Middletown transcript., 1874-12-12
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: issue latter from Hon. Rssssdy Johl
shson on the proposed Ship Canal
have read hid llettsr. He may be,lar
no doubt is q srsat lawyer, but Ithiu
himi.a mere child on canal making
Tie says il II proposed 70 build cam
from chesapeake Bay to Delaware b
I 100 feet vide. without locks, and 2
feet Of wstsr in it. 90 thst the lasgel
Eships cam pass through. The rcul
settled on, l hear. and the one I pro
sums he means, sisby wayiofshs 6sssa
fras river thence across. By aoSursey
passing "a miles below where I lisa /
histon's Point on. the Delaware Hay
The distance from Baltimore to ssa, b,
The Chesapsaks. BY old distances lsi'
down, il 225 miles. sDis.sncs Of PRO
posed routs about 60 miles to the Hea,
Of Sassafras. 20miles across the country
70 Liston's Point, and so miles froa
said Point to the sea, making 14(
miles. Therefers, il vessels aae beand
to the south Of France. Spain. Or sht
Mediterranean and Sues Canal, ii !,
probably 80 to IS miles shorter thar
lhy Ohesapeake Bay; if to the north, d
Europe, aboph18 90 milss shorter Nov,
to savsl ehi. triaingt distance. wkat does
this "csn1l project propose % DO
make ! through ont BY vay Of Saspa-
Ifras river 70 Delaware Bay Of ss.easal.
ofsl00 feet ID width, ,25 fsss of.Massts
without locks. and thsrsfoss bssovsfa.
"a " The laws of she ..tsr.a rise isi and
fall sf the tide. 80. ss.is' ,s,ese. as
Z
~ We'll. to connsnes this grand work
that would Dwarf the building Of che
Pyramids of Egypt. d tie great wall Il
China, tho Sassafras river must b dug
ont its whole lsngth, 90 miles. froni1O
30 feet idesP, exospt : few holes !,
then across country shst has u sem-
nit Of S. feet above tids-watsr. Ind
whom gou dig down on that summit
from ilQto IL feet Jon come T. qpiek-
sand and watsr, and tthswh6le distance
Of upland water is reached At about the
gsme dspth then take 10 feet from 65I|
ySa have q 65 4 ,fsst sf said dirt and water
loyn to hieh water mark then add y26
lsst for depth in canal 70 high watsr
mark aad you have go feet; now asdd
10 feet for fall Of extreme Low watsrl
ind Jon have 90 feet; add 10 fs,t from
irst water mark to-top surface and you
'avel00 feet. Now. will any engineer
INFORM the public how be i to 30 down |
% feet il xster. sand and dirt and Keep |
is banks from falling, ipi Thsessdfs,,|
. the first place. this canal must be cut |
900 to 1900 fsst vide 70 get as feet
lspth ofswatsr, and the very homSnt |
be sssaks d barriers are sdt swsy. tbel
ide-.atsr would rush through. q cary l. |
pg away hanka until il Vas hall, ,nils |
'ids. No riyer. along the coast thrsngh |
llavial soil san b. found with IS feet |
nasigable 1afaf: II il, Nth lsaa than
as-half e one mile vid,, Nov. inst
bink Of this. The Delaware lrhas Il
loash about- 10 miles wide. the Ohssa-
saksssbSut aths same. a flood tide
ans about Eve hours. The Chesapeake
aving 20 simss mors space 70 gil up
lnnQt GIT more than about half full, 8
4 feet in an ordisary tide. There
~. the Chesapeake DOES not fll up
'oss thar fssr reor f1s times in ! year. |,
, itsakes ! sonth east, south ind south
est wind, following round from south
ut. south and southwest to an up the
sad y The 4 b, and sas.afr.s riiy.r. ily
hsn soppose sudden clear up sbvpld
'ms, with strong lnorthwsss wisds, in
Dor 10 hears the Delaware q Listoh's Il
i'll fall 10 or IL feet. g'1'i " 9fs1 II
Fancy a.ship coming through said I
nal. the banks falling p. she gfonnd- II
8. Others running ~ .againss her. and 4
beoomipg embedded = noathIor Two. IN
probably forever. Then. again. /
we sudden storm at northeast ori
utheass, iBslOo or IL hours the tide
'uld riss at Liston's Point 10 o. 12l
i, and snrging through such an opsn- !
ase canal (if it could be madsls IT, 1
mid GIL up the head Of the Sassafras i
two days. and make work for . thou 4
nd mud dredgers; and before they u
Md clean that ont have another dose. .
obably heavier. II the canal was b
t cut wide enough At 6rst to fulfill =
} requirements and lawsof tids.watsr i d
would cut itself whenever the water Y
: let ID, and If the company wanted q
depth q, 25 feet. they would have oI
keep in constant requirement from pl
= hundred TO one thousand steam x
'dgers. and eight or ten thousand q
n to manage them for probably 100 Ii
rs The head Of Chesapeake Bay. to
p Sassafrss river to North Point, A
yht become shallow. ia new outlet 8.
] made for the water Of the Susoue-
ina to the Delaware. This Is foot th