Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-09-09

trade Tor many years. ne p'eseht Na"oi ''SJ
be widened from the junction o! The new Lamar
down 10 the present locks, SO as to afford ga
sin of more than mile in length, anG OF sutf''
Glen, CAPACITY to contain ailth boats that the
most sanguine can anticipate; and from this
poin, they will be lei in.o tide water, where
ship of 500 tons may lay off with safety at The
lowest tides; and from thence they can with
safety proceed 10 Georgetown, Washington, or
Alexandria, as they may prefer. Here 'heh
NAV be said 10 be the completion oil the most
splendid works that man ever concei'ed--here
then, may be said, a fair competition commen'
ce.. The three Cities set out at one and the
same point upon bold navigable river mean
derinp 10 their doors-each honestly contend>
ing foI that preference which the greatest lloe
ral:ty, enterprise and accommodation can, ana
will assuredly command; and here also cons
mences that rivalry, so ben fetal to The seller,
and The life Of trade. And to do this, you have
already enough subscribed 10 insure any det-
ciency-the law will be complied with-the
stockholders will be remunera,ed, and uniyerSai
good feeling will pervade the whole District
But as an extension of The Canal will be insists
ed upon, at the approaching meeting OF The
Stockholders, to che Tiber as il viii be pre-
| tended, but in reality to the Eastern Branch,
and threats will be used, even 10 the dissolu>
ton Of the Company, i, behoves you TO be pre-
| pared, and to voc fearIesslv. In this way you
may save the State Any thing in the way OF
com promise, in the manner urged by certain
| ci,izcEs of Washington, must and will inerl'a-
| bly, destroy you. 1t is that the Canal shall be
| ex ended from The the head OF tide navigation,
| (where a vessel of 500 tons may lay off with
safety through Georgetown TO the mouth OF
| Rock Creek-the water, at The termination on
L 4 Of
vel with the Little Falls---so that Washington
| may hereafter Gf she cannot prevail on Cons
gress) continue it ID he Eastern Branch at her
| own expense which she may well afford 10 do,
| after having the cost from the head OF tide ma
| yigalion 10 that point betrayed out of the funds
of the Slockhoid, rs. many Of whom do not own
! one foot Of properly, and whose sole induces
| merit was the expec, alton Of liberal dividends,
predicated upon the glowing representations OF
| those in whom they were accustomed 10 cons
fide, and, looking TO the charter Itself, that the
| Canal was 10 commence at the head Of tide ma
! vigation, and extend to the coal banks. 10
exrend canal from the head Of tide navigation
alung the margin Of fine na.igable river for
several miles, al an expense Of not less ,han
| 800 900, without producing one cent 81 addi-
,ona toll, thereby cutting off from i fair par
ticipalion in its advantages considerable por>
| lion Of ;he District, (A.xanGria and the Poio
mac side Of the Cit,-Creaiug j. aloasies and
auimositi-s, and reducing the prof, Of the ori
| glnal subscribers 20 promote the interest O. a
few designing, avari ious individuals, is Of it.
| self an &C such as ought 10 meet with the in
dignaion OF every uplight ci'lz,n But when
we coolly deliberate upon the eff, il may have
taa4 .ss manner in whicni! q ,n ts
ra'e the mater no longer in doubt, The want
OF iniormatlQn can aionr accoun; for il,
Al the time thu, MARYLAND, The three Cor,o
ralons, and most of the indi, iduals Subscribed
The distinct understanding was that the Canal
was 70 commence al The head of the Little Fan,
and terminate al the Coal Banks-,he es,imat
ed COST presented 10 the world was abou, 81.
ooo'ooo-the subscription by Congress had
covered The amount to within three or E,ur
nunarea thousand dollars-all parties were ca.
'ished ana the greatest harm my PREVAILED
every Thing appeared 10 have been been done
III good ialth-iocal Jealousies had apparently
passed tom among us--ihe dropping spirits Of
4pr Il II MS were re,i,ing-- large cayit.Iis =,
NE north were turning their attentions toward.
,s-"nd the Stockholders al home and ,brn.d
were sansuine In their Experimentation ,his
1"T@Pe'"u ana 'uln"us pro Jet is forced unon
- ohe4pe' eo, from Its being coubrensnced
y many who were toremost in the celear.,ion,
;" 'nt f'h II Juiy,when the pom, of h,pinnipo !
,"s 'oeia'eiy and UNANIMOUSLY fixed: and {
"lnous, brcause yoa are yet short tire, ~ fo,, {
nhGred thousand dollars Of Tie estimated cost, q
M oy divertine seven hundred thousand d,I1 e
us Tor the extensions downwards mus, def.a, b
ne who!e plan, as the ubsc Ibtrs NAV and w,1 o
'"siuer themselves abSoived from ali ob,ipa.
% 10 pay, II being papable mfr action IF 1,e 81
5reemen' or compact, but more par,icu,arlv 81
IRON IT'S being as verify believe, such for
l'ufe OF the Charter as Maryland viii avail
,rseif of--ior by referring to h. oriy;n.Irhan
T, II VIII be seen that the Canal, shall be- m
ought 10 PoinI on tide water of the polo. CO
&c, ana The amendaory charter fixes tina, De
'ht on tide water O. The Potomac 10 he =, on
'as'" nerf a6oe Georgeio,on;" beyond ,s;s Ga
M 'neIei,re, there is no right (auihorizsd Or In
be implied) to move one inch until The sa; - es
uLe oil Maryland, Congress, aud The sub. seu
Ioers shall give their consen,, tor
rom rom inns view Of the subject aud nv air, WI
oeen TO present it in ,rue Ii gh,, YOU can The
oe 100 promp, and decided In your measures I"