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Rl<nnasp. Feb 2e, 1919.

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RasllnasD, Feb. IS. 1919.
/ Presidsnt and Directors II sAs Board d
GExrIFMS Pubsic Works:
ing report, "a leave 10 s.leaaii The fol,ow.
S aaaoaa anu - branees q me Shen.
ho1 g make, BY yubr 800, ss'aili haze had the no
under Law d lie sssesssaaent and direction.
. Isqulf'ns The surrey u Be made re Legislafs.e.
~. 'heae q ilhsUsipg DE ma xep,'fs q
s.'s ..ssa a. s = oraneAFs, slpsobabe OF
s !. ..,s 80 Is.s fess value o e
ftcS t5sIenasfdo4h Cdspa ~ - 81 tire
o. the water-Poser and osherbrisleseo .ae salue
to the compAuy.n siongsng
! would have greatly preferred 10 postpons
ing any report, until ali the exani,latlons ~, ~
ca'suons are completed, aud comparisons q =.
Isiaese cyst 81 improvements, of different caea
s ses Instituted, necessary 10 tie preparation 81
inli ana detained one, upon ait lie questions rees
red TO ny consideration Bufas iheee seems -
os q wash y have the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and re-
snias, thus far arrived at, Communicated Z, tha
board OF Public Works, am unwilling 10 ia,er.
pose any objection.
When accepted the appointment from your
ooaId 70 conduct this survey, il was uLdersto1d
taat my duties as ciief eng,ieer OF the Cnesa-.
PeaAe ana Oalo Canal Mould not alby@ me to
give much personal attention ID IN prosecution
heat and the estimate ot It's cost should receive
my most careiai censt snan. Aud, at my re-
quest, was ~ 10 engage The services oil
an asstslsat. Nj 1 csuld eoniide, ,oiske the
. .nnea,.,s ss'Ssl b survey, aud carry out
gave IN .ela,'oss >ea services oil Randolph
sool g. ESQ, were sNly secured as assist.
s S"'es 1 a. su nan1r ss.IeI@sd "
me, and highly credllable 10 hfdia
The survey was commenced on the 10Th June
last. The held operations were completed ON he
18th December. Since then, calculations Tor
the estimate have been making. and maps Of the
survey preparing: Ihey are not yet finished =
Sufficient information, however, has been obtain
ed 70 justify inc m expressing the general opln.
ions shah do in this report upon the best mode
81 Improving the Shenandoah and its branches,
and the PROBABLE cost Q. etiecting such an i'm
| ptovement.
When commencing the survey II was my IN
lentieu 10 visit the party sufficiently often to en-.
able me, IN advance Of IT'S movements 10 examine
the river, and give from time to time particular
instructions IN regard to rhe prosecution OF the
survey. This coutse was pursued in relation to
the examination OF the river from Harpers. Ferry
70 the head Of Litte's Falls, aud above, and Tor
some considerable distance below, Port Republic
But finding that had not tina time at command
thai continuance OF this course OF proceeding
along The whole river would require, concluded,
as Mr.. Coyle understood the general plan Of the
examination desired TO have made, TO wait until
the survey was completed, and then-to examine
carefully the lines traced TO determine where and
10 what extent changes, II any, might be advisa.
ble,' Tnis revision OF the. location have YET in
part to make, but il will be complished before
closing my nnal report. Notwithstanding this IL
the case, the results now presented may be SUBJ
stantialiy relied upon. Changes, no doubt, both
ofpan. and location, viii be found advisable upon
revising the line. ltwouid be singular il it were
not SO. II is only alter much examination of,tIe
ground with the level, often on botllat such an
river, and laborlous fpHil6posed III this report
e. de 1heha ndoah can be properly ana nnay TO-
Gated But as such il NAV Il ssJaIy s..
hhSemfied lnat, the aggregate, they wj 10, Tend
~ ipcrease the estimate. Besdss :-.sterence
~ the es,imnle presenssd -a-...is report, il nav
-.smafk,d ..l-s al least one half OF tie work Fl
t,,' ys 2,He upon The improvement would Ae ora
be mater ss f2sl Of which. IN The aggregde, Cannot
y - At.scted by any ehas1yes az oc.sss
OF instance, the eu,,-e lali III ~. 80. -
oY locks, no matter wtI.t ttpi, nas;; y
rpsus In1slauafiy, or bow great may be the
s,us ., - N ,n,h,1' isom That ass upel.
s aa' ,Ss Men masonry upon The gu
mani. ner cup,c ard may therefore Do estitihdkS
L Hllu ~ tdl vi esiP, -
Tie surveys and examinations made wereo Of
tho Slenaad, ah, from its month al Harpers Fer
~, 10 he forks, aud, ioi the South lprk, from
thence upfo Port Republic. and the sNoIlhiork,
to the turhpks near 5trasDHrg.6 and OF the North
river from Pat Republic 70 Mount crawford.
. Flon lie Shenanduatr outlet lock inthe Chesa-
peake and 0aio Canal, directly opposilesie the
mouth u The Shenandoah. AS tar up to Fort
Republic, an approximate location was made of
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report. But afung he North fork and the North
river merely lines otlevel were traced, and gene.
raj Information u Ye character OF the valleys Of
/ those streams obalned. There was No acinal
location made " any Improvement, for want Of
time~aud for TIE same reason the survey and
e&amlnation oithe Nerth fork extended no fnr.
Their than th4lurnPke near Strasbuig, and the
val eys OF South ana saiddle rivers were 1lefi
wholly apeAmined. gF ii. n
: / will SOW briefly state he facts arrived AZ
from The Surveys and examinations made. and n
the results up 70 tbs lime os'Nied from Inc SUB.
sequeni calc uallons
Let. Toe Distance fromthe
/ Shenendaaii outlet lock,
Oh he Chesapeake and .
ono Canal. opposhe Miles Fee.
lIarpsrs.FeHy, 70 The
Fo,ks,m .ss..--...-.... =. sS,ss e ascent, ao7,ls
9 pa' Republic = .- 5sss5
So SSfa.s,ais,anee from the
~ PsT He . u8Ostle. le s u AZ
The distance thene< 80 ,z'''ss t
Mount Crawford, j. s.4a5 92,64
49, -
Tosal from the Shenad. 8
deah outlet 10 Mt. Cu@s
ford, so /" Ss3,3R
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II Again, the distance from, @FAi
Il Tie above menlionedout-
let lock to !. the Forks" sH
Zee above, ) Is 55,es = ao7,Is
Tie distance thence To
The turnpike near Stras-
.Larg i las2 5a.3s
---f-
T.aiais from the said out
let ~ "a the Turnpike
near Slras0es 6g27 25qAg
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ID. The mode Of imp-vemen, -, ...,;,.sl,.
the Shenandoah and it, bransss. .iI.,,,,aH'gl =
sidercd, and PROFESSIONALLY the IN.
nav op;nion. Z mixed one. An IndepeBdes Y I,
throughout, would % : very expensive impfqsS
,nent. aud continuous sackwatef, in c0'se-
uuenee Of me injury i would occasion to the
bottom lands, apart from it great cost as ntt TO
IS thought Of. "A mixed improvement, BY canal
In part ard siackwater in part, changing from
one 10 the other, as the one OF the other would
8 The cheaper. Il well suited to the Shenandbah
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