Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-03-24
From the Commercial Advertiser.
THE WEILAND CANAL.

The construction Of this splendid work,
which is 10 connect the waters Of Lakes Ontari
O and Erie by an artificial channel Of sufficient
capacity for s!oop navigation, is fast advancing
Ia completion. A large amount of the stock
Of this canal is held in this city; and The stock
holders, and Ill interested il the success Of this
grand undertaking, can have an opportunity ut
examining the plans and prohles, on which The
state of the work is clearly and accurately des-
cribed, nv calling at the office OF the Company
No. ~ Liberty street, where they VIII remain
until Saturday night We have examined the
plans to which we refer, together with the re-
nor. Of the Directors for last year, and were
not \ little surprised at the forwardness and
magnitude Of a work which is 10 enable the
vessels Of Ontario to CLIMB as il were, the Falls
~ Ni,rara. while those of Erie can at HE same
time leap safely into Ontario. On the LIST OF
Jun. next, there will only remain Ii miles TO be
finished, TO form an uninterrupted navigation
between tine two lakes, by way Of the Niagara
and Wclland rivers
Th. dimensions Of this canal have not been
well or generally understood. Ii is constructed
on the same scale as the Chesapeake and Deia
ware Canal. The locks are % ieet wide, and
100 feet long i'm the clear, and VIII admit the
MASSAGE Ct vessels Of 1873 tons burihen. NO
person who knows the geographical sI'ns'in"
Of the western country, can entertain douo'
as 10 the vast importance OF his cana': bu'
we must confess that our attention 10 TINS SUD-
ect has been somewhat quickened by reading
:, letter from Alfred Kelly; Esq. one OF the com
missionsrs of the Ohio Canal. Mr.. Kelly states
,h,, if the markets will warrant II, there WHY he
exnnr,ed from that State alone, 10000 barrels
of flour. and even that amount can be doubled
in few years There will also be exported
from 20. 10 100000 barrels of pork; ard the
corn meal, wh,skey, sc. will equal that OF Hour
with a market equally advantageous And all
his besides the commodities which must pass
between the Ohio river and Lake Erie
l, has been unprecedented by those who are
always anticipating evil, that the "eiIand
Canal will iniure the western part oil the Ere
as the Lake Erie vessels will bring their car
goes direct TO Oswego, where they VIII on'y
have canal transit in boats 10 oyrac us, o. 80
miles, whereas The distance from Buffalo TO inns
point, is nearly 200 miles. But we have no
;ealou sizes Of this sort Indeed we rather re-
ioite in the Wclland as All America" caha'.
Already the business of the Erie CANAL is so
rrea, ,ha, second, to run by its side, is con-
,empia,ed. And when we look at The wlae
spread and fertile country extending from Sy-
1acuse to Erie, and from Ontario 10 the Sus-
ouehanna, 10 say nothing ofthe produce OF the
so 600 900 Of acres OF choice lands which VIII
soon be peopltd and cultivated beyond, wnere
is the ground TO fear that two, or even three
canals. will not have as much business as can
he attended to- And as the grower must ne
benefited in proportion to the cheapness oil Tue
TRANSFORMATION, we maintain that all channels
Of conveyance and competition will tend 10 en-
rich the country, * be found mutually bench"
cial.
Another objection, perhaps, may be raised
by short,siyhted politicians, viz. that when the
produce from Lake Erie has once entered
Lake Ontario, it may the more readily be d.
ver,ed from the New York 10 the Canada