New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-10-30
The Morris Cannl.

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/ DEAR SIR Satisfied lhst your paper is not The
means by which false statements can be made to the
public with your sanction address you with periec,
confidence that you will correct erroneous impressions
hitherto made by The Tribune in regard the condition
OF The Morris Canal
refer now TO the money article Of the 2lst which
has been copied aud circulated largely true exhibit
of the affairs of the Morris Canal. 1t was put into my
hand one day last week and knowing its complete al
lacy iel, somewhat sstonished that The Tribune could
have been used as the vehicle Of rs publication Anxious.
however to satisfy myself beyond doubt that my I'M
pressions were correct went early this week 10 the
| ons Pond Reservoir the only place East OF the sum
nit where the Canal reserve water. and found i
pueciy erhaEs,eGno water passing the open gates eN'
cep, the natural power of Long Pond and BeIchers
Brook which syery trihing.
The Canal Company under contract with The so
cety having raised this pond were entitled 50 long -
they maintained the contract TO draw OF all the resred
rcater but now that IS ell drawn OF. and has been for
some days and the Canal Company has not drop o
water on its Eastern division which ia no, th natural fon
of,ke Pa,aic Rirer which natural f0S they sburc al
right or tile, and have done before the Court If
Chancery only claiming the ressrred rai AS their own
Then proceeded to Lake IIopatcony the summit re-.
servoir the Canal and found it in similar condition
with Long Pond. No resorref ratr was coming from
that source and ali the natural f0r which is tring was
passing down sanhope to drive those iron works aud
not drop was coming East except the usual and un'
avoidable leakage around plane No. East On the
summit erci there not enough water in some places
to pass boat drawing six inches Of water and assure
you that Whitehall row boat could not have passed
through the Canal on It's summit level with two men in
it, without grounding
Such is the condition of the Canal AZ this time, and
that too after having commenced to draw from the sum
init reservoir on the 18th July At what time the Canal
would have been dry if,hc drawing had commenced IN
April IL not difficult to calculate Ia sisiy,Sh days
the summit reservoir was exhausted by the Canal and
bu, for In, rains two weeks since, the summit, leye
would have remained dry as ii before the rain till
now. TIE rain gave them water for a few days and
now the, a,e sgain dry and the Canal ia nav gable
on It's summit.
On Monday and Tuesday Of this week the Canal Con,
pany was bringing into the head waters Of the Pa
sale any water which they pretend claim and yet
were taxing from the Passac enough to navg gate their
Canal from Dover on the Rocksway river, 10 Newark,
without dlcultyhu, deprving the factories at Pster
son of six or eight thousand cubic feet Of water per
minute and causing o. them TO suffer in their
operations.
II this wholesale system OF plumber were carried on
under pretence of right title would become merely
a question OF law and could readily he decided such
but the Canal Company admit see saxtons Chancery
Reports that they have RICH, TO diminish the flow Of
the Passac by dvertns 1t. tributaries and yet at
this moment they taking nearly the whole OF the
Ramapo the Pegranock and Ringwood brook, and are
bringing not a drop from Long Pond-and taking
twohirls II the Rockaway COW, and are bringing none
/ from Lake Hopatcony.
so long as any remained in the reservoirs the
Company could doubt It's operations by swear
I ing that much came from them as was tskan from
the river but now none comes from them and yet tho
Canal nsvigates usual. Where does the water come
from then The slow speed Of the Paterson factories
and the naked dam OF the river give emphatic snswer
These are the facts OF the case and assert i, to b.
true and challenge contradict that If the Canal did
no, take the waters OF the Passaic river which they do
not claim there would not be drop OF water IN the
bed of the Canal from Dover TO Newark.
In regard other parts ofhe article referred TO- many
of them are perfectly fallscious The Canal Company
cannot enlarge their reservoirs for the that io-
patcony Lake as it now is, does uniformly ill In
winter time To enlarge 1t would receptacle
for nothing.
It stated that boats passed the Canal this year IN the
drives, time with f,o hours" detention Boats
which brought coal to Paterson i've weeks on their
passage as was informed by coal merchant here 10
would have been more correct to say with feD rseks
detention"
The high respectabiy Of the Directors is said to
bea guarantee" that all viii go well. You vii! ind by
referring back few years, tina; many Of this came
Board Of Directors such when the old Company
performed those great financial movements which as
tonished ,hs world and resulted in ruin 10 thousands Of
honest men. The guarantee was as good then as now,
and Heaven help those who relied upon It then
The article states that the information published In he
Tribune was derived from bead quarters" Thstt
was derived from head quarters is selfeydent but
does It no, occur you that head quarters Is the
vor. place in the world obtain correct Information
IL strikes me 50.
For the truth Of the above statements Of fft pledge
myself and stand prepared prove them and I chal
lense the Morris Canal Company 10 deny any or a.! Of
them
Let those who hold stock look at these things. ssd
they will then have fair chance with the Company TO
know the facts and act with knowledge and light the
subject As il now IT, all are in ire dark except the
knowing ones and your money article Of Tuesday but
adds gloom 20 the whole. Give them light
Paterson, oct 90. lsi5. EDW'D n DICKERsON.
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