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will be seen bv this that the Morris Canal
stands is within six miles of being long any other
with which comes into competition and costing only
million Of dollars; the Delaware. only so miles long,
costing twice much, and the Delaware and Raritan
only 90 miles long, costing four times much, and
II will also be that will only require the
transportation Of 10000 tons Of coal to yield the
same dividend its capital that several hundreds
Of thousands would yield the others The table
showing the cost Of coal in this Market by each route
places the Morris Canal in very f,verable light In
1926 only $500 tons Of anthracite coal brought to
market by the schuylkill Csna while in 1887 only
twelve years AFTER s37 900 transported II ap
pears from this that the demand from the seaboard
coal must in few years be great that additional
Of transporting II will be required The Morris Canal
in the foregoing statements is shown to be the most
direct route to the coal fields Of and all
that is required Of the porties controlling it, at the re-
duced cost to place in navgabe oder Every esi
mate made Of this work admits the advantages of ts
locality and the possibility Of making with Its present
capital Of the most productive internal improvements
in the country. We have doubted this but the
question s will it be done Will the capital be forth.
coming TO bring about this result The inclined planes
should be abandoned locks sufficiently large to admit
and 81 boats constructed and the canal widened
Newark to Jersey City, that these sized boats
pass from Jersey city the Morris to the canals Of
Pennsy lvania without unloading and without delay. By
making the Morris Canal capable Of transporting boats
large other canals do and making the navigation
equally sae there is good in the world why
cosl be carried cheap cheaper than any
other II is necessary that confidence should be placed
in the parties striving to carry it through but II must
seem amos. hopeless to those concerned bring
abou, the result they wish amidst much prejudice and
discredt The whole question Ia contained in a nutshell
Make the canal navgable for large boats from Esson
Jersey City and lone doubt the ultimate produc
tiveness Of the work


The annual returns Of the Virginia Banks show but
very slight expansion in the aggregate movements and
the the operations has been pretty equally d.
vided among all the departments The annexed state
ment includes the report Of the North Western Bank Of
Virginia. Wheeling and wesburs to the LIST instant
and Par kersburg to the 9Th.


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