Litchfield enquirer., 1835-03-26

the a0uigatiOn of fke Connecticut Riucr.
 Mfr. JRUMBULL said that survey had been made of the mouth of Connecticut river, tn reference to the propnsed Improvement. to- gether with an estimate of the necessary ev- pense, from which 1t appeared that the Ob- attractions might Do removed at a cost moi ex- eeedng ffty thousand dollars.
 Several favorable reports of Committees had from time tO time been Gnade upon this subject. and similar appropriation passed both Houses ef Congress at former session, Executive, in consequence of its being com prehended with other appropriations in bill io which he entertained objections.
 ATr. T. said that the Connecticut river was navigable for sea vessels about sixty miles, and for bOats about three hnndred-passing through two States. and forming the entire boundary line between two Others that large sums Of money had been already expended by incorporated companies in valuable i'm prOvements upon this river. That great quantity of goods and produce was annually transported over land, the natural course of which seemed to be upon the river. That in addition to the ordinary navigation upon the river. there was, during the summer months, daily line of strambOats between New York and HartfHrd, whose progress was nut unfre- qdently interrupted. and the passengers delay ed at the mouth of this river.
 He further stated it, as the opinion of engi neers and other competent men, that by re- moving the bar at the mouth of the Conncc- ticnt, ,a capacious harbor would he formed. within which might safely ride 1000 vessels situated ahOu: equi-distant between New-Ha- ven and New London, and adding greatly to the convenience and security of all vessels passing through Long Island Sound.
 He said the Connecticut river valley con- tained nearly 100000 of industrious enter prising citizens, whose indefatigable exertions in the various employments of life would am ply compensate the Government for any fa- the appropriation of Sl l5O. .OO0, granted at the last Congress to remove similar obstruction @in the Hudson river. l5O miles above it's mouth. He claimed that if the contempla- ted improvement was viewed with reference to lnterna! trade; the convenience and safety of our coast navigation the comparatively small expenditnre of money; or the number Ot individuals tO be accommodated, it would be found an object peculiarly demanding the favor Of COngfess-and that there could be nO objection to the manner proposed for the accomplishment of this object, that did not equally exist tO the amendment in the same bill. whereby $15O,OOO had already been ap- - PsaPsiated fOs the Improvements oe'she Ohio river.
 Mr. JACKSON, of Conn.,, remarked that the parties on the great question of internal i'm. provement were SD strongly discriminated in that House, as we'll as in the nation, that while he had no right to expect aii or favor from the enemies of the system, he certainly had the strongest claims upon its friends to afford their countenance and support to the amend ment offered by his colleague. It was time that the point should be understood and set- ai~A h...sr Ear fha GiAnsl. i'm ,ara,x
 n'ent in that House might depend upon each other for mutual supp0rt. The Connecticut delegation had unifnrmly sustained the cause In both branches of the Legislature, and had cheerfully and disinterestedly voted appropri- atIons of public ,noney for meriturio0s objects oi this nature in all parts of our common coun. ary. That State had, however, thus far, shar- ca very little in the benefits of the system, and if the reasonable claim which they now preterred,. were not worthy of the favorable consideration of Congress, they could scarce y hope ever to entitle themselves to it, by a. ny which they could present hereafter. This application was not new tO the House, it had received the favorable notice Ofthe Commit lee on Cosnmerce. who had provided for it in "'Ossss soUsSWWW vU suc tdUtcs upon WnlCn a .. ny action of the House was at this late period of the session very uncertain. Nor could it he regarded as strictly new and original work. as upon the surveys which had been actually made and submitted to Congress, a bii had heretofore passed both HOuses, an. propr'atlng the sum now asked, which was rejected by the Executive not on account of me demerits of this particular proyision, but because the bill happened 10 embrace other and very different objects which the President deemed exceptionable.
 tt'was well known, Mr. J. said, that an ac- tive and extensive commerce was carried on upon the Connecticut river, flowing as it did through m extensive. cultivated, and thickly peopIed country; aud he would add, that ve- " large expenditures of money had been made by the private enterprise of company incorporated for the improvement 0f it's nayi- Sation; all of which were frequently render ca fruitless by the obstructions at it's mouth, vessels being very often detained from putting 10 sea by the shallowness of the water on the bar, which formed a serious obstacle to the successful prosecution of foreign trade. It was true that C0nneeticut could not vic with some Of the great and fertile States of the West, or present tO this House such magnificent pic. tures 0f the rich frieght which was carried uOwn ts waters, but it would he nerceiyed that they regulated their claims accordingly: and, while other States received from the Treasury vast appropriations for iniernal i'm provements, Connecticut had limited her de.