Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-05-04
DOMESTIC


| land, met, as we have already amour
ced tor the trst time in Baltimore, on the
l7th INST organized themselves, appoint.
ed Secretary, aud established All office
in that city The governor OF the State,
who is ex officio Presiden! of the Board,
attended with all the other gentlemen
except one.
The first subject that engages their at
tention, we learn, was the route for
canal from the City OF Baltimore, to in
tersect thelChesapeake and Ohio Canal.
The Board opened spondence
with the General Government, for the
purpose of procuring the aid OF one OF
their engineers, TO explore under the
direction Of their Board, such parts OF
the territory of this State and of the
District of Columbia, which shall be up
on, or are contiguous to, the probable
course and ranges of said canal, Tor the
purpose Of ascertaining the practicable
ity OF such a canal, and, If practicable,
the most eligible route for It.
The board has also made exertions to
employ one Of the most accomplished
Civil Engineers that can be procured,
To aid in the work; and they have made
arrangements to get the best drafts,
maps, plans, and models that may be
applicable aud useful to their duties; and
correct estimates OF the cost OF the work
will be required from the Engineers.
As the Board were made the guar
dams of the -tate's property, in public
works, they provided for obtaining an
actual schedule of the States stock in
Roads. Canals, and Public Companies,
for the purpose of submitting it to the
General Assembly
AS every thing seems, at present, to
depend on the canal from the Chesa
peake and Ohio Canal to Baltimore, the
Board thought 1t most advisable, after
celebrating upon the different subjects
submitted to their attention in the late
laws of Maryland, to contine themselves
at first exclusively to tois, and to direct
their whole energy and attention to II.
They had other reasons, also for this
course: they learned, from tie expert.
ence Of other boards, in other states,
that they had committed an error in I'M
dertaking too many different enterprises
in different parts Of the State that their
attention was too much divided. and their
means too much dissipated by it. They
resolved, therefore, to trust to the ex
perience of others and. though il was
desirable to crafty other parts OF the
tntn h. al of IA n
that were locally interesting, yet they
thought a more proper and useful full
filment of their dutyrather required their
exertions in the first instance, to works
.oi most general concern, and which
would be calculated tn diffuse their be
nefcial influence the, widest among the
People at large
After attending to several matters of
m nor importance, the Board adjourned
on Thursday, 20 meet again at the call
of their President.
We are glad to be able TO present, from
an authentic source, tins account oi the
first effort towards SYSTEMATIC scheme
of Internal Improvement in State with
which this City ard District are so near
" Connected at Intel
Bunker's H,I .1onumsni-It viii
probably be gratifying to many of our
readers to learn, says the Boston Ma
sonic Mirror, that measures are on foot
to complete as speedily as possible, the
erection of the monument or Bunker's
Hill. We have previously noticed the
purchase by the association of privi-
ege in the fine quarry at Quincy. For
this they paid SSa5. A number of
workmen have been employed the last
winter in clearing and quarrying the
stones, and the association only wait
for the completion of the Railway from
the quarry to tide water, to commence
operations. The design finally agreed
upon is an OBELIsK. This was done by
a select committee of artists OF the first
talents, neither of the drawings offered
for she premium being considered suita
BILE in all respects so as to entitle it to the
reward. The diameter at the base will
be 80 feet; at the summit IS; the height
900 feet. The walls are to be construct
ed of seventy seven course of stone, of
two feet eight inches in thickness, and
each block will probably weigh from
three to five tons. A hollow cone
will rise from the centre, around which
a flight of stares will ascerd to the sum
nit The base will be seven feet, the
apex, four, in iameter- Bali. Pat.