The pilot. [volume] (Baltimore [Md.]) 1840-1840, 1840-04-15

tt0n to the present c0ndlta0n 81 "e pUh Nv "S nc
line of the Canal and the Report Of the Chtet
Engineer on the consequence OF suspension o.
the pork.
The President and Directors of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal Company,
In MEETING, March %, lS4O E
The President of the company having return
ed from Annapolis stated that the Legislature OF
the State of Maryland had adjourned its session
without making any further appropriation for
/ the prosecution of the work on the canal: where
upon, 1t was 49,. =.
+ Resolved, That, in view of the very heavy sa-
erifices which will be incurred by the contractors
and laborers now on the line of thecanal and by
those to whom they are indebted, and OF the adj
ditional cost which will inevitably be encounter
ed in the completion of the canal, if the works IN
progress are now suspended, it is expedlent 10
Continue the work until the first of May next, in
the hope that measures will, in the meantime, be
adopted to afford the Board of Directors the
means to proceed, without interruption, with the
Improvement they have in charge.
ResOZued, That the Chief Engineer be directed
to report upon the present condition OF the Work
in progress on the line of the canal between dam
No. and Cumberland; giving his opinion as 10
the probable increase of expenditure which Will
be required for the work if it shall now be ar
rested and the time within which, in that event
the canal will be opened Cor navigation from
Cumberland to tide-water.
In Meeting, April /, 1910.
In obedience To the order Of the Board the
a9th utimo, the Chief Engineer made report
on the present condition ofthe work in progress
on the line Of the canal, &C.; which was read,
and ii was .Ea
Ordered. That the report be published for
the information the Stockholders Of the Com
pany, and of the public generally.
Extracts from the journe of proceedings.
k.Test: H JNO. I. iNS1LE
Clerk Chesapeake and Ohio Caual Company.
REPORT OF THE CHIEF ENGINEER.
CHEsApEAKE AND Ono CANAL OFFICE,
Washington, march so, 1910.
To the President and Directors Of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Canal Company:
GENTLEMEN Under your resolution OF the
18th instant, have the honor to present the
following Report L
The resolution calls on the Chief Engineer" to
report upon the present condition Of the work
in progress on the line of the canal between
dam No. 8 and Cumberland; giving his opin-
ion as to the probable increase of expenditure
which will be required for the work if 1t shall
now be arrested, and the time within which,
in that event, the canal will he opened Tor nav
igation from Cumberland to tide-water.
The distance by the canal line from Wash
ington to Cumberland is 1874 miles. The cam
al has been finished and nayigable for year
from Washington TO within so miles OF Cum
berland Upon these 80 miles the work Is
nearly one-hafdone: or, more precisely, there
are in cost, of the so miles, equivalent 10 "a
miles of the canal completed On the list ofths
month there had been done ON the so miles,
rejecting fractions, $2,14O,00O Of work, leaving
S2,SOO.OOO ODE done.) Regarding, then, the
whole distance from Washington to Cumber-
land, there are equal to 1853 miles of the canal
finished, and only 26 miles veto be construct
ed: that is, there now remains to be construct
ed but one.seventh eof the canal to reach the
= coal mines at Cumberland. ,3l.. ~
1t is admitted, and it is well known, that the
canal will barely do more than keep ltsell IN
repair and pay for its superintendent until il
shall have been finished to Cumberland. Bul,
withna reasonable time after its completion to
that place, it is confidently anticipated that it
will become a profitable work. Hit should not
it will be an exception 10 all coal canals in this
country and in Europe, which have inyaria-
bly, proved to be immensely valuable TO their
stockholders.
The excellent quality of the Cumberland
coal; the ease with, whchit can be mined and
brought to the boat; the dimensions OF the can
al and its capacity and ability 10 carry, at small
cost, is sufficiencY Of coal To pay largely more
than the interest upon the cost of the work,
even at low rate of tolls, are a satisfactory
guaranty 10 those who have examined into and
arinterested in the subject, that the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal mustproye to be a. profitable
undertaking TO those who have engaged in it.
Upon the six-sevenths Of the canal hat has
been constructed there has been expended, IN
eluding interest on loans, &c.,a little more than
$4,000 900, and, as above stated, there is re-
auired for the construction of the remaining