The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-11-04

raine Of the cost OF Its eomnletlou TO Cra,p,s
Creek was S58i, ,125,, and of the whole iine
i 81, ,60f ,125. Mr.. Harris, the presesH e6Ief
IeDgineer Of The compsny, was directed
during lastsnmmer to examine and report as
10 the cost Of the completion OF thef canaI TO
Clifton Forge. To makirg bis estimate Ee
was directed to omit the cost or thuiidine the
dam (included infthe estimate Of sMr. Iot.
raine), by means ssoffl ,whfch az WIS 5rb.
posed to- connect Jackson. GA the 5south
side of James river With the canal: 1. ko
substitute wooden dams fofi stone dams. ana
ferry for the proposed towepath bridge
over James river, and. 10 pus Iheecoss ole
completing Marshall tunnel at ttiree dollars
the cubic yard fthe price at ~ hish respons
sible party Is willing to contract Instead Of
four dollars, the contract price In 1856.
West Of Craig's Creek he ,was directed, &c in
bis opinion advisable, to substitute all slack
water, or part slack water and part canal, for
tion OF Mr.. Lorraine. Under these instrtc.
tfons Mr.. lHarris reported the cost H COM
pleting the canal to Ciaig's Creek at S5O2.-
592.60, tse estimated cost by MIR. iIorraine.
reduced by the changes jaast mentioned.
The estimates or Mr.. Harris west of
CraIg's Greek are made for three plans.
These plans ,agreein carrying the canal to
posnt near the junction Of the Jackson and
CoWpastpre rivers, and from thence by rail
two and four tenths miles 10 Clifton Forge.
BY the first plan the navigation Is chiefly
slack water, with short sections Of canal TO
save distance. The locks and 10 N. path, are
OF the samesdime 3 ons as now, aud the esel-
mated cost Of completing the whole line
from Buchanan to Clifton Forge is 81, 2l9.
96460. ,.s. ..o:<s !; !,
+ The second plan Is like the frst, except
that there Is more slack-Waier pavigation
and no tow-path on the ponds, and the estt-
mated cost Of heawfole line p 1919 592 80.
The third plan, Is for slack.water naviga.
ton without toW-path. but with locks suf-
fcient for tug and three canal-ooats 10 pass
at one iockage; aud the estimated cost of rbe
whole line is $i,274. $3.50. II .TktNtr
The cost Of restoring to the canal its ORR
ginal capacity for transportation, giving TO
it depth Of five feet, is $166, 600 This esti.
mate includes S45, ,000for the renewal of the
southside connections. 10 June last Colonel
H. D. Wh,comb and Major r. b. Temple
were requested 10 exsmine the. .ifne between
Buchanan and Clifton, Forge with reference
to the construction OF the cheapest short
route railroad. They estimate that the cost
of the single track from Bnchanan to Craig's
Greek will be S266 396 and from Craig's Creek
to clifton Forge, eighteen miles, 1922, ,435, or
for the whole distance Of .tEiry.three miles
S588,S31. The cost of equipment from Bu.
chanan to Cruig Creek is estimated at s59, 900,
and from Craie's Creek to Clifton Forge at
SIG, 900, or S134, 900 for the entire distance.
The cost Of the road aod equipments from
Craig's Creek to Clifton Forge will be
1857, ,435, and for the whole distance $685.
S31. 80
The freight railroad from the falls Of ka.
nawha.. to tide-water at Richmond, which
was surveyed in 1874 under the direction OF
the General Government, is located from
Clifton Forge to Crag's Creek with q maxi.
mum grade coming east of twenty feet to
the mile, and the estimate Of the cost be-
tween those points is $4,000 per mile, with
equipments, or Sl,012, 500 for the entire dis
tance of thirteen and q half miles.
The report also touches upon the value Of
the company's property when the connec-
ton with Clifton Forge is completed, and
alludes to the development of great mine.
raj region, and also the character OF the. rail
line to Clifton Forge and Its comparative ca.
pacity for transportation, &c. .rrss-
The cost of the property conveyed to se-
cure the bonds issued under the proposed
mortgage will be: ~
ro.t or -, oin limo n Ruchanan and