Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1830-05-26
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add December. 1898, the line of e,,.,
between Rock Creek. the oommor
boundary Of this city and Georr.trxr
and the Eastern base Of the Ca,oc,,'
Mountain. was placed under contra,
being forty sc, en- miles and an ,,pb,h
"f a mile in length. embracing two a..
lid atone embankments across the pa
ton,ac. twenty eight locks, two eo,,,v
apuetIvets, numerous culScrts. and
canal connecting them. &C sixty fee, -
brc adih at the surface. forty Two f,s,
in breadth at the bottom, and SIX lee,
decp--a work which will contain arr.
iune Of water greater than that Of any
one hondrcd miles Of the New Yo,L
Canal. (thosc noble works. and Afford
ing facilities Of navigation commcuss.
rate with its enlarged volume.
OF this work. the portion between
the first feeder and the old locks Of the
Potomac Company, being a beautfn.
sheet OF water two and a quarter mile,
long asd nearly a hundred feet widc.
was completed early in the prescn,
Spring. a slighi ace ident, much exsr.
gcratcd AZ a distance, arising from Too
sudden an admission Of the water afe,
the completion Of the embank roen,
suspended it's use for forty-eight hour,.
with which exception IL has been dailv
and prohtably employed.
by midsummer. and II is still hoped
BY the Fourth Day Of July. the water
will be admitted from above the Ora.
mite Ridge Of the Great Falls. and
twenty -four Of the Locks 10 the BASIN
between Georgctown and this city.
! The residue Of the work under con-
tract has been retarded. Of late, to ae
celebrate the completion OF that pari os
IL befoic the only feeder calculated to
supply the canal with water. .qbor,
Seneca. reliance is had on a supply
from the Potomac a, Harper, Fer,
and eleven miles short Of that point.
the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road
Company have thrown on obstruction
IN the way Of the Canal Companv,
Which II was impossible to fvresee IN
I'll ITS actual occurrence.
Ii u now ascertaincd that the cost
Of the hrst sixty miles Of the Cana.
compr ehendinc more than one third
al It's real difficulties Of construction
between this city and Cumberland.
will not much. IL az all, exceed twenty
1--we thousand dollars the mile; althcug,
1t, enlarged dimensions SHOULD be re
tain"d throughout the whole sxieIt Of
the Eastern Section. Those dimen
SONS exceed by one foot, in depth, the
late canal along the Lehigh, in Penn
sylsan'a. and are designed to afford
such taeiliiies ofnav,ration a, will Or.
able The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal,o
compete IA the supply Of Coal TO ,ls
Atlantic Seatoard. with all the other
channels Of communication already
opened or likely To be so.
A survey IS now making, by order
OF the Chancellor Of the State Of Mary
land. TO supply him with the material.
winch he requires tn enable him 10
come to . final decision between ,h.
conflicting claims as far as The one hun.
drcd miles required by tie Charter #
the Chesapeake and Uhiu Canal Com.
pany, to be completed within five wears
ffom the commencement of their work,
or "a lar at least n the feeder AZ Uar.
pers- Ferry required TO render the mart
oi the canal about % mile. above sen
eca, now nearly finished. useful TO the
public, and sourSe Of Revenue TO TIC
Canal Company.
! THIS obstacle, doubt not. will be.
III good time, oserC ONE. a Others have
been. II has been sufficiently veAa.
tious, but cannot lac permanent. uIr
canal "'H go on, and l am confident ~
the belief that its utility and produc-
'i.eness "iii. in the qusntity aud value
oi the articles which IL viii bring INTO
market. and create market Tor Us ~
the facility Of motion. said TO amour, to
biiy.e'sit per centum, which Is gained
by the liberal construction in TIL. ca
nal over canals generally
We have been requested 90 state.
lhat laborcrs are IN great demand On
he line of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal. One thousand or more could
readily fad employment; wages o.,
a. high as Sl4 ni0nih, besides bosri.
The work progresses with astenish-
linS rapidtty, considering the dilicul-