Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-04-14
TEE. GAZETTE:
.1PRIL II. 1891.

The Ci,esapeGsc and O..s Canal We
have great pleasure in laying before our rea-
ders the following resolutions, which have
Just now passed both branches Of the Legis-
Iature Of the State of PEENsYLvANTA:
a resolution relative to the Chesapeake and O.
hio Canal.
RESOLVED, by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That
the Senators Of this State in the u. States
Senate, and the Representatives of this State
in Congress, are requested to enGeavaur to
procure the passage Of a law authorizing the
subscription Of million of dollars on the
part Of the general government TO the stock
Of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Cempa-
ny TO be expended on the western section.
.ind BE- 1t further resolUsd, That the Gov
erner be requested to transmit copy of the
foregoing resolution TO each oil our Senators
and Representatives in Congress.
This step on the part Of the State of Penn
.vlvania is auspieious to the fulfilee Mt Of the
most sapguine expectations Of an early COM
nlet;op Of the whole line Of the Canal from
The waters Of the Ohio to the waters of the
Chesapeake Itcannot be doubted that Con-
gres. will lend a favorable ear 10 request
from so distinguished source as The govern
meut Of Pennsylvania; and we are not with
out hopes Of seeing the Western section OF
q the Canal under contract within twelve
|kmsnts frem this day and date
n The eEagress OF the Eastern section, the
~.s{ier knows, has been embarrassed BY hi
cation, Which 1t is hoped is near It's termina-
lion. After an argument on the contested
D question concerning the passage of the
Point Of Rscks) an order was Rade nv the
worthy Chancellor Of the State OF Maryland,
about a year ago, for a s,aUeg, 10 assist bis
decision. OF this survey about twelve miles
only have been completed at much labor and
cost: and il has become evdent that, besides
being very expensive, it will take three gears
to make the survey. We understand that
the Canal Company propose TO present the
subject, as it BOW ataeds, to tho Chancellor
at the approaching session OF his Court; and,
as both the Rail Road Company aad the Canal
Company dsoIains any want Of or Necessity
for the survey, it Is hoped that the Chancel-
Tor, having before him the survey from the
Point OF Rocks to Harper's Ferry, viii re-
woke the order for further survey, and bring
the case to decision upon its merits usder
existing laws,
The construction Of the Canal will he fin
ished as far as the Point Of Rocks this sea.
son: but the twenty seven miles between Sc
useless until the Chancellor decides this mat
ter and the canal can be extended past the
Point of Rocks to the feeder.
Below the Seneca, twenty one miles OF The
Canal are now 10 use; aud IN q short time
the water will be let into two miles more,
down as lew as Mason's foundry. II is high
tine that our City Canal and Basin were UNI
der wav to meet it. Much valuable time has
been already iost
We have not vet had the pleasure ofpass-
ing along the line of the Canal; but since
eur last we have conversed with very in
teligent citizen Of Georgetown, who has been
up and dswn the Canal twice aimee the ma
vigation opened this season, and be speaks OF
ii 10 terms Of the greatest admlratioa ana
qualification, as well at the grandeur OF the
work as at its already demonstrated utility.
Bv the subioGed paragraph, it will be seen
that the toll on the twenty-one completed
miles has amounted already TO three thou
sand dollars in a single week. and the APP
pearance Of business on the Canal is ANNA
ting and cheering to the friends and steady
supporters of this great and truly national
enterprise.
PERTAINS n fact or two derived from cur in
formant. will serve better than any general
expressions to give oar readers an idea OF
fbe value Of this mode Of transportation, as
regards its saving Of time, lassr, and cost
First then, the flour from Seneca mills was
formerly wagoned to Georgetown, fifteen or
twenty barrels to each wagon load, with four
horses: at this time, with one boat, IN ten or
f,selue hours time, as much produce has been
brought down as it would take wagon and
four horses more than a mont. to briaS down.
Secondly, our informant nlet on the tow path
a single ordinary small horse, having IN tow
three gsndslas, carrying four hundred and
fifty barrels Of -four; asd the horse drew these
boats along ,cith ease. Thirdly, it formerly
cost FIN cents per barrel, at tbs lowest price,
to get flour to Georgetown from Seneca: our
Informant, who is abundantly responsible, IS
willing to contract TO deliver at Georgetown
from Seneca any number of barrels of flour
nofs incudea) for segen cents per barrel
These are simple unaduterated facts; and
they speak for themselves. As the Editor of
the National Gazette said the ether day Of
The Delaware and Chesapeake Canal, so say
we OF our still more important undertaking
Ga ira,-.Nasiosal hatelisencer.
GnoRaErowN, April Q, 1881.
W. obsarved If statad in a late Phlladel-