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BALTIMORE AND ONO pA,L ROAD.

Yesterday May " Mr.. Knight,
Chief Engineer, in company with su,ns
ot his Ass,stants, made an excursion o,,
the track Of the Rail Way just com.
pletesi, from the depot st Pratt.strret.
tn Eliicott's Mills. in one of the Wi.
nan. Care, with the in,prored eonieaf
uheefs, invented by Mr.. Knight.
The principal object Of tn. trip vas
To test tho levels and width Of the
track. and the action Of the new form
of wheels upon the straight lines and
curves, respectively aud, comparative
~. preparatory to the road. being
opened for travel. The experiment,
has proved satisfactory in the highest
degree, both to the inventor of the ian.
provement in the cone 81 the Wheels,
and TO number Of gentlemen who wit
messed the pcrformonce-amonc whom
was the Hon. Judge DonsEY, Of Elk
Ridge.
Early in March last, a proposition
was made by the President Of the Rail
Road Company to the President of the
Canal Company, that the Engineers Of
the two Companies should be directed
to ascertain. by actual survey Of the
difficult passes along the Potomac. whe.
Their II was practicable to end room sui.
hcicnt Tor the construction Of both the
Rail Road and Canal, along the North
ern bank Of the river. This PROPOSE
ton led 10 a correspondence which re
suited in giving the instruction pro.
posed, and the Engineers, with proper
assistants, proceeded to make the sur
vey.
We have DOW the high qualification
to state, that the survey has SO far
progressed. as 10 satisfy the Engineers
that there is no insuperable obstacle to
the construction Of both Improvement.
as lar up the Potomac as Harpers- Fer
ry' anu without any great increase Of
cost to either company. BAIT. Ca-.
We have always view oil the improve
ment OF the Conoc ocheague as a neees-
sary consequence Of those great works
now in progress along the Potomac
The time will arrive land il does not
require the spirit Of prophecy 10 fore
see ~ when the Conococheague will be
made public high,ccy from its source
to its mouth. conveying the products Of
one OF the richest portions Of Pennsyl.
vania into the great channel Of trade
between the East and the West. The
opinion Of practical and we'll Informed
men has long prevailed, that the "a, iii
ties for improving this stream are very
great; or if water commune alton
should unexpectedly be found difficult,
there is scarcely doubt but that be.
tween this and the interior Of our sis
ter State. through the Conoc ocheagur
Valley, one Of the fsirest sites for n
Rall Road is presented, both as it re-
CARDS the direct tendency Of its course.
and the facility Its construc ton, tina,
could well be desired. All these cir.
eumstances conspire to strengthen the
belief that the Conoo ocheayue or its
valley will at some day not very dis.
tant, be made busy avenue Of trade.
and q connexion will be established BE-,
tween this section Of country. and the
adjacent part of Pennsylvania, Of the
most interesting nature. II il be said
that we speak with too much conf
Jence. the reply is, that we are au,ho
rIsed to hold this language by the fines
aud circumstances.
lwilliamspor, Banner.