Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-10-08
THE PROGRESS OF IMpRoyEMrNr

THE PROGRESS OF IMPROVEMENT
P,tisbnrg, Sept. 2e.-The city of Phtsba,.
has never been in so prosperous Condition :.
it is at present. Men Of all classes, from ~
wealthy capitalist to the h.mble laborer. s,s
abundant employment. The progress Of ,bs
Canal is rapid and steady. An immense MN,
Der Of hands are employed upon il, and Tho,
toll mos, patiently and perseverihgly. Thee;
ty Water Works also progress with consia..
able rapidity, under the direction Of eommi'
tee Of The Councils, in conjunction with II.
Mayor. Pipes have already been laid in ,or,.
places--,he reservoir on Grants Hill apoe,,s
10 be in a forward state, and the buildlnp,o
contain the engine OF the bank Of the Allephs
ny river. has bren commenced. These pDS;,
works excite quite a hustle in the CITY and
neighborhood.
The City itself is improving. Buildirc .,
ter building has been erected this summer, and
vet we see preparations going on for more :
| Brick cannot, at present, he obtained a, an,
price, so grea, is the demand. Most Of fl.
houses built, have been Of brick, three s,or.
| high.
Messrs Miller and Freeman, Of this CITY -.
Gently manufactured and shipped for New o.,
leans, number OF sugar kettles, made per -,
der, for some Of our Southwestern planter,
This is the first time, we believe, that the arri,h
has been procured here. Kettles can be man,
featured in this Cirv, and purchased to be,,',
advantage, than IN any other place in Amerie,
Rail Waffle enternrising proprietor +
the Sligo Iron Works, on the Western sid. Of
the Allegheny river, has just completed II,
the Rail Way, from the Coal Pitts, near III.
top Of thu Coal Hill, 10 his WORKS. Albou,i
the dyscents nearly perpendi uiar. we have no,
learnt that there will be any difficultym lie.h,.
ing coal for the supply of the establishment
Those who are interested in the Rail Road
project. can there see specimen Of his hus
novel method Of transport ition-Commenrf
The Pennsylvania Canal according to Ie.
ter from Pittsburg, in the United States G..
zettc, is advancing rapidly in tina, neigborhoOl.
The first stone Of the Pier and Lock, No 10
laid on oath of September. The excavation
five feet below the level Of the river, and *,
tends out on its bed two hundred end ffy f,,
A hundred men have been employed for som,
weeks past, working day and night; and he
pumps have enabled them to lay the found.
ton. The undertaking already spread> indus.
try and trade in The neighboring country 70;
our own sake not less than that of general Os
peri,y, we wish all success to the enterprise,
Of our Pennsylvania neighbors.
The Cincinnati Chronicle states, thatfOu.
commercial houses, in three coun les, mad sent
. in July alorc, 10 the Eastern TIA Net. sxsera
| teen hundred hogsheads Of 1o6aeco. One
thousand Of these were sent across the mOm
? tains--the remainder by the Lakes, he Erie
Canal and New York 10 Baltimore: these l.s
4, less expense than those forwarded direcIy
by Vince ing. The West is like grand n
scrvoir whose products overflow as it were 10
wards the tlanlic 1t is our business In,
nish for lem the direct and natural chahnd
The same Journal mentions tnai, ID adIli
to the %tcam beats new on the sock, al Cntl.
mai, there are two schooners building, On d
100 tons, the oiher of smaller ,izr, in endrd b;
tae coaslng and West India trade. The Tlp:
Foundery here has received from South Are
RIGA, orders for 7ceniy Printing P'esse The
steam boat Echo, built at Pi,isburg, siok
sent to Mexico, to run up the Rio de Norl.,h
tween Marlimoras and P.masso, the latter
more than 800 miles from tie mouth thai
river