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

! pletea, very early in The ensuing Spring
and the larger A~9ueduct ofthe Monoca
cy, tits believed, by the following win
ter.
The prosecution Of the canal abov,
the Point Of Rocks continues, as before
impsded by the injunction issued by thu
Chancellor OF Maryland, at the instsnc,
Of the baltimore and Ohio Rail Roat
Company In prosecuting the effort,
of this Company TO bring that c%ontrover
sy to issue, for a part Of the o~bstructed
way by compromise, and for the whole
by legal adjudication, the correspon
dence, herewith communicated, has &C
CURED between this Board, and the
President and Directors Of the former
To this correspondence, we deem it our
duty TO invite your attention: while we
subjoin The opinion of one Of the Com.
mussioners appointed by the Chancellor
as TO the espediency Of the proposed
compromises, iE order that the cause.
which have led t. its failure may be Just
ly estimated.
The Board feel il 10 be due 10 them.
selves, Ia state, that the proposition
submitted TO them. by the President of
the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Com
pany, 10 compromise. as faras Harper's
Ferry, the controversy sabsisting be.
tween the two Companies, was associ-
ated, neither in The original communi-
cation Of il To this board, by lis presi-
dent, nor in the subsequent explanation
Of il TO one Of the Directors. with the
condition, now annexed TO it by The
President and Directors Of the Bali.
more and Ohio Rail Road Company
On The contrary, that Director inform
ed ;his Board, that the President Of this
company had, in tho opinion of the Pre-
sident of the Baiiimore and Ohio Rail
Road Company. misconceived his PRO-
rosal, which did not extend to a c0m-
promise. as far as Williamsport. but 10
Harper's Ferry only.
A plan Of feeding lbe new canal when
il shall have been completed from The
Paint OF Rocksto S~eneca,by w~bich,also,
still water navigation would be extend
ed to Harper's Ferry, has been submit
ted to the examination Of the Engineers
OF the Company: and, should it be ap
proved by them, will be executed, il is
hoped, in time TO render this importan,
liBk, in the chain Of water communication
with Cumberland, available by the fine
the Monecacy Aqueduct SHALL have been
completed.
Sincathe comm oc
general meeting, a reduction he's been
made of the number OF Engineered in the
C"mpany's service, proportinned to the
reduced extent of the remaining works
under contract. The five Residences
INTO which the entire canal below the
Of Rocks, had been, al FIRST. dis
lribnted, baye been reduced TO twa:the
OF an Engineer Of Division, &C
ling as Engineer in Chief, has been dis
pensed with, and a superintendent, an.
OF fhe entire canal use, with
a view, chic fly, to such ,epairs thereof.
experience has demonstrated, that all
new canals require before time shall
have tested their weak points. and ;mpar.
soIidity &C. their emhauknent These
reductions have brought down the ex-
rense Of 1.-The corps al Engineers SO less
than a molety of lis original extent.
a measure Of economy, however, oc.
casioned by the]egal obstruction 10 the
progress Of the canal above the Point
Rocks, and attended with the fur
Their cause Of regret, that il has sera-
from the Presijeut and Directors
many experienced officers who heserv.
possessed their entire confidence.
Signed, in behalf and BY order Of the
and Directors.
c. 4. MERCER,
President Of the C.. s O. Canal Co.
OF THE T.. s. SHIP LEX
INGTON.