Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-03-04

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most judicious'y applied both regards the revenue
TO the State, and the advantages TO be derived to
citizens generally.
ANNApoLIs, Jan. 10, 1881.
Gentlemen--I enclose you copy of On order re
ierred 10 the Committee on Internal Improvement
and request you will furnish such information upon
the subec, matter you may deem important to the
COMMITTEE to enable them to make correct report
thereon,
Respectfully,
Your obedient sert,
ARCHIBALD LEE, Chairman
Com. on Int Imp't.
Office IF The Baltimore 6 Ohio Rail Road Co.
eth JANUARY, 1881.
In compliance with your rcqsest under date of the
18th instant, aud in obedience to an order of the
House OF Delegates passed the 18th. requiring
"the Committee Internal improvements to inquire
INTO ond report the relative expense benefits and
facilities of constructing Rail Roads and Canals
with view OF aseertaining, to which of those means
the funds of the State can be most bsnefciay nppi-
Cd, now enclose communication, illustrative of
these several SUBJECTS from the Chief Engineer of
the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company
am, &c. &c.
P. E. THOMAS, President.
Engineer Office Of the Bat. s. Ohio Rail Road,
JANUARY cath, 1861. :
10 Philip E. Thomas, President, Sc:
In accordance with thy request, submit the fol
lowing observations in regard to the compar al i've
merits of Canals and Rail WAYS so far as relates to
their expense, facilities of construction aud benefits
to the State of Maryland in point of revenue as well
as OF general advantages TO the citizens
First. Compdrdttuc erpenSe.-As Canal and 2
Kali Road cannot both be constructed between any
two points on the identical route the evidence
by which we are TO judge of their comparative ex-
Eense on given line must conse Quently be- that of
an estimate for each: or by approximate conclu-
sion drawn from analogy l know of but one route
Oh which careful estimates have been made at the
same time both for Canal and for a Rail Road
q mo LODI ,ID ID
yer to the point of Rocks to IIarpers Ferry or az
least 50 much OF that route as was included IN the
passes.
These estimates were made by N. S. Roberts and
,nyseH as commissioners appointed by the Chancel
Iof OF Maryland, to examine and surYey the ground
With a view to the location of the ChesapeaS- aud
OHIO Canal and the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road
along that line
In the first place route run for the Canal and
an estimate for it, without any regard to the Rail
Road In the next place, O route was run and estI-
mated Tor the graduation and masonry of the Rail
toad' with view to three sets of tracks through
Canal ~ ~
From these estimates, therefore, adding to the
estimates Tor the Ra'l Road, average price for
The laying Of three tracks Of Rail Way on the grad
uated surface SO TO be prepared arrive at results
winch will give the comparative probable expense Of
both the Canal and Rail Road
The Canal was assumed to be of such dimensions
That With depth OF water of feet its cross sec
ton should contain area of 300 square feet tn,
breadth Of the graduation for The Rail Road was to
be thirty feet
Estimates for the Canal.
lower FONT OF Rocks, length 3028 Feet Gust S45 7s6
Upper Point of Rocks, do RI33 do do "a3'I23
Mlier5 Narrows, DO 3O52 do do 3U028
iiarPcrs Ferry NaTrows, do 1896 do do 28'IOs
Ada 16 0,% o33d Sl27,oi9j
|AAu ~ p ot ''@ super &C. 1902
Amounting to GOO 10,
Equal to 679,o36 per mile.
Bxfizuate for he Rail Road
Lower Point of Rocks length 3427 feet cost $40 4-s
Upper Point of Rocks, do 3lO7 do do o7I6I
II I.ie HoIlo"s' 40 $500 do do 1879
F e''y "''o"s'uo IAOO DO DO $3.50
A,la , 0'Ii l!l34 S44,654
Az P.i ~, ~! SuPe1Ih. &C. 1896
Of l34 feet, $1,000 per mile, per track
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