The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1841-01-05

PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMpRE,-Our friends
may judge of the use Philadelphia will make o
resumption by the following circular which WI
copy from the Inquirer:
CIRCULAR.
The character of the trade, by the Tide Wa
ter Canal, as evidenced this year, renders il GER
tain, that unless measures forthwith taken
to furnish Cheap Transportation for the boats
from Havre-de- Grace to Philadelphia, and back,
the greater portion of middle and Western Penn
sylvania business, as connected with the sale oil
produce, and purchase ofmerchandize generally,
will inevitably attach itself to Baltimore; and,
a necessary consequence, a speedy, large,
efficient, and cheap communication between Bal
more and Pittsburgh, and through Pittsburgh
to the whole Western country will follow; the
effects of which, as respects the varied and gene
raj interests of Philadelp hia, now existing in
the possession Of the Trade of the Great West
and Pennsylvania, need only be stated to be pro-
perly appreciated by our Trading community of
all pursuits
To obviate the loss of this great and all-impor-
tant trade of eur city, it is ascertaiHed that to
furnish the means of Towage and transporta-
ton of boats with produce and merchandise to
and from Havre de Grace and Philadelphia, at
cheap cost as is incurred between Havre de
Grace and Baltimore, is alone necessary. To
do this, two things required; first, that the
administra ton of the Chesapeake andlDelaware
Canal Co. shall so regulate their tariff of Tolls
as to harmonic with the expense OF transporta-
ton to Baltimore from Havre de Grace; second,
that the public spirit OF cihzene shall insure
the means efTowage, without revenue being
primary object. OF the first we feel authorized
TO say, from communications already had, that
the Company will do all of their part in a most
liberal spirit As respects the second, it is alone
dependent on the extent Of public spirit, which
may be manifested by our citizens engaged in
IL, fI,rn
rectly, in furnishing the fund requisite to estab
lish the Towage of boats to and from the canals
This will secure the trade even if the Wnion ca
nal shall not be widencd; matter so involved
in doubt as TO render it unsafe to depend ON now
when the trade is about to assume a fixed
character with Baltimore, if not at once diverted
from Havre de Grace to our city.
The subscribers were appointed at prelimi-
mary meeting, held Dec. %, at the Exchange,
TO ascertain whether the necessary fund can be
raised They have undertaken the labor of
learning what public sentiment is. 1t is dis
tnctly understood, that the disposition of the
fund and determination of the system to be
fixed as towage, &c., shall be left for the de-
cison ofthose subscribing or contributing.
The subject so intimately affects every
branch of our city trade; all descriptions ofReal
Estate and Revenue Investments, as to war
rant the expectation that all those varied inter-
ests may be looked to for aid, and as the pro-
ject, to be fully successful, involves so small
an expenditure compared with the great per-
manent trading interests of our city and citi-
zens-and will, when thus generally divided,
require so little individual assistance-the sub
scribers confidently entertain the hope that all
will take interest in, and aid the measure by
liberal subscription of shares. 1t is a matter
ofmuch Importance to assure our friends in the
country as early as practicable, that towage
to our City may be relied on in order that on
the first spring of Canal Navigation, the des-
cending trade may attach to our city. The
subscribers, therefore, respectfully urge on
their fellow citizens to early examine the mer.
its of this matter, that the Committee may OBJ
tain the advantage of promptness in perform
ing their part-to the end that it may at the
earliest time be known, whether the public
spirit of our citizens, will or will not exert it
self to preserve the valuable Trade ofour City,
jeopardsed by this new route to the sea board.
Gideon ScuIl, Allen R. Reeves,
David s. Brown, John M. Kennedy,
VIM. REYNOLDS, Daniel HaddoclI,
Isaac S. Waterman, Newberry Smith, Jr
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