Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-01-29
PUBLISHED DAILY Il TRL-WEEKLY BY
EDGAR SNOWDEN.
SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY

Ths Chesapeake and Dan8arc ship oaoa
project, noS htirr2 he UoLcl States Socatc,
is sol .ot OF i;apoha2co 10 Alex .udtis. and
tho District c;IiCs. Ed the E!lc:i2n Of !ho route
IL OF Vas. latcve.i - t!IcT.
II tho upper, or "Sas3atras" rouio be Hdop-
ted. tho improvement would b OF 70 practical
advantage 20 tho Poioma, cities; but X The
lover. or "ChoptaIk X routo b selected, then
those cilics aod larse scc!icn of Virginia
would derive great bcnei. tbereffom.
Tho "Sassstras' rou.o CONNER g ct the head
of tho Chesapeake By, thctca through to tie
Delaware bay, thenoo to tho capcs CT Delaware.
Ii 10 officially stated thai the saving in distance
Wa this rtu'e. to vessels bound TO AID FROM
B,lrimoro and Eastern ports. CT Earopc, would
be abtu! orc hundred and s3vonty Eve miles,
ovor the pteaont route viz Csno Henry. But
for Vessels from tbs Potomac. 10 cad from the
same ports, that r5u.o yonll bo Ct 60 eotvic',
es it would 5cc:sSitGic over QUO hundred mile s
Of navigation up tic Cacsapcak, bay, to reach
The canal. When so consider tic os!arc,, 81
the iatr;cso ciann.l 10 oa7igatc. it il not prob.
able that tic canal would be eysiied Ct by such
vcs5et; therefore, although i! is proposed to be
o national Voik, lh3 alv,1tng29 Of tha "Sas.
sairas cana could oiy b, nvail.d Of through
tho port of Ba!tlilGre.
81. il tie lover, q "Chopian:." route 10
adopted, Vessels to anl trom :io Potomac.
and E,sern p,;ts eEd ElroDc, would oross Inc
Chesapeake to the Chcntatk .iVcr, Ghc6c, by
canal to tho Cape! 0; d. 1Snra, whi.o ves4ls
to aud lrom BAim DC, would hayo to u.viga o
the bay, from the mouth OF The Pa!srs,o 10 II 0
ChoDtank river, thag placing Alexandra eId
tn, District ci,ies, CT "a tq11! io5!iag 6ith Bal.
tlmorc ia The use ct !he proposed national wolk.
Tho coal trade Of Alex sndlia aud George
t,wn is ohi,1 fly With ports North ord Eastward
of tho Cspcs CT D.!asa-o. ard if vcssys esr-
ryipg il ca a7oid orc ACndrcd an fly miles of
dangerous ooas. navigation, the charges for
freight acd Insurance. s b di1icisbed.
Ii the upper or ''SssssIca." rou!o BIO adopted,
tn, iroIgbc on c5aL lt9,a Baltimore ci1 bo re-
duced to al tx:ens laa: would size her the en-
tire contrOl OF that trade. az vessels from the
Potomac would b compelled to uJc tho present
route, via Cape Hc1ry, scd charge addi!iopal
freight 10 c)Dpensao fer tho tX:fa distaucc,
AMI dangers Of ravigaiCn This would b, q
serious Injury to Gaorge'cws. cad !ala! cno 10
Alexandra, which oily shares but portioo Of
tho GOAL trado, viz the &. Il. D Clra!. II would
also interposo its1ptrab.o objections 10 the FRO
posed cx!tn,ion c; tao Washington & OHIO
railroad Eto ito Hampshire c1a! fields, as c,pi
talists Will no. otu0:ik their Gieans IN work
terminating q! 6uc; al uoisvcratic por! fer
shipment, rs Alcxandiis would be. II the "1ns.
safras Ship Cansp' b, ;aQla
We trust, therefore. TINT s nattr Johnston,
who ia member Of tne Senate D0mmittos to
whom Tho bill fer he proposed ship canal kas
been referred, vii i.2rTsss ;b2 c.s We iluvo
mentioned upCn the: c}in::it..r, acd 81 ell no
oan, as he doubtless vii. 20 induce ;hsm to &c
port 10 favor o! what i, kaoFa % ttn "iowas'
Or "ChoDia9k" rtuc.