TO CONTRACTORS. PROPOSALS RAILROAD COMPANY; 23d. Heat very brisk. Temperature,|| 69°, SC°, 78°; of the soil, 85°. Plants in a NOTICE is hereby given to all persons who may vigorous condition, and some flower buds disposed to take Contracts on the Illinois and REPORTS OF THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO Michigan Canal, that the Board of Commissioners almost expanded. A barrow full of com-have determined to commence that work as early in Condensed so as to include, together with other the spring as circumstances will permit. The En-matter added the reto, all that is known at the present gineers will commence their surveys about the 10th day of the location and the application of Motive of March, and will have several Sections ready for Power and Machinery thereupon, accompanied with contract by the first of May. It is therefore expected explanatory drawings. The whole being intended to that definite proposals will be received from that date serve as a Manual of the Railroad System, for the use to the first of June. In the mean time the Board in-of Civil Engineers, to which is prefixed a history of vite an early inspection of that part of the route to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. Chiengo, and will afford any information that may be required of them. All communications will be addressed to "The post of the same kind as before used was JOEL MANNING, Secretary. January 20, 1836. 8-61 The work, whose repo ts it is thus intended to republish, was the first of any extent commenced in this country for the purposes of general transportation; and its early history is but a series of experiments, costly o the Company which had it in charge, but furnishing .esults of the greatest value and importance to others. The character of the country through which the road passed, involved every species of excavation; and in the construction of the Railway, alTHE NEWCASTLE MANUFACTURING most every mode was successively tried for the purCOMPANY, incorporated by the State of Delaware, pose of ascertaining the best. While portions of the with a capital of 200,000 dollars, are prepared to ex-road were straight, others were of the smallest adecute in the first style and on liberal terms, at their missable curvature, and the locomotive power em extensive Finishing Shops and Foundries for Brass ployed had to be such, therefore, as was suitable to and Iron, situated in the town of Newcastle, Delaware, both cases. This led to a series of experiments in all orders for LOCOMOTIVE and other Steam En- this department of the Railroad System, which has gines, and for CASTINGS of every description in resulted in the production of Engines preferable to Brass or Iron. RAILROAD WORK of all kinds any in use elsewhere-equal in speed to the best finished in the best manner, and at the shortest no-imported, and far superior in efficient power. From Orders to be addressed to MR. EDWARD A. G. YOUNG, Superintendent, at Newcastle, Delaware. feb 20- yif 27th. The weather has become very moderate; the thermometer, in the openice. air, indicating 70°. The heat of the bedhas been well retained, and less covering at night required. The roots of the vines have again appeared, and the scil was drawn round the bills to the thickness of about three inches, fully covering all the extreme, fibres of the roots: it is astonishing with 300 dozens Ames' superior back-strap Shovels do AMES' CELEBRATED SHOVELS, plain do 150 do do do cast steel Shovels & Spades 50 do 50 do do socket Shovels and Spades. what rapidity they now extend themselves: are nearly ready to expand. Temperature, 70°, 76°, 70°; of the soil, 82°. No. 2 Liberty street, New-York. N. B. Also furnished to order, Shapes of every de- PATENT RAILROAD, SHIP AND 30th. Removed three barrows of manure, and added three of fresh. The pistillate. (or female) flowers, those which show they embryo fruit, have opened to-day, and the scription, made from Salisbury refined Iron. operation of "setting the fruit," as it is generally termed, was performed. The propriety of this operation having been disputed by many, and as there are various opinions respecting its usefulness, we intend to make some remarks in relation to it; but, as we have extended this communication to a greater length than we expected, or than we have space, at the present time, we leave it until a future opportunity. (To be continued.) TO BRIDGE BUILDERS. Sealed Proposals will be received, until the 15th of April, for finding materials and building the superstructure of a bridge, over Harlem Creek and flats, on the New York and Harlem Railroad. Said Bridge to be on the late improvement of Mr. Town, 24 feet wide in the clear, and 660 feet long between the abutments, to be supported by three pi rs of masonry. The bridge to be completed by the 1st of Nov. ensuing. Communications may be addressed to the undersigned, at his office, No. 9 Chambers street, where plans and specifications may be seen. JOHN EWEN, JR. Engineer of the New York and Harlem Railroad. 9-t15a ALBANY EAGLE AIR FURNACE AND WILLIAM V. MANY manufactures to order, IRON CASTINGS for Gearing Mills and Factories of every description. ALSO-Steam Engines and Railroad castings of every description. The collection of Patterns for Machinery, is not equalled in the United States. 9-ly SMITH & VALENTINE, STEREOTYPE FOUNDERS, Are prepared to execute orders in their line, at 212 Grand street, New-York. Spikes are kept for sale, at factory prices, by I. & P. S-Railroad Companies would do well to forward RAILROAD CAR WHEELS AND Also, AXLES furnished and fitted to wheels com all these circumstances, the reports of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, from its commencement to the present day, have been sought for by Civil Engineers for the sake of the knowledge which they contain, and the frequent d- mand for them has suggested to the subscriber their republication, with such additional matter as shall constitute a Manual of the Railroad Sysin the present state of knowledge on the subject. The reports are now difficult to be procured, and but f w compl te sets are known to be in existence. While the proposed republication will therefore be of use to the profession of Civil Engineering, it will be the means also of preserving the records of a work whose importance and value are now universally ap preciated. The work will be divided into five parts. 1. History of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. II. The location of Railroads, including the princi ples of reconnoissances, general instrumental surveys, and location for construction. III. The construction of Railroads, including the excavation and masonry and the construction of the Railway on the graduated surface, turnouts, weighing, &c. IV. The motive power including engines, cars, wagons, &c. V. Forms of contracts for every species of work which has to be performed in the construction of a Railroad. As it is not practicable to ascertain what sized volume or volumes the contemplated work will make, the price cannot be fixed, but Railroad Companies and individuals who may subscribe for it, may rest assur ed, that it will be made as reasonable as the nature of it will permit Orders directed to ARCHIMEDES WORKS. (100 North Moor st. N. 1.) NEW YORK, February 12th, 1836. The undersigned begs leave to inform the proprie tors of Railroads that they are prepared to furnish all kinds of Machinery for Railroads, Locomotive Engines of any size, Car Wheels, such as are now in suc cessful operation on the Camden and mboy Railroad, none of which have failed--Castings of all kinds, Wheels, Axles, and Boxes, furnished at shortest no tice. H. R. DUNHAM & CO. 4-ytf 250 do. of Edge Rails of 36 lbs. per yard, with the requisite chairs, keys and pins. rought Iron Rims of 30, 33, and 36 inches diame ter for Wheels of Railway Cars, and of 60 inches diameter for Locomotive Wheels. Axles of 24. 2, 2, 3, 38, 34 and 3 inches in diameter, for Railway Cars and Locomotives, of patent iron. The above will be sold free of duty, to State Governments and Incorporated Governments, and the drawback taken in part payment. A. & G. RALSTON, 9 South Front street, Philadelphia. Models and samples of all the different kinds of Rails, Chairs, Pins, Wedges, Spikes, and Splicing Plates, in usa both in this country and Great Britain, will be exhibited to those disposed to examine them. 4-d7 1meewr CONTENTS: Removal; Aerial Navigation by Birds; True Pa- ....... Railroad and Canal Intelligence; Steam Plough; Copy of a Letter from Benjamin Chamberlain, 161 161 163 AERIAL NAVIGATION BY BIRDS.-A curi-ing into play the resources of our country. ous article on this subject appears in the It is the right way. We wish him sucDecember No. of the London Mechanics' cess. Magazine. The writer is of the opinion that a sort of light wicker work may be drawn through the air by about 30 eagles. He thinks that young eagles might be trained in the same manner that poodle dogs and monkeys are in Naples-where he has seen them perform various amusing tricks. We agree with him that to "realize a desideratum of this nature, it requires a person of property, who would devote his whole in relation to the Enlargement of the Erie Canal 164 time (and money he might have said) to 166 Evidence of Dr. Lardner on the Great Western the pursuit; as the expense of purchasing One method proposed for the guidance of this team is, by means of a long pole hung after the fashion of a rudder before the car; 173 to the end of this, a piece of meat is to be 176 fastened, and by varying the position of the pole the eagles are to be guided to one side or the other. Now setting aside this bird's AMERICAN RAILROAD JOURNAL. aversion to any thing but fresh prey, we NEW-YORK, MARCH 19, 1836. REMOVAL.-The Office of the RAILROAD JOURNAL, NEW-YORK FARMER, and MECHANICS' MAGAZINE, is removed to 132 Nassau street, opposite CLINTON HALL, and two doors below Beekman street. Will those Editors to whom the Journal is sent, do me the favor to notice this removal, send their papers in exchange, and request the friends of the Periodicals in the country to direct their or ders to me at 132 Nassau street. shudder when we think of the effect of a Extract of a letter, dated Hudson, April 5th. The writer himself thinks that "the J. W. F. SIR,-In Vol. v., No. 7, of your valuable Journal, I find in the annual report of the Canal Commissioners to the Legislature of the State of New-York, on the subject of the enlargement of the Erie Canal, the follow. TRUE PATRIOTISM.-It appears from the ing::-"With a view to the improvement of Philadelphia National Gazette, that Bird" the Erie Canal, the Commissioners have Patterson, Esq., of Pottsville, Pa., has of-"divided the line into four sections," &c. The favor shall be reciprocated at any fered ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS A TON FOR * * "So far as the surveys made last and all times, by March 23, 1836. D. K. MINOR. TEN TONS OF GOOD IRON, SMELTED WITH "season [during only four months] have ANTHRACITE COAL. This gentleman seems" developed the practicability of enlarging determined to go to work liberally, in bring-"the Erie Canal, and executing a perma We are not alone in the preceding views. the locks. The expense for repairs and They are (and we speak no. without know. lock tenders, and cost of the locks, would ledge,) the disinterested opinions of three-thereby be lessened, and much time saved try, men who are uncommitted on the sub-in navigation, would be deemed a very im fourths of the ablest Engineers in the coun-in passing them, which, to those engaged ject. portant consideration. * ** "nent work, without MATERIALLY interrupt“ing the navigation, nothing has appeared "insurmountable; * * it is, however, a "difficult, and, in some respects, a fearful “undertaking." To the candor of the Board, and the pen that drew these remarks, A most important item in the absolute all praise is due: it is truly a "fearful un- cost of the enlargement remains to be con- merits of a separate channel, we nave sup. In exhibiting thus far the comparative dertaking;" and how far the city of New-sidered. The benefit of the enlarged canal posed that the Erie Canal would or could be ment is eff.cted throughout its whole extent. the strict meaning of the term. cannot be fully realized, until the improve-enlarged to the size proposed according to Neither the State or the public will therefore be materially benefitted by it until the work is to be completed. The interest, expiration of the 12 or 15 years, when the therefore, upon the one million of dollars, more or less, expended annually from year to year, for 12 or 15 years, must be estima. We do not hesitate to express the opin. ion that (setting aside the idea of a sepa rate Canal,) it would not be expedient to ad York or the West can submit to any "material," or even limited curtailment of the navigation of the short period allowed us in this northern latitude, I leave you and your readers to determine. That practical men and engineers of the first order of talents are opposed to the project of an enlargement, aud have fearlessly pronounced a sepurate and ted in the cost, and by uniting it with the from the want of that experience in the here to or enlarge the channel of the Erie distinct work better and cheaper, is too public to the cost of the Erie Canal, which of executed in much less time. An appeal to the representatives of the people in relation to the enlargement of the Erie Canal, with the signature of Oswego, has been placed in my hands. I have read it with much interest. In the pen of the writer I think I can discover the comprehensive others in the case of the Erie Canal, which Independent of this difficulty, there are would render an enlargement of its channel in many places improper. the Oneida and Oswego Rivers be adopted, HARLEM. mind of a talented individual and old arFrom the Hudson to Schenectady, or quaintance, and I therefore extract a few re-this latter route, having a depth of water the character of the intervening country, The expense of opening a navigation on Mohawk, a new channel is demanded by some other point higher up the valley of the marks, to draw the attention of the public, not less than eight feet, with a width of by which the crossing and recrossing of and particularly the citizens of this State, surface of ninety feet, which is as small a the Mohawk shall be avoided-the Canal to the difficulties which must present them- width as should be allowed for that depth, straightened-and the distance materially selves to the most common eye, as to the exceed eleven millions of dollars, to wit:will not, by the most liberal computation, lessened." enlargement of the Erie Canal, except at an 54 millions from the Hudson to Utica-33 expenditure not to be justified, and which millions from Utica to Lake Ontario-and would, beyond the shadow of doubt, fur-2 millions from Lake Ontario to Lake Erie nish us with two canals to the "Far West;"-around the Falls of Niagara. and this, too, even without "the aid" of the General Government, to make the desired Ship Canal around Niagara Falls. SLATE FLOORS.-The following notice from the London Penny Magazine, will This channel may be opened within five probably be the means of introducing a new We shall, therefore, by adopting this course, factories, shops, &c., years from the period of its commencement. and valuable article for floors, for stores, obtain the benefit of a much larger naviga-advantage not only of durability, but also of the which possesses tion in about two thirds less time, at an "The importance of making speedy and expense not much exceeding the half of incombustibility; and must therefore, we ample provision for the great and rapidly in-what it would cost to make the proposed en- think, come into common use. creasing trade between the East and the largement from Albany to Buffalo. The West, has for some time been apparent. obstruction to the navigation so much dread-enterprising gentleman, who is an advocate With a view of testing its advantages, an The means proposed for the accomplishmented will be avoided: a better and more dura for (not in the common acceptation of the of this object have appeared to us inadequate ble work will be obtained, as the masonry now erecting, and soon to be commenced by him. and unsuited to the purpose. * * * will be built, and embankments formed, un-term, but in reality) "fire proof buildings," There is another very important consider the most favorable circumstances; and has ordered several hundred tons of the deration. The work must, most of it, be when done, the State, instead of having but article from England, to be laid in stores done at unfavorable seasons, and from the one Canal, at a cost of nearly 27 millions of necessarily frequent interruptions, the cost dollars, will have two Canals, the combined must be much greater than would naturally cost of which will not vary much from 20 be anticipated. In very many places the millions. The new Canal, if properly locapresent channel must be abandoned, and an ted, may be rendered much straighter than entirely new one constructed, and, as the the present one, an object of importance, work is to occupy a period of 12 or 15 when it is considered that the boats which years!! considerable allowance must be are to navigate it are to be of much larger inade for the increase in the mean time of dimensions, having treble or quadruble the the number of bridges, &c., rendered neces-tonnage of the present boats. sary by future improvements, and the greater amount of damage from the enhanced value of lands. To this must be added quad ruple the usual allowance for the services of engineers, superintendence, &c., owing to the extraordinary length of time required in making the enlargement. The number of the locks may likewise be very materially reduced by increasing their lifts. On the Erie Canal the average lift of the locks is about & fert. Should this ave rage be increased to 12 feet, or thereabouts, as it may be with the greatest propriety, one third would be saved in the number of ascertain the applicability of slate to other SLATE. Experiments have been made to uses than the covering of houses. The result has been the discovery that, as a material for paving the floors of warehouses, cellars, wash-houses, barns, &c., where great strength and durability are required, it is far superior to any other known mate rial. In the extensive warehouses of the London Docks it has been used on a large scale. The stones forming several of the old floors, having become broken' and decayed, have been replaced with slate two inches thick; and one wooden floor, which must otherwise have been relaid, has been the Winchester road; the following is from So great was the accumulation of pro- SOUTH CAROLINA. WILMINGTON AND RALEIGH (N. C.) RAILROAD. We published, in our last, an account of the organization of this Company, and intended to have called the attention of our readers to the subject. We republish it at the request of a friend, and are gratified to be able to learn that they have engaged Walter Gwynn, Esq., as Chief Engineer, and that it is the intention of the Company to prosecute the work with en ergy. WILMINGTON AND RALEIGH RAILROAD. Meeting of Stockholders. Pursuant to public notice, the Stockhold. ers in the Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad, met at the Court House in Wilming ton, N. C., on the 14th March, 1836, and were organized by the appointment of Wm. D. Mosely, Esq., as Chairman, and Gen. James Owen as Secretary. After the objects of the meeting were explained, the following proceedings took place. has given way; in point of durability, therefore, it may be considered superior to every of a locomotive. other commodity applied to such uses. The consequences of this discovery have been, that full employment is found in the quarries which produce the best descriptions of This State having appropriated $10,000 to slates, and that additional employment has the survey of the Cincinnati and Charlesbeen given to the British shipping engaged ton Railroad, has also appointed Comin the coasting trade.-[From a Correspon-missioners to advance the measure. It is understood that several of the United States Engineers have volunteered their services, and that the Secretary of War will suffer all such as can be spared to report Resolved, That the salary of the Presithemselves to the Commissioners for ser-dent of this Company be fixed at $2000 dent.] RAILROAD AND CANAL A large meeting held at Delhi, has passed a series of resolutions, urging the immediate advancement of the Erie Railroad, and requesting the Senator of the district to vote for the bill. MARYLAND. MISSISSIPPI. Jackson and Brandon Railroad. - Books were opened on the 2d instant, in Jackson and Brandon, for subscription of stock in this company. One thousand shares, of $100 each, were allotted to the people of Rankin county, which were taken before night on the first day. This really looks like "going ahead." STEAM-PLOUGH.-At a meeting of the Hanley stated that he had seen a steam-plough Grantham Agricultural Association, Mr. at work in Lancashire, which did its work remarkably well, and turned up an acre of wet land, at a depth of nine inches, in 1 hour and 50 minutes.[London Mechanics' Mag.] The difficulties in the location of the Baltimore and Port Deposite Railroad have CENTRIFUGAL FORCE.-At Little Green been removed at last by the Legislature. Logwood mill, Middleton, near Manchester, The question was, as to the right of the occupied by Mr. George Wolstencroft, there Company to select a certain route-conis a grindstone used for grinding the rasping trary to the wishes, it appears, of the in. knives for cutting logwood, upwards of 15 feet in circumference, and 11 inches and habitants. No suspension of the operations upwards thick. On the 24th ult, as Mr. has taken place, and it is thought that the John Wolstencroft, the son of the occupier, work will be completed sooner than was and another young man, were grinding the knives at the stone, the young man had originally contemplated. screwed the machine in which the knife is Maryland Internal Improvement Bill.-held for grinding, rather too tight; this beThis bill, providing ten millions for the im-ing observed by Mr. John, who also saw provement in the State, has been referred that the stone was revolving at a tremendous speed, he desired the young man to b to the next General Assembly, much to the cautious. No sooner had the words dropsorrow of the good Baltimoreans. ped from his lips, than the stone broke in several pieces, one of which, weighing not less than 6 or 7 cwt., forced its way through The canal navigation has opened, with a wall a brick and a half thick, and drove a unusual spirit, it is said. PENNSYLVANIA. large quantity of the bricks upwards of 20 yards from the wall.-[A similar accident occurred some years ago. See vol. xviii. Great rejoicing attended the opening of p. 32.]-[London Mechanics' Magazine.] VIRGINIA. On motion, Resolved, That Gen. E. B. Dadley, Gen. Alex'r Mac Rae, and James S. Green, Esq., be a committee to examine such proxies as may be presented. This committee reported that 1296 shares are represented by proxy, and 3360 by indi vidual stockholders. per annum. Resolved, That the offices of Secretary and Treasurer be filled by the same person, during the present year, at a salary of $1000 per annum. Mr. Lazarus, Chairman of the Cor missioners, submitted their report, which was accepted. The meeting proceeded to elect a Presi dent and ten Directors. A ballot being had, Gen. E. B. Dudley was elected President, and Andrew Joyner, W. D. Mosely, James S. Battle, A. Lazarus, A. Anderson, Wm. B. Meares, P. K. Dickinson, James Owen, R. H. Cowan, and Thomas H. Wright, Directors. Whereas, subscriptions to the capital stock of this road have been made along the cont mplated route, as well as at Wilmington-therefore, Resolved, That the President and Directors be authorised to have the road commenced both at Wilmington and Halifax, due regard being had to the amount subscribed north and south of Contentnea creek; and that the President and Directors be instructed to commence the work with as little delay as possible. Resolved, That the President and Directors be hereby directed to cause the road to be located on the most eligible route from this place to Halifax. Resolved, That a general meeting of the stockholders shall be held in this place on the first Monday in November next, and thereafter, annually, on the first Monday in May. Adjourned to 10 o'clock to-morrow. TUESDAY, March 15. Stockholders met at the Town Hall. Resolved, That the President and Directors be authorised to re-open the books of subscription, at such times and places as The proxies were, Hon. Wm. D. Mosely, representing the Lenoir stock; Robert Soutter, Esq., the Norfolk do.; Gen. Blount, of Nashville, the Nash and Edgecombe do.; Dr. Andrews and Mr. Lane, of Waynesboro', the Wayne do.; and Gen. Alex'r Mac Rae, the Edgecombe do. . they may deem expedient, and under the superintendence of Commissioners, to be appointed by them, for an amount of stock not exceeding 2,000 shares. year until after the 20th of the latter Resolved, That a Committee of three be appointed by the Chair, to draft and present, for the consideration of the Stockhold ers, at their next general meeting, a code of Bye-Laws for the regulation and govern-rupted. ment of the Company. mittee. fine quality. From my personal knowledge of the quantities sawed at the different mills in the vicinity, I estimate the amount annually exported down the river to be from 150 to 200,000 feet. Of that amount at least one fifth is what is termed "pannel stuff," worth at Olean, in average years, $7 per thousand; at Cincinnati, from 12 to 14 dollars, and in the city of New-York (as I am informed) from 28 to 36 dollars per thousand. The streams of our county afford hydraulic power sufficient to manufacture more than double the amount of luniber now sent to market. The stream, leading into the Ohio, forms Whereupon, W. B. Meares, A. Lazarus, the only direct communication between and A. Anderson, were appointed said Com-this State and the valley of the Mississippi; and several years ago, it used to form one On motion of Gen. Blount, of the principal channels through which Resolved, That the Engineer be instruct-the emigration to the far west was con- In conclusion I beg leave to add, that very ed to examine a route touching at or near ducted. Emigrants were in the habit, un- little, indeed scarcely any, of the lands of the town of Waynesborough, on Neuse til diverted by the opening of the Erie canal Cattaraugus or Alleghany counties can proRiver, and thence at or near Rocky Mount, and by other channels through Pennsyl- perly be denominated waste land. Although the great Falls of Tar River, and report vania, of embarking at Olean, in our county, our inhabitants have been principally en thereon to the President and Directors and I have known from four to five huu-gaged in the manufacture and export of lumThis resolution amended on motion of dred arks to leave that place in a single ber, the soil of a great part of their lands is Gen. A. Mac Rae]-and also by Duplin season. An ark built water tight, and se- capable, with proper cultivation, of producCourthouse, Rockford on Neuse, and Tar-curely covered, so as to carry fifty tons of ing good wheat, and it presents capabilities borough, and such other routes as may be merchandise, can be built for fifty-five dol- for grazing not surpassed by any part of the suggested or approved by the President and lars. Its draft of water will not exceed 16 State. We are, nevertheless, laboring un. Directors. inches, and there is hardly any season of der great disadvantages for want of the Resolved, That the thanks of the Stock-the year in which there is not that depth means of cheap transportation. The wagholders be tendered to the Chairman of of water in the river, all the way from oning of our salt and plaster, which we the Commissioners, and the Chairman and Olean to Pittsburg. In order to raft lumber are compelled to draw from Buffalo and BaSecretary of this meeting, for the zeal to advantage, a greater depth of water, say tavia, distances of 60 and 70 miles, costs as ous and able discharge of their respective from two to three feet, is requisite; and this much as the salt and plaster themselves, and will explain why the running of lumber in yet you will perceive that the population of rafts is frequently delayed for a week or a our county, which in 1825 amounted to only fortnight after the river is clear of ice in the 8.643 inhabitants, had increased in 1830 to spring, and sufficiently deep for arks carry-16,726, and, according to the census of 1835, W. D. MOSELY, Chairman. ing merchandise. I have never during the just returned, has reached to 24,986. JAMES OWEN, Secretary. last twenty-eight years, known the river to I am respectfully yours, fail to be navigable during the month of Immediately after the adjournment of March, both for arks and rafts. The chan- Hon. EBENEZER MACK, Ch'n the meeting of Stockholders, the Directors nel of the river is free from rocks or other met, and appointed Gen. ALEXANDER MAC obstructions. The bed of the stream conRAE Superintendent of the Railroad, and sisis of gravel or rounded pebbles, renderJAMES S. GREEN, Esq., as Secretary and ing its descending navigation usually seTreasurer. They also instructed their Pre-cure, and much superior in that respect to sident to eng.ge the services of WALTER the Susquehannah, and even to the Ohio GWYNN, Esq., as their Principal Engineer; itself below Pittsburg. and in pursuance of authority given by the Stockholders, have determined forthwith to re-open books of subscription for an amount not exceeding 2,000 shares. duties. The meeting adjourned, to meet in this place on the first Monday in November next. The services of Major GwYNN have been engaged, and the survey will be commenced immediately. COPY OF A LETTER FROM BENJAMIN CHAM- THE SENATE OF NEW-YORK. Albany, March 16, 1836. The width of the river at Olean is about rage state of the water, the current flows at dise, to Cincinnati or Louisville. It would can be run from Olean to Pittsburg in less than three days, and in any stage when the river is navigable, in 5 days. The ark is worth, at Pittsburg, as much as it costs at Olean, and if desired, it could continue Dear Sir,-In compliance with your re-down the Ohio with its load of merchanquest, that I should state the facts within my knowledge, relative to the navigation of the Alleghany river, and the lumber products in its vicinity, I beg leave to inform you that I removed into the present county of Cattaraugus, about twenty eight years ago, being at that time seventeen years of age, where I have ever since resided, and Steamboats have occasionally ascended during the whole of the time within three the river as far as Warren, and upon one miles of the river in question. My busi-occasion as high as Olean. ness has been that of rafting lumber down In respect to the price of lumber lands in that stream, which I have descended every year during that period, at least once a year-and in some years four or five times. From the knowledge thus acquired, I am enabled to state, that the navigation of the river always remains open in the fall, until late in December, and frequently into January. It was not closed the present the vicinity of the river, I have to state that B. CHAMBERLAIN. Railroad Committee of the REPORT OF THE CANAL BOARD, UNDER the Continued from our last. of the Erie Canal, has for several years The necessity of adding to the capacity been apparent; and so forcibly was this matter impressed on the Legislature of 1834, that an act was passed authorizing the construction of an additional set of lift locks from Albany to Syracuse. the capacity of the Erie Canal about 80 per cent., and might prolong the absolute necessity of enlarging the Canal a few years. But when the circumstances under which the enlargement must be made are properly considered, it will readily be seen that seve ral years must necessarily be occupied in the execution of the work. Hitherto the business on the Canal has exceeded the public expectation. If we take into view the unparalleled fertility and increasing productiveness of that immense country, the commercial intercourse of which with the Atlantic must be carried on by the Erie Canal, it is not difficult to imagine a constant and rapid augmentation of business, and it is more than probable that the improvement in question will be required as soon as its execution can be accomplished on the present plan of operations. An additional set of locks would increase Another important consideration which is entitled to great weight, in determining the question of time, within which the im |