Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-06-15
WEDNESDAY, JUNE Is. 1851.
Report ofthe President and Directors Of the Che'
areake and Ohio Canal Company.
T CONTINUED.


To alter the location is now imprae hcable, out
al a cost wholly incommensurate with It's end:
but the errors, here adverted to- are IN train OF
correction, and will be obvated, 1t Is believed,
elfectually, without any serious inconvenience, or
much additional expense.
Those upon the 10th subdivision have alreauy
heen corrected at the cost stated IN the table; the
residue occur chiefly, fnot solely, IN, aud lmme.
.liately above Georgetown, upon two LOCKS, ana
q culyert seryin. as a viaduct. One OF the wings,
ne,r the Footin~ of each of the former, and the
rno stone of the arches Of the latter, are here re-
rerr,d to: the latter should have been OF granite
and the former more efectually secured, as they
will be very speedily.
There can be no question, but that the part OF
the canal already completed, exceeds IN d'ihculty
aud will be found to have surpassed IN cost THAT
mart of the Eastern section which remains 10 De
executed; and, consequently, that no authority
can be deduced from experience, against that es'-
mate of the cost Of this section, which waspresen-
ed to the stockholders by the last ANNUAL report
of the Board Of Directors.
Between Harper's Ferry and the Basin OF Wash
ington and Georgetown, thirty-one OF the p lift
lacks of this section occur; that 24S ieet OF the
an.ire elevation, from the tide to Cumberland,
will have been sarmounted IN the hrst 90 miles
Of the 1856 which constitute the entire eastern
section: making, if this proportion be examined,
a difference Of more than $4,000 per mile, Tor
iockage ouly. in favor of the part OF the canal a
boye the Shenandoah.
Tn the sinrle material ofhydraulic lime, re1uir-
ed for every species of masonry exposed to the
action of water, and absolutely necessary IN the
construction of durable locks Of stone, not less
than the farther saving of $500 will be effected
on the cost of each lock, by the reduced price OF
transportation.
Stone, if not more abundant. will be found
more conveniently distributed, above the Blue
rneatss ssessssasasN IN. Outward protection walls
ton of those on l2th, 18th. and 18th sections Dr.
the work already completed. Much narrow dams
across the river, as noticed in the former report,
will be necessary TO fill the feeders at and above
Harper's Ferry. Above all, setting down at moth.
ing, the gain of experience, the general health of
the valley OF the Potomac, and the abundant sup
ply OF provisions and accommodation, which that
circumstance as well as the superior fertility of
the country, promises to the laborer above the
Point of Rocks will reduce the price Of every spe.
cies of work after passing that point
1.-THE Company shall be permitted by the Courts
oi Maryland TO conduct their canal along her
shore. the ground often SURVEYED for its use.
no aqucduct like that Ut seven arches Of fifty feet
span, across the Monocacy, will occur to swell |
the masonry To be constructed above that river |
All the aqueducts and cnlverts of the 40 miles |
above a vii probably not exceed, in cost those
81 the al Gh.es below he Monocacy.
Twenty-Five thousand dollars nile is. there
fore, considered an ample estimate Of the part of
the eastern section, IN length leo miles above
siarper's Ferry This part ct the canal will.
therefore. require for its construction Ss,i5OOOO
which added to the cost OF that between Harper's
Ferry and Georgetown, will produce very near
the former estimate OF 81, 900, 900. leaving, as
that estimate did, the works in that town, to be
paid Tor by the peculiar uses OF which they are
susceptible, in the manner heretofore proposed
To provide for the sale of the mole constructed
1t the surplus earth OF the Georgetown excavation
md Of such surplus waler as may be drawn to {
he canal, BY the dam across the river, at the head
1t the Little Falls, application was rene we'd last
Winter, TO the Legislature of Maryland, and to e
he Congress of the United States, for their
the recent act of Virginia. granting all that the
Iompany had authorized the Board to ask. and il
o the former act of Pennsylvania, anticipating |
nd providing for their wants.
The pressure Of public affairs of general ma. is
ure, In Congress, and OF other matters prior in v
ne order OF business. cOncurred, with the local
pposinon IN the Committee to which the bill of
ne prior session had been re-Comntted, to delay I,
II the end Of the session any hnal decision upon :,
The views taken of the Virginia act, and of the b,
memorial Of the Company, by the General Assem- p
y of Maryland, will be seen in an accompany U
g document, upon which the Board forbear to n,
axe any comment. w
Time. which allows the passion to cool, and 7
YES To knowledge fair scope for actions the best
rreetve ct popular errors, which are often con- DIR
med, and exasperated BY vigorous resistance. TIL
Ii IS not possible that the people of MARYLAND co
II long hazard transfer to the shores OF vir- u
Ma. or every manufacturing village. to which rim
tcious OF the surplus water of the Potomac ins
ght give rise; or that both states will permit a
lrce Of common Improvement, so fruitful of Jul
3D. to remain Improbable to either bank OF the nut
tomac. the
As to the sale Of the mole in Georgetown it was lug
g'naly announced IN the first annual report of clO