Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-11-16
THE CANAL QUESTION.

wAsHTSGToN, Nov. is, ISCs-Edi'or Sur
In your issue Of the !+fh. M. q. l.. walker i
reported to have said, on tha evening previous,
Al meeting OF vorkla gnsn, IN relation e. tue
imPTUv, ment OF the canal. that MIR. Severson
had submitted his plan 10 CcnSress, aud us
90 Inmates were SijOuG0." That L have long
sgO submitted s plan ~ well known. Also,
that this plan Is approved. In aud out OF Cpn-
gress, among those who prefer the welfare OF
the city to privaie gain. But the statement
that have submitted an estimate CT SijU,0JD is
not true; sIl must know who have read nv
several COMMUNICATIONS on this SUBJECT ID Con.
Sress and 10 the City Councils. Hence, com
mon justice and tnr IL t-r-sJs II he city dautuI
that This uDfound'G statement of III. VA 5sr
should b. corrected, 10y showing tia, l have
Mt submitted an estimate Of such magnitude:
and. ON the contrary, that have shU wed 20 he
satisfaction of The best Informed. that ~
sTalgh'enlng the canal aS proposed in nv
plan. nearly ground enough Iu8y he saved gu!
acquired TO pey the entire cost OF the Droposai
ChaDke and Of he uDl vtrs4lIy desired improve
ment. See my CoinUuuI s5tiOu= 20 Congress OF
May ?, June l.. and 20 City Councils sept :,
%, Tor complete -pfUtt' on of Il. Walkers
stafer'sDt, printed copI.~ Of which may D.. aa1
Al my Office AT the Clry E1n. Ar. walker aai
ny self eYiGraHy agree m car estimate OF the
Nalue OF the Camilla. Il / y. nth millions of
dollars. Eut on the dIspo-al 60 h. made of n
we differ widely. II wants IT % enrich him
sell and friends, wG.i' de- ile to save il % ru,-
city Tins i well shown. Also. nat - N
Eress tavOrs ny view. and e n aiG The cry in
carrying them CHf. - Ivu IN" y yp- aud CJu n
els shall ask j.. Irt.t t0s- Tor tra Mayor aud
Councils t. decide v .,.H.. tEts Improvement
stall he made, 1GC 'art tHti worth IS Al l.. no.
less tran Sut, ,j-r, shall b. save. - the city,
CT V neither tnis I.Jgp sum shalt 90 30 enrich
Rlr Walker aud G.s friend. Talking about
aTshIug he can't Is All nonsense. No Pra-tI-
cal. scientific engineer familiar with the canal
and is SuErOUntIaEs VIII recommend r. " hat
l. SAID IL favor OF dr.hiVC Il Il mostly mere
Fret-r e--for delay--for thus siding private
schemes. 10 rer owe al doubt on this point,
I l. only ne, esSa~y TO examine a list Of ths
proposed nCorpCratOTS for private oGgGI com
paEIes, anCng which VAL De found ths Es5J
most strenuous adv coates ct An arch clt'rsrf
Ii rs, however. satisfactory 70 know that tue
people. rIch aud moor, are beginning 20 under
stand this movement.
3. SEvFEsoN, Engineer.
We agree with Mr.. SeveIson in one partica-
lar n least. The canal oU,t, not to 90 TO p
private company. byt if the present do-uothing
policy in regard 10 its improvement is to be
continued. the public and especially the tax
payers Will soon BE- disposed TO get lid Of the
elephant on any terms. Considering she small
results that have followed the p-otral;ei
tinkerIng upon the canal ~ Ir. Sewers 20. 1t
Is not quite modest Ill MN t. condemn s.
sWeepingly all other projects for abauus the
nuisance. Nor is it quite proper for him TO
charge interested motives upon o. hers al the 'ima
wnen he himself wants % ger al odd hundred
thousand dollars 10 spend in rs own way upJn
the canal No douht be Is homes / in his motives.
and -sally believes ilaf his plan is the hes. one
and the only one proper: but ne should ri ye the
advocates OF other plans credit 10. the same
sincerity
We hold now 10 tine views heretofore ex.
pressed III these columns, that no more money
should be expended in tiukering upon the
c1aai for the benefit Of anyb0dy-s schemes or
theories. We have lad the Thomas foo yates
AID the Saverson fcod-gate5, aEdalI sorts Of
eXperIme ntation, resulting IL nothing. We ara
IS we were. Almost money enough has been
spent IN this tinkering 10 pave the bed Of the
canal IN gold dollars, and yet TO-DAY ..e canal
is o. less use aud j. more offensive th-l ever
before. Let the municipal aCthyri.je-. rs,1-
lGteiy thIusting aside al tue crowd of
tnEeEeTs, proceed to prepare q we'll
dig 'stsd plan Of canal Improvement and
having once settled upon 4 plan, carry
4 out without swerying % tue rieht or
lett If the canal is TO be confirmed IN crcu
e1nal and made EayigabIe il must b on a scale
l. provide for connection with trp Crezar.4k-
&Ed Ohio Canal, and due thought VIII hay ,l
De given to the question what SNAIL be d9na
WITH he priyy drainage. 1 the email is - b.
covered iniO covered calvert Tor Sc 2y-r,g-
purposes then due provision NUT be made f,-
TIE full accommodation OF the W.T. coming n
from the sewers, and from TIbar Geek. boiN
N ordinary times and in times Cf Hood. Taa
opinions of the best eu -inecri-E autlrri,i.s
and OF those practically flmili.r We n 80
matters should be procured. anu tn iafcr.na.
u1n dlgested into a corprehersiy5 me. -r-a
WEIGH should be uHflinChIngly Garlic. OF.
Let Us have no more :inkerio-