Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-06-15

As var as practlcauies from TIE canal, con Ssta,u
with two conditions; that ITS curvature sh,I1
have radius, ANY where, Of less than four Lund. IVY
feet. except at two.points; nor its eIsv,,;na 'u
inclination, any where, exceeding thirty foo, ~
the mile; with both Of which limitations !, Wv 10
we'll known to the undersigned, from hav;as y"
viously studied the ground, that thew could pc y.
diIy comply. ga
One of the chief dangers to which the ,,,.,.
exposed. from the juxtaposition Of II. r,;l,a.. y
this act effectuaIly precludes, BY reon;,;u" ~
whenever the Railroad Company shall introd" a.
locomotive engines on their road, they shall su,s
against the danger Of frightening the horse. a
gagged upon the opposite tow path, in trarl; su'
the canal boats, by the erection and pre.s,~.s
ton, at all times. of close fence or h;nd -
tween the canal and road. ' N'
Materials are secured, and facilities nrov;a.,
also. for the repair of the canal, not onlv h, ~,
| substitution and conveyance to the Canal Tom
pany, Of other ground, for that to be occnn;'I
by the road, but the road itself, free of tall
the cars of the Rail Road Company, from, ", ~,
dearest depot. at reasonable cost, for their ne,
are offered Tor the transportation Of those mai.
rails.
Instead Of delaying the navigation Of tho =,
nal, for the construction Of the road, the act .,
presslv requires that three feet water be kern !,
it for De public benefit.
The private agreement of the two comp,D.,
while il dispenses with the subscription. consm'
plated by the act, for supposed equivalent. and
modifes some Of the preceding condition, d,
the benefit Of both parties, neither surrenders
nor impairs the value OF any one provision Of Tho
act essential to the security of the canal. In ,bs
execution Of the terms Of compromise the under.
signed have already bargained with the contract.
ors, that, 10 the graduation Of the part Of The
road which the Canal Company have undertaken,
no distractions shall be encountered by any boa,
but at the cost Of the contractor, who IS, mor,.
over, required to provide, BY powerful engine
to be kept always 10 readiness for use, the means
of removing any stone which may be accidental.
~ thrown into the boat channel, while BLASTING
the adjacent rock.
If the apprehension Of an injurious rival,hp
in the transportation Of commodities between The
canal and road, from Harper's Ferry, rather than
from the Point OF Rocks, remains after this view
of the compromise just effected, it should be re.
membered, that, after cOnceding to the Railroad
Stockholders, "a passage across the canal and ri.
yer. at the latter of those points, there remained
to the Railroad Company, the power to reach the
same point, at an enhanced cost, injurious IN.
doubtedly to them, but, from whence, no bench.
could possibly result to the canal.
Urged by the deliberate and unequivocal wish,
es of State, one Of the liberal parties to then
charter, and the immediate and sole protector |
of their various works, to compromise with ri |
val, whose hostility was about to give place tOi |
sense of common interest, and whose agents gave F
them pledge Of future cooperation, in stpul,,
ing, as condition of the compromise proposed
to suspend their own progress, along the shore
the Potomac lett open to them, until the cana
shall have reached the western term Of its east
ern section, a distance of 1856 miles, the under
signed Yielded to the spirit Of Cancellation, whi.
seemed to them due to the parties who invited
it's exercise, and to the occasion presented b!
the act of the General Assembly Of Maryland
1t was with unfeigned qualification that the!
found their course approved by the voice Of 70
large majority Of the stockholders, at thelrlia
general meeting The assurances which 'he'
have since received from other parts Of Mary
land, as well as from the citizens OF Baltimore
that the most friendly feelings towards their en-
terprise have succeeded TO those which long
protracted controversy had embttered, have luI
Their tended to confirm the opinion that the Cana
Company, whatever may be the value Of "''I
thew have conceded, have made no sacrhce a
interest that will not be amply reqa'ted, IN nc
future progress Of their yet laborOus enterprise
When the canal shall have been completed"
the undersigned now confidently trusts II s'l "
without further embarrassment. while the fap
road car is seen pursuing its rapid course 70 W.
south, and the canal boats steadily urging w'n
course to the west, the line Of but twelve "Na
for which these great works are brought N -: ~.
tact. by the late compromise, will dwlnde lNa
a point, not Of collision between emollte'ea
walls, but of union between generous TRENDS Sc.
ing, by different means, common ooe''-
public good.
In closing this unusually protracted lep?,t, ,'
is due to the stockholders TO explain way n%
recommended no dividend OF the tolls 0''"''"
derived from the canal. ~,
Although the efforts before made nave ~ s'a,
persevered in, to bring to conclusion .n' o Dr..
instituted by certain creditors OF the a'e rSS
mac Company, who have not offered 20 'uo'" ~.
their claims to the stock Of the canal tno'e =.
yet aAait their turn for adjudication on 'ne -,
ct Of the Supreme Court, by whose dec's'I
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