Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-03-12
TIDEWATER OR PENINSULA
CANAL ACROSS iSTHMUS.
A Vital Adjunct to the James
town Exposition.

might be persuaded by a committee o.
leading citizens" TO vote an appropria-
ton for a canal opening. or the Lcgi--
lature. If you plsase, through the pro- |
per representative. All industrial cnte.
prises should be under the MANAGEMENT |
of a Chamber OF Comm, sc. bccaus. n |
acts As one man personincd. speaking
with potency and power in bcnah OF a |
mentouOus enterprise aud lo>al,y tar
superior 70 a committee.
The canal that have in my mind
will bear all the fruits and advantages
common 10 canals running through a
newly developed country. The present
advanced stage OF machinery, gasoline
or electricity, could be casiiy utihzeu
with stern wheel steamers, and tw o.
paths with mules OF horses tor drawing
the boats, as IN old tunes. could be dis
pensed with. and as goou speed could be
secured a. Will Oe reel'zeu on tie trouc,
lines between YORKTOWN or Ncwport
News and JAMESTOWN The facility 0i
accomplishing TINS would be a lead-plpc-
eIuch-a 100 TO 1 shot-it would ma
teuahze long before your bond propo-
sltion now before the law makers "a
Richmond. 1t the old popuhstio larty
were On power at your STATE Capi--l the
matter woulo be put through with all
possible good management BuJ % the
democrats can agree among themselves
aud without doubling tne honesty 90
each faction. no BODY 90 men u the " orlc
are better calculated 20 execute Iail-
read TO "A successful "isa4zlc or hnisL
any Improvement. They were hcrculcau
Il this Undertaking iu colonial times
kight OF ~ ioug. nos. Jefferson made
the LOUISIANA purchase. ne twentieth
century applauds the act. The territory
thus acquired " as equal 10 an Empire
extending from the Mississippi river.
North and south 70 the opc1-nue of the
Rockies.
Through the indomitablc forttude Of
Gen Andrew Lewis. the Elouous Ni~tors
over the combined Indian tribes "a Point
Pleasant. lVirginia,l on the Ohio.
gave Us all the northwest territory "
ing contiguous 10 the Lakes and which
by the way. was donated by the State
OF Virginia TO the general government
in a solid lump in 1881 from which hve
of the most hourishng states were
carved
Don't forget that from little acorns
tall oaks may grow.
| proper expenditure 90 money m con
nection with the jamestown Exposition
would be the cutting canal across th,
i>thmus that = pasatcs thc York nvti
from the James az Williamsburg. This
| would be INVITING 20 the people along
the intervening country between the [ i, %
| great bodies ot water. Particularly
would il be a source OF economy to the
| people on the hanks OF the canal aud In
the back country from the York, the
Pamonkey, and the Matapou rivers.
who would bc able 20 reach lamcsto VI
without the lengthy and costly rout,
around the Horse shoe and Old Point.
whereas they could steam up the apital
or Queens Greek IN one OF the superb ly
appointed Gondolas, a Ia Cleopatra. VIA
Williamsburg, pass into the College
Creek where they would be only seven
miles from the great carnival at lanes.
town, once the Cradle of the Republic. H
The people OF Gloucester and Mathew
on the north side of the York river would
hail tins plan with gladness. The people
1 "a IL.
counties. away from the trolley line
would equally rejoice at having this
cheap mode OF transportation. Two OF
three trips per day could be made, thus
placing hundreds of people at James
town at cheap cost who otherwise
might not attend Thousands of add
tional people would be made TO swell
the increasing tide OF hu nan beings 1,
make vocal the old time hunting ground
of the fathers OF the Republic.
Commence the excavation south o
the Eastern State Hospital, coming az
TO a point in rear OF the Methods
church and continue the level across
Duke of Gloucester street and through
Mrs. DR.. Coleman's property until tn
canyon IS reached west of the Chesa
peake & Ohio depot. When the Capita
Landing bridge IS reached IT viii be a
certained that sufficient water will b
the result without locking and daminl
for the purpose Of floating shallow dr. al
steamers, The ebb and flow OF the tide
would give ample additional waite