Smyrna times., 1890-06-04
The Ship Canal
sAssAFRAs RIVER ROUTE 5ELEcrrD-
WORK TO BEGIN At ONCE.

sAssAPRAs RIVER aopTFF SELECTED
WORK TO BEGIN At ONCE.
Every year oE So Ito announcement
Is made that the aiatyland and Della
ware snip CAnai Via Sassafras River
and Blackbird Ia to be commenced at
once, until il has got to he an sid
! Chestnut. There are many who he-
lleve this to he the most feasible route
ana That sooner or later it must be
| adopted
The Baltimore Sum Of Friday sneaks
thus: THE project of buiIIin., ihc
Maryland and Delaware shin canal Is
again revived, and Mr.. Richard J. Cap.
ron, VINO has held stock in this cutter
prise, stated yesterday that the work
would be begun within the next ten
days and pushed to completion. The
proposed enterprise is in the hands of a
party OF French capitalists, who have
organized Il company with capitaI of
So'OoO'UOO to prosecute the work. They
now have party Of engineers on the
scene looking over the proposed route
ana arranging details for beginning
the work. The company retain. the
name OF the Maryland and Delaware
snip Canal Company, and is represent
ed IN this country by Mr.. w. ] Roe
80 Broad way, New York. This gen
lIeman, 1t IS stated, has been ouierlv
aC work since March in spcuyibo no
STOCK heId by the company that had
originally secured a State charter IN
ouiid canal, and has now -ucceo5rd
I'LL III, Peulhg control Of 1900 shares
lhiS stock IS not bought bv the new
com pany, but is assigned 10 il unrn-
serVably by the holders, receiving in
return certificate of Indebtedness
small percentages Of which are AGREED
10 oe pald from time to time bv Tho
new company. The last of the .torl,
10 DC secured was that held bv Mr.
V\,&JiIoh' va ana this he surrendered ON
"edhesday. Mr.. Capron saws the
new company is in earnest in the mai
| 'er 'nal the advantages Of the canal
nave oeen carefully considered. and
| Ihat the money to carry on the work
mas been fully subscribed. and he
th'nkS the operation Of the canal may
DC looked for at no distant dav.
me route to he taken is that sur.
Veyed by the late Beuiamen II La
| tr0oe' OF this city, in 1874. and is what
| Is known aS the SasSafras route IT.
! negIhs at the Sassafras river ou tho
| Chesapeake bay, and extends tn TI.cl,.
/ ORA creek, on the Delaware The
route passes up the Chesaue,kn ba,
793 miles from Baltimore. lircctly
/" the mouth "f the Sa--arra, rivn,.
'heh up me stream l6l mites go tide.
wafer ihtnce through country ris.
'ilg 10 ou feet above low water and
uo"h the drainage of the Blackbird
! creek until IT trends northerIv Then
II passes through a ridoa of bioI,
| ground and enters Delaware bav uoor
Llston's Point, ll3 miles from tbn hna.i
Vi I'ic"ater on the SaSsa'ras. aud one
.niie iI"In 1r a Itrt water in tho Della.
ware me solid cut required for tho
canal Is but 4! miles. ana the whole
Instance across the peninsula 10 reach
n"N 'Sah'e water on each side. iucI,,d-
ing me dredging or marshes is os
stated, but Az miles. 80
Mr. CaprOn is enthusiastic ova, ,Li-
| project and while not financially in
'ertS'ed ne says its completion viii b..
| one "l the greatest booms R,Itin,,,a.
mas ever received The canal ,vonld
shorFen the distance between tba H.
! trh seahoard cities nearly two Li,n-
area miles, which would result in q
corresponding advantage in the Shin.
'?ent OF coal from Cumberland viz
glhia ana Pennsylvania mines 10 the
coaI consumers in the Eastern STATE.
ana the ships plying from Fa.tern
ports The Western States would al.o
ne "ehetited by this shortening of th.
route to Europe by the saving r0.c,,I
~ ,, me shipment Of their grain vrd