Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1828-11-27


reaching from the Little Falls to WITHIN half mile of
thc hitocton mountcn, involving charge of i47 900
1ollnrs Tor locks andnear, quite 25 900 for aoue-
ducts ANA culverS, viii be constructed for less than
1iO,oD0 dollars. This sum includes the committed
cost OF two dams the Potomac and The neccs-
sary waste welrs, head gates fencing, and BRIDGES
ne hohocacy aqueduct, computed in the estimate of
Mes'srs. GcddcS and Roberts. To have it's trul,l; of
Wood, aud 10 cost bit 10000 dollars is here estimated
at 10000. and TO be made oistone. Il will dcpend on
the disposition of the citizens Of Frederick county To-
avail themselves oithe OF the Morocacv feeder as
canal, what wl be It's COST which is not here com
putcd- But, regarded Us mere feeder il would not
add more than p 900 dollars to the above sum-
After the December contracts the further progress
OF the chesapeake and Ohio Canal, which has in it's
ascent along the Potomac, reached the ,lebatn-
bic land, must await the decision of the depcndpr
controversy, in which it has been. so unexpectcdly
involved with the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road
Company.
The actual subscription Of holfa million of dollars
ny the State OF Maryland and the ludicious financial
arrangements, and harmonious co-oneration of the
Corporations ot the District Of Columbia together
Wh inc extraordinary pnctualty of the private stock
holders, have removed all npcdments to the applica-
tlon of 100000 dollar, TO this great work: n sum
calculated to place. beyond nil doubt tn, snecv com
peton OF it, Eastern section, tar u the coal banks
should the State of Virginia contribute her t,;r ,ro
portion to Its cost
Although the friends Of the canal apprebcndcd
from the l-hcalth oisomc ofthe engineers their sur
veyors and assistants, engaged during the present
Autumn IN locating the line of the canal the preva-
fence o disease among the racors and their hands.
1t Is source ofheGrtcit congratulaion that very fe
ot;hc contractors have experienced any indspositon
not one OF them has been dangerously ill., ndI has
single death occurred among their ltbcrcrs who 70
the number ofscvcra hundred have been at work FIR
more than two months.
1t Is, also, confidently believed that while their
contracts have cornported with the facilities afforded
by III" river Potomac tor the execution Of the con-
tIlplatad works along It's banks their known skill
lS Il tsi- A.. - H.,
prices OF their labor, with those tor like work on
snllsr enterprises, III the United States are pedUps
that they wl receive an ample remuneration for their
expenditures of time and money.
At the Leesburg letting, /, sos offers for yariou.
paris OF the labor on the canal were made by 100 diff
iercnt agents, counting each company of pcrsons as
one agent. The far greater portion ofthe contracts
both to number and value arc made with coptrac-
tors north Of the Potomac; from Massachusetts Con-
nectcut, New York, PENNSYLVANIA and MARYLAND
their eXpcrance and skill. having enabled them great
y to underbd except in very few cases. the less con-
hdent contractors from the South.
The work contracted for l. TO be conpletcd nv tho
end OF the next year, and efforts will be made rs
speedily rs possible. by other to extend the
canal, ioitlUI the period, from Rock creek To
Shcpherdstuwn No other than LegGi impedimenLs |
can prevent II, and the charter of the company pro-
vde, II is believed for the prompt removal of these
Lest the cause of the reduction the contract price
OF the canal below the prior estimates of the United
States Engineers should be misapprchended strict
quantities o work, rs well rs their value involved in
the estimate By the y. States Engineers and in the
recent contracts. BY the former, the Chesapeakc g.
OHIO canal was designed to be 10 feet wide and five,
feet deep except where peculiar difficulties were sup
lSod % require ITS breadth To be reduced The ca
ma, contracted for, IS to be, iccye less than 90
icnt vide. and Is to be every where at least six feet
deep 1t VIII be 90 wherever the former was to be
80 feet wide and SIX where that was TO be five feet
deep The comparative quantities and prices of labor
tween mi m, tl,,,i
Nonocacy. or half mile below the kitoctan Mcun-
tam and the Little Falls of Potomac accordnr TO the
PRIOR estimate, and TO the actual contracts are in re-
iatOn to the principal details follow: The quantity
Of excavation Of all sorts of EARTH rock &c. i'm this
part ~ the canal Is computed BY the United States
Engineers to reach PA $50 cubic wards and to cost
792,'@ dollars. The quantity contracted for accord
ing 10 the estimate of Mcssrs Wright and Martncau
IS I,o320lG cubic yards and il is actually contracted
fer, at the cost OF S(i9 1903.
The einJankment, computed by The former on the
same line OF canal, amounts to it,IdO cubic wards
and lis estimated cost IS 50 400 avera more than
amounts to 08},9lG cubic yards and contracted for
Il; 3ilj.233, or II 72-I0O cents the cubic yard. !
The stone walllng, III the estimate Of the former /
amounts in quanty.to l39 2t5 pcrclce and in cost 10
S}7"l2 II that OF the latter, lt cDmprchends 49,
720 pcrches, and has been contracted for at SGJ5ll
An aqueduct Of three arches OF thirty feet span is
computed IN the former estmltC, at 5000. Ii has
been contracted for upon the plan, and dimen-
sun '", ''''"' i"' i""e't PI'Ce III tue former es-
ti'nato for cubic yard Of excavation of any sort is
II cents, and the average cost OF every species
p $40 cents; the lowest price which this species
Of very simple work has been PIT under contruct is
cents the cubic yard lis average cost for every kind
OF material to be dug, quarricd blasted, is FOR near
two millions of cubic yards contracted to be cents
per yard.
The substitution Of substantial aqueducts of massy
stone, for the wooden trunks, estimated by Messrs
Cieddcs and Roberts and the great enlargement Of
the cross section Of the canal are evidences that IT,
Importance has been duly regarded and must exclude
the suspicion that the reduction of It's cost results in
any degree from dinnution OF its original plan or
any disregard of It's permanent durability. It's en-
bantments, arc IN truth gseatiy enlarged and
by substituting slope for vertical walls
wherever there is space enough to allow il; and IT'S
cuvcrt5, exceeding the estimated number of Mcssrs
ticddas and Roberts equal IN that respect and sur
pass IN actual cost those embraced in the prior COM
putatOn Of the United States Board Of Internal I'm