Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-12-02
CHEsAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL.

At the adjourned meeting of the Stockholders
Of the Chesapeake aud Ohio Canal Company, on
the Goth ult. sufficient number of Stockholders
did not attend for the transaction Of business;
but the President laid upon the table the follow
ing supplementary Report, from the President
aud Directors of the Company and which 1t was
understood might be pubiished.-Nai. Int.
To the S,ocktoflers Of TIE Chesapeake and Ohio
Camel Company.
'Fhe unexpected lapse OF near half year since
the last annual report of the Board, prompts 1t
It does not make IT the duty OF the President
and Directors, to apprze this general meeting,
ihat. in the long interval since its last adjourn
ment, the various works on the canal, not OBJ
structed by season of unusual MI health. have
heen conducted. with all the yigor which the un-
RENTED attention of the engineers and officers
of the company could INSPIRE
Those, below the old locks, are now rapidly
advancing to conclusion. The tide lock con
ne,tinp the Rock Greek basin with the river Po-
tomac, and through that with the Chesapeake
Bay, will have rs masonry completed in a few
DAYS: and the intervenin" sections OF the canal
bef,yeen it and the Little Falls feeder will be H.
nished, il is confidently believed. very early IN
the ensuing year, 50 as to be open for navi cation
as soon as the frost of the approaching winter viii
admit.
Within the last week many boats have passed
through the twenty locks. next above this feeder.
indicatiWs Of instability in the lofty perpendcu-
lar walls of the canal near the Great Falls, and
/ o breaches through that of the 18th section re-
ouired precautions aud repairs, which suspended,
foe a.iime. the use of the portion of the new ca
nal between the Seneca feeder and the Little
Falls: while the difficulty OF access TO the works,
reou,rinr renewed labor, has protracted the ne
cessarv operations upon them.
The failure of a part Of the foundation ut n
small culvert of four feet breadth, OF few yards
oi the tow-path along Bear Island. through which
the late rains have broken into the canal: the
Breaches already mentioned on the 18th section.
and two others ON the 10Th and 4th sections. re-
curing day or two each only, TO repair them.
are all the accidents which have attended the ad-
mission aud continuance Ct the water, Tor se'e-
raj months past la the seventeen miles OF canal,
comprehend;ng many very high embellishments,
twenty locks 8. Is cuiverts, between the feeders
aforementioned The use If the new locks has
clearly developed the important benefit resulting
from the extension OF their lateral culyerts. as
far forward as the middle Of the lock- the addi-
tion of two inlets IN the four usually pro, ided
for the admission OF water from the head into the
chamber of the lock. II is now ascertained that
the greatest detention IN passing from one level
70 smother. thro' any lock, will not exceed mi
mites; that this NAV easily be reduced to two
minutes and half, and 1t Is confidently hoped
10 two minutes only. or one-fourth OF the time
usually allowed for passing lock OF eight feet
lift.
The hazard of bringing into practical use,
with full he AL Ut water. new canal. VI so large
n cross section as 500 feet, has prevented any
attempt to increase the velocity the tonnage Ut
TN. canal boats to their maximum speed or buzz
then with any viyen power OF horses.
Tile very low stage of the water ot the river
Potomac and the occupations OF one harvest,
followed BY the sowing OF gram, preparatory to
another, have prevented any very sensible loss
20 the pubic from the st delay o the use OF the
new works. below Seneca; and the navigation,
thence, down 10 the old locks, may now be con-
sidered Nv permanently opened.
The further prosecution OF the dam at the
head of the Seneca falls, a work which can be
continued only at low water, and which Is now
nearly Completed, indicates its great utiItyy IN
supplyin. for navigation. sheet OF water OF al:
mus, uubroken surface eff more than Twenty-Five
miles, OF to the proximity of the kltoctan noun
tain: calculated. il assisted by Individual euter-
prise. to open water communication. by steam
boats, with the new Canal, Lelow Seneca, and the
rich country abnve. in the vicinity OF Lcesburg,
in Virginia ami Frederick, IN MARYLAND.
After an unlocked tor delay IN cOnstru citing
the large aaueduct across the MonOcacy, it is
naw placed in hands by which. it is believed, it
viii be vigorously and successfully conducted.
This work like all similar works upon the shores
of to- Potomac. below the mountains, encoun-
tiers peculiar difficulties. in the months OF Au-
gust and September, which very mild autumns
like the present. tend to protract.
Except this A9ueduct. exposed also to the
fre,hets Of two rivers, there remains no work |!
above Seneca, which few months labor would
not complete. That at Senaca, consisting of
two locks. and an aqueduct Of three arches. |
across that Creek. at its mouth. will be compile !
ted. very early in the ensuing Spring: and the |
larger Aqueduct of the Manocacy, ii is believed. !
by the following winter.
The prosecution cf the canal above the Point |
of Rocks continues. as before. impeded by the IN
;,,,.,;,n ;ssued by the Chancellor OF MARYLAND,
q, ne instance nj the a!tim,r" and oi" sail .
Road Company. la prosecuting the ea'f's OF