Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-10-09
EVENING STAR.
The Chcsapease and Ohio C....

BADLY NANAcRD rUBLIC woKK-CoeDIrfox
or TsE oEoReErowS LEvEL.
The editor OF the Cumberland Telegraph, Who
recently passed over the Chesapeake aud Ohio
canal, gives = long and detailed account OF the
bad condition OF hat important work through
ont tts entire length, and sums up by saying -
The entire work, excerpt where noted. gives
evidence Of gross acknowledgement and neglect"
=, VIC have only space tor he remarks IN rels-
Ton 10 the GcOrgetoVn level. He SAYS:
=, lle Noorg etoNn level IL Eve miles In length.
Boats leaving the coal whAryes, on the upward
uip, are towed nom The bern side a. the teams
Art necessarily on that side In order 90 pull tho
light boats out nom the Nharves beioW the
aqneduct which crosses the river 20 the Alex-
andria canal The road on Whfch the towing IL
done here for - distance Of alalf mile IA In a
horrible condition, filed with bOuiders sharD
cornered stones, projections and gulleys
The bank OF the canal Is some six feet hlss
and is walled mp, but the wall Is % badly broken
that IN many places there IL absolute danger
thatit will fall into the canal. As for coping
stones, there are none, and the surface Is ole
continued line Of rocky projections on which the
tow line IL constantly heing caught, and unless
quickly cleared by man who must without IN
Permission devote himself % that business, Il
will be broken a dozen times inside the halr
mile. We saw several instances occur inside OF
tNe wen MINUTES. For hundred yards or so a.
some remote period n the na~' ~ a.. 80.
erected a rsil'~- ..s-ts M pee.
acre ~ scarcely foot OF this which has not
been worn into grooves, every one OF which it
self almost insures the parting Of the tow lnes
unless they are promptly cleared. An immense
amount Of hard swearing. A. well A. expense,
would be prevented ~ the canal board
would erect new railing, rebuild the
Wall, and protect the surface By .
smooth facing OF either wood stone.
The broken va ] AZ one point II sustained and
kept I'm place by bar" Ia the 'sprism," which
is left there A. being - cheaper method than re-
In, "iing the wall. and no little trouble Is expe-
,tsn.., ~ boatmen when jam occurs there,
a. 4 often H. ease. ON this level great part
of the tow path = "ofn down 70 level with the
water, 80 that every a.. :. - Pssses nools
portion OF it. In addition 'H.s, !. - worn INTO
gulieys, made rugged by proJe,- - iSoSs Inc
entire level is greatly In need OF ,"ar' and
should receive attention AZ once. But gus
necessity has been 20 long apparent 20 the Pres
ident and his superintendent that II Is hardly
Reasonable to expect that any thing will be done
until obstruction OF the channel renders ID abb
soiuiely impossible TO avoid Il longer.
Attic Wooster girl mad verten tly swallowed
her Sunday school contribution, and was uhlic-
Cd 20 suspend. Tuesday she realized ON her az
SETS ana resnmed.-ob'o St1is Journal.
@"Defalcator" is the latest reportoriaI sn-
spirston.
A. Motto for the Observation-Disclosures labor
we delight IN physics Spain.
6"wsbash palsy" is what they call the
ague at Mount Carmel, m.
ga Minnesota girl, without limbs, offers
$4,000 bounty for a spouse.
R-A school teacher in New Haven has been
sued In ESQ damages for cruelty whipping
pupil.
Changes IN assafUuda before mailing.
se-An Illinois minstrel band .snoated ont ON
the ueacherous sea OF impecuuiOsity"
- Fifty of the first young ladies Of Macon,
Ca are 60 attend the state fair, arrayed in
Georgia made hOmcspun.
ga spelling match, open 90 the world !" n
feature OF the agricultural fair OF Knox c0ul-
ty, Ind.
sS-The lightning rods OF Sing Sing have been
removed. They allowed more conyicts 70 es-
cape than they oid ightuiug.
sF~Thst Troy baby with four teeth in it, nose
Is nowhere beside Chicago man, who had ten
teeth IN his nose the other day. They belonged
TO another man, too.
- The Cincinnati papers state that the num-
Der OF workmen discharged In that city in con-
sequence OF the panic has been largely eyez
estimated.
RSAid Tor the Memphis sufferers has been
forwarded by the israelites OF Cleveland. tn,
MasOhs and Odd Fellows OF -. Louis and The
jewellers and silyeTsmitls OF New York
81 man IN blOuss-scene Paris, OF coarse-
presents a bottle OF perfume % bis beloved saw
ing: "when You smell this YOU will regret that
your Creator did not make you an nose"
~ AlOnzO Leach, well knOwz throughout
Dutchess county, blew out hls brains with re-
yolyer at South Dover on Sunday. He was dy-
ing with consumption, and had declared his in
tention Of thus suddenly ending his lire.