Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-09-17
/AEHN, a. NlDRIAa
WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER II, 1923
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL.

holders OF the Canal takes place In Washing.
ION. As the Eastern termination Of the canal
is expected to BID ermined upon, the atten>
dance will Be very general. We shall endeavor
10 obtain an outline Of the proceedings in time
for 10 morrows paper.
l, would be well briefly to recapitulae the
proceedings already had with regard 10 this
subject. Or. the Gath Of June the President aud
Board of Directors directed their Engineer TO
examine any o:her places between the Basin
above mentioned, The Basin next above George
town, referred to in previous iesolution,) and
the West side uf Rock Creek, if such there be,
| better Calculated TO serve the purpose OF such
Basin, and of connecting the same, by suita-
bic locks, with tide water and that he report
the amount Of any additional expense which
might be incurred in extending the navigation
Of the Canal TO such lower place or Places
On the 9th Of July the Cooperation OF Wash
ington requested the Board 10 locate and mark
out, with as little delay as possible, the route
of SO much Of said Canal as passes through the
City to the Eastern Branch. The Board pro-
ceeded 10 consider this request, and resolution
to the following tenor was offered: "That the
main Canal Of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Company shall terminate IN the City OF Wash
ington; and be brought into the Ciiy through
Georgetown: that the Engineer, employed by
this Board, or If he. or his assistant, cannot
immr dia,ely execute the necessary surveys and
locations, tina, some competent assistant En-
gineer, or Engineers, be forthwith employed to
survey and locate the best and mos, eeonomi>
cal route OF the Canal, from the termination Of
the survey by the Board of Engineers, above
Georgetown, through Georgetown to the Ti'y
of Washing, lon; having regard TO an immediate,
or ultimate junction with the Eastern Branch,
lhro' the Tiher, or otherwise, as this Board shall
determine, upon the report of the Engineer"
This resolution was considered at two meetings
ofthe Board, and on the 28th Of July was reject
ed. In lieu of this, resolutions were passed de
claring that they were not required, by any
sense of duty, to prescribe the Eastern ermi.
nation Of the Canal within the District Of Co.
iumbia, with preamble stating that, Sin the
opinion of the President and Dire tors Of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, it would
be inexpedient TO expend any part of The said
capital stock nfIbs. GepaeasYc or The nress ~,
Canal at the head Of the Little Falls, before ,be
line of Canal leading thence 10 the mouth of
Shenandoah river has been put under contract"
The Board also called general meeting of the
Stockholders. The next meeting of the Board
was on the 9Th of August, when, with desire
to settle The matter, plan Was proposed to the
following effect: |
ResolUed, That, in the event that William |
writ, Attorney General Of the United States
shall DE OF opinion that :he present charter of
the Chesapeake aud Ohio Canal ComDapv an,
thorlses the extension Of the said Can.I TO The
Western bank Of Rock Greek, in the town of
georgetown, or the Congtess Of thr United
o'a!es, I'D the event that he shall NOT think so.
shall, at the request Of the Company. auIbori,e
such extension, The same shall be 30 extended
In manner following, and upor the condi,ious
hereinafter expressed, viz; The said canal shall
descend from the contemplated basin, u.xta.
oo'e Heorgetown, to the Said town and IN a
point therein, between Water street and Br;dce
street, on the same level with the section peY,
anoVe the said basin, and shall pursue course
etween the said streets, as far down toward
Rock Creek, as shall favor connexion Of the c
contemplated Maryland branch from the said .
canal, keeping so far the same elevation, and b
shall thence descend 10 the Western shore of
'aio creek, oy one or more locks, al such eli.
'ation above the tide may suit the con,truc, 60
ION OF canal, leading thence to the Tiber !
;reek, by the city Of Washington, or for the >,
benefit thereof, anG, by the mouth Of Rork
;reek, enter the, river Potomac; upon condi. a
ion that the Corporations Of Washinr,on e.
'eorge own, and Alexandria, shall have, npon r,
arms agreeable 10 themselves, respectively as, :,
10 this the Corporation of WASHINGTON a. VI
reed, with proU'So, that the Canal should h. v
'ade 10 terminate m basin, TO be formed at o.
7th street West, comfortably 10 he plan sub "a
ii'ted. The Corporation of Alexandria al,o W
greed to ii, with proviso, "har the Presiden, tn
ID Directors OF the said Che sape axe and Ohio tn