Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1836-01-01

far fully corroborated the truth of the
statements and calculations embraced in
the report made you last autumn by Mr.
Hage and myself feel fully satisfied
that with the aid Of the reservoirs that
can be constructed on the summit at a
moderate cost compared with their util!.
lIy,a much larger quantity of water may
be introduced into the summit and lis de.
pendent levels, than will be requisite for
the transit of the immerse trade that is
destined to seek market through it's
channel.
The reservoirs now under contract
will contain as follows: West fork reser
voir 1870 100000 OF cubic feet, ares $50
acres; Cold Run Reservoir SS, 600 900 Of
cubic leeG, area $50 acres; 10 addition to
which it IS proposed 10 elevate the banks
OF the canal 80 as to obtain one loot ln
depth of avail wafer, aud flood several
pieces Of low ground on its northern or
upper side amounting IN all TO about $50
acres, which when full will furnish about
6,500,000 ofcubic feet, making in, the
aggregate from these sources alone an
available supply Of 224 100000 cubic
feet of water, demand on which may be
requisite in dry season for period of
100 days. BY calculation it will be per-
ceIved these reservoirs will afford for that
period 2, ,245, 900 cubic leet OF water per
day, equivalent TO a discharge of 1850
cubic feet per minute: if to this sum is ad
ded the minimum natural flow of water
on the summit as reported to you last
autumn, (55S cubic feet per minute,) 1t
viii, be observed that the flow of avaIa-
Bile water IN dry period will amount
to 2ll7 cubic feet per minute, or rsdficient
after deducting all that the nature Of the
soil and climate will require for leakage,
filtration and evaporation, for the pas
sage Of 1856 bOats per day.
The West Fork ard Cold Run reser-
voirs are about one mile apart: when fill
ed, the surface of the water in each will
occupy the same plane, or be elevated to
the same height: it is designed TO have
feeder extending from one TO the other, 10
that the surplus water In one can be ad
mlted into the other, If required. A
large waste weir is to be constructed on
this feeder for the purpose of dlscharging
the waste water when both reservoirs are
full. This water when thus discharged, !,
is conducted into the reservoir on the
summit level. The two first mentioned
reservoirs will receive the drainage of
n square miles ofcounlry; the summit,
the drainage ofS0 square miles. The u
suaI depth of rain that falls in this sec
lion Of country can, | am informed, with
safety be promised at 36 inches per an
mum, or equal to a column Of that height
being SO, ,635, 900 cubic feet on a square
mile, and on ID square miles 2, ,l07 ,244,-
500 cubic feet annually. From expert
ments made on large scale elsewhere
for practical purposes, it has been ascer.
tained conclusively, lhPt IS per cent, Of
the rain that falls can be laid up in reser
voirs. From this data it will be observ-
ed, that the three reservoirs above allu
ded TO may be filled seven times per year
This exhibit will probably satisfy the
most seepticaI as to the adequacy oil the
supply OF water.
| AS to the immensity Of the trade that
will wendits way through the Sandy and
Beaver canal to an eastern market be-
Iieve there has never been surmlsed a
doubt: Il glance at the map will prove
conclusiveIy that very large portion of
the produce of Michigan, Illinois, Indiana
Kentucky and Ohio; which are rapidly
increasing IN population and wealth,
must be waited through it, The busi-
mess ofthat section Of country is now TO
a great extent accommodated by the New
York impt ovements, but the completion
Of the Sandy and Beaver canal will se-
cure TO it a safer lr isit to and from the
4caboard, much shorter, and Manageable
Sir Wceks earlier in the spring and three
later in the fall than the one now lraver
sed, being sufficient inducements to Sc
cure it. What the extent of that trade
will be time alone can deyelope. On the
Erie and Champlain canals, a very large
portion orthe business done on the first
of which is derived from the country a
bove mentioned, there have been recely
ed in tolls in 1929 $759055, 1880 ST.,
032.476, 1881 $l,l94,6iO, 1892 ST.,
I96,OOs, 1888 81, ,924,42l, 1884 81 ,292,
955; and there is no doubt that The bust
ness Of this year will very greatly exceed
the last. On the Ohio canal there was
collected in 1892 Ss2,s67. 1883 $lS6,
92O, 1884 $l5l,2S7, and the amount o.
tolls received The present year at some o.
tho collectors offices exhibits an increase
Of (nrty.fve per cent over the last.
When The canal or rail road authorized
by an act from the Legislature ofthis State
~ tha,. LAT aossson N ha couefruct cd