Middletown transcript., 1872-01-27
DELAWARE CRY.

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Nuis 81 sober probability, we should pic
turs 70 ourselves, in thc not distant fu-
tsss, city of many times the population
that Delaware City now contains. with her
entirs river front lined with substantial
wharvcs and u! the appliances Of CON-
asrce. forest Of masts Of shipping from
III quarters moored alongside, receiving
and dischsrgng cargocs Of the manifold
products not only Of Delaware. Maryland
and Pennsylvania. but from ports and
points beyond their limits, aud steamers
and locomotives arriving aud departing
every hour in the day, with all the busy
hum aud activity Of large commercial
port.
II We should be asked what is the back
ground and basis Of this pleasing picture
Of the future cf Delaware City, We would
reply, in the first place, that il is simply
the Improvement Of the natural advanta-
gss Of location which the bounty Of Ma
turc has bestowed upon her, by the fore
sight. skill. and industry Of man. Let US
specify some Of these advantages:
Delaware City is located a, the head Of
Delaware Bay at the outlet Of the chesa-
peakc and Delaware Canal, surrounded by
rich alluyial soil and in the midst Of one
Of the most magni6cen, farming districts
to be found in this or any other country.
improved by productive farms with pala-
tisl residences. enclosed by beautiful. neat
~ trimmed o.age hedges. aud traversed BY
broad, level. and wcll-kep, roads aud high
ways. The land is Of the very hes, quail
ity. adapted to the growth Of all kinds OF
grain, grasses. fruits aud vegetables, The
dsiries in the vicinity are famed for the
superior quality Of their products. vas,
quantities Of which are shipped to Balti-
more, Philadelphia aud Cape May,
The Chesapeake and Delaware Canal af.
fords short and direct communication
with the Chesapeake Bay aud its tributa.
ries and all the seaboard States, and by
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad with tn,
great West. This road sends large quan
titles Of biiuminous coal through the cana
10 find o market on the Delaware, aud il
New York tine much needed improve
ncnt is the enlargement Of this canal. ane
now is the time TO press il, as the Mary
land Legislature is moving in the matte,
of a ship canal aeross this peninsula to n
void the tedious route around the eapes o
the Chesapeake. The canal has prescn
depth Of nine fret. which ought to b,
twenty. so tia, ships Of the frs. elias
could pass through it. into the Delawar,
river. where there is an average depth o
twenty feet at The docks Of Delaware City
All the necessary Improvements to th'
canal. would not. by a careful estimate
exceed oac-six,h Of the cost Of any nev
work that would accomplish, the same re
suits, this being the lowest shipping poin
available all the year. on the Delaware
from the we'll known fact tha. the rive
here is unob,,ruc,ed by ice, and that ,her
is not sufficient depth Of water from
Delaware City to the Drcakwatcr, nea
shore. for the approach Of large vessels
Extensivs shoals or flats extend all alouJ
the Delaware shore. 50 that depth Of no
over ten feet can be obtained at distanc
ol two miles iron, the shore With thi
Improvement. the Chesapeake and Della
wase Canal would secure almos. the en,ir
trade Of the Chesapeake and its ,ributaric
bound East and North.
From this point via Cape May. theme
BIZ sea and other places East, the advanta
sss of this route are plain. A vessel leav
ing Baltimore by this route can reach Ne,
York 10 less than half the time require,
b. tho old route via the capcs Of Virgins
shsse being only eighty miles Of oatsidc o
ocssa navigation. Steamers from Della
warc City via tho Delaware aud Rarita
Csssl require from thirty-six to forty hour
10 reach New York; while by Cape Ma
frsu Delaware City to Nes York. steam
ess ftequeutly make the run IN fftec
hsass. The Delaware and Rari,an Can,
i elossd SSr three months in tho yesl
whsrsss ~ osber route is open the eu.i.
ysas. h enlargement Of the Chesapeal
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