Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-02-23

Massachusetts, the manufacturers are able 10
produce better printed cotton at is. Sd per
ward, THAI the Ruurn manufacturers can pro-
duce al Is. Id. He declares that whilst the
French are unable 10 produce cotton g"od' so
cheap as the English by Is to 90 per cent, the
Americans are already able TO compete WIN
us in many articles, even with SO small aa'>
ference as 4 10 per cent. He speaks very la
yourable, however, O! the French dye, ana opr
scr, es, that IN the Gril!iancy and durability OF
colour, the Americans have yet much to learn
However, as they establishing many che
miciial laboratories, aud Offering good encour-
asen.entSto practic al chemists, II is rot DOUBT
ed that they viii soon arrive al perecnon.
CHESAPEAKEaN AND DELAY WARE CANAL
The following highly interesting and accept
abb Information, as to the progress ana pros
poets Of the Chesapeake and Delaware Iah'i'
/, take from letter from oac OF the pcrsons
nrac ipaly connected with the undertaking. to
IA member CT CoRgr, S., under date OF January
&c. 1928
{" We commenc ed at the river Delaware c, with
harb ,ur 500 feet wide, and excluding 60 Feet
Into ,lle river; the two sides approaching each
other 10 Within 100 feet. OF this barbour The
base is finished, aud 200 feet pro -c'ed on each
side into INC river, And made <fter the best fash
on of Philadelphia wharf work
The Delaware Lock, 100 feet long and p
f,e. wide, is compl ted.
Section No is quarter Of a mile in length,
aud is compile ed; il is 90 fee, wide. Section
No. f.. is aboui three four hs Of mile i'll lrngth,
aud is 6nished: it is about 70 feet wide al the
water line These two set tons challenge a
COMPARISON with any similar work On sec
tion No. is a swivel bridge completed. Sec
il" No.. i, through meadow, and No. o."
hand land. Section No: s is abou, three miles
IN length, and r-aches TO The village OF S E.
Georges III, oush tive Cranberry & st Georges
marshes. The soil Of those marshes IS very
soft and Iigh', in short, a, bad as man can wen
conc Give aid in many pla' es very deer; II be-
came necessary to cart on hard ear h fora tow
na,h, which, IN many places, has sunk to IA
great depth, perhaps even from so to 70 feet;
vet prrsrvrIing industry has So FAR conquered
IS to have a Ia K &c >ufficlr Mt hsigh, and soli
dily TO admit the highe>' tides OF the Dela-
ware; sud we have reason 10 hope Their w,l br
bu, lutte more srtihnc: vet. if here should be,
slider il importan: only so far as he cx-
pensr it creates in adding CIV earth, There
is TO difficulty in his part ct the cara, Ind
shallops and soops haS, been passing ~ nd.
dawn THESE three s. c:ions tor severals'ron rs;
two week, more work with our dreAgins ma
chine win make the navigation perfect from
tnr river Delaware 20 S. George for a'y YES
sci drawing nlnr feet water, or even ten fest.
AtSt Georges we have a ock 100 fee' by
p fer:, and S. ivel bridge both done, and in
complete ordrr. Section No, 4 is l2out three
miles long, from St. Grorge's Nts'ward 10 The
head of The old Mil Pord TIE tow parh is
here completed, With the exception Of half
mi'e, " hi,h is not yet h,gh enough We ave,
how YER, had this section Fl led with water to
The depth Of five fee; II is now drawn off L.
make tomplptr finish Of hr 'xcavdtirn, md
will again b. ready for reception OF waer
by the first March; this secion runs through
the Mil Pond, with the exception Of lew
points nf hard land, nj has never preserved
any Gffic nlties. Sc ion NJ. is foir miles
long, and is generally known b, the namr Of
the Dep CUt; with the TX option OF two mIi's,
RI S SECTION is now finished, an OF h." w
mil The excavation yet {, b. mad a"ie> from
one to nine feet; w, in addition Of the excAv"-
non, harr to sion' the sides 4" The canal,
and ,his operation Cau>es us 20 go on more
slowly than we should OF 4erwIse do, as W"
cannot, at this season # the wear, procure
SO e. So fast as we want Them, anil we are not
wiling to cXcava. ate 10 the ro'tom fasrer than
we can follow up with eson" Thi, section
varies from eight 20 seventy six ana half feet
in d, pth and have nov IN my posse ,si"i,
pirc, II bark found q. tGe teptn IL Sc. envy fret
| inert GU this, to show you the depth t. which
,ve sba, e, gone on this ST. ton. We have had
some ,rouhle some slips, hut h crea'e no 9th
er difficulty tn, de'av aid expense, the ex-
peuse caused by cs"tI"s out The earth which
has, in Sc srll place, Tipped III
These Sips ase not Of a character TO alarm
or discourage; the refnrr believe am perfect.
iy SAFE in sayi;g positively we shall complete
this work IN this present year, and SAL I've
disappointed if ,loons are not passing he ca
nal from ,hs ID, laware o the Che,apeake, in
the month of q, ro5er next. Near the centre
of this section, we have bridge of i single
arch Of 235 fee, span. and 90 feet o'e The
bot, ON of rhe canal. Shops f ne largest class,
an1 s. hooners Can pass under this badge wi y
their mass all standing. Section six is about
one and quarter miles in length, and is ems
tirrly completed. Section seven is about one
md three qnar,er miles long, and is entirely
flushed. At the west end OF section ssven, is
the Wes,ern liz, -loc k, one hundred by twenty