Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-11-03

EyLARGEMENr THE EHiE CASAL.-The Canal
Board having caused surveys and estimates TO be made
for the improvement Of the Erie Cana and the engineers
having submitted their reports, the Board Friday last
proceeded to iaa decision the extent of the cnarcc
Inent. BY their resoiutlus which annexed it will
BE- that the enlarged Canal is he Sc ven feet deem
and seventy feet vide at the surface aud that tie locks
10 he 10 feet long between The uoin posts and IL
feet wide in the clear. The present canal is four feet
deep and forty feet wide at the surface, and the prose-
locks are 30 feet long between the qun;a posts and 10
feet wide in the clear
Thus, this great question has been iciinyey settled
after mature drberaton ano full expression Of the pub
lie sentiment in relation to il. AS the work vii" be pro.
secuted chiefly during the winter months and while The
navigation Is susendcd It's completion cannot be
prced in less period than ten or twcI. years Them
with its increased width and Gepth its walled Sides its
extent and lis vast commerce. ii may rank among the
wonders Of the age The Improvement, we understand
is estimated 10 cost about twelve millions dollars The
Canal Board will proceed with the doubling of the locks
with al possible rapldlly, during the next winter
f!tbany .7rguS.
WAsurycroS Oct. 29.-Thc new Potomac Gridge will
he opened to-day for riding carriages ana horses. The
flooring side or track is not cnmDetcd and the
passage would not b. safe for droves Of cattle &C. bu,
such persons chouse venture in cal rancs or on
ho!scback along The finished side will he permitted to
do The bridge will be completed, and fully open,
understand, By the middle Of next mon!h.--iat mt
THrAsuRY DEPARTMENT, 18th Oct, 1885.
The pablic are informed that the Bridge the Po-
River at the City Of Wasngton has progressed
Ear toward compction TO justify its being opened
for travel, and after this day
Tn" new contracts inI transporting the mail the
Eastern routes Ill be announced in few days. All
practicable retcnchmrnt and all safeguards for punctu-
atty and DESPATCH may be anticipated. The prrSen,
cunbcnt has gone ahead Of favorable am;cpations
Of his xpfrssrd before his appointment.
These arrangements, running they do through
the four years, o. great Importance and in this
in other Gases, il well wherever it b. done
LET very we'll ATONE This community, are persuad-
Cd will BIZ pleased to learn that MrsSrs Stockton and
Stokes the old and efficient contractors for many
wears have made their offers acceptable again. So much
accustomed to rely their punctua!ity. even
when the elements appear to combine against them.
baltimore Republican.
The Superior Court Of Law aud Chancrry now in
sion for this county, the Hon F!emmng Saunders presid-
ing. John l.. Foster arraigned ut the bar Of the
court upon a charge Of horse stealing and sentenced 10
five years confinement in the Penentiury The prison.
er was prosecuted by VIM. B. Banks, and Thomas j.
Green, Esqs, and defended by VIM Daniel jr., Colonel
George Townes and Richard Logan, Esq.
The indictment, in the Of Edward R. Pugh, i'm
prisoned upon charge Of hauing offered free pass to
siarc quGshed, and Pugh reminded to pr son for
trial al the next term Of the Superior Court.
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