Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-08-17
COMMUNICATIONS.

X.
Tho Stockholders of the lateral Canal, from
Dc orpetown to Alexandria, will be required 10
~ . rcise their right of electing President ana
.ix directors To manage the concerns oil the Ioih-
nany: and as in that selection may MAINLY ue
rend the success of the undertaking, 1t Is GER
hinIy matter of great interest, that the pre-
tensions of all should be previously well weish-
cd and considered.
In this brief communication, do not design |
~ draw inyidiOas comparisons between huN'uu-
ala. nv nominating this that gentleman FOR the
appointment TO crafty private teelnSs-'o cout'
ropularity-to gain the approving snhies OF amy
sne--or, as the erudite writer hardly wouin say
% eoualiZe representation III the county.
On the contrary, my game IS OF hi9he' eharac-
FER. for who would consent 10 gave chase 10 the
Fare, when the lion or the buffalo Is ups
To be plain, my sole and entire object il, the
,rosperity Of scheme which all seem to adm,
rot only 10 be probably beneficial, but OF vital
importance to. and identified te!ih. the ultimate
prosperity of the Town. As | have sand, land
he opinion Is one derived from the best dictates
Of my humble iudgment,) on the result of the
anpreaching election np0;nly depends the success
OF ne undertaking. Actuated. then, by truly
6,,,o,,c spjrit, letus with manly resolution, dis
oard eli private preiudices; all local or minor
considerations, and act as il the very salvation
Of the enterprise depended upon our single ana
individual etertions Let ms look to the only
oroter question to be considered. and let the on
~ epouiry he. who is most caDabie--who will pro
,ably be most frl. TO the trust. Practical husl-
ness meu, with clean hands and sound hearts,
the occasion imperiously deman0s; am no mat
1er "a what calling situation they may be iouha,
# they viii not rcl!ateer; hey s.ou!d oe p:e9Seu
into the service. The route OF the Canai-the
Sasin. the aqueduct locks. contracts-the man
ner the WORK shall DC executed, &C: &C. 'ney
ciaTac 81 pis,ctIrTr IN efntrHshu ~. thsIs re
t.on, in the FIRST twelve months administration YOU
may bid tarewea long farewell.to the future pros
letity of this Town. If, on the contrary, as
fondly hope, and verify believe, we shall all ap-
prouch the altar of the public good, with clean
hands AMI pure hearts; We may, SO far as human
reason can draw just conclusions, anticipate the
Jesuit as one which bids faiI to more than realise
ia expectations of even the most sansuiue.
A SFOCKHOLDER.
eco
Hp. EprroR: 4 writer in the Gazette Of this
Corning under the signature of A B, in COM
tnenting upon the communication Of Citizen pub
iished on the llth inssant, admits, that Citizen
has very pI property directed the attention OF The
People OF Alexandria 20 the law now fore
Council 10 limi. the extension Of wharyes into
ehe river; but he thinks, that Citizen haa
not well examined the facts Of the case, and
makes some explanations to prove this fact
IA does not, however, question the law as laid
down by Citizen. The River Potomac. under
she original Charter granted by Charles the Cd
% Lord Baltimore, was within the exclusive u-
ri,diction of the State Of Maryland and the
Fight to navigate it, which we now claim. is de-
tived solely. 50 far as have been able to ascer
tain. from the compact referred to in my former
COMMUNICATION; and presume 4. B. himself
will not DENY. as he has not denied il, that en-
tending the wharveS two hundred feet into the
channel, IN the Of Twins wharf, with
either solid WhArves piers. piles, is viola
Ton ot that compact, and that the Council have,
therefore, no right 10 pass law authOrsing such
an extension. But, saws A. b. the law now be- |
fore Council! docs not perm. the extension of |
eharves over one fourth Of the channel. mol would |
che interes. Of any proprietor be promoted bv ex-
tending them half across it. Now | presume
that II extending wharNes over one-fourth of the
channel promotes the interest Of the proprietor,
BY atfordins them four additional births for YES
sells at the rate Of one dollar per day each, then
by the same rule extending them half oyer the
river, and thereby doubling the number of births.
would be promoting their interests in the same
ratio. But whether have well examined the
facts OF the ae or not.it is very clear that he has
not stated his facts Correctly: for if he will take
thetroube to examine the map Of the Harbor in
ae Council Chamber, and then measure the ex
tension OF Twins wharf into the channel from {
the end OF Ramsay's wharf he will find it is but
little it any, less than fourth of the channel.
and fully one-twenty6fth part of the width of
the whole river !tis true that the wharves are
generally built to the edge of the channel. and !
beyond that on piles; but it is an error to sun.
pose the piers piles do bat little injury to the
current. 1t is wel-established fact that when. +
syer there is obstruction Of the current, be il
,ver so small, it produces an eddy; and when Q
there Is an eddy, then the floating PARTICLES Of h
earth will settle, and, in greater or less degree
all up the channel; and presume that when the B
'ies stand so close they do under these piers, Il
his process must be carried on to a considerable O
xteat, and lave NO dssst it will be fesns to o.