Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1829-10-01
No. l6.-WuoLE No. 173.

1. MIddteseE C0n0l.-This has been
hnished,and in operation for several wears.
its length is % is miles it has 1S6 feet
lockage and runs from Boston hartor ia
Chelmsford, Mass.
! 2. blackstone C0mal.-This under,e.
king is in rapid progress---its length is as
miles from Worcester, Mass. to Providence.
r. I.
8. F0rmington. lin progress-its length
% miles from Northampton, to New.Ha~
ven, CT,
q. Hudson and Eric.-This is in ope-
ration length 500 miles, from Albany to
Buffalo, N. Y.
! 5. Ch0mpldiN.- c Completed: longth 63
miles, from Albany to Whitehall.
6. Os,CegO--Completed: length SS
miles, from Salina TO Oswego, connecting
the Hudson and Erie Canal. with Lake
Ontario.
z. Ssneca.-C Completed length 20 miles,
connecting the Seneca Lake with the HudG
son and Erie canal.
8. DetdU0re and HudsOn-Tn obeva.
ton; length IS miles, from the Delaware
in Orange CO. to the Hudson near Kings.
ton.
9. Morris-This is in progress, its
length sc miles, from Eastburn to Newark.
NJ.
10. Chesapeake and Delaware--Com.
pleted; length IA miles, from Delaware
river to Chesapeake bay.
II. Port Dep0sit-Completed length
10 miles, from Port Deposit, on the Sus.
quehannah, to the Maryland line.
! 10. Chesapeake and Ohio-This was
begun on the 9TH Of July last, when ground
was broken by the President of the Uni
ted States. It's length 500 miles, from
Georgetown, D. G. to near Pittsburg, Pa.
IS. Ohio St0te-In progress length
500 miles, from Cleaveland, on Lake E.
RTE, to the Ohio at the mouth Of the SciO.
"a.
ID. Miamn-In progress length 265
miles, from Cincinnati to the Maumee Q,
near tho head of lake Erie.
Is. Lehigh-From Mauch Chunk, on
the Lehigh, to Easton, on the Delaware.
l6. Little Sckwylkiu-Its length ~
) miles, from the mouth of Little Schuylkill
,, river TO the coal mines.
, II. Connest0gO--Le 1S miles, from
Lancaster to the mouth Of Connestago
Creek.
Is. SchuylkiN-Finished; length 1OS
!, miles from Philadelphia to Mount Carbon.
10. UnSOn-Finished length 70 miles,
from Reading 10 Middletown. ..4.
20. PenasylV0ni0--In progress il hav-
ing been commenced at both extremities /;
length 296 miles, from Middletown 20 Pitts
burg.
:. The three last mentioned canals fornI a
line from Philadelphia to the Ohio, at
) Pittsburg, and may be considered parts Of
! Al o
81. Ohio and Erie-In length 2IA
miles, from Pittsburg to Erie, on Lake
Erie.
%. DelawGre-This will run from Phil
adelphia to meet the Delaware and Hud-
son. 1t is in progress.
%. James and Kenhavha-This will
run from Richmond to Kenhswha.
"a. Dismal SOamp-Fnished length
% miles, from the mouth Of James river
to Albemarle Sound.
Is. Louisville-In progress length 8
miles, to pass the rapids near Louisville,
Ken.
26. Santcc-In progress length 100
, miles, from Columbia by the Broad and
Saluda rivers to Cambridge, and from the
Santee to Charleston.
27. Savannah and Acknowledgement
&C miles, from Savannah to Altamaha.
Anecd0tc.-A full blooded Jonathan, re-
siding in certain town in New England,
once took it into his head TO ego cour-
tins" he accordingly saddled the old mare.
and started off to pay his devoirs TO one
: of the buxom lasses of the neighborhood.
After " stayin" with his "gal'' until day.
light began to streak the east, he made
preparations to depart. Just rs he was
seating himself in the saddle, his fair one,
who stood in the door, (and who, BY the
way, was marvellously fond Of having
"sparks'') wishing to have him come again,
stammered out, az shall be at Aosee .ne1s
Sunday night, Ze6." Zebedee, taking
out his tobocco box and biting OF quil
of pigstail IN less than second, honestly
answered, I" So shall by gaully."
Interesting Extraordinarily,
Charley, is this youl where have you
been this long time CkGrley.-Oh! ven,
| don't know, all round. JoAR.-Oh /!
where have you been Ck@Esy.-Ok +!
well almost any where. Jokn.---Why,
you're quite stranger. Charlsy.-Hah!
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