhill Pa.
triot says There are about 100 families
at Old Town who are Roman Catholics
and have Church and Priest. The
father looked Xix dignifed independent
chief, the son was straight and comely
and amused the multitude with firine
arrows at four pence half-penny's cents
&c. 1he women had the traces Of
beauty not yet wholly effaced by age.
They are the best specimens of the
Lords OF this soil we have ever seen.o
.uore Indictments, 1T is stated IN a
postscriptto the Black Rock Gazette Of
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