Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-09-11
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ssomeof our coh,epporar,ss, in nosicssg tse
repairs low lheing raade By the Chesapsats
ana Ohio CauAl Company to the Quiet look e
De mouth Of Rock Sfeek, 80 rs % Allow tie
faasage Of loaded bo1ts from the canal into the
Potomac, say ihatiswill bsa eresk nd vaatass
TO our citizens in ne way of iessening the
price Of coal; for owing to the blockade exist.
ing, coal must be hauled from GEORGETOWN
here at an expense Of al per ton: whereas, lift
were delivered at our wharTes. the com
modify would be caeapened to that extent.
Those who fatter themselves that simply by
the repair OF this lock they " I'LL save one dol
Ter per ton on coal, are mistaken. When that
work is finished, coal will cost as much
per ton delivered on the wharves here as IL
now does to bring II from Georgetown. 1fboats
could come direct from the outlet lock to the
wnarves in this city, we grant that the saving
would be effected. But what are the factss
Coal boats Will be compelled on emerging
from the outlet lock into the Potomac to hire
tugs and be lowed down the Georgeto wn chan.
mel through the Long Bridge to the meeting o.
he channels below Gieshoro', and then back
slong the Washington channel, dist ance OF
or 10 miles, and If they are brought into the
Washington canal ttey must pass under the
Long Bridge again, and wait for a tiae to get
to the place where they are I'M loaded; thus
consuming a day or more when, after all, they
are not more than miles distance from the
outlet lock from whence they started, a dis
lance which might have been accomplished in
twenty minutes time, and without any expense
for towing. The cost Of making this detour
per ton is as great as that Of hauling coal from
GEORGETOWN, or taking it through the Alex
andria canal and into the Potomac, and thence
back to this city. There is but one way to
avoid this expense, and make coal as we'll as
other produce which comes down the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Canal cheaper here, and that
is to clean cut the canal from Rock creek to
18th street. the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal Company will not do that necessary
work-it will cost but Iittle-then eur city, or
citizens should do IT, What other place of the
same population would submit to boats with
produce mailing q detour of eight miles, (by
the outlet lick, down to Giesboro and re-
turn,) or fifteen miles, (by Alexandria
canal,) when canal a rnile long, which will
save the time and expense, is already con-
structed, and only needs a small expenditure
10 keep dredging machine at work for few
days. This brunch is not like the Washington
Canal, which fills up as fast as cleaned. and
the expense would not have to be continuous.
So far from Georgetown having opposed the
repair Of the outlet lock, as stated in morn
ing newspaper, that city tavors it, because her
business men sre almost the only ones bene.
flied by the Improvement. 1t lie the only out
let near George own from the canal into the
Potomac. When it is obstructed, boats can
+, not pass from tie canal into the river in order
to unload at teI wharves, or transfer their
freight into vessels an CHI red in the stream,
except by way canal to Alexandria, through
he locks there into the Potomac, and then by
towage back 10 the Georgetown wharves
Theee wharvesand that at the foot of G street
in this city, are the only ones which will gain
any advantage from the impro yemen now In
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