Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-06-14

Nm. Gibbes McNsill; in reply to whose
zap" 81 the same date, the orders, which will
lsltel' n the annexed correspondence, were i'm
go issued to the engineers who have
n S',ss Of the Compauy's works.
tNns ,s.uup,ion can be more erroneous, than
W. mar. Of the funds Of the Company have
in', -; ;nnuroyideutIy applied by those who have
eeu ire affairs. II is not known, nor believ.
dIs -, single individual has been enriched BY
e. aastructon Of any part Of its works, or has
lived nore than moderate and reasonable,
E'ans,,ion. The works above the head
' S4P',Der's Ferry falls, S7a niles in extent,
-. rt for 100000 less than the prior estimate
s S,ss same engineers. to whose tables, this re-
~ !" ,sfers. for the measure of their actual and
phi cost, founded on existing contracts
X. "A miles, already in part executed descend.
=" FAR as the Point of Rocks, will be Perceiv.
IT, have cost something, though not much.
% ina their prior estimate; result ascrlba-
-. % The expenditure Of S24, 500, for supplying
oaab,e highway. in lieu Of that supplauted by
~ canal. and to the necessity Of transporting
.., of the s;one,~ fur its masonry, from great
RE.,,ncs. al a very heavy charge for its carriage.
a. sections of this work will have actually cost
80 han the estimates on which the contracts
nor construction were founded; and the
,o,L Of the more difficult passes considerably
=. than the prior estimates OF the civil engi.
.s,.. Messrs. Roberts aud Knight. acting as
..~m;s,ioners of the Chancellor OF Maryla -
r. well the cost Of the entire canal, or sustain a
l,,rus of waste and extravaganza against those
.boLaye conducted Is operation, by referring
lathe expense attendant on that part OF il below
=. ha lnrf ~ 70 m
With truth as unjust in itself, since the President
and directors aere, driven to that measure, a.
o,in. their Judgment, BY the voice OF the Stock
ladders, in general meeting convened Tor that
.,ore,s nurpOse The breadth Of this extension
n,s prescribed bv an act of Congress, as far
ao,n as the market house in Georgetown, for
Ne beneht Of Maryland; and the Rock Creek
h,sin and locks. which connect long line OF ca
nal Nth the haIbor in which it terminates, is
moreover charseable, not upon part, but on
the whole line Of navigation. The objection OF
te President and Directors to this measure, ur.
s,d as it was, till it threatened the dissolution oil
Me Company, applied rather 10 the time than to
the ultimate utility or mode of the proposed ex.
tension.
DedOctns for the works below the head oil
6le water, the origin Of which is here correctly
gwen, six miles, aud their appropriate cost, there
sill be found to remain 100 miles Of canal, 5 OF
os.path, beneath stupendous cllif OF rocks,
and II mites Of slack water navigation %hlch
have been completed at the expense OF less than
$4,000 mile for the canal. That great part
Of this cost is ascrlbable TO the appalling diiil-
ruies, the heavy walls, and lockage encounter
ed in passing from the tide through the granite
ridge which terminates ia the 10 miles above the
head Of tide water, comprehending tall OF lSO
feet, will be seen in the following results. deriv-
ed ION reference to the reports'of the Compa-
nv. That the ~ miles above the Harper's Fer
RI falls, added to the three miles Of row-path un-
DEE Galloway's cliff, will have cost, when COM
psted, at their present contract price, inclusive
Of the extra locks at Shepherdstown and Oppec-
con, designed to comply with the conditions oi
tie Virsinia subscription, less than million OF
dollars, including the expense Of land purchases
aud COMBINATIONS, though excluding all contin'
gent expenses, being, il every expense be com
pretended, with the cost OF construction, less
than So, 600 mile for the AZ miles.
CONCLUDED IN OUR NEXT