Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-06-06

erai enough God knows,) 'to pass BY The heads
boat narig
As 10 the Generals .supposition. that &c the
Eesieru Route learning TIE fails of the riuers on
the West, is generally the aiItipidi foraafi -
am at a loss TO comprehend his meaning Does
he forget the gravel, clay, and sand, from Rich
mond TO Augusta. have travelled as far as Co
lumbia; but, this is the first time ever he rd of
the road being on the dilurion What right will
some say, perhaps, have TO question The repre-
sentation of an Engineer who has fought, and GAL
lantly too, / acknowledge, under the Eagle of
wha, the Members from n. and S. G.. were about,
when this Report was made that they did not
protest against such esentation and misap-
prehension.
would observe that " the present state OF i'm
prorement" in the river navigation is ror ct
prGterea nihii. The State of N. e.. has aban-
doned it in disgust. This is not the case with S.
c. She has pursued of wanton and use
less, as well as In furious, expenditure on her ri
vers. AS to the talent of the Agents and of course
their labours, it Is only necessary TO quote their
own word. In page 10 Of Superintendent Bland
ing's Report for 1928, he saws.
The water in the Santee Wateree and Conga-
rec has In some seasons been low, that boats of
more than feet could not pass; and there are
no means Of giving much greater depth of
water, ,chen drought Of long continuance oc-
ours Again (p. 54) speaking of the Congaree
In common tcinfer water see Gen. B's Re
Port,) boats drawing feet, can pass the river
with facility, but there distractions still re-
naming that impede the navigation of any
but boats drawing two feet tchen the season is
dry. Let us contrast these assertions with
others in his Report for 1924, p. 10, where he
saws he has Z" contracted for a channel 81 feet
wide at bottom, and having feet at the io,cesf
state OF the river" and this for, perhaps.
OF 70 miles in Its very upper section, There ne
yer can be uniform navig ation for more than Is
inches. But will not tire myself nor disgust
your readers, with the Inconsistencies OF these
people To shew how ws;er-works pay in dry
years, in these warm climates, will add the history
Of the San,ee Canal.
&c II Is % miles long, was commenced in 1898
and completed in 1900; cost $3.50 657; dividends
ITO 1929 have been made in years only. In
1914 Ia year of war and consequent partial inter-
ruption by sea- 1853; in 1915 s l3,OS6; in all
$25, AS, less than the legal interest, per cent
on the capital by more than oct, 600; so that the
whole expense exceeds $i,6;5,00O. The gross
receipt of tolls was, in 1914, S2I 1929; 1915,
Is 549; 1916, II, IS, and 10, NOTHING. In
1922. $si6,0Sl; 1928, to LIST July $i8,635. The
decrease of tolls in 1921, %, and %, has no
doubt been owing to two causes. The dry years
OF 1918 and 10 prevented any further, more boats
being built; and since $50 there has been one and
between Charleston and Columbia Any ration
al mind would attribute the decline in the toll 10
the real cause: that in 1916, IL, lS and 10, there
was no river navigaion-ihat river navis alton is
Improbable; and as TO the steam boats they have
ended in vapour: for now, 1926; it is but by ACCT
dent, one is to be seen al Columbia Three COM
panies have attempted them, and all have got so
well scalded, as 10 wish they had left them alone
AS 20 the 'boat communication" Up. I4) the
ma hx,,, -ls Oh - H..
scandaous waste of public money by Quaclxs and
pretenders, will resume il in another paper-
merely now satisfying myself by asking, what is
the actual situation of these highly Improved RI
vers. ANY candid mind will say that in the win
ter season they are navieabe; but that from June
to January many causes unite TO render them either
not navigated or not navigable. The Georgetown
paper OF the l9th May says, " the Pee Dee is so
low as 10 prevent planters from flowing the rice
heids. This is nearly, il not quite, the case with
the others One fact as to this " uninterrupted ma
vigation" is worth a thousand arguments. The
Charleston Price Current of the 22d May, 1926,
quotes flour at 81 ls That Of Columbia of the
18th May, 1926, quotes it at $7l-4.
Having commenced with quotation from the
Columbia Sage, / will conclude with what he saws
relative 10 the new British Weights and NJ easures
aHd leave your readers to apply II to the case in
point: - w nile topics are introduced into Con-
'''"t "ih eiooiS 10 talk DV the daY,
without any lsborIous search into facts, or any
application of practical knowledge, all useful
subjects "will continue session after session ."
unheeded and forgotten. Indeed the subject which
led him 10 make this observation is proof of idle
ness and extravaganza; for, in the face of the fol-
lowing statement, an attempt has been made and
perhaps IT has succeeded to give 500 to institute
not series OF experiments but two, the one at
N the other at Washington. "The Two
standards of Weights and Measures are taken
from permanent objects that can always te resort
ed to; and wherein numerous experiments have
been made aoith all the accuracy and all the
hSht that MODERN SCIENCE CAN SUPPLY
The British have, in this respect saved US from
all the trouble should have been compelled TO
take
" NO PHILOSOPHICAL EXPERIMENTS HAVE
EVER BEEN MADE WITH MORE scRUPU-
Lous AND ANXIOUS CARE"
" limitations have been made that whenever the
u. 3. will adopt the system, the British Govern
ment will give all the aid it can command 10
AXE the weights and measures accurate" He
adds - Ii Is worth the whole of our merchants 10
know the principles of the British Act; az to our
statesman they can do well enough without any
knowledge OF so little moment"
PEREGRINUS.
CREEK TREATY BOUNDARY LINES.
The Georgia prints still at fault about the ex-
tent OF cession under the Creek Treaty. The gen.