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MiNf El> i rfojt-.' ia, y m i r ^ [ B 5 w r ^ : | U H A s T d i i , < ^ ^ ^ ^% 1 ■£Q 0 ^Uj'JjimU Comity, J>r. r. m' TO qfi EN15TL£E T^E ^ B l a c k R i v e r G a z e t t e . lessen? alt e4««vntion,v facilitates tins' f a king n f embwkpi®®**! tbrcnji- iruction. of lo^k%a|qae4uc(8 bridges and* »|CS1 Ain.oog . . . _ - ------- ^ - ! ® * V I T H IU E pbblic putronagids solicited f V fora publicSitiou of this- kind, cus tom and manifeai propifitj- iec|ukeAD,ejs» position of-vbe princsples upon wbicb.U Shall be'conducted. solHics, I itnpariiai pledt^ing tbci . , al\ya)S fab1[)| ‘ “ ‘'' lb^k^,^qo( feeders, ami makes if e ^ r e .easylo secure the Canal and. feedeis d n m tfiirkri^^ and ipj^^jaixdaU tlaji^sdtlibut in the,lea?t- fQor, tvbicb l^undeisl^d if the prb^whtrlv' f ^ d i t u r e ^ j t tj ^ ^ ? » e « ^ a t p p tboseon the UcfeiraiftlTie^ t i i u p d i^^; e ^ ttoe^terest on cH^atCj e ^ ^ ib'e pidee of stone ones,fAtbls gwM di|P* nioDjit is-when * «aaws.ai WM preach much neak^r the pti • Ry the^Mcoate o f the a III polHica,. tlie publiikfrs intend'to>pur> an impar ahd independent course:. UiSelvfS nof 'to -be contcoHed' ngivigation is heavier tuDai fs nor 'to -be controlled indu^cetlb^ * h jj«t.of miis, nevertheless* shall lo f cheapness of“.to i tbe eaa« Subject of their two opinion,) such ' I uoi exceed the bot^uds o( candor or pro- Ipiiei^. ' ‘ -**•'\ . I I. will be ibd.grcal object of the publish*\ ers toTiifnish a record of the most iropor- . tant jisssing eVeuti, eiiliei- Foreign or Do* mestiv—'O p've.sQ. much i>f the proared- ings of 'the Naiioual nml Siate iiegtsla'- luresat.skaU bo judgid mb-rf s'ing lotbeir readrif-r*''it» such occasional Literary ic* leclioni, Ag'ifnltorftl essajs, P o liic efl'u- s.oqs, &C..M may be doemed-pMspeidl;^ make ijifr Gazelle 80 imeresiing and useful vehifle of intelligence to community, mid worthy t|»e j^lrouagc they a ik fur it- The Gaaeiie will be issued onge B_tycclf, a- d. uu such a day will iwe fou»d mest conWpirbt i on a Medium siieel, with a /ai* ijpc ; at two'Dollars per > « r , | oj- able quarterly-or two Dollars and (wemy five cents it u .t paid until tbc expiialiou \*P(>{StiUS bf.ld’nq stjl'spription pspers arc requested to forwstd'lbcov immediaiu- Ijf Ip this jOllice. as cheap otiagej a n d i t is die -transpbrlatiuu v^ich measures tflity of a canal* Another iShns worthy o f y o u r cOBsideratiooisFahV w»6 of wood iii^ead^f^itopB locks*' If yoii ask for a ts^eaty ton canal, i t will 18 feet wide at boitom, 80 feet wide'at line, 4 feet di 12-80 ised that they ipOy be so located as aupo r Would.'hht ii cntealrrp^,,.^..^.., d. the necessity of deep cuttings, liipd |t*nsporlaTipglo fth i f rnekexc< nature, I have suppoeed to f( d:t of each nils-ts cm pock, ^1 oh-ces where the ciit the top. water line, 4 fe8t'deep, and towing path IQfeet wide—and with lochs of wood, ^feetwidoand^O feeuilear in the chamber.- Tlie expense will be— 1640 feet of locbisgv, requiring 1S4 wood en locks, at $iOO per foot, or glQOO pel Jock of 10 feet lift, ........ 150 milevof canal and feeders, 4 feet dee^' 18 feet al bottom, 30 feet ot lop. posing the cut uniform aud u i ‘- •• jJiftse «ill be 18 -774 ^ards xif tjon in each inile, (bat is to s ty- 4-iOOtlis, or IbU 96-iOOilu yaids — arlOO CIS, $750,69 7-lOUthj, or 1314 18 yardsbard pan, at 30 c««, pV4 20 15-lOOibi, or38l6 1 yards emhanknleni,^ avlBcU, $50§89- 74-K Oths, or 13,89370 y a r ^ excavation, ai 13 1-3 eta, ^ $1738 69 which is 18,774 ^tlrds, nt 18 6-t(M)ibs cts per yard,' ' • ’ SB,*? Multiply by 160 tptles, whole len| ytirdi In phees where the ciit may i^ach 4p ^ tur excellent titc being there more Burrow iban at tqprthis ptodaliip reach-ito Otr^her. estitoate. would he sltBcienr to ’'ret?«w ,raiHi!h:>n elUjci^ Stcfaa fo«k h t Item far t|wSg*Ald?^Jfa;&i^rV.JfrcL**'***''*'^*^**®®^^ B j y e o f l h o c a n a W t i s t i l ^ ^ ^ P s # fitted one, hundred rptte..afeadb-^Bftlfetk4l^^ ihaid. *: I ' Prtfl&tbtfUStltTinef Amrncau. plNADA C ilE E K it b l a c k RIVER The Cinstl Com*inl$sioner«- bav^ csiU5piP\5i50 levels to b§ la% u and exanutiatioos tube’ made to ascoSkla'ihe ntaaTcaljiRiy i^ 'l i r ^ t l i c ' ERe canaipLjfThir valleys i the West C anada Creek and the lllock Rii er,.to the Sl*jLawrence, near Ogdenshurgh. are, that frbna llio Erie caniil ill £ c n i Flail to the s ^ m r t f» an elivsltotrofSTTIcci J the descent to the S l Lawfeiibe-will. be about ifi&feet great er than the a scent; thaTaBunaaot feetl may be obtained on tbe summit; and through out the route the excavation will be car/, with fav and very trilling embaakmeii materials o f eardi, timber uod stone, of i best quality, every whereabonndi A question tiieo ariseSy as tbe practicable— such an ex[ will reirobnrt gives Grubbii [3,‘S88 70 $509,306*06 ; half of 150t'--tqtlert>f canal require, 460 acres, at $80 p e r of 3G T e e[ n $plI 1 ~ W § c 0 7 aic, *-ij?Q mSeroffcncc.l^hig^jtn^ricq'nofance canal on one baDn7ttri!0*'Cls ^ ^ rod, far 18,000 rods. t question tlieo arises* as tbe route is icticnble C an the work be nothliown lobe necessa- On the Remien summit, 30,000—on the Canada Creek, 40,000—on die Black River, 40,000—from DIark to the In dian River, SO^OOO— on tlie Indian or Total, Add for contingencies one — ith, or 10 per cent, itriog a.capital e-tim.’tc would C3\er 01 so Rutut d the expente,|iveu i f it were so R d ex ending sjLiy-tMsTn each mi e : »r.d there ts no Justressou la a|pr«- bvnd more a f is in lliLt route tbun Iq uaiuk routes generally. ^ On the Lockawaxeo, I urdetitand, ib t |^jjp erobaiikmenu l«xe baexuB-keiuiii&tixati. -.r novekvT perju r d . I | , . , . IS-, W . g Feet widm than ordinary, cutting will rcq u .rc ,^ n g six acres to each mile, or ^ emhanlnient can brneedrf- i - i - « pi a share of.ewhknknjfnt c«n br'OESdsdi t OIF the Oswego canal-, im'grrfuiid^^o^^'tbii ware canal. This saving o^lbieecenls^ 1 5 S li T h T O ^ * e ^ ^ W *. jxpfDtcs, noikuowntobenecessa- warecanaj. This saving ol^tbiee cents on .llie&tce c-oirislon of, f pf,f^ aBow nun au^ew covered vrnli m ikit bpuntiftti be 30 feet, above this the slope and t W ^ 6 feet* will As the top water Iin« o f the canal vtwilld 30 feet, above this the slope and 1 path 10, and t^e berm bank 6 fe«t*t • ' hbiogabour '* ------ s 10,000-making i #*90,000 „fice to require tl.--T h e price aUawed if I t - ; ; ! ; . , ^bow b k n * ,o» i h c m h f r J u ^ . i i t r, fehcefcnd seed an acre o f Iiri J M 0.306 a reasonable time, sayfarty y earsl I iliiuk it can; To decide that if. cannot, is to re solve that three fourths of the g reat nortb* ern triangle o f the state, a rich soil, a healthy climafe, abounding in tbe richest irotfiires; g ttfd ragrBles, and the best Um ber, Shalt ffat only femala anlnhablted wberA ills f 6 , But shall, having no accessi ble - inkrkeu'be despoiled of the industry add pilpulatTtin led thjther before the late changes, |o fovoraSle to every othejaud so ssuuctive to this part of the ! whicli, divided by 150, will bo $353- JO ta each mile of canal. I now proceed to show that this eiitii Is in all respects liberal and safficleou