Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-05-23
TuE WASHINGTON CANAL.

Suggestions a. 10 rs Improvement.
2 a. atut1eoibHld W. C6bhnitlth N the
District Of Colur nlia on Tuesday, q bin and
plan for the i'm bIDvemont Of our great null.
sance, the Washington canal, will DO contid-
cred, and we sincerely hope some good viii
at last result In this direction H.
In this connection, We give below the We've
of a prominent engineer upon this subject.
These Views were embodied In letter nd
dressed 10 Hon. Lewis Mckenzie, q member
% the District Committee, who has handed
tho letter 70 us for publication. ...,L
Dean SIN Aocerdlnr 70 yvut suese,tiops VIII Give
yeng views IN realan 70 subject which /. 70 be eon
tive 70 Witch ny memog eIiends. The washIns,en
ssnsre6a q iSe principal ss~sp y ts as nssT
M -, q ths ospIio GlIi q Fecslyss .6s ssr.sm
Lbe. creek With y. Two outlet. hIonsh The canal one
into he ksslsrn 6raneh sssr ths srssas divides the
s,y ln'1 ,hTee Pss. re,peetTe5 occupied n ths
DepartmenL Ryiarths larger pavilion q each q these
drains by nature ilmhtely into the canal The canal
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should DO made 10 conform 70, arst 70 b % located
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,hss hall da,asraI r. Sol,sa,s :, he most remote
md from w whaTyes Of egmmesse plrins ths las.
gentlemen in WSshinston my plan ior sonysrtns The
canal into useful agent and will repeat u to you.
tsssiR street no and oS i ' Canal S Cc
pany have constructed and abandoned a canal which
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doned soes 81 locks letting The water from the canal
mouth S q sos eTSc Rs waters 81 Of boiR that G stream
s@ & ne ami Sad ' n no., &
mouth q tho Washington canal, With iall Of seven
,S wsshins,an anal N VII 81 sevsn leet Ssn ~
distributed uniformly throughout ths leasth o. the
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into the asiern branch, At s junction With the Po,o
jSoson which S would Be heard 70 tSl. improvement
would BE- irgm that par, q rsnnsyyasA avenue which
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ss s ana ne SrR Ps 4. e,b re p ss
tons The owners q these Injected house, might pre-
ways At work AZ q ciee y .ca,gnser Pennyly,nia
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Sse rsl1S ne gaas along .hs si,g Of ne old swamp
prFshtihe inpspVsmsgt surse.i teie being carried
entsa eAestnhly .. gEAt ethsrsl.s se stl consider
ertY 10 question that The canal should beAyaJs hied
main III IL ~ prSsat SoadoS, th " disease
Tho neat objection would be- that lho agnuy o. water
s s sSs5 81 n 90 s q 70
not u draws ffou the UeorEetoen hvcl Of the Ohesa-
R Tsl sh dS Soald SpsdS ne Sissdaa s.is The
remedy ~ ,Sc an me- GbST'UPS chi, ~ e Ps b.
iaas q tSc osats9PiStsd esSai sinsspS ~ Se
licked SSfT me- N rv a. ,ss Is9 ssie y e tide
fSi, dam ior the canal 10 be vidopsd and dIdod In
.sSs Ss yS Mel. AZ 8. ~ AZ nv. Ssf PSSs.
which may be erected on me now banks q
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stand at Washington and eIsnd your vision along the
Mei.rGpoinn gIsns M s;i6Srs and 1n'1 snd ne
sSSsp yssr s,e over That fertile and pFodus,ss 70.
s Elsaa SiS wasSiaSiSa . PSsfs and The Ss'osd
from Wi,hiasioh ~ ISnehbuT md DInyiiie TO
which produces everything which gives employment 10
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coal, wheat, hemp, wool, 81. unbey, slate marble,
oSpper tobacco aud soiioh sad that The whole region
9S,;s y T o z Msana sS ana sSI 10 a9s GsI
all poluts by such railr9ads the hatlmote and Ohn
ard ~ bEa3she. ihs Pi,sbugs and so9aells thp
rad lie Orange AieTsndrlA and Manaaais railroad,
the W4shinFton, and Ohio E1ilnad, The Ohe,sPeake
rnad, tho Washington and Frederioksburg railroad,
the Washington and Peint loukout rairoad All 70 be
TOM Witch stands at tho southern end o that chain Of
elites pns.cd along ah9 s,es, ,rSn nc
roads ace cumpcts, and an adequate subterranean
provided Tor their lnzros and eHreqg, and all
ob,r9S1n, rsmossd tsan thg ., w ~, ~
How Of tho pJidnihe rver rygqiaigd a. 10 ooneen,
rals IL d5odSns SsfeS y 9sis dsasS sSss s
max rapid strides n emulation 81 her ncifhbrs,
and viii use the nos wasted eassgig, Of ne noSe,t
the stAEnant ditch which has been LONG nuisance