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canal can be effected on the st. Georges rout, b,


feeding from tide waters up to the foot OF the dee
\ cut on each side, and lock over the four and e
quarter miles of elevated ground, feeding frolr
1.-The summit creeks-and in this case it will b, To-
|cheaper canal have four and quarter miles To
lock over instead Of eighteen; more waters, and
Undoubtedly the shortest rout, by nine or ten
|miles, between the two bays; and the shortest
l|from the mouth of the Susquehanna to Philadel-
-lphia,


& And further, if the Thorough Cut plan is adopt.
lied, contend it will be the cheapest canal to the
/, stockholders that is that it will produce the


lereatest amount OF dividend upon the capital in
vested, laying aside its durability. 1t must ap'
u pear plain to all, that although it may require
more capital to complete it, yet when completed,
: it possesses so many advantages over any other
plan or rout proposed that it cannot he rejected
By its durability, its capaby OF passing all YES
!, sells that may arrive, great or small, without any
detention of locks, want Of water, &c. This GER
,a;,tv of accommodation, and direct passage, es
tahsbes full confidence in this canal, and conse
< o,ent,v a great increase of trade. But on the
lChr;stiana rout it would be very different. As
from Its structure vi iVChSJ iSoSi'oho, oShSUoS'S


dams. brick tunnels, feeders. &c, it would be eve
subject to be out of order-and ifa merchant
after working his vessel up the Elk river or Chris
: tana creek arrives at the canal, and is there IN
e formed that there is not water sufficient to take
ehim through the canal, or that lock has glve'
:. way. or some other such obstruction to his pas


sage-his remedy then is to return the marrow
e and crooked way through which he came, an'
'etry the ATLANTIC for passage, determining II
this own mind, not to be again hoaxed by Or
4 canal


.e These are not imaginary eviis.-All must ac
,e| knowledge that canal with eighteen locks re
:, |seryoirs, brick tunnels to prevent evaporatio
y and absorption Of water, (on account OF its scal
'e ci,y) dams, embankments, &C. &c, are subject
y disastrous contingencies. And think it yer
that the sum required to support an
d'keep all those things in ordcr would equal,