New-York daily tribune., 1843-09-29

curabooa from the village at the Falls and OF the
little Cuyahoga from the mills IN Akron TO 'hc
| junction of the two streams some two miles oeio".
At the village of Cuyahoga Falls, the Cuyahosa
River, which has been tending Easterniy nom
;ts source in Portage Co. encounters noge -
sandstone, some 40 feet thick and several ili"es
| in breath, resting on stratum OF slate inlouSA
th;s rock the river forces It's way IN souuie'i'
and ,hen westerly direction some three miles, 'ai'-
ing some 200 feet in its progress liil w
Little Cuyahoga, when it bends away Nol'h"Sfu
N Lake Erie. Almost at the ioo' OF tle ciiie'
fall of 50 feet at the Falls village, the Portage
| C. g. NJ. Company have thrown an lminovaoic
dam of 40 feet light across the narrow gorge into
which the stream has precipitated itself, and
thence will conduct the whole water OF the River
along the side of this Wild rocky and most for
bidding chasm, rising the bank OF course as 'iis
stream falls and rushes and brawls on 1t way 10
DAYLIGHT until each emerges some two mics isoAh
the junction with the Little Cuyahoga, and fhe
Company's Canal strikes off northward. preserV-
| inc its elevation, toward Akron. and, arriving
within full view of that place, on the opposite OF
! Northern DdUk Vi lllC ALitLiC Wy
ducted down 160 feet into the channel OF tna'
stream. forming water-power adequate TO I'M
,ell;no l2() run of stones. which will be increased
by other power possessed by the Company 70
enough for 100 run of stones. This gigantic
work is to be completed by the lst OF December
and the Company are already prePa'eo 70 us
nose of lots. mill-sites and power on moderate
terms. They expect that cotton mills ana many
varieties of Manufactures will be IN operation
early next season.
| passed along the whole length OF this Canal
which was commenced in 1887, interrupted by,
the disasters of that year, resumed in lS4O sus-
pended again, and which over 100 workmen are
now pressing to speedy completion. observed
and wondered, yet despair of giving the reader
any idea of the difficulty and magnitude OF the
work. No one unaccustomed to difficult under
takinps would have imagined It's construction pos
sble. To make Canal between beetli1g chti
and a foamng river with often hardy rod oi pre-
cipitous rock and shale between them, seems
task for superhuman power yet by 5asiing' DEW
ing, digging, the work is done, or its completion
secured In many places the river wall OF the
Canal, which is uniformly carried down TO ana
based on the solid rock, has to be bult up 81 to
40 feet of blasted stone then gravcied with earth
brought from some distance or thrown Oft the cllff
above. Again the channel must be dug for half
miles through obstinate slate; where that strata
is reached For some distance it runs under the
sandstone cliff. and t-cre is a blacksmlth's shop
in operation far under, with 40 feet of solid rock
above it nothing for the shop but the bare I'M
plements and no danger from fire. All along,
crystal springs are gushing and pouring from the
rock and as your pass downward you may see
the sun through half the day and more, while the
the trees ovcrhanging you are matched, as the
chasm widens and deepens, by others whose tops
are beneath your feet. The land has hardly
wilder, more formidable gorge than this descent
of the Cuyahoga trom the summit level to that,
very nearly, of Lake Erie.
Even after emerging from the glen, the canal
encounters formidable obstacles in the deep, alb
rupt gullies cut through the loose loan by the lit
tie watcr.course in their impctuous descent from
the plain above to the valley below. These have
been most ingeniously surmounted in part by
bringing stream of water across the plain two
or three miles from the cross-cut cana and hav-
ing built log breast work below that part of the
gulley which must be elevated to the canal level,
turning the stream Of water loose on the adjacent
hills, which are quickly cut down to the clay by
the impetuous torrent. In this way, a gulley Is
filled in day or two without the lifting OF spade
which thousand dollars would hard,y suffice to
fill by hand.
understand the whole cost Of this Canal will
be about $4,000, which is much less than
should have estimated it. The lands, WATERPROOF
er, &c. owned by the company cost them some
100000 more. most sincerely hope they will
be rewarded for their daring enterprise, which
must prove a great Blessing TO Akron and the
whole neighboring country ii not to themselves; ;
but have heard that they now labor under en-
barrussments which must enable those who have
money to secure great bargains here.
There has been no frost yet this Fal! in all this
region, though one was felt through all Northern
Ohio on the 18th of July. Corn and vines are
green as in midsummer.
After riding ali night from Canton. Ohio, to
Smiths Ferry, on the Ohio, headed a boat there
upward bound, at noon to-day. AS the distance
to Pittsburgh was but 40 miles, hoped to be in by
P. NJ at farthest but though there is 1 feet
water in the channel Cur boat the Zancsyllle} is
well loaded, and draws the last drop OF it. We
have been several times aground, and once made
four OR five attempts to jump ripple before we ac-
complishcd it. 1t is O'Clock and no Pittsburgh
yet, Sc good night. C.
u Ii Is curious to observe the shifts TO which
many newspapers WILL upon an cmelg lgcncy, resort