Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-01-29
REPORT

Made by a Select Committee oftis House Of De.
rates Of Iirgiaio, an relation, 10 the thesa
peake and Ohio Canal Company,
The select committee tn whom VAS referred
the memorial of the Chesapeake and Ohio ca
nal company, have, according to order. had the
same under consideration, and submit the follow.
ing report and bill in relation thereto:
The memorial Of the Chesapeake and OHIO ca
nal company, With its accompanying exhibits aud
documents, SD fully disclose the actual condi.
ton and future prospects Of that great work, as
To leave To the committee little to supply.
1t appears that the company were Incorporated
by an act Of the general assembly of Virginia,
bearing ,late the 27th Of January, 1924. rha,
this act required to its validity the concurrent
assent Of the States of PenIsyl wanna and Mary
land, and Of the congress of the United States,
the exclusive legislature Of the District of Co
lumbia, through part of which the canal was
10 pass, and in the centre Of which It was ex.
pected to terminate.
The assent Of two only Of those states was
made essential to the prosecution Of the canal as
far as the Pennsy lvanla line.
The legislature Of Maryland accorded their
appreciation of this act at ther December session
of lS24-consress. BY act approved the third
day o. March. 1925, and Pennsylvania, BY an
act, entitled ian act Incorporating the Chesa
peake and Ohio canal company" which passed
the 9th Of February. 1896.
The company was Incorporated, by snbscrip
ton of one fourth Of its capital Of 5000 900, 10
October. 1927; and organized, by the election
of its officers, IN June, 1923. The charter re-
quires 100 miles Of the canal to be completed in
five years from its commencement; and the en-.
tire eastern section IN twelve.
The first contracts were made for the con.
& tho al in A
work was commenced in thu ensuing month Of
October; so, that the five wears, allowed for the
completion of 100 miles of canal. will expire
some time in the month OF October, 1855 But
prior TO the commencement Of the canal. an IN
junction to STAY its progress. beyond pGinl, IF
" miles aOove the mouth OF the T,ber, its east
ern termination, was sued out of the court IF
chaucery IF Maryland, by the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad COMPANY; a company inc orpGrated
by an act of the legislature of MARYLAND, which
passed the 18th vi February, 1927 This in
junction, after two Intellectual efforts made BY
the canal company, to dissolve it. bv argument
before the chancellor Of Maryland. was perpetu-
ated by his decree, IN the month of October,
1851; which decree was overruled by the iual
judgment of the court OF appeals Of Maryland, on
the 5th day of January, 1889, recognizing and
confirming the prior right of the Chesapeake and
OhiO Sduai S""PouN W tNC StOuHu w uisputt.
In the months OF February and March, 1889,
after public notice. the canal company extended
their contracts for the prosec uton of their work,
Ii miles above the Point of Rocks; and, in the
succeeding months Of June aud August, they
added So miles more TO the 64a already piac ed
under contract. making in all, with the work
completed below, and the extension from the
Rock creek basin, to that OF the Tyber, lo2 miles
Of canal.
BY ,hs,terms of these contracts, the 64a miles,
next above the Tyber creek basin. were to be
brought into use by the Isl Of December last, but
IN consequence of the prevalence Of the Cholera,
during part Of the last autumn, the completion
Of these o4l miles, will be delayed till the l.t Of
May next The remainder of the l02 miles, are,
BY contract, to be completed by the LIST of Sep.
TENDER next; or within FIVE wears from the com
mencsment OF the canal without any allowance
being claimed for the 81 wears, consumed bv the
injunction, which stayed the progress Of the CON-