Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-12-09

ers OF the Ineapeake and ONO Canal Com
pany, on she a6th inst. a sufficient mum
Der OF Stockholders did not at md Cor Oh,
Transaction Of business; but the pres;den
laid upon tue table the following supple
mentary Report. from The President nm,
Directors Of the Company, and which 4
was understood might lie published.
10 THE STOCKHOLDERS
OfHe Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Co,npanu
The unexpected lapse of near half a
yer since the last Annual report of the
Board, prompts, If il does not make !,
the duty OF the President aud Direetors.
~ aPprtse this general meeting, that. in
the long interval since It's last adjourn.
ment, the various works on the canal
not ~obstfpcted BY q season Of pnusnal
i'll health, have been conducted. with
all the vigor which the unremitted at-
tention ofsbe engineers and officers Of
the Company could inspire.
Those. below the old locks, are now
rapidly advancing to a conclusion. The
tide lock connecting the Rock Creek
basin with the river Potomac. and tbro,
that With the Chesapeake Bay. viiIhaye
lis masonry completed in a few dave.
and The intervening sections Of tho "a
nal It and the Little FaIIs foo
der will be furnished, IL is c~onl;den,Iv
believed very early in the ENSUING year
SO as Q ne open Tor navigation az soon
as the frost of tie approaching winter
will admit.
NIL . -
"ithint tho last week many boats have
passed through the twenty locks, nov,
above thi' feeder. Indication, of ;nst,.
Di''ty IN The lofty perpendicular walls
oil the canal near the Great Falls. ard
TWO breaches through that of the l5tb
section, required precautions ard 70.
pairs, which suspended. for a Time no
use OF me porti"n OF the new caaal he
tween the Seneca feeder and the L;t,Is
Fails; While the difficulty Of access to
,he works, requiring renewed labor.
mas pr9tractsd the necessary operations
upon then.
ihe failure OF a part of the fouada-
.'on o. a small ~culvert Of four feet
oFeaath, OF a few yards of the .towa.
PATTI along Bear Island, throup, wb;cl,
tse late rains have broken into tho GO.
nab ,he breaches already mentioned on
me 10Th section, and two others on The
2'tn n Attn sections. requiring a dav
or'w" each only, to repair the m. ars
All tue accidenis which have attended
the admission and continuance IF ~.
waller, for several months past, in Tho
seventeen miles of canal, comrrebera
ing many very high embankmentstwan-
y locks, and eighteen culyer.s. hetwa.r
the feeders above menticned The ,.a
OF 'ne new locks has clearly develpped
the Important benefit resulting from The
extension OF their lateral cuIyerts. as
Aa' iorward as the middle Of the lock
anu me addition Of two inlets TO the four
usually provided fer the almi,s;on of
water from the head into the cb.,nhnri
o the lock. 1t is now asesrtaired dat
INC greatest detention ia passing from
one level TO another, thro' any lecl wit
not exceed 8 minutes. thai d.
s'sny De reduced to two minutes and a
hait' and 1T is confidently hoped to two
minutes only, or one-fourlh of the time
usually allowed for passing a lock Of
eight feet lift.
d. haza' of bringing into practical
use, with a full head of water. n now
canal, of so large a cross section az Soc
ieet' has prevented any atiempt to in.
crease the velocity or to tonnage of the
cana boats to their maximum speed or
onfthern, with any given power of hor.
ses.
The very low stage OF the water Of
'ne river fetomac, aad the occupations
OF one harvest, followed by the sowing
oil gram, preparatory 10 another, have
prevented any very sensible loss 10 the
pubic from the past delay of the use
OF 'he new works, below Seneca; and
the navigation, thence, down 20 the old
locks, may now be considered as oer.
maneniiy opened.
The further prosecution Of the dam
at The head of the Seneca Falls. a wn,k
winch can be continued only at low wa,
ter, n which is now nearly COMPLETED
indicates its utility in supplying for ma
s'sa'ion, a sheet of water of almost un
broken surface of more than twenty. i've
mules, or to the proximity of the kitoc.
tan mountain; calculated. if assisted
bysindis'dnaI enterprise, TO open a wa
ter communication, by steam boats.
win The new Canal, below Seneca, aud