The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-04-28

course u belonGs, ss all other reservations do,
Congress Incorporated q company "to open |
the canal running through the city of Wash.
i1EiGn' IS, a. ls 81 dowS.spsn ne pa, Of ss!d
That company seem tohave failed 10 DO any.
thing, as they wsre reqpired TO eompietc the
; ;s. Ti ~. I've years e tn,t boat. drawing
same, or else their rights were to be forfeited.
10 the yHar 1902 smother company, was organ.
.sa 70 now open ne cana, sionF the route :.
called the "washington Canal Oompsny,r
and that company 10 the source from which
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18th February, 1902 IFof act see I'd volt
On the ID OF January, 1891, the Aldermen
and Common Council passed an act AuthoriI.
Wilmington Canal Company, add siJ Bay therefor
| the sum OF csc, 900. (See webb's Digest, y, IA
BY this act the city took lust what rig6fs the
psa iSRS G ns S %s a u s Ss sSs e
Government, but not the land 10 fee In the
year 1882, Nay ~, ponsres passed an act rat
chase Of the canal, sod further authorized The
city to open the canal On the same land that
the company had beea authorized TO, provided
drawing four feet Of water could pas. through
to wall up the canal with stone The entire
in The m.nner Aforesaid by the ist day Of
March, 1888, then the whole act should be null
and void, and all right. Of the city In said
ment. By the same act the corporation had
right to collect rent, tolls and wharfage n
long as NE canal was kept 20 that boats draw:
boats could not pass ss Aforesaid. thea the city
az yS e S,,s.' r'n tolls o. wharfage
In the year 1883 Congress gave the city
Also 900 to aid In completing the enu,l, tvoi,
snl Is L, so es and !. nc ysfS rs
Congress to the city 10 aid IN CLEANING out the
canal, (sOi 0, same ststutcs.)
action to recover wharfage By IL. eorpoistion
AGAIN., Inst, party who had lsedsd freight upon
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rights To the canal, and Therefore no tolls or
wharfage could legally be charged by the city.
Or FSSS zee 81 S' h as az
, the canal commissioner, recognized the fact
that the city Ia. forfeited all right to the
canal. And, In addition to the above, your
committee would further state that an indict-
ment 10 now pending against the corporation
canal to remain 10 .s psessa y ,hy sonS, one
From the facts above set forth, your COM
mittee believe that the corporation hss no
iessi or equitable right to the canal, and that
the bill In question, the corporation merely
transfers 4 pOssessory right or title, and they
r would earnestly recolnm e nd the passage Of the
bill In question, for the following among other
reasons
! l. The can'l Is the only means Of conducting
the accumulation Of the various sewers from
every d. rect Ion to the river, commencing near
the Eastern branch aud running to Rock creek,
, because y lies between large part of the city
north and east Of the canal aud the Potomac
rivers and the water from At least seycn-eighths
. OF the seventh ward naturally flows into the
canal, and IL Is therefore an absolute physical
, necessity to keep this canal open as a recepta.
Gle for the sewers. The waters OF Tiber creek
must also be taken care Of which precludes
the possibility OF covering the canAl oyeri and
) by deepening II so that boats drawing four feet
Of water can constantly pass through II, with
the fresh water from Rock creek and the TIber,
, and the tide from the Eastern branch, there is
not the slightest possibility that any offensive
smell would over emanAte from u, the water
, being perfect deodorller OF any nlth or debris
that would ever enter the canal.
2. The commercial advantages to be derived
from the passage Of this bill can scarcely be
estimated. The trade aud commerce resulting
t from eontlnuous line Of etnal and river nay:
igatton from the Erie aud Pennsy lvanis canals
the great cities OF the North aud the District
of Columbia, aud the Cumberland coal mi es
When sosss now SoSi%,t SS ths Eris csns
Z OF two hundred and forty tons burthcn can
4 load In the city OF Buffalo, or any other city
4 the Delaware and Rarltan canal-or the Del.
D aware riyer-or the Susquehanna river-oI
/. Chesapeake bay--and discharge their eargoes
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street and Washington canal, and there take
In two Chesapeake and Ohio canal boat
; loads Of Cu mberiand coal and return through
the Washington canal aud the Chesapeake
= and Potomac canal to Annapolis, up the bay
TO the Chesapeake and Dolawarc canal, con,
a structed in 100, thence IN the Delaware river.
past Philadelphia, to Bnrdentown, thence
: through the Delaware and RArltsn canal to
New York bay, to New York city, or Other
des S nsid ne monopoly Of The Baltimore
z and Washington city will begin to assume
that commercial Importance so much desired
by all classes Of her citizens, and hundreds o.
, her Idle laborers will be enabled 10 nnd M
, plOyment.
; The distance from Washington to New Yori
r miles, and to Philadelphia but one hundred
nfty-two miles. And by this route the cana
: to Annapolis from Rock creek will be bu
Q twenty-eight miles, the Chesapeake and Della
ware canal thirteen and half miles, and tn,
, Delaware and Rsfltan canal forty.threc miles
max ing less than eighty.nye miles Of eanal,th
tolls OF which will be very little more than tn,
insurance by seagoing vessels. The amount
OF Cumberland coal carried to Underwater last
year was about ,62I, 900 tons, OF which amour
-, about 100000 tons was carried by rail Il
I Locust Point, Baltimore, and about ia 90
+ tons come down the Chesapeake and Ohlt
Som%e,ion Of the S USesspesSe and To
= cAnal, and the connection made with che Dhcs
Apeake and Ohio canal through the Washing
ton canal at Rock creek, as proposed by tn,
bill under consideration, n very large, aye, tn,
0 major, part Of all the Cumberland coal yearly
/ reaching tide.water will pass through this city
and II so, Is not the material prosperity o.
y Washington, Of which our leading bushes
men arc wont to take so deep an interest, al
most assured
i Your committee arc oonstrsIaed to believe
. from the consideration which they have beer
able to give the subject and the facts hereiI
: set forth, that this project 10 one OF vital I'm
portance to the taxpayers OF this city; because
II will relieve them oil the burden OF, sooner o
4 later, thoroughly cleaning out the canal ant
the drain on their pockets will not stop there
| n a " hAV IN IA
made yearly to keep It clear; and after that Il
done 1t will be OF very little consequence In
i measure is the only one, In the opinion OF tn,
: undersigned, that will meet one of our CON
mercial wants-a cheap connection with thu
: L.. b. S. MILLER,
Mr.. Fowler objected to the words "you
, commlttec;" and after q lengthy persona
, discussion between Messrs. Bates, Fowler
and l.. b. 8. Miller, the latter gentleman
modified his report-wherc the words "youl
committee" occur, to insert "thc under
signed"
The bill to authorize the transfer of the
G Washington Canal Company to tho Chcsa
peake and Potomac Canal Company wa,
made the special order for next Monday eve
ming, Immediately after tho call Of wards.
/, Mr.. Hine presented the petition of +. A
Boswell and others, asking tho construction
OF bridge over the canal At Sixth street
west.
Mr.. Fowler introduced resolution re
questng the register to report to this Board
the amount of money paid into the First
National Bank for licenses during the pres
cnt fiscal year. Agreed TO.
Mr.. L. B. s. Miller, from tho Committee
! on Ways and Means, reported bill to pay
for raising abutmcnts OF X street bridge, and
to pay Mr.. Same for experimenting the
building OF said bridge; a Joint resolution
(B. Al relating to tho Alexandria, Lou,
doun and Hampshire railroad and TO the
Southern Maryland railroad. Passed.
Also, a bill (B. Az TO exempt church
property from taxation In certain cases,
which exempts that class Of property from
the payment Of special taxes on account OF
street sewers, and extends the benefits OF
this act TO the Washington city, St. Vim
cents and St. Joseph's Orphan Asylums.
The bill led TO lengthy debate, and Mr..
G.. W. Miller demanded the previous quos-
ton on the bill which was not agreed TO.
resolution Of thanks to the reading
clerk was agreed to, and the Board ad-
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