Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-07-21

The Improvement in the process ofmanufacturc with
in few years past has not been less striking than the
Increased produc'ica. Five years ago. fs furnaces
nce mere ta1n from - to 100 bushels of salt per day
Since tattmc, Improvements have been Introduced in
the construction of furnaces, which enable them TO
make, with but little additional expense from 100 to
200 bushels per day. Coal formerly supplied by
large teams of horses and cattle which drew the coal up
on ordinary roads Now, most of the furnaces have
railroads attached To them, hy means of which, single
horse, or mule is able supply the coal necessary
Furnace. Some Of these rail roads are more than two
mics IN length The water formerly drawn 10y animal
power, is now mostly drawn by steam. BY these i'm
provemen,s fuel and water supplied at reduced
price to the manufactures, regards the cost and
nance oil animal power.
Further improvements, no doubt will in time, be in
trodnccd tending not only TO increase the quantty but
quality OF our sOlt.--Caarieston Bannec.
ERIE CASAL--In consequence of the great increase
Of business upon the Erie Canal, the Legislature of n
York, at their last session, passed act directing the
lanai Commissioners to commence the construction of
double set of lift locks the opinion of the
Canal Board the public interest should require and
enlargement of the Canal itself the dimensions of the
canal and locks TO be determined by the Board On the
tll ult the Canal Board conveneda at the Comprolers
office in the city of Albany and adopted several resou-
tons among which is resolution that the public inter
est docs require the construction of double set of lift
locks and the enlargement of the Canal rcsoy-
cd TO commence the construction of the locks immediate
~, and the enlargement of the Canal as soon as
sufficient shall have been collected from the Canal
revenue, to discharge the Erie and Champlan Canal
debt--that the width of the Canal shall be general
sixty feet the surface of the water giving depth of
OF eet Several other resolutions
ed for the purpose of facilitating the work The Board
adjourned TO hear the report of the until the
2oth OF October next. The time required for the
pecn OF the locks from Albany TO Syracuse estimated
at three years-and six years to complete the Canal
The enlargement it is supposed will be commenced in
about one year BY this arrangement the width of the
Canal will lie increased twenty feet and it depth two
feet 1t is believed the expense of this great work will
be paid out of the Canal revenues by the year, 1915
which is the time fixed for the redemption of the org
nal Canal debt-iiargord Patriot
The productivcness of Canals through which coal
seeks passage to market is srckingy illustrated in the
following paragraph extracted from Poulsons phadel-
phia Advertiser of Tuesday:
" BY the returns of the Lock Keepers on the Schuyl
Kill Canal tappoars that $4 s}5 81 have been rcccv
cd IN % days, ending the 18th June. When is con-
sdered that the larger portion of this has been de-
rived from the Valley Of the Schuykill extending only
ABOUT loS mics INTO the INTERIOR and draining the
sources OF apart of but coal region, cannot hest
tate in believing that the prospects of the company are
beyond any calculation that has yet been made The re-
naming paitot the season. which has hitherto been the
most productive, must AT least produce $3.50 600 which
with the income for water rent cannot make less than
5000 this year. This amount will be an
last years business of about SIS64S9 and as tho
penscs have not materially increased the must
give at least to the stockholders 20 per cent upon the
capital" F ~
The stock of the SchGylkill Canal Company has been
Tor some time past at an advance of two hundred per
cent and with this prospect in view we should moi be
surprised to see IT go much higher.
If the Schuylk coal region is thus able to render its
Canal SO immensely valuable, think one can en-
tcrtain doubt TO tho productvencss of the Susoc-
hanna Canal, which will constitute the shortest route TO
market for the whole interior trade of the great Susque
hanna Valley as we'll as of western Pennsylvano of,ho
Ohio and of the Lakes. And, superadded to these
countless resources of the regions which will po,r
their full tide into the channels of the Pennsylvania
works, are the buminous and anthracite Goals of the
West aud North Branches of the Susquehanna-ciiher
OF which districts would Justify the construction of
Canal Tor e transportation of IFS valuable products to
market Both of these extensive coal regions however
are situated that their only practicable approach TO
market is through the Susqnehanna Canal The State
Cannls already made TO both regions and the first
spade whchis struck into the earth in the construction of
the outlet Cona will he the signal for extensive MINING
4ne,icaR
The Canals of Pennsylvania, although rcachinr to
greater extent han any similar works in the world are
not yet hnshed-that Is. they not carried out to
scVcra points To which 1t is admitted they ought be
in order to render the stupendous system Of that Stale
perfect, and equally beneficial TO all sections of the
Commonwealth as ii can be. The extension Of Tho
Canal to the town OF Erie, the Lake hns been for
some time past iavoritc in that section of the
State which be directly benefited by Il and wa
observe that the people in that quarter have made il
sine qwa in the coming election for Governor TIN,
Harrisburg Chronicle of Monday in an article on Ibis
SUBJECT makes the following declaration i'm reference TO
the Importance of the Erie extension and of the work
in which Baltimore has direct and large an interest
the Canal from Columbia to the Chesapeake:
"The Pennsylvania Improvements can never be com
pete without the extension of the canal TO Erie That
extension, aud the canal from Columbia TO tide will CON
meet the Atlantic Ocean with inland seas and the
commerce of the great and growing Far West will
crowd our canals fill treasury with tolls enrich our
merchants and give scope TO the enterprise and industry
of all our citizens The marine list of the Erie Gazette
furnishes very crcdabe array of arrivals and depar
lures of vessels vigang the lakes and how immensely
would II be increased by continuous communication
to the Atlantic r
WssHWGTox, July. 3.--Earlier than we antcipated
Me Railroad beiwecn his city and Baltimore is about TO-
be brought into use to the great Joy, doubt of all
who nave need to go to and from Washington in a Iii.
rcction north of it. On Wednesday, the President
and Directors, with the principal officers of the
Washington and Baltimore Railroad Company ac-
conpanieG by several invited citizens of Baltimore
made trip OF inspection the new road from
Baltimore to Bladcnsburg, at which place the COM
other gentlemen, who fake much interest in the sue
cess OF that great undertaking. We gratiied TO
learn from of citizens who travelled the whole
way from Baltimore in the car, (Which was drawn by
locomotive engine that the greatest satisfaction was x
pressed at the manner in which the road has been con
siructcd. The Tdits of improved construction
and greatly superior 10 any heretofore in use The en-
structon and the destined for this road superior to
any heretofore in use, containing comfortably within
the body OF each, sixty passengers
Ihe company would have been able TO have opcncd
the road through TO their terminus in this city but for
the unaccountabc delay in the arrival of cargo of rail
IRON, which did not sail from England until the 10Th of
May, instead of the middle of a pril, as ordered
We are pleased to learn that arrangement has been
made by the enicrprsing stage company of c. Bcltz-
hoover 4 Co. with the railroad company TO open the
road ON Wednesday next; the passengers until the final
completion of Tie road TO the canal basin in this city TO
be conveyed from Bladensburg TO the city in sia nc
coaches 80 that person may hereafter 90 and return
between Washington and Baltimore i'm less time than
when travelling at the fastest rate il used to take TO ac-
complsh the single distance between the two cities
Naf. Inti.
We learn ihat Announcements arc ,,,,,, 49, Lilo, T.. 49,