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vssis.flfiiifr and large st0ckhuIjtF ~ this Cont
.sfT stated h lis aiiiiyit WHICH WAS nscd b
the fiienis sf ne lltlics Fails R.ilroad, in The
lerisiaiurs lat winter. that The contraction 70 do
he work onslie Shenandoah, under the new Com
pany. deceived thc persons appoinled % exalgine
his work, b. awaiting himself Of = slight fise -
he river 10 take them IN boat through the lecks.
The work was accepted. VERY shortly aiter-
wards boats were dragging 10 many places
From he 1ay 81 aeseFiug the work be gaze up
HI stock g ldsE. IN which be was not inistakens
a. be has not ID sd1g received one cent Ct dvi
dend. & Fem1ins Tor the people to decide hew
long they 6iIl submit % this oppression.
The riost diiiicnli part Of the river 70 improve,
u The eight miles from Harpers-Ferry 70 Litle's
Falls; having attained in that distance 81 eleya-
ton Or eighty -loar feet, which i ten and half
feetper mile. To canal this part Of the river, i
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estimate mich lower than thoae Of the chesapeake
and Ohio Canal cost, would amount 10 the large
sum Of go 900. or eight thousand dollars each
lock, bosides probably not less than &i2O POO Tor
eight miles ol canal formation. II an aqneduet
across the Potomac should be required TO connect
with the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. s 10000
more would mol be an over estimate. These are
very large sums 70 expend on soshort work, and
certainly much more than can Be raised ~ indisi.
dual snbscsiption- there Il not much hope o.
hid.from lie State tits trBe,we have not been
entirely forsaken By The Legislature. Alter Sc
we're struggle of two sessions and violent opposi-
ton from the New Shenandoah COMPANY, . char
YER has been grantedio construct Railroad iroin
Lff1e's Falls ID the Old Furnace, or 10 intcrseet
The Winchcsicf and Potomac Railroad At Reyes
4witch. To this poui, the expense would be COM
paratively rifing to the cost Of The riser improve
laent from Ixitlc,s Falls to the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal, and under the Little's Fails charter,
the Winchesier and Potomac Railroad Company
arc empoRered 10 make the road from keyes'
Switch 10 the Old Furnace, and for the privilege
Of making IT, they are bound 70 be the carriers Of
al freight TO and from Li,te's Falls and the I'D
Furnace III the event Of the Winchester Com
pany making that part Of the road, the Little =
Falls Company would only have three niles Of
road 70 make, which can be made for $780, 900:
BY this road the Shenandoah trade wonid ENJOY
4 direct connectioa with the Baltimore and ONO
Railroad and the Chesapeake and OHIO Canal, a.
point where there is ample room for commodious
Ware. houses, sufficient Tor the accommodation 81
All ire trade or the Valley II the Alexandria
market Is desred the largest Sized canal boets can
foai from the Canal into the river and come up
Immediately under the Warehouses at the termi-
Ius OF The kailrcsd where freight Of any Kind can
Economically s. pih ON board. II the Baltimore
market Is preferred, there viii be no handling Of
he -four GIttr Il leaves Lttle's Falls until II
reaches market The -four that now comes down
the Shenandoah has to be landed at HafPers- FER
" in the public road. and not unfrcquensiy ~ the
mud, more than half mile trom me p4lnmore
Company's Warehouse, to which Il has 70 he
drayed, and il il Is intended fot the Alexandria
sktket, Il must be drayed little further across
the Bridge to the Canal, where the labor to get u
10 the boats full as much or more than i would
be al the Old Furnace.
il i evident blythe Railroad from Titles Fails
fysiii,er market, produce would he less exposed
! u ihe weather, less handled, and consequently
itsS expense. The want Of room at ltarperss
Ferry, for sufficient Wase- houses 70 accommodate
thearade, cannot be obyiated. The u q O.ltall-
road Company have = small warehouse ss. no'
much larger than County Court Lawyers Ofice
xoa no ground 70 enlarge it;--so also with the
Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company
conse0dently large quantities oil Hour IRON w
chester andslrou the river hatto be piled up. ex
,iosed ID the weather for weeks at a time, during
he mast season, At much loss TO the owners, N con
detnned barrels, &c.
There are many persons Of The opsilon that ny
ss,henAndoah can Be ma1c navigable for steam
k5at1 That Il can be from I.ittie's Falls up Their
& scarcely : doubt, particularly for Steam vince
hoats Of sixteen,of eighteen inches draught Tha
,l,er, r. suificieney Of water in the dryest sea
s.hs. from port Republic TO Little's Falls, 70 maxi
sluires 81 is feet width and is or IS inches deer
4 m moi hc questioned By persons acquainted viii
NE river. Then the only obstacle Is the iall u
lie river From Part Republic to The Forks, nea
Front Royal, Is nineiy-six miles, with an average
an of about six feet per mile. From the Fork
10 i.itsle's Falls i iorty-six miles, with ial
AVERAGING about Two feet eight inches per mile
The anestion Is, can this fall be overcome without
I.ocksY As il has been done in other rivers, i
can Be done ia this. II no. the fall 10 the Ohio
from pittsburg TO Wheeling, more than the tal
n no Shenandoah. where steamboats, drawing Of
,e.n OF eighteen inches If water are Frequently
used ; and Is i; not well known that in high Wa
Ter large steamboats, frequently 70 up The Louis
vile Falls III the 0aio Of twenty-five feet ascent
II two miles, 70 avoid the tell Of TIE Louisville
Portland Canal Of two miles length, made At grea
cot Is overcome the iall. Rivers 70 the North
South. East and West OF Ne, are unsigaled pl
steamboats, cyer falls Is great as those q tns
Skhnandoah. Then lctus believe thai We can DC
What others have done -golo the work IN eaFnss
lav our shoulders 10 IL and all pnlt toseeF, ntit
4 teil surely BE- done. Il Is useless 70 say ono
Won, q the incalculeble advantages TO the peopls
,ifJellssson, Clarke, L0ndoun. Fauquier, Warren
Pare. Shenandoah, and several other counties
hi1her np the river, 10 have Plaster, Salt and Al
49,, r,erchsna;te delivered ffom sicamboais q
the doors Of some, and convenient % all, and y
have them produce taken cxpediliously 70 mafke'
q greatly les c6st than they now have tsPay. IL
,<slsS lf;s. ,,,,e tls gentlemen appointed lander
tie bhtlc,s Falls Railroad charter, 70 open poo,,s
;,s|.{Slls,v. and III thoso Interested take stock
~ /, win soon be determined whether there i
~ a. brighter azy Cor ibis beautiful and unsssr
,,5,Ss1 V.ISV. 81 81, early conpcton oftlIis work
-, III. 81 i,nr. aad il viii he ne beginning 3
a Is ;~nr1.rnknl 81 he Shenandoah 70 is hshes
'...1- Il ..,.t.sk f-o6,5S,< cannot hol1 q.