Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1844-05-03

being near five times as much isis
grown in the United States. tits fully
able 10 sustain it7 comfort ard happiness
10 millions Of poopIe: and win thai
number il would sTNfsge but 25O 10 lhe
square mite, or one pNrson 10 every Two
and ha scrrs. In clhoale, we believe
no other State equals It, for mIldns"
and uniformity. lis winner cold, and ~
summer heats greatly lpmnered on the
, North, by the extensive body OF wafer
which bounds il IN that direction; and
OK lis southern /; has the benefit Of The
soW breezss from the Gulf Taken as
whole it is probably not excelIsd, iii
is Nqualed, 10 ths heaIthfulness OF its
stmoNPhers, by any sister State.
Her position among the States. would
seem to give her better title to he cal.
led the Keystone than Pennsy lVanis, for
she holds a middle ground between the
north west; end when Canada becomes
an in;epral port Of the country, Ohi0
will be more central than any other
State. Before that time arrives, she
buds fair 10 have more natural and arti-
fetal ways Of intercourse, connecting
her with the North and the South, the
East d the West, 10 the remolesl bounds
OF the nation, than any other oil tbs sls-
terhood. The Ohio river gives her
southern border cheap intercourse with
ell the States Of the Mississippi bas n
extending westward to the Rocky Noun
taius, soulhward TO the Gulf, and north
ward to the Falls Of ST. Anthony. Lake
Erie furnishes to her northern counties,
sril superior facilities for intercourse
with the north west, to tho doh degree
Of latitude and towards the north east
10 the ocean, and by means OF the Erie
canal, 10 The eastern States. Her art
fetal WAYS, 10 connect those natural
highroads, and 10 give all portions Of
her people easy access to them, are hon
orabIe TO her industry and enterprise
! The Ohio canal begun in 1926 aud com.
plered in 1882, is 300 miles long, 40
leet wide al the water surface, and four
feet deep. lis branches. beginning at
The south; are. lsl. the Columbus leeder
8 miles long; %, the Hooking canal, 56
miles; Sd, the Muskingum Improvement,
81 miles; 4rh, the WeIhonding canal
% miles long; 9th, the Canton side cut,
80 miles; and The Maboning canal. 81
miles; making iu all 500 miles Of arlif.
cal navigation in eastern Ohio, termi-
mating in Cleveland, and touching the
Ohio river at Portsmouth and Marietta.
The Mahoning branch is connected with
the PennsylvaDia Improvements and
with them, make continuous line o.
artificial highway to Philadelphia
The Wabash and Erie Canal from il
eastern termination 10 the junction with
the Miami, 6S miles, is more than dOU'
bio The size OF the Ohio; and thence tc
the State line, 90 miles, II is fifty feel
vide and five feet deep, where it is mol
by the Indiana portion, Of the same size
to Fort Wavns. The Wabash and Erie
Canal in Ohio, with its side cuts, is 9 !
miles long. Tho Miami canal which
Joins it and one hall miles above Def
ance, is ITO miles in length, and has
navigsbIe feeders, let, the Sidney feed
er, 10 miles; Cd, the Warren county
cenaI q2 miles; and White Water canal
25 milss, in all 32l miles navigsbls ca
nal within the western part OF the Stale
and terminating at the western exIrem
lty Of Lake Erie.
From the above It tsppsars, that, when
, the 80 miles OF the Miami Canal, now
nearly completed, shall be filed with WI
Ter, Ohio will have, within her borders
including The 3 mile Milan canal, 800
, miles Of navigabIe canal, builta; 40 ex
? pense OF near seventeen millions Of dol
lars. Pretty we'll ios State but a
5 wears old.
ID or McAdamized roads, made in par
7 by the State, there are al present, It
e believed upwards Of eight hundred mile
b and of railroads completed, about eight
2 miles.
= Labor 10 tho amount Of not less tha
twenty millions, and probably doUbl
| that sum, has been laid out on commo
Il earth roads, so that, in some seasons
5 when they are dry or frozen, they ar
3 exceedingly pleasant 10 travel on, be
= ing smooth and level, without that dus
+; so annoying on McAdamised roads.
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