Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-12-04

cubic feet rs nearly as could be determined, ie ~ ~
average fr, during the Year. for The OF The nJs ea
age and otherwise. If abour four hundred cubic ic Net miH
ute making for the year 2l02i0.0O0 cubic feet fhaD
tity actually stored ~ Tor canal use independently
ccdng items, about a00000Q0o cubic feet; aa he
available quantity was about il02ilouo, :euf
n - Ibf The entire downfall of rain NJ
| '4fe whole extent of country. above the plane D.
| mil, al command for reservoir purposes. Is az nfy
square miles, but twelve of which vel brought46 nse
apprehend that for the largest trade il will never be nece-
for the company avail themselves Of all e drainage
| within their control.
.Second The Erie Rriemson canal in Western Pnns'-
vaniu, running north and uh connecting the Ohio river ~
Bearer eight mile below Piitshg with the LAKE
AT the harbour of Erie; hundred and thirty sN miles M
| length.
The summit is vc-hun!rcd ANA feet abcvc the lake
and distant thererom toriyf,e and one hall miles
The supply for This distance North and fifteen ard on aii
miles South, including summit Of about four miles comes
entirely from the Connedu reservoir This was originally
natural lake covering eah, hundred acres the flow
from which, during the summer o 1899 was three hnnla
and twenty five cubic feel per minute. The ake raised
bv means o artificial mounds eer :rc above run
elevation and made iwcntysiN hundred acres me
surface when full being three feet above the regular can'
depth, which is four feet. An artificial navsabe feeder
wcntyone miles long, the water ~ French creek
| into the reservoir
The natural course of French creek is entirely diff
rent direction caswardy. The Of country dranedhy
hundred and seventy square niles but less than onh" OF
the water passing the dam diverted nom IL ancient c
mel into the reservoir.
The admits of being drawn down three feet with
out obstruction 10 navigation but understand that II haa
never been found necessary thus To drain H.
There sixtyone miles of The main line and tweny-ohr
miles of navgabc feeder uhoiy dependent on this ,ofr,
supply during nearly the whole boa'R@ season ms me
has been in regular and doing considerable and steadily
| increasing trade since ISL.
This ease cited especially show how much wa'e:
NAV he collected drainage but exhibit the cNi'nt 10
which canals sometimes supplied by arrangements nNoN
ing the use Of artificial reservoirs.
| Third The Union Canal in Eastern Pennsylvania "
unirs the Schuyki and Sasqucanna rivers connecting "
lis terminus with the Schylkil navigation ald ~
It's western terminus with the Penns lvanh STATE canal nc
miles below Harrisburg. Its whole length is ei9hty-""
miles. The summit is miles long and during he ,rN
season there about four miles westward ard me- mileS
eastward of the sunmit in ALL sixteen miles asiiicalN sup
piled This there has been m unusual drought put
the water in the canal has been well Kept mp throughout
The particular mode of supplying this summit Is d'eien'
from that adopted any other canal in this country
There works situated three and one luii ihita
from the western end OF The summit where nc waller =
waited through east iron pipes twenty inches in diameter
nnctysix feet perpendicular height II passes thence !" me
summit! through n tubular shaped trunk tunnel three aha
one half feet in dan,tc mile being constructed o bch
and cement and the residue ol plank put together III spy
glass form. -,
The Biz Drrp as il is termed forming th reservoir in the
valley of the Swatara creek is eleven miles above me water
works, connecting III the water works Win me MAN 'l, ~
a nlygabe feeder from the dam. The dam Is tort! ite'hS
and hundred feet long backing The water siN miles anu
OVERLOOKING in all cgh hundred and thirty acres
The depth of the water drawn down IN ordinary se''
from ten To fourteen feet. e.
The How ot the stream, above lhe l. NJ
hundred cubic feet per minute.
The of country drained Is about one huilf" '
seventy square miles. 4 large quantity o No d"wnah"1
rain every spring when the floods bow Freely over w
weir OF the dam TWO hundred feet IN width nave seen o
depth of water the comb Of this dam
The company constructing another reservoir lur
Their up the stream for the purpose OF storing an auu'
portion of what is annually wasted. 49,.
The peculiar feature in their wafer aran@et.h MS II Nv
the flow from the reservoir instead OF passing dir'cu " W"
summit, is conveyed by the navigabc feeder eleven ms ~
plane pipftS !fG ME same water 10 this height b.
means of large water wheels. ne 4nhh'l's ul"W
from the reservoir IN twenty hours for power 10 SIMPLY
,,," u "n wheels i 2736 s60 cubic feet.
III c,r ,,nns ~ tvo s,om cnpines 000.Ti2 " ."
Total drawn per day, 3il3i,o"!
The minimum flow in the reservoir be- =,
ro,ros 3o7.6ce
A. the ouau,i,v drawn daily from actual IN the
reservoir; tina, when is drawn down ten Ice. 1Hlna
season. it shows that il has supplied water lo nay iaao,
during one hundred and ten days; and when d'W'
| feet, one hundred and hy-iour DAYS 49,. 49, ,,,,;,
The actual quantity available and thrown INTO me s'i''
ar,ci,llv in dry seasons is 5iS III cubic lee IN twenty
fnr hours: during which period the natural td" "n we
summit afford barely one tenth OF the VINO" S"ff
NV own estimate Of the annual fall of rain III ensyNa
mia and Ohio for practical calculations h.' away o
,hrys inches though in fact probable IL" men
e more Ii is proper add that the summit passes ih""t
porous limestone formation and that about IN miles III
lrnnh are pankcd prevent great loss rom oahlse
The canal was completed in 1925 and for eighteen yer
pas i, has TO compete with the State railway running mar,
parallel Notwithstanding this rirclnstanre J;yii,a,J
a arc oui of debt and anticipate m.t'"s ah""uH''' Wv
in January 90 inc reservoir supplies ON Iennsyrana and
ltlo or as is frequently styled 1.-The Cross Ont canal n
well as Oh the canal Of Ohio only offer AT pro
sent few general facts. ,
Meeting the Beaver division Of the PENNSYLVANIA canal -
miles North of Beqrer with he Ohio State canal 8 lnile"
South of Cleveland Ii has been IN successful operation
about ten years and does suffer for want o water The
summit is 1876 feet above Lake Erie, ana about 50 mile
e Northwest OF the Sandy and Beaver summit. ~
There miles Of summit three miles oi eana We" na
and two miles east supplied in part from reservoirs tr
minimum natural flow into The summit beng ABOUT ~"
If feet per minute. There are two reservoirs enpiyis mo we
r summit covering ninety acres, when can ~ a,""
down about 1 feet the other covering no %n' enh,.@n
There other reservoirs below the suiii. o' sc
used for regulating the supply Tor water power p1po1s.
/ AT the mills along the Cuyahoea river nave NOT l' s'ft
l. tanned the o; country drained oS TIE TWO reservoir"
Il "'"'' Oio STATE CrnaL
i The Licking summit on this line is about ten miles long q
is supplied in dry weather By reservoir winch covers MS
nine hundred acres which six feet in depth are ayaia
The streams which ordinarily How into this reservoir hl'
no water in ry season. have not heard that any d'co
" on account Of the supply of water has ever been exp
Y cncec. -, 49,. INN, ,,,,r4 H..
II is possible that may yet receive in time s'n' io,t ~
:, tailed data concerning the canals last e'n'a , ~ =, 80
J, case they shall be- Immediately communicated 10 !"" Nv
Wishing to y" e' NJ To, So 1 R6 xxi ,<
i fully, your obi srr' l. '" ''''- ,;rJ ro.j.l,-
II will be perceived from Mr. Robcriss letter 'a, ihe
nothing novel in the plan which ha- boon proposed 1f
+ plying the Alc4hany summit level from reservoirs nc ~
If nm1y Of The engineer will be- taxed for mode
> ii executing the work With drainage surface at *
hon what We can conveniently command, other 'aiiis ~
the country have been supplied from ARTIFICIAL ~
shall we not adopt the exiedicnts with rlna .ic'
Nv apoogy Tor subniitin. these few remarks on inc NJ
hanr las sul,cc, pcraaps not properly before me- %a
De found in the sofcitude feel tor TIE Nn'e w
water line 49,, H., ,,.o-
have expressed my belief in former reports mat me "a'e
line cotnes greater advantages than anE other improve
% ment that can b. devised with view - doTeope the -.
r sources and accommodate the rodc Of Western virginia
And any one will come 10 conclusion who's mind
i NOT constantly dwelling the connection OF towns "f
trade and travel already exist and where the
he;r connection NAV very accurately determined from *
sting facts In estimating the value OF mpro' e'lch
we mus, look the peculiar condition OF AI eouny @
adspt the Improvement that condition Here W. my
j. ; -, onan rrss 10 fell and the land clear and I'll
Goals the metals and their salt lime marble innoa
g and products which require for their full development i
chcanest possibe mode their transportation ~" ca'
l6ls this condition affords tie cheapest possible ode ."
TRANSFORMATION H. value does depend on the place whc
l. reaches nc i. The with railroads bat upon M soil
tbrou which passes that will invite lab" iunlsn '
nar enrich the State put face Gus d""!e-
affairs These are oil the Vii, gH' II my
preference over any other plan Of Improvement tor ' c"
,r.I limo