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REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMIT
TEE appointed by the Legislature of Ma
ryland to visit the line of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal and Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, West of Dam No. 6.
TO the House Of neiegateS:-
The Committee appointed to visit the line Of
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, between Dam
No. and the town of Cumberland to view the
condition of the work, its location and construc-
ton, and to report as to the expediency Of re-
leasing the States lien upon the Canal, so as
20 enable the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Co
10 borrow upon the credit of the company Il
sufficient sum of money to complete the work
TO the town Of Cumberland; and further to ey-
anime the western portion of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, now used as a feeder to the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal from Cumberland
10 dam No. 6, and to report as to the expedl-
ency of using that portion of the road as fee
der to the Canal-beg leave, respectfully, to
submit the following as the result of their in
yestigatons:
The Committee, avaing themselves of the
polite offer Of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company to transport them free of charge, left
Baltimore on Monday, the eth Of January, and
arrived at Cumberland in the afternoon Of the
k>same day. On Tuesday, accompanied by a
,lor nft o;t; ,f
they visited Frostburg, Homecoming and Mount
Savage, returning to Cumberland on Wednes-
day about o'clock. The afternoon of that day
was occupied in an inspection of the grand
locks, embankments and dam of the Canal, in
ard about the town of Cumberland. On
Thursday our examination Of the entire line of
the Canal and Railroad, between the town of
Cumberland and Dam No. G, commenced; this
examination was on horseback and by Railroad
conveyance. On Saturday, the LIST of the pre-
sent month, the Committee finished their duty
assigned.
The coal mine of the Maryland Mining Com
0any, about one mile from the town of Frost
burg, the Committee traversed and inspected
throughout its whole extent; they were afford
ed an opportunity of seeing to advantage the
inside of a coal field of Alegany county, as
we'll as the manner in which the mineral is
made by this Company is of vein of ten feet,
which, at the same altitude, is to be found eve
~ where throughout the mineral region, and
in the southern portion of which region in
creases to thickness Of fourteen feet.
! The Homecoming mine has vein of fourteen
feet, is beautifully planed mine, with rail-
way to its several chambers, in distance exceed
ing one mile. At the Homecoming is also to be
found iron ore of superior quality. These
works have been erected at cost of $500, 900,
and are under the care Of Mr., Graham, scien-
: tifc gentleman who has been very successful
in his operations.
Our visit TO Mount Savage was of great in
terest. This company, as we are informed,
gave expended the sum Of $4,000 in the pur-
chase of their property, the erection of their
buildings, opening their mines and ore banks,
and in the construction of the most improved
and beautiful machinery ever used A town
with population of between two and three
thousand individuals is here established, where
but five years since the hunter pursued his
game uninterrupted, and the busy hand of art
had made no progress Mount Savage is the
only establishment in the United States where
improved Railroad iron is manufactured This
company are now furnishing, by contract,
northern State with Railroad iron of excellent
quality and cheaper than that imported They
have an abundance of coal, and clay for brick
equal TO any yet discovered This establish
ment is under the direction of Col. Young, a
gentleman of great experience, and in every
way capable to conduct its affairs.
The committee, in the time allowed them,
could not enter very many of the mines of the
coal region, but in distance of some fifteen
miles on their route, they frequently had in
view the apertures of the various mines opened
by the enterprise of the citizens of Allegany
We are convinced from what we have seen,
that the coal fields of the Frostburg region are
inexhaustible for centuries to come, and in no
coal region could the veins or beds of coal be
more convenient for mining purposes. These
coal deposites are located within a range OF
from seven to twelve miles from the town OF
Cumberland
In the examination of the unfinished portion
of the Canal between Dam No. and the town
of Cumberland, the committee were surprised
at the vast amount of work which has been
done; it had the appearance OF Canal nearly
finished At frequent intervals in their passage
down the line their attention was arrested by
massive stone aqueducts, and locks of supe-
ror description of masonry, continuous lines OF
beautiful embankments, extending at one place
a distance of ten miles. The location of the
work is much higher above the bed of the river
than the finished portion of the Canal below
Dam No. s, thereby rendering it more free from
freshets and the overf1owings of the Potomac.
That portion of the work the committee view
ed with great interest, was the tunnel and deep
cut-the one being bore Of g. Is feet through
the base OF the mountain, the other extending
from the eastern portal of the tunnel two-fifths
of mile in length, and depth of sixty feet
through solid rock. This magnificent under
taking has been nearly completed.
Judging by the eye of that portion of the
work yet to be done, by comparison with tina
which has been finished, the committee believe
shat tWo-thrds upon the different sections hat