Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-06-03

ceryJ wese occupied as dwelling houses, were en- I
tirefy destroyed. and two others very much dam
aged. Two new brick dwelling houses in King.
street, were also greatly damaged and several sta
bles were consumed. in which seven horses were
burnt to death. Four Of the buildings owned by |
Martin & Gridley, and two by Mr.. Bsrgart were
insured. The houses on Charlton street were &C.
cupied by Mcssrs. Cox, Ludlow, Martin, Gilbert, |
Robinson. Bogart as grocery, Sears and Bald |
win. The crowd on the occasion was very great, |
and pressed so closely to occasion great incon-
venience to the fremen and those who were en- |
gagged in removing furniture. Some disposition |
to plumber also manifested. The police off,
GERS, we learn, were very active on the occasion
and great credit is due to their exertions II is
certainly an improper indulgence Of idle curl
ositY, which leads people who neither expect nor
are able to be ofservice those occasions, hud
die about iaes in such manner to embarrass
the fremen and the police, and give rogues that
opportunity for depreciation which they desire. Not
sition be iustitiable. but we deem them highly ex-
pedient.
About the same time with the fire in Charlton
street, two attempts were made to fire new
brick house in Cormine street near Varick, the
only remaining building of block burnt down two
or three months since by an ncendiary. A young
man who was up in the house of the Rev. MIR.
Demarest. observed fellow with match at
tempting TO set fire to pile Of shavings against
the wooden fence Of the back yard, and instantly
gave the alarm. The villain ran, and was pursu.
cd by the watch for more than mile, when he
made his escape. This the third alarm Of
fire given last night. Another pile of combusti-
bles was found on fire by Waterman and extin-
guished by him. ~ Y. Courier, Nay 20.
The Insurance companies have offered re-
ward of $1,000 for the apprehension Of the incea-
diaries.
BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.
! We give below, from tho Baltimore Chronicle,
an abstract Of the Report recently made by the
Engineers, in reference to the Baltimore and O.
hio RAILROAD. The survey was made by Messrs.
VIM. Howard, S. II. Long and VIM. G. M'Neills,
U. States Engineers. The report contains lS9
pages 8vo.
The track of the railway is recommended to be
feet III inches in width, including I-2 inches
for the rails-allowins for play between the rails
and the hanges.
+ double railway should be about IL feet, and
where turnsout are made, LIZ feet must be added
for each additional track.
For considerable rate Of speed, say 4 miles per
hour, steam is considered cheaper than horse pow
En- Phil u. S. Gazette
&c The Engineers commence their report with
general remarks the surface of the country be-
tween Baltimore and the Ohio river, but more par
ticul arly that portion which lies east Of the Poto
mac, to which their preliminary surveys were ex-
teaded, the remainder only having been examined
In general TecognOiSsdnce. 1t may also be re-
marked, that the Engineers confined themselves to
such routes as had reference to a connexon with
the OnlO RiVeS AT or ABOVE the Dttte hennaWa, In
doing which they divided the routes into sections,
making the first section to terminate at Williams
port, since beyond that point all the routes from
Baltimore could conform in their further progress to
the Ohio. Although the surface of the country
generally between Baltimore and Williamsport is
broken and billy, the of the stream falling
into the Patapsco and Potomac afford the opportu-
nifty of surmounting gradually, entirely avoiding
the intermediate ridges without any great variance
from the direct line. The only ridge necessary TO
be crossed is that between the Monocacy and Pa.
tapsco and although present several indentatons
the greatest of which at PARIS Spring & Bush
and Benefits Greeks, at the heads of Piney Falls
and Sans Creek, and at the town of Westminster
They are all at considerable elevations, and may
be approached with more or less by the fol-
lowing routes!
l. From the city Of Baltimore through the val
ley OF the Patapsco to PARIS Spring, and
thence by the valley of Bush Greek to the Mo-
nocacy.
: z. In the same direction by the FIRST Route to
PARIS Spring, and thence by the valley of Ben
nets Creek to the Monocacy.
g. BY route partly through the valley Of Paaps-
and thence along Elkridge to PARIS Spring,
whence 1t may descend to the Monocacy by
Bush or Bennet's Creek
L. Through the valley of Gwynn's Falls, and by
;, Maiden's Choice Branch, across the spur which
= divides j, from the Patapsco and thence in the
direction OF either OF the 3 first named routes
TO the Monocacy; or, on the supposition of con-
tnuing i'll the valley Of PatapscO to Piney Falls
up Piney Falls and thence through the valley,
Of Sans Creek and Pipe Creek; to Monocacy."
8. Through the valley OF Jones' Falls, Gwynn's
Falls, Chcnetl's Run, North Branch of Pataps-
CO, and little Pipe Creek to the Monocacy.
Although we have supposed the fourth route
only TO be directed through the valley of Sans
Creek to the Monocacy, of course the two first
routes may also receive a similar direction, viz
instead OF ascending from the valley Of Patapsco
PARIS Spring they might be continued through the
valley of Piney Falls.
The several routes from Baltimore to the Mono
cacy only to be estimated in reference TO their
respective facilities, TO be prolonged beyond the
Monocacy. In passing over the Cooctin Noun
tain, Harmans Gap is 10 be preferred to any other
passage, II II be not decided TO go round it at the
IS Point OF Rocks" Next TO " Harman's'' " Trap
Cap is to be preferred The choice being be-
tween passing through " Harmans Gap" and go
ing round by the = Point of Rocks" In going
from Bush or Bennets Creek to the Sc Point Of
Rocks" there is no difficulty Of moment to oh
struct toerably direct route, and after having
arrived at the Potomac from the mouth of the Mo.
nocacy to Harper's Ferry, there is uniformly fat
sufficiently wide for road, moderate slope to
the river, except three quarters of mile in pas
sing Cotoctin Mountain. From Harper's Ferry to
the Antietam there is sufficient room on the margin
I OF the river, except at one or two places where
lime stone cliffs rise nearly perpendicularIy from
the water; these cliffs hot continuous, and the
water at their bases is shoal not to present any
serious obstacle Between the Antietam and Co
necocheague, ii Is not thought advisable to follow
the sinuosties Of the stream, the of the
country appears favorable for a road in direct
| route. The distance from the Antetam to Will
Transport bv the stream is thirty miles, and in a
direct line IA, and the distance on good ground
Tor a rail- road would bc fifteen sixtecn miles
A comparative view OF the two routes from Mo-
nocacy 10 Wiiliamsport is given in table. From
Pipe Greek in the direction of Uarnan's Gan the |
lcur ia IIx.. oil,