American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1827-07-20

valuable articIeS from one pit 10 tne OtncrJ IL 10
difficult to prescribe limits to the trade which may
thereafter be carried on by means Of the Chesa-
&peake and Delaware Canal, between Baltimore
and Philadelphia.
We are assured, from registers actually presery-
Al, that between tue Sd day of March and the Sd
$dav If july last there passed the village Of Co.
tumha, bound to tide water
N Io5- arks, valued al 81 09) each, si037 900
n l6f keel boats. a 81, 0U0, l64 0JJ
"a 1910 RATS, At $500, 3@7,l0J
Sl.538, 600
n Making, in the whole, upwards Of one million
bad half of dollars worth of produce, descend
Ing past that place, in about four months. The ba-
Bis Of the valuation IS this,--
u An ark is estimated 10 carry, when fully laden,
|Ron l6 @ to 1000 bushels of wheat worth $1,000
III Flour, loaded, 400 $50 barrels, 1900
n whskey, 100 1870 hogsheads 5000
NJ Iron, - 90 tons, 1900
FL Goal, 50 Cd Ons, 500
u The valuation therefore Of $1,000 an ark, can.
bot be thought eytravagent The estimates Of the
keel boats and RATS supposed to be on scale
Hi equal moderation.
4 Other estimates Of the trade Of the Snsqucl,an-
ina have been formed, BY which it would appear,
&that the value of the descending commerce Of that
&geat river, in the year 1926 amounted to upwards
In 100000 dollars. As the locks on the Union
canal are not calculated to receive a,ks and RATS,
and as craft of every kind descend powerful cur
Z rent with more elsc and speed than they can move
na canal. especially a canal of many locks, It is
believed that a very considerable portion Of this
trade will continue to find its wav TO tide water in
Fealch Of market, By descending the channel Of
5the river--leavng. at the same time, ample en-
Mloyment for that highly useful. public spirited, and
Ewell executed work. the Union canal.
The following calculations have been formed of
~ bnca atn apI Hal,
ware Canal -
The produce Of the SusGnehanna in grain, flour,
tom $4,000
pnmber Of The snsquelsnoa, 10000 cubic feet,
at rs cents per 100 Chic f.ej. 22,5oo
PER ton, 1900
rapsge between ports Of the Delaware and Ches
spc,ke "a 900 ,obs, a. SO cents $1,000
Tonnage winch will probably pass the canal, TO and
from eastern ports, TO avoid teGiou. and hazard
o,s navigation BY sea, $4,000 tons, at 40 cents per
ton, 10000
sl4l,700
THIS calculation is founded on tile present state
II our internal commerce, which the lapse Of very
Few years may double and sreble.
The present rate Of carriage for barrel Of iour,
from Elkton to Newcastle, varies. according to
circumstances, from % TO 37l cents the latter
IS understood to be the regular packet price. Com
the maximum assumed in the above estimate, Will
be cents per barrel. Calculations have been
male, to prove that the canal can pass annually
about l,JOO.000 tons of merchandise. 1t then
'nS toll be reduced one-haf, that is, to 40 cents
Ton, or cents a barrel, we have the very c0nsid-
cradle product Of 100000 dollars per annum, for
the amount which the canal can earn when fully
employed. This sum is SO great, that 1t may forl
no other reason be thought extravagant; but II wei
reduce It so per cent. or one-half, we still haveI
100000 dollars as the yearly income; and If that
DC yet deemed wild calculation, the amount will
sui bear pruning, and the gross sum bear to bel
diminished even rs per cent. when there will still
nmaln 100000 dollars--a an amount in itself sufi-
gently ample to pay the stockholders very good
dividend.
ltmay be objected. that the canal cannot underI
any circumstances perform the labor assumed :I
Whether il can or cannot, remains to be tested by
actual experiment. 1t can certainly pass boats OF
more than 100 tons burthen-supposng, however,
nat only boats, Of IS tons each, pass one OF the
locks IN an hour, and supposins the canal TO be-
Employed Is hours out of the "a per diem, and
mat there are 500 working days in the year-we
ave- as the capability of tie canal, l,6S7,500l
IONS per annum. This calculation assumes that
lock can pass boats in an hour. and rs IN day II
al' y can do more considerably more. Besides,
alefe will be no difficulty in the erection OF sidel
y lateral locks the idea is not newt has been
. %entoned in former report. Two vessels might
s NUS oe passed simultaneously. Already have
Nle pubic papers announced 67 arrivals, and 50
canal.
Sow when we take into view the immense trade
me susquehanna and its tributary strcams--the
az sa amount of produce which must arrive from
w. W. west by the Pennsylvania canal, 50 happily
e.p n the intercourse winch will be,
Eenen with the eastern shores Of Maryland and
,"s'na' and the various other thriving and extern
districts connected with the Chesapeake bay Il