Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-12-04
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So far the contracts, now in progress, extend.
~ cannot TAIL TO crafty the public at large, as
well As the stockholders of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal, to know that these contracts covering
aDout DO miles OF the canal, enlarged from 4S to
~ Ieet III breadth, and from five 10 six feet in
depth, involve an expenditure, which is less TN an
inc estimate OF the cost of this work submitted to
congress or the part of the United States Board
oil internal improvements, by l,3l5 ,o02 dollars,
aad less than the revised estimate of Messrs
Geddes and Roberts, by SiOT,7S0
some small additional expense may be incurred
III the masonry, by the obligation of the company
supply wa'er lime at do cents the bushel in
the event that the water lime already discover
ed on the banks OF he Potomac nav not be al
lowed TO be used; and some cost viii certainly
De added 10 tue contract price uf the first 81 see
IONS, l!oal the extension OF the depth Of some OF
iaem from five 10 six feet, since the letting h,
Washington, last August.
Ihe average cost OF earth excavation, incIu.
1"Y clay and gravel, in the lat. October eiting
a. Leesb1rg,, was for fifty sections Of canot OF
AK feet depth, bat 9 iourteeu-huod, It,s. ,cl,iI
the cost OF similar labor at ihe AugustI.1 On
canal oil only i've feet IN depth, ana along line
" 81 sections, was thirty o-Lrudredths cents
5tf cnhic ward.
Inc embankinent, contracted for at the first
sethng, were to be made Of materials no; exca-
Valedi from the canal, requiring to be trans
ported more than l20 feet, averaged IL thirty.
ave hundredths cents the cubic yard; and in the
October contracts, on the deeper canal, 9 ninety
iour hundredths cents only; the average Of both,
Aelng less than IL IL cents the cubic yard.
II is believed, therefore, that the ~ miles Of
canal, reaching from the Little Falls 10 within
half mile Of the kitortan Mountain, inyolying
charge OF $4,000 dollars for locks, and near
OF quite 10000 for aqutduci- and culyerts will
DC constructed for less than 40 ,OUO dollars This
sum includes the computed cost OF two dams A.
cross The Potomac, and The Necessary waste Is ears
, !icad gales, iencing, and bridges. Tie Monoca
cy aqueduct, computed in the estimate Of 81 sssrs
Id il Ara I, 20
ana to cost but 10000 dollars is here es iniated "a
fV,OOO, and 10 be mais Of stone 1t viii depend
ga the disposition Of the citizens OF Frederick
county 10 avail themselves the use Of the Mon
Oeacy FEEDER as a can.l, what will be its cost;
which Is not here computed But reglrded al
mere feeder, il would not add more U,ap % 600
dollars TO the above sum
huef TIE December contracts, the further oro-.
press 81 The Chesspeske and Ohio. Canal which
has ia It's ascent along lie Potomac ,o, t.i
VIC GeDaia'"H land must await Tie decision Of
me ,..setdlng controversy, in which IL has been.
20 unexpectedly, in,s,Yel |ilh the Bslimore and
Ohio Rail Road Company
The actual subscription Of Lal! million of dol.
i,rs, by the state Oi Maryland, 3ud tie judcious
Lnancili srrangen nis, and Harmonious 60 opera
zion Of the Corporations OF ihc District u Coiun-
y o, together with the extraordinary puuctuanty
q tts private STOCK holders, have removed al I'M
gsditncuts to the application Of 8 $685. 900 dollars
io dis great work, sum calculated IL place, be-
.cnd all doubt, che speedy completion q it's Las
trfn section, IS far as lnc coal b1nks should tho
State Of Virginia contribute her fair proportions ~ its
ccst.
Although the fienGi Of lie canal agyfciecdc6
from the il-heaih Of some & ihc engineofa, theif
surveyors and assistants, engaged during the rre.
sent Autumn in locating the lire Of nfs canal The
gfegaence Of disease among tie contractors and
heir hands lisa source Of heartfelt cOGgra,ula.
ion that very few Of the conuac tofs have exrc.
iienced aDy iudispo-ion, not one Of them has
teen dangerously di, nor hos single dratl, oc
ccfret among u4,i la,o-e-s. who 'o'tc runt.r