Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-07-06
-THE CHEsApEAKE AID Ohio CANAL.

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| WASHINGTON, June 29.-The execution of this great
National work has progressed with rapditv as aston
ising as 1t is unparalleled in the history OF works OF
his description. short time ONLY has vel elansed
since the necessity existed of rousng public
TO proper appreciation of the Importance of this great
enterprise by essay after essay, and of divert ng the
auohal energy TO its accomplishment by convention af-
'er convention But now, not only have the moral OBJ
saces to IFS progress been removed the root of preiu
dce cradcaed, and the rock of error blown away but
physical Instructions far more difficult than anv ono
can appreciate who has not them have been over
come and under the plastic hand OF man. made subser-
went to the great interests of commercial intercourse
me writer witnessed with great pleasure the operatons
on The Canal few days since At that time the worI,
was IN such state of fowardncss that no doubts were
entertained as TO the practcabliy of admitting the wa
ter into tic whole line Of the Canal from Seneca to the
Little Fails on ths 9TH July. Prudence, however re-
qurcs that its admission s5uld be gradual, and
quoted win cautious ardness 10 eIsre the safety of
me neaVy embankments ii will saturate; and aiticu~h
the Engineers will probably begin TO fill the Canal ON
the 9TH the operation will not be completed for several
weeks.
The distance from Senaca TO Georgetown. is twenty.
TWO miles The principal works on this portion of the
canal are twenty-iour locks of hewn stone large ba
SIN common to Washington and Georgetown said TO CO.
yer eght and fourth of land and 10 embrace one
ana halt miles of shore wharf; five or six stone
bridges in Georgetown eight large culvers and several
smaller Ones two dams built on new plan entirely of
sold masonry, several walls which vary from forty TO
h'y let in height, and upwards of mile of embJnk
nent iorly feet high; the whole finished in STYLE
winch At once reflects credit the work and the 90
mus oil The age in which il has been accompIished-
me "hoc line is now nearly completed from GEORGE
own 10 the Point of Rocks, distance of lortv-four
miles; and but for the legal controversy growing ont
OF inc occupation of that point by the Baltimore and
ONO Rail Road Company, the whole line would have
neeh nished TO llarpers Ferry this season. The first
TWO IN les OF the Canal, above GEORGETOWN are seventh
eet vide at the surface Of the water and seven feet
eeeP' NE next two miles eighty feet wide and six
ect deep. his portion derives its supply of water
rom TIC Potomac, five miles above the town and is so
P'hied mat branch may he conducted 10 Alexandri,
one 70 Baltimore, and TO the Navy YarJ At This
ater place Dry Docks be constructed possessin
advantages any hers in the world The remain
ing distance 70 the Point Of Rocks, the width of The Ca
nal VIII be sixty feet, and its depth six feet
IN Use snort distance Of twenty-five miles now com .
ee Of very nearly SOY hundred and ninetv feet of
lockage are embraced, rather more than onetbrd If
inc ockage from tide water TO Cumberland; so that as
Stunning Tor truth (what is the easel that the cbarac
Yer OF 'e ground over the mining distance is as diff
cu as what has been passed. there will result on the
score OF lockaec alone dimnuiOn Of expense per mile
,n the remaining distance. Of thousand dollars
but me TACT is the Canal has now passed over the most
difficult ground. WV "'0''
such has been the scarcity Of earth in some places
mat became necessary TO construct the towing path Of
wd'l OF solid stone work
ms Canal when completed. will possess the very
important advantage Of being free from distinctions
resulting from the bridges usuolly built over other Ca
pen7c TO their which is pleasing 10 be
nd OF, and polite TO avoid.
| We recommend 10 all persons, whose leisure enables
men, TO visit the work An cntcrprisine contractor
mas now inprOgress handsome Packet Boat. desoued
TO ply regularly the line is opened for navi.
gauon and, as as there bridges 10 pass under
passengers will be able 10 take their on The roof Of