The Hillsborough recorder., 1853-10-12

Iestimated. regret lSat in this he IS
mistaken on The contrary I have re-
cei,ed positive. reliable ryidence hat
Il has done ! great deal o. misehiei q
The North. - iar - public opinion =
eoncernpd, and has created much a
larm and apprehension there, among
th0se wha feel a deep interest IN the
success af our improvement; and
knowledge ef this fact. in nv jadg- !,
ment, apart from all other eOnsidera-
sions, rendered il imperative upon me
U endeaEOr To correct the evil. and 10
send the antidote gut 10 meet and coun-
teract the poison.
As regards the failure of Mr.. keen's
plain. that has ma b,aring upon The mat
ter whatever, for his was esseaiiaiiy and
enfirely different from the plan IL COL
/ w. R. Thorn pson. the able engineer Who
projected our Improvement.
Mr.. Keen attempted what Is called
sluice navigaf fion; be had no lacks in the
river at all. bat undertook, BY means
, Of sort uf dam, made IN part with
brush. sas lrarn.) To force the volume
uf water in the centre Of the stream, the
dam projecting from the banks oi the
river f0irards the channel, but IN no
case crossing the river. Mr.. heen's
. plan, therefore, tended TO increase the
|. violence of the current ours THE very
reyersel checks IT, One wuuld infer
|, from DIR. Mitchell's letters. numbers
6 and 8. that operations had been go
ing on upon the river for thirty cnnse
cuuse years. am sure he did not IN
tend to convey this idea. but such Is the
! import Of his language. Now, the fact
a is, that after operations were abandon>
ed under Mr.. keen's administration,
! nothing was done until 1880, when
: onr operations began.
Dr.. Mitchell seems .t0 aprrehcnd,
thar, from the violence Of the stream
Z III L freshet, a loaded boat cannot live.
: : Here. again, iacisare against hun. The
!, Cape Fear. below Fayetteville, has been
I. na,i.alrt in freshetsand all sorts oiwea.
!, rher and tide, for nearly half cen
\ tury, aud will venture the assertion
z without the fear of successful contra
I, diction, that fewer accidents Of ever,
! kind have occurred ON that stream thar
= = any other nayisated BY the equal mum
y Der Of boats. IN the Union. am tolt
- - that there are few lfany rivers North Q
a the Mississippi, upon which there arr
IN So many steamhoats, and the oldes
= - steamer in the United States, the Hen
i rletla, is still running upon the Cap
nv Fear.
y, As regards the riolence" Of III
- stream above Fayetteville, 70 whic
K the Doctor attaches so much impor
q tance, and from which he seems I
,@ @ apprehend such dire results, wrul
- Just remark, that, heretofore, 1t wa
al oniY ia fresheis that the stream ther
L. could be used at all for purposes
~ Navigation, il NAV so call IL, aud then
- by ralts. the irailest of all means :
an transportation and yet these have g
~ neraliy gone in safely. Now, the g
!, feet OF our locks aud dams, as ever
AN bwly knuxs, will he to check the cu'
led rent and, in truth, there will be non
70. al any time until the summit OF u
yer dams is overcome. and, consequently
the violence ot the current will alwa..
Nh be very much abated from its nalur
- -" force. This will operate iayorably, n
~, onIv upon the safety OF the boats,
~ - there really was any danger to be al
" pretended lrom that source. but,
NJ. - truth, it contributes to the security Al
- permanency Of the works themselse
~ inasmuch as the force OF the cure
iii I'M hesius beyond the apex oi the dam.
80; As | shalt, NY dear sir, have occ
II. sion again to ask place IN your ,aI
able columns, | will not further trespa
upon them at present, hoping IN
Is enough has been said in lacor Of tn
~ important Improvement, 10 cunntcrac
anu ,. in some degree. What has been write
against i,
'~n Very respectfully, yours.
not ]. II. HAUGHT0N.
cis. Til,shorough, 9Th September, 1853.
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