Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-04-04

Desiring to see this enterprise, on whitll The ia.
ture fortunes Of the city are In great degrr.
dependant, committed 10 pruden, hands, Ne
hope that the stockholders will exercise soms
consideration in giving their proxies for
the election Of Directors, which takes place !,
will be perceived, on the 23d OF this month
On the first steps, and on this especially, tho
success of the undertaking will depend mater
ally, perhaps essentially.
The prompthess with which the pecuniarv
means have been fofth"oming on this occasion
evinces that there is no lack Of either cn,erofise
or capital in the city. The general staguaIior
of commerce was felt here in common with a
Their seaporus; the steam boat navigation of,le
Ohio and Mississippi diverwd from us an i'm
portant portion Of our western trade; and the
New York Canal seemed likely 10 take il av,y
altogether In the meanwhile, however, we
have still continued 10 augment our population.
and our means, and have been looking anxious
~ to employ The las, on some plan for REGAIN.
ing the trade Of the fertile west, 10 which. in
poin. Of distance, we are the most conyen!cG,
mart. To secure this grand object many of Us
would have been ready 10 contribute our means
TO the construction Of canal, difficult End cost
" as that enter prise would have been. Bv rs
alone il was, Of course, impracticab!e bui the
project Of i railway, which appeared within Ii.
compass OF our means, has-been embraced with
alacrity, and certainly, So far as the practicable
ne of a project may be augurcd from The Uni.
versa vorableness Of its recep,ioa anon,
those chiefly interested in il, il carries every ap
pearance Of being prosecuted 10 an tAtclual
conclusion
Some Of our neighbors regard the scheme
as bubble, and others look or il as imprac,i,
cable. Aslo the first we can only say, that the
delu sion Fit be one; is sincere, and peryades al
classes; as TO the last, that the expected results
are sufficiently vast al least TO set us about IN
qnirinS in,o the possibility Of their accomplish.
ment. W" hope in the course Of the ensuing
summer and autumn, TO BE- better informed OF
the details OF the plan as measures 10 that elcc.
will be taken Immediately. Meanwhile the
scheme, in its general aspect, seems 10 US very
reasonable and promising. With an enierprs.
ing city on the one hand, peopled by upwards
Of seventy thousand persons, and vast and in
valuable object on the other, it would not, M:
deed, be abandoned for any light obstacle. b.,
viewing il with our present information, and
comparing il with the project OF Canal espe.
ciaily, its practicabIity inlhe first instance, and
its results in the end, recommend themselves
with greatforce TO our minds The distance 10
be ,rayer;ed is certainly less, The cost of con.
struc,ion and repair is equally SO. The diff.
Guilty Of calculating on final supply Of water,
and the objection of insalub:ousness, are avoid.
ed at the same time OF the saving in time, and
cost of transportation, there is no doubt, and
the advantage ofcontinuing the last through The
winter, is itself mighty one.. These are some
of the advantages which present themselves on
first view; and should they eventually be con.
firmed by the Investigations which are about 10
be set on foot, we may congratulate our fellow
citizens on the most important and benfh fetal
enterprise tina; they have ever been engaged in,
and which will probably raise their city to the
rank Of the first marts Of the world.
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