Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-05-06
IMpRovENIENT OF THE OHIO.
ny CHARLES ElIEI, JE.s cIyl. ESsIsEEasss
BuRSEr HOUSE,

The first of.thess IS my own proposition to
form Reservoirs oil tine tributaries Of the TiyeC,
lin which water viii be collected wheIithe drain
age of the country is in excess, and from which
the channel will be supplied when the naViga-
ton fails. in time of drought
The other Is tie plan of LOCKS 1ND DAHs=-
the advocates of which propose TO construct
about fifty dams across the river, toincrcasr the
depth Of the water, and to place two tcclessiR
each dam, to overcome the distractions created
i.by the dams themselves. SsA
have recommended the formation of reser-
voirs on the tributaries of the river, and object
cd to the construction of these dams across the
channel of the river, for the following reasons:
81 A fter the dams shah have been constructed
across the Ohio, If willbe found that-tfey eau
I NOT b. Flrels ira!e7-ti1ht The dams will leak,
end reservoirs ON the tributary streams will be
needed in the summer season, to supply the pools
thasnSclTes with sufficient water to llOat the
boats.
Tfispoint is Illustrated by the sackWater nayi-
CATION Oh the SchuyIkili River, where three 80
ssyp;0rs arc now REQUIRED. and reSortcd TO annul
IL. 10 supply water TO compensate for the losses
I resulting from the evaporation, and from theleak-
I acc and locltage at the dams
1t is illustrated, also, by many other slackwa-
ter improvements; hut more particularly by that
ofthe Monongahela River where, during the grelt-
ter 4r of tTe sit.iI aer md ftlL Of 1851 the wa
ter not ONLY ceased to run over the DAMS but by
evaporation and Ieakag., ,eas Utmost GtsHtlky
,lrisI nut 5f me ypoL..
~, NJ %,,;o,,..s els Conn,nv now contemplate
,oeo,,in,, IN nn,n,,ss reservoirs . from which
c,rI,I,. ean he dawn. in seasons of low water,
iot,, I'll jo,,.n, ,,ools and thus keen them in
,,soli ,,sti,,l,I, condition.
I'bs,s ,,t,v lave n Iork and dam Improvement,
Ell 80 80 ,;ii rod, n SUNNY
st Will, water md make the
H., A., ;i,,ssf,,I
,1,..t,.,,ot fH,o nav;
- a., FSi,i ,,J incIrs to o,ercon,e the
tsrti;st,t ofztr1ctions occasioned by the dams,
81 - i, III. ,,,,,ntsin. from which to
Ti. Az, ,,,,is with G,,otar 4 nr5nose to firm
Iie Il, tSe f,rst istsI,,.c and to sup
si, a. ;, ;ts..iF f.or, th..,n at once and dis
',' .,t;rl MIN, The Inct,,n;l dams twill
ea,,;.,, ,,cs; :. ,,,cr. In snnplv the river in
- - "a; 49,, =, IN Is, ',sa1.,I To s,,,,.
III, !, oit,,- Is c,o,neI bs han oi,str,ctel bv
i"s, - wi ., ,.;ie surface has j,a.I, ,.xpr-
.eaH "a .,I Tho o.arorsii m
4bcrsSr. i1crrasad
ID S,J:.l .',,, h ,r,n,aos.fl m he
r. 81 r,.Eicb that Of sun.
10, IL, ,yi.i ata, in times Of drought
Py,,iji Ioa IL, ,,T,o,.it,- far conveying freight
IN irsc Is. ni,r,,n:as sbsouteiy Unlimited
r. 80, In, b,vc Lean bniit the MN.
no, If hsst ybi,h may traverse t!l,. river will
~, ,, 10 ,Its.,n;,,,d I,I tho quantities ol
iO -, nir,obey tSot tho -agion al
pro-; H., o.; - .l' rTai h;b,v 81 cana.
"a :. w - ,I;sI st. ,,r,.t., r,,. ia
"o 81 P IT. tS. ,,; N " T6ifsIIo tie nGmJs,
~. ' ,5ag h. D;t.,ei tIyougI tie locks.
~ ,g ~ Of io.,Ic locks to mass the trode
a., or; 4; fi,II,, ,Jn,,opstr,tntl bv the AIon.
onr,,bcIa nsvnation. where the coal.boats occa.
;,;,Ii en,,I IN, by,.ire I. In the locks. and ia
ttoi's. - IN 70 DOT tSronoh bIoc n.
H. n,,r,ocbcs n,inst nj ascending crafts 70,
s,,s H. IN sHcrnS.ion
re-, ,ni five or six steamboats, plyDc
a., .b. Nr,oDy,brIa and recurring the use of it
1 tle ,t , or TIC nbio l., bt
toIarotoJ ,,,,s+ M s1,cI, ~ he relied on IL
H. ,,rns:,,. aud nros,,ec
'OS tJ,. n.droI, Int also tn,
- S,A, 20 f. iijcgbcn,- tbe ion ana
t.','. -, Of TIr.yb sevsroI Inn.
H. ,o,ny,st and tbc nroner trad.
-; n;; r;,,,. itig TTbi. y,oEt or,,rrcpot,
-; -. ,..i ,i,-,,,,,,I, 5o,,EI,. locss ,.ycr
.'o ~ ,otEIc - col .J,Sys h. l,cn
-,,oi ,,.,.l,;.,s. or,Is,.
as 90. , - =, lac t,-, Iocl,c of .,rl
~. &C.. n. they nIi,st he IL
-, W.. 80, |,.ts ond from H,o,ls-alU.vs If
~ ,nase ,rc nroy;de Mt least Ares Lo:Ig IL
s,ri, Ann
e"s'. ' ~ - ,Lo 1oc,,s iII no ,rr,t,
IT. ,h '.' rriy,,, tiD,a nov required 70 max,
ani ,5,,seISortIv Inc fine INV; 10
e. $50 ,,r,;.,,,r,, ,nv,t,,. ,,.;lj Ia. ,,,,,r
- .L,,,LysI IL, ,j,o ,IcI"ntion at tire dams
=. ,,a.,,,,;,. ,,.a ,JontaT and wafer SIMPLE,
h. 80, 70 rho channel when il is nc.ietI ther,,
-, inn r.G,ircI to make IN. trim will he relu
-
Tf d,,,,..oro ,,,ce5 across ,;,c channel O
81, M, al ts,n trad, Of tbe river for not les
,h.,, en- rycaEs in ,ycry vsar VIII be force,
80 ';,rn,,s,I, tb, lois
Gs[sr,i aud 1sco,,lrd observations. male a
Wit, S. tysi,.s v,rs in succession SHOW
H., ,,.oto. T,o,1j not ic IIioh cnonob fo
t''at I -, ,,o .,,. Ger tc dams on nm yIa,
! ,,,,,,i, Jovs in the year.
If ,a 1,ari',st;3n i ;rnnrovcJ by- reser
,o;rtarest can possibly be injured thereby
~ H., chaNnr l. oi,ttrret..l Inv dams tbc rail
mo bnsincsS Will be completely DESTROYED.
=, Dams on the ohio, however. skilifully the,
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