The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-01-22
WASHINGTON NEWS.
THE CHESAPEAKE AND DELAWARE CANAL
PROJECTS AGAIN.

washington, ian. II.-lne senate Sc
! lcct committee on transportation routes
to the Seaboard met this morning to con-
| slider the Chesapeake and Delaware caual
| project. There was the usual large at
tendance of persons interested. including
| Senators Whyte and Groome. RepreSen-
tati.es lIenlle and Kimmel Mr.. Tib-
| belts. president OF the Sassatras Route
! Company. Col. Nat. Tyler, VIM. Wood
! all. OF Baltimore. Mr.. Richard Randolph.
| Capt. Culinary. Capt. Cunditf and others
| There was some difficulty in obtaining Il
| quorum OF the committee. Senator
! Johnston. who WAS in the capitol. was
| sent for, and he sent word back that as
this was Il short session there was Il great
deal of work to do. and he did not see
any use in wasting any time over the
| Chesapeake and Delaware canal project.
Subsequently. however, the Senator re-
| Tented and came in and took his seat with
the committee.
Senator Beck. the chairman Of the
| committee, said that on Saturday he had
Il long talk on the subject with the Hon.
| \. =. German and Mr.. John w. Davis.
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Mr.. Davis had suggested that there was
| not sufficient information on the subject:
| That there should be further surveys and
| estimates and information of various
! kinds which the Cnited States engineers
could furnish. and that the further con-
| Sideratiun of the subject should be post
| poned until this information was availa-
| bile. Mr.. German had concurrcd in the
| view of Mr.. Davis. and Mr.. Beck said he
| thought there was wisdom in it.
MIR. ilenkle said the surveys had all
| been made.
Senator Beck said he thought he should
/ like to have some information from Gen.
| Wright chief of the engineers. on the
subject, and that Senator Don Cameron.
who was now absent. who was also very
much interested in the subject, was de
Sirous of having the views OF General
| Wright on certain points.
Gov. Whyte read from a letter of Mr..
| Fisher. of the Board of Trade. setting
| forth that this Winter had demonstrated
the utter impracticability uf the Sassa-
i'riS route; that It had been Theoretically
sealed, and five times the facilities pos
sessed in way of ice-boatS could not have
kept it open, while the Choptank route
had been kept open without any trouble.
Gov. Whyte then said that he wished to
repeat that he cared nothing about the
route, but he wanted the canal. He had
taken a deep interest i'll this matter ever
since 1862. He spoke OF the Rev. DIR.
! Hawkes., the eminent Episcopal divine, as
having first called his attention to the
subject. and said that this ship-canai
would one day be the great cutrrp0t for
/ the West. He believed as far back as
1914 an English engineer had made some
drawings. In 1872, us Governor of Mary
land. he had called the attention of the
I sal,
national interest. and when lie came
back to the Senate hc had secured an
amendment to the river and harbor bill
to have the surveys made. Had he ever
supposed that this great question would
dwindle into struggle between rival
corporations for the endorsement of their
bonds he should not have taken 50 much
interest in the matter. When he pre-
scented in the Senate the resolutions of
the Maryland Legislature he distinctly
stated that he believed the government
should take hold OF the matter and con
troll it entirely. Rapid transportation and
chcapening of freiyhts was what was
wanted. He did not agree with Mr.
Davis that any more information was re-
quired. The committee was in full pos
session of all the information necessary.
the surveys and estimates We're all here.
and now was the accepted time. He be-
lleved the committee was fully capable
of dealing with the subject. and he would
be perfectly satisfied with its action
He was not and would not be made Il par
tisan for any route. and he hoped the
committee would not permit itself to be
drawn into any controversy in this mat
ter. He did not care what route they
selected. but he urged upon the commit
tee to make i free canal. to have the gov
ernment build it and keep it under ma.
tional control.
Mr.. Tyler inquired of Gov. Whyte
whether he had not as Governor signed
the bill for the Sassairas route, and
whether he could not have vetoed it if he
thought it ought to be made national
matter.
Gov. Whyte replied that there could
be no possible reason why he should veto
4 bill passed by the Legislature with the
idea OF drawing foreign capital to the
State. He could not look ahead as to
what might take place years after
Senator Beck-Why Of course YOU
could not veto it.
! Mr.. Henkle said he differed entirely
with Gov. Whyte as to this having dwiu-
died into Il small question. It was Il ques-
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