Chesapeake and Delayare Canal.
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Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.


A paragraph in a Phila. paper informs
Ius that the gentlemen to whom the man.
agement of this work has been entrusted
|expect to fix the line Of Canal at an early
period. Several engineers have been con.
stantly engaged during the summer and
autumn. in surveying the country and wa,


tiers, ascertaining the nature of the soil


the depth and capacity of the streams, the


expense of excavation, and all those varl-


Gus details, which, although from their mi
nuteness, they escape observation, are YET


essentially necessary to form fit basis


for the final decision of those who are call
ed on to decide.


/ In addition to the professional gentle
!, men who have been employed on the
ground, it is stated that the board have Sc.


lected four of the most distinguished en-
gineers of the country, and it is their inten
tion, before the close of the present month
fto submit to them every examination tha
has been made, to show them the various
, routes which have been proposed, and to
, ask for their opinion with regard to that
which may be most eligible. These gen
,Itemen are Mr.. Wright, the chief Engi


neer of the State of N. York, Mr.. White


the chief Engineer of the Union Canal
and two gentlemen composing the Board
lof Engineers of the general government.