Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-09-25
From the raiional Mfeifgencer.

CHESAPEAKE AND ONO CANAL- NO Nv.
In my second ESSAY, computed the probable
cost of canal from GrorTrtown 10 The Potomac
canal banks IS 600 900; and Of that part OF n
below Cumberland, al $4,000 900. The lana
/, W N he remembered, Is To he, throughout, 48
tpet wide a the surface, and h'eit deep, WIN
the usual slore for Us banks, aud this breadih Us
TO he enlarged To- 90 ( wherever the earth 4
: Of easv exca, alton, ID whe Z this snlarsem' NJ
can be Effected :, Ii lie co.: FIR Ave miles he,
low the head Of the LI'tl- Fails of he Potomac,
VIII, nee il i, to- serve Couan"n feeder 10 the
canaIs'lradtny 10 Was ingr on. AIexandria, BAL
1imor-, and Annaroi i, this brS aoth Is made IN
disprnsable. After ha,ire dete mined uN cos,
the QUESTION again occurs with VITO set ou'
in these essays, ID rs such cani' oftrr 1" 'hr
subscriber 10 its stock profitable Investment
OF oapi,s?
reduction Of its brs adrh to ,ha, OF tie lud
son and Delswarr Canal, which is de,lghro t.
supply the CT i, , and shorrs & hr North river
win n,iupra. COAX ould SEEM To favor It's ia
cure profi,,. nv d minishing is hrtt cost Tasi
CANA. or the navigation Of whicn u is part, II
CON, lried, vii require 10 kaGe OF l4$i fre'
~ d distance from the Hudson river al III
miles, in order 10 airise wit IN ne m;es OF TIT
Larkawdxen coal mines. Ios land oaiE re 81
four or i've miles from the uines. ~ the |. ck-
awaken river. will be added, therefore, cara
navigation &c ~ mil, ;, and a liver navigation
Of 100 miles, IN order To reach the city OF Ne"
York. This lockage is not aioneG fnr by III,
superior br..adIh and depth OF tins canai, or ~,
size of IFS locks. 1t is abou, 80 feet VIDE, ami
feet deep, aud lis locks ATE c,i, a,ei f3r boats
Of bu; 9 fcrr breadth, capahlc.oi carry NJ about
fi,e-and twenty tors. The uuiijy o: tie one ca
nal comsared with that OF The other, sappos,ng
both 10 b. actively aud cons a,lly employed,
would he as about one To four: and the entire
labor of trans porting a given weight on one ot
those canals. compared with It at required Tor
the same wrighl or the other, would DE not lie -
than twn,to one. TIE first proportion must at
fct their relative tolls the last their te'a'ive
freight. if the whole line Of II miles from the
Hudson, be uniformly canaled, the cost ui Iiesf
two works will be foand to bear TO prop,r'i n
sso their comparative utih'y. Ii has not no"
ever, been founi At ali d 81, ul, TO procure
private cspi, al in New York I, ron>slnct the
f; s. 81 mites Uf IBIS rsyte .l,cu-thc Hudson
and D>iawa"r 5uu', 1ltrnugn q supply Of coal
to az lowos aEi i %, uoU- TIE iiei>on Is the
sr'tf, - b@I tie sole object oi TINS work.
ienI,r row'up0n another and more diff.
cult as well as dpuhyfu' comparison. i, is OF
the future pr,,6 tf III, Eastern &c, lion merely
Of the Chrsapa axe aud Oa'o anal with ,ha' o.
ID
rrndtr il probable thai the former, dj>>evtr,d
from Us Western C ,"n, an MAINTAIN a RI.
spectacle rank. a. a profitable enterprise along
side of this useful an splendid work Of a
great State rust | shall have removed everv
Difficulty oppos, to a subscription to It's
stock.
This comparison presupposes an in,rstiea'
ton &c the actual receipts "f totis on the Erie
CJnI aud the sources from which thew are de.
rived In 1926, The ony year throughout which
the cnt!re Canal has been in uS. ITS toll amount
cd TO something mors than S687 600; or sbou,
ten per cent. on the SUN which tSat anal would
now cost, ware il To be Conslruc'ei al the pre- =
sent prices of similar l,bor. Deductiog two
per cent. for colle' tons and repeirs-and one
ought To suffit Z, as IL undoubtedly would, h d
this work been well rxy cGted in the Ers intancr
there remains 8 per cent. net, income Cor its
6fsr yra,', use. Although completed to Lake
Erie in 1925 il has hitherto d.rived from tina,
Circumstance. bu, little benr6, since, OF ,he ~
tire tolls OF S6S7 900, there was received Hest
Of Rochester, but Sol ,495 66: and, of tnis sun,
a, Buffalo aud Btack Rock together, the ports
Of entry from the Lake, less than $4,000
The particular sources Of this revrnn~, next
TO its amount, merit consideration IT, this ir-
quiiy. In the table Of iecti;lts. printed with
tne NOfbmissiOnerS report OF fVhruafy, 1872,
Utica is the pom, on the Erie Canal at which
the amour, % Is revenue is ascrr,ained: in the
table pf ,hs JOINT revenue of the Erie & Cham
plain Canals, the town Of West Troy In the
table oe the last, $4,000 IONS Of card wood, de-
signed in psr,, probably, for IN, Hudson steam
boats; and the consumption # Alba"y. are in
Guided. In the lie a table, bu little more than
one-isnih of this tonnage appears. But it is
Mt possible thar this proportion often TO one
in favor OF the J. int pr"ducr derived 10 these
canals from This article, jnstly denotes The rela.
tive proportion Of wood which passes Yves,
Troy from :hr Cbampiain and fran The E. e
Canal: for, OF ,be tolls Of the furmer, S46 500
out of 81 600, were received a, Whi,rhaii,aad
bur 8io.450 =, Waterford, just above West
Troy. This ,ar,icsIari,y !, justified by It's end,
which is To shes that OF the en,ire tonnage Of
the Erie Canal. wood, In some form o her,
or the almost rule produce OF tho forest, con-
sutu,es very large proportion, IL the table Of
ths:commodities passing Troy be used as the
measure OF ihis propor,ion, ihen of the de-
scepdins trade. aaanntinr 10 $50. 7QS tons. n