Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-01-10


ss hmy impsesssd with the belief it, (,he mis-
eAsf Sens TO shs csns) "wss principally produced by
as violent sgstsuon q the Of the canal, which
A Place daring The Of speed between the horse
p'eks ssd the ssssmpsckst in the Of the las,
gdss"
Tss s,.ssssr -i Richmond for I.vpebbvrs =, O'Clock
W. Aves 6sss 10 fre rssks-the horse packet, daily
US o'aotA. 2. ". nine hours difference. Returning
ts Steamer ~ LyDehbug for Richmond ut 4 O'Clock,
A. y, sAvss tises spesks--ths horse. packets
fsay' o. o'clock, A. NJ. Yet this contest Of speed
injured The essss. and the Steamer did the most ms-
ehe The undersigoed ordered their Steamer To leave
nee different hours prevent any appearance of
rssing, - they knew from the annoying dspo.i,on al
moy sxnioited, tact tAss posid BE- charged against
Nv. ~ true. the horse. packets leaving Lynchburg
ro boufs afcr the Steamer, did run with more than
''sv speed sometimes by doubling their teams, and
. - OF two occassns OF the expense OF n horse killed
ossssske the Steamers and when thus overtakcn the
cfdsss OF the Canal Company were that IN. S,,am,,
sssss ssvs eat Of her sy STOP and let the horse aek
." sss-to do which, as has already been stated the
iA"os Ass 70 rss q seeu. Yet, with these facts
= tAs ensiassr and officers Of ths Canal Company
~s eeesse 70 made against the Steamer she was
- sos the mastery. and in doing she--mak
ut go tip TO the horse. boats four-dd the great
rslechisf eouplained Of
.Sn. The report says the form Of one Of these boat.
snch that "when moving ut tho usual speed of five
- ~, nouf she carried throughout the whole extent al
Ths nndcrsisped here ,.,II 80, 80 ' - nesnL"
esssd July 10th. isi4-aer which date the Steam
"h appeared to be the opinon or bo,b n. s,u,
osnn OF the canal that this injury very and ,ha,
inc result OF considerable the stern of n,
ISL, about aias inches Jeloo m, ps,,I ,,,,., H.
In the case the wave /. a, the bo,o mud ;,a ,h
eua ninc inches atope the water line; in the Other c
wave 70 at TIE sfern and injuries the canal nine inches
seo no water line. This the kind Of evidence-n,.ly
ousdictory-loosc-not half mad. unS,h., r. -!
the directory and officers OF the company with the
fage 18th. Il is said-'.that this hal x,,. s,,,h
propelled by q power which was NO, !, the cor.,aI,;
of those who planned md eon.,rc,.d Oh. c..si ~
not the President know this fact ms vel, yb.n H.. 49,
undersigned % much encouragement, =, c,mr,a. ,h.
enterprise he docs nowl WHY then hi. ,,c,n,,,,
mont and the high expcc,ations INC b,, 80 -
success IL the failure was ia have besn c,r.,J r. -
the canal never CONTEMPLATED The usc nj s,,,,,, ma -
ot the northern canals contemplate the use of s,e,mn
Chesapeake and Delawarc-the Delaware and Rnn,,n
the D.sma Swami md o,h., CO., VI ,' anI Nar'"h-
steam power the two FIR, would h,v. r.. 10 vs., very
their stock worth one cent on the dollar and rho h
have been greatly benefed nv The nroprII;,g ,,u., 80
.tsau, mott ,h,s. =. h. 81. ~ - 49, "
them had no idea OF its use on canals
Page 18th The report saws al, WAS h..v.d .Iso NJ
though the cnse WINS Irss ,sc.n,,I 10 ,' a's', a
the current and agitation created bv ,o ,c,;o "a 80
am an. 49,, - ,h eAe'teu 0ee"rious ihnnence
afterwards formidable breaks nj the w.,t n;n,a ,sI
ihs report has had reference r " ~
How the bottom of , canal 4 foe, s ,i,,-
deem. for il in commended ,ha, ,.L :; P LH ee
vhere) can he inu,od no -. ~ -. t N'"'', e'e'y
feet, s ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: and /, IL Ill ,ho - =:
coupled with the ronJir,n ,ha, ..,L '"aiRe u
uble Of positive proof" ~ ''' '''e was less s"Se'P'
Page / lth il is said eth. covo,;,, ,r ,, .. 81,
culyerts NO, only ,..,h.. 80 e.. '' '''"" VI he
swells up into the cavv of tho - ;, ~ pgs Huu
simply refer to this 10 sb,w b, via I've unuesgnso
injured, thus swelling up into IN, c,y,,v f h W
express their surorise ,b,, - ~ ~ mai a"u
constructed-exc,va,od, ., :, Ja,,S :, e "ee" mus
and then TO lei the mason, r. an e.o'ons Expense
and the.e the very structures thar s,,J - t oo'o''
tect-d by being r.,her L,Jo,, 80 I ~ oeen pro
canal. ~ 'e "'e oo'om OF the
In order 10 sho, mos, ,n5.,;.,, o., ,
signed have nl,eadv e,nosed r. -, VI ' ,'o uhuer-
Steamer is most unfairly and uIhe,,I Ly ma 'he
ing done so much harm ~ tho 49, s"''s WIN nav
that in 1912 THERE wERr liza ,sr,c sae .e TACT
IN I643 ~ BREACHES rs rur r,ss- eNNAL-
WHILE 1874, THE ONLY yEAK rms STr.Mrs ~ So,
MING rarpr yrsr mr. ne ,- iht 0ihAAtH WAS RUN
AT POINTS CONNECTED WITH y,cH,xIc,, sDn oA
AND ONLY wrr,ux rur ~ ~ VT ANlOAL sIRccrORE''
: As further ey,S1,nc. 81 nnei ms DIV slyN
complain Of repeatecf pe,,v nnnn' 'e u"ucIs'sh'd
with abile making the IL cfT,,ea -, 'ey nave ne
upon this canal During som. oT the e., ' Nc o'
hr,a .",sI'n s 'o'e VI "'e uist "Ps 10 bynca
ed gentleman then on hon,J d. s - LII; u''es'-
,-s..s1 10 me Engineer !, VI VIZ Ia
know where the shallow noin,s ~ H., a sehut man might
although done nj the sngges,;o, -. - i e'e' MS,
some Of the Directory gave great offence 10 ,b o
OF the Company who wrote y, me ~ -, W" r Iesioeh'
verify. " "'" Sc
In passing up on another orc.s;,, ,L. -,
get under a small tow.patb brid,c no.."n r 'u nor
freshet the river. Inc Iock keencr ,,,s - 80
would allow the crew Of the b,st 10 III :, m u nc
let her pass UNDER otherwise no one conld ,eI h
passengers might be detained
As he seemed to hesitate one III ne ,bn ~ ''s"g
the liberty say he would stand he,,,ecn h; 80 ~,
pleasure OF the officers Of the canal THE bride Wa Gs,
cd of by the boat hands the boa, o,ss.d an ~ |
replaced expense TO the under.iynnd 81 az rs
did not do particle of harm IN anv ono ., o. -;
and had been repeatedly done brto,e ;y ,b. hn,
uncompianed o;-yet this was reported 10 the p,ssdn,
who visited with more Of his official ,isol.,s,,.
Then again, by n resou ion of the Bard Inc Sloane.
positively prohibited from taking in her half cod =,
wood any Of the locks nor was she permi,,ed n -
wood Dhere, but such points Us the Engineer sbd
think proper designate ond that there We ms, 49,,
~barves upon plan furnished by the ENGINEER. h,, ,bc
whole thing being so grossly oppressive and
involving in an expense of NJ l.,s, q son ~ 30 "o
urgent appeals ~ persont1 the Board, finally these
ntsuenons IL Is proper to remark that lost
e III ulis operation oi wooding, as more tiun
e" vas Passeu on BOARD by the time the lOck-gstes
$500 .eaey. quo TURNER proper to remark that wood
49, ogu o'ouenl 10 very small parcels Of one two
s ~ ep1sI'eo near me i"cks mot upon hem),
ofueieo ny Engineer 10 be removed,