Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-05-20
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT.

more and Ohio railroad, will be ready for : ~ H.
pfesen' month; but, for some weeks, will be chiefly oc-
c"pieu lor the conveyance OF materials to the workmen
employed. The scenery OH this division il bi,bIv snoI,
en- OF Tor ITS beauty, the route being in the valley of the
The city of Frederick is soon TO profit bv his railroad
ana become the centre of a great interior tr,Is Ia,
ScFStcun, further west, begins TO feel the influence of
internal Improvement, and the rich and beautiful coun-
W OIL washington Is in a state Of high prosperity. This
county and its %neighbor, the great county ui Fre,Ierick
are among the haPpiest seats for a full endowment of tho
dement's oil the american System" which the noun
ram county, Allegheny, will also feel. Her now faint
iy-wofk'd mines OF iron and coal, and her forest, tina,
perish without profit TO their owners, will speedilv he
Wilma ~ hours OF the market at Baltimore, whittier her
bushcli
The albany .arsus of April 16 says-Thc water has
NOT yot been let into the Erie canal between this
cry from Schenectady; but the navigation is uninter-
rnpted from the latter place westw ards. The packet
pot commences her r gu'ar trips this day, we under
stand, between Utica aud Schenectady.
The "~Rethany, Wayne county, Penn Eno,irer - of
hpti Z, stated that the Delaware and Hudson canal will
De ready Tor navigation on the 10Th last. The rail-roaJ
Is in opera'i ion.
" These canals have been closed nearly fire months
SINCE the lst OF May, 1880. Travelling on the Baltimore
anu ONO Railroad, was stopped only one day, in the
Lake Erie was closed with ice on the 4,h inst. The
great ONO canal, then, except for transportations south.
OF OH It's southern sections, will annually be of little use
ayt " v hlohhs' IL the winters are severe-in-
ciuulng The casualties to which such works are liable:
out arucies on The Ohio river, adjacent 10 the rail road.
when made, will always be within three DAYS travel of
baltimore.
The Baltimore and Susquehannah rail road is nro.
ceeding with spirit, on its first division passing up the
valley oil Jones' Falls, which abounds with romantic
ana beautiful views OF lofty hills and highly improved
factories. '"'
a grand experiment was 10 be made at Liverpool to
transport one thousand bales of New Orleans cotton IN
Manchester at once, by The locomotives SAMPSON and
oohah. IL would not be Uery strange-if ships from
orleans, taking their land tacks on board" should un-
al Af The are hnnaa N como sf.l
mes In Hdnchester-and returning, be plunged again
into the water, TO carry to Orleans a cargo Of M Manchester
SooIs! but the present rail way, perhaps, though power
ior the operation is at command, may not DO fitted for
such transport OF ships,
Tina, part of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal which is
finished Is In iul operation. and much flour and other
commodities are descending. Excursions TO the e.Great
faI's' are spoken of as delightful, and the pleasure-boats
are handsomely fitted.
y meeting OF the Lexington and Ohio railroad COM
psny was held at Lexington on the 10th ut. Herv
clay, Esq in the chair. The meeting was large. mn.
wards OF 10000 dollars of the stock beino renresented
Several gentlemen addressed the company. and. in the
course OF his remarks on the occasion, Mr.. CLAW. SCAN
diily acknowledged, that the doubts and mi.giyings
which he once entertained, had been removed bv Tie
favorable exposition OF the prospects of the company,
anu the zeal manifested in favor of the work. In his
absence, bis friends had subscribed for him a larger
sum TO the stock OF the company, than he thought he
could conveniently spare; but he had become satisfied
'hat me experiment ought TO BIO made, and that the be-
nehis likely TO result from the completion of the road
had not been exaggerated. lie now tn .ught that a sum
NVbiu Dc OUtdlNeu, ana he had determined IN
stand by his friends, and ratify what they had pledged
his name for during his ABSENCE"
The trustees of the town CT Lexington subscribed
$4,000 to the sock of the company.
1t was ordered that this important, work should be
Immediately commenced.
The rail road from New Orleans to lake Pontcbartrain
was opened, with much pleasing ceremony, on the 23rd
over it. e
The Chambfy canal il about 10 be m~de ln New.
York. 1t is TO be about IL miles! long, and is dss,snsd
IL mski a navigation from 81. Johns 20 Cbanbly. along
tbs margin OF he river s rel, or outlet o. lake Cham,
Pile. The completion II ths canal sill make a con-
htu1us uafigatioh, by canal aGd steamboats,, from we.
Yoik 10 Qie6ee,s dIs'snce Of more tLau five hundred
miles.
The Alexandria Gazette bms the following commu.
MICA ion, addressed to lie editor
Permit mo to cal your attention, a. q friend to inter.
nj improvement, as vel a. your subscribers genarAlly,
to a small wofk just pub ished ia London, by William
Foifbar, engineer, detailing some in poTtini and inter-
asting exp'rinaCt' on cana-nagigaio1, made but a few
moo he ago. TIL following are amoog the best ascer.
timed. trd mast prominent facts which resulted iron
those e~xptfimeDif:
LIST. That with long and nafrav lo,ts ofIeh, drausbt
and not e%xceedirg 90 c"t. a velocity of al least ii miles
rer hour IL a~it,inabis Oh canals, Without. iojury TO tho
banks from The agitation of The w,ier.
2aj. Thai although geasrslly tho force of traction
re quired, lie ieis on deep AID wIds canals, yet that tho1e
Of smaller dimcnsions are quite a, well adapted for this
rapid ttansr; a velocity Of from 10 mills, ~ iuciee
much g-raier surge in In, wide canals.
3rd, BY The inlendei Introduction OF siaam a, a nov
ing power, il Is scff!eLty anticipated hat passenger
VIII hs Uanfportsd Win much creator %T8pidity, and
goods mors rsRuflatiy, ard al a cost a. leaIi one. lhird
less. thsn by the present mode OF towing with horpes
The friends Of eanlls owe much 10 tho rival genius
OF The admirers OF railroads, for thus awaking them
from the sleep fhaIf a century, 10 A sight OF adyansa.
ges in their reach, " hith may rsSiors The balsncs now
last frePonderstiDg iowsrdS Tsil-rosds. May i, not be
hoped that our ingenious eOunifymsn, will not be
slow In appropriating 10 their own uss the science end
experiences OF Earopei or Eaihsr, should we not az pssI
10 Sos Americans leading the way in avery thing thnt
tends 10 promote tho ART Of navigation.
The first boat. for the season on tho canal, arrived At
Buffalo. April 81.
Baltimore and Ohio rail road. One OF IN, editors
cf Poulson's PHILADELPHIA Advertiser, having recently
paid a visii 10 this city and 10 The TsIl-rosd, spesks Of
our great enterprise 10 Tho following tsrms:-
The untiflng Zesl and industry exhibited by tho al.
rseiofs OF this company, through a series of appalling
and almost insupcrablo difficulties, should BIO recordsd
az an example truly worthy Of imitation, 90 il il Of all
praise. The feasibility OF ihe s6lire compilation Of this
great work, by many deemed visionary, by some i'm
practicable, i, at this tins demonnrable, from the ae-
lual succeSS achieved upon the most expensive portion
OF the route; forty miles Of which will shortly DO COM
pleisc, and in iull operation, with locomotive engines
OF The most approved constr ucion. In relation 10 his
undertaking, tho citizens Of Baltimore, are no less en-.
titled to ibe need 81 applause, bayirg sustsined ths
eompaoy 10 their afduCuG LAHORE, with a consiancy that
has thus lar FrOdBsed tha hAppesi results, aud is an am.
pie guarantee TO the successful termination OF this un-
p.rsIieleJ aud magnificent road.
Temperance. Tbo contrasts DOW ole ed for the ara.
ling Of the Baltimore and Ohio raj. road, include sb-
line.
Line 9 communication to the ohio canal. We have
he pleasure TO STATE, hot t. 10 fscertaiGel by the sur
vey jna complicated by J Thompson, T. q. civil co.
giue'r, thst a railroad from The Ohio river opposite
this town to a navigab's point on s il-aa'er, can be 10
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