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hicoNTENTs:

u .J,ames_-Ri_ver~.nnd Kaimwho. Canal; Notice to Con-

, .-lrgtctors; Editorial Notices; Ship Canal...  305

’Painbou,r‘onLocomntion, ‘continued. . . '. . . . . . . . . 306

:. Jflailroad to.Cincinhat.i‘,; Iron Railroads in France 314

y.  Actto Inc-orpcfiirate the N cw-Yo rk and Albany

V Railroad Company, witlran Aniendmont. . . . . 315

' '*An Act to’ provide for the (-.onstructio'n of a Ruil- '

. . roadvfroin Attica to Buffalo". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 319
_Advertiseme1its. .. 1.  .  . .._  . .  . . . . . . .. 3:30

‘ .a'ivIE1t1o;ANf ‘;tA»I;DRoAI')‘ _¥JOU'RNA.L_.:

‘NEVV-YORK, MAY 21, 1836.

JAMES R1_VER Min KANAWHA C‘ANAL.:—'i-W;e
‘ask the attention of our readersfo‘ the fol-

 lowing'adtrerlisé;ment:o_f tlie;_Jamés: Rhine)‘
. ' aiicl}K¢i1,ii1iol,Lc'g Canal’ !C}o‘h1:pany,.",  'i:s~j_ a i 1: _
' ' .< ,5-.Vi[e, coittinue,-intliisy,number,_'l?AMponn on

[;‘i.1r1*i%}<§’i?Pi‘2‘°:"1}‘?i"/Yf9T.5‘?m¢;9fl,5“ié’?ié‘7P’i5in8

M. con1ra;c_tors.. ,

. ‘N’OTIGEf1‘..O COiN'TRiA(3:’i‘—0RS.":

'fq"A1viris ’,1t_1i7_riR, dNn"KAN:twH;r VCANAL.

 ’VJi1'rn_esi'l§iyery and‘K_anawho. Company, in the.‘ City of A

 '_ _‘ yggltesrts willibe re_ceive_d‘,:tt‘ the candor the

"“1iidhijn;{ttd,'rnini_‘th‘é 15th to the 23rd day of August,
’ ’_’rd:’ the ‘construction of  the 'Excavation,"Ernbnnk—
‘f’rnent‘and'Wa1ling not noW'under_ contract, together
‘if iivith nedrly all the Culvertsizind the greater portion of

.?"turo:, vi

the Locks between Lynchburg and"Maidon‘s’ Advenf

.:=.i:The.work now advertised embraces the; 
~ mi1ea;between_— Columbia ’ zmd;the= head. of. ‘Maidens’
rezdventure Pond=.:rt1xe.;eisht ntilesi between S..e.v;9.n 13*

. ..-;lrnd_.1*.‘#I1s-:nnd. S.¢9‘F5Yi1:1;<?§ mid: 35.0 Pt €‘tWe.9§;i.iis91ew.d

.seci.ons- ».res.w.ed -at;I,1!°-:f9’W@F«;;Jfi£'%?E: ..¥%s‘?v.9é§n

. Scottsville and Lynchburg. _ ,

A _V_ ‘Then quantity of masonry otforedfiist  grad.

' to thirtyfeet 's‘pa"n‘;"iiineAq1icd1icts,' thiriynfive I;oc_irs _

Vconsisting of aboiit twolliundred Culverts of from three

’ ' i1  of ‘W’ast:e;s, y{{ith',seye_ra1"f2ii'rn and roail
..B!idge.s:’_ . p _, V I _   ,- .. .

“ 5~7Gen'érul Fplans find ‘speciiicationsl of ali the Zwm-ti,

l ‘ anclspecial plans bf tl1e=inoét‘4im'porte‘nt&. 7Cu1vgrt§ 

« ’7Aq'i1ed1'Jcts, willbe fo\ind‘aHl_1e bflibes of the several

Principal Assistant Engineers 'on.th'e line of tl15e:Canei.

v -:7 T119: work;W_i11.b9 ~pr9p?t9<1!or creme???“ -es’ the

._. 25311 J u1y;;' but mechanics, .v_ve_ll' ,re‘co1nmended,‘_desir-' 3
‘V3_gms..Q£jtnrnedieteiemployinent;¢l1n;obtcin contracts. ‘

rot tha_‘éoTIiptrt1cti0l.li.l.?ifiI§. mjuifb’er_9f Cu.1’verts'at private
letting‘: -’    W  ” W.

 SAT‘i1iDAY§i'I.A¥ 21:i1"83r64 l

Persons ofl"oring to contract, who ore L-un_k1_1ow__n to
the subscriber, or any of the Assistant Engineers, will

‘be expected to accompany their proposals by the usual

certificates of character and ability.
I‘ CIIAREES ELLET, Jr.,
Chief Engineer of the§J-amcs River
“ and Kunawho. Company.

‘ N0'rt:.-——Tlre Dams, Guard-Locks, most of the
Bridges, and :1 number of Locks and Culverts, are
reserved for ttfuture letting. Persons visiting the line
for the purpose of: cbtaining.7wé1‘3f, would do well to
call at the office of the Company in the city of Rich-‘
mond, wlicre any information which they may desire
will be cheerihlly communicated.

The valley of James ‘River, betwcon :Lynchburg
and Richmond, isihjealthys Jo - C. E. Jr. , '

2o——m1s‘ ‘ i" ’

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I40‘90._M.0.'1*,.1Y.*?.S9,5‘-.RA¥I-ROADS: To Enginfiéré

n_1,e_ch-a_ni~cal _reader,s_. require 1 dnuclr persua-y
sion to induce them to read it.

i Nr:w.YonK ANnAL_Bi.Nr RAlLROAD.—7W€

publish at length in this number ofthe Jour— \

nal, the original and the amendment to the
original, charter of t.h’isirnp‘ortent Railroad.‘

» 'VVe’ also give‘ the Attica end Bi1fl."2tl'o, called

the Pattern Bill, for the numerous cliarters

»granted_foriRoilifoadfs by the la;teV'Jl[egisla|-

ture." we 'shiill’také an ed;igj__‘q;;p;g_;;:;d.i:y—
°f ’.°i?f.’f“3..I??£Ei9}3l?FlY__F° thisxfiéfieri ““

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.  . i sin» CANAL.
i_—Thé importance of more ample 'comm11-
r1i¢ati9ns' ft0frI1"_th'e Hiids"pn to tlie upper"
Iinkes, is daily claiming: thle attention of our
own citizens and adjacent States. _The Bel-‘

tiinore American noticing the projected Ship

flan-al from Oswlégo, by Utica”andEtl1eIMo;-A
hawk to the -Hudson says :-—- W’ 'j_i  7? 
. air this splendid project’ is feas,:b1a,_dnizif
is said  eminent ,engf2'ne’e7t8“'tb_5:bef_‘§aftlié‘
vigorous andienterpritingstate of Niewv-York:

[VOLUME V.—-—No. so

will accomplish it, and thereby secure be-
yond the reacli of" competition, the control
of the trade of the vast west.” That this
work is feasible, and at a moderate expense
in proportion to itsiirnportnnce, to the whole
U_2tz'on,  well as the Ship Canal around the
Ningarzt,Fulls‘-—11o one candoubt, Whoylias
read the able report of engineer E. F. John-
so"n',i (‘A'ss<-girnbly Decernber, No.‘ '—-— of 1835,)
 §rt..?eP°rw1wdt. it?  the
maps, and scientific report of Capt. Wm. G.
Williams of the U. S. Top. Corps in re-
lation to the work around the Falls. Capt.
NV‘. vieryi justly considers it a ozationul 2007']:
lot’. th'e,~fipst- 'importance',»f'or. the defence of
our fi‘QX1ti8rSfQdnQ8c-tillg‘ two inlandseas and
tliewhole West; \Vltl1‘3tille‘863. board. This

::Work is now as much called for at the hands
it. ;ée-J . L .   . . d t.  .  . .11., x-oi':tl1e presenttCongre‘ss‘5-by memorials and
‘a10n—-= r 1 .. .. .  A

n S no reco men no W out = pe‘t_mons,~as’the ‘E‘rie=Canal was when first

projectetl, to‘ op'en'the trade with the interior
of ‘this’ State‘-‘—then more of a wilderness,

nois,- Indiana.and‘Michigan. -

'A glance "at the map of the United States
will dispell the idea that the enlargements of
of the Erie Canal, to‘ 7 feet by ‘70, Withlocks
18 feet by 110", even were it practicable,
witlioutriozterrufitionital the trade upon. it,--
vCafi'S(§(:3ure“ial1d': ‘retain 'to'our great co'mrner_-
iciétii iiehtre of the Union; the rapidly incrcas.

- ii"i"‘t‘riide he‘ cn*cl‘onr‘oWn 'Staté;'ei?6fi‘With

"d aseisééirrdé ‘drnrd ‘sodtlrdrn and Mirth.
(err: line or Railroads. "  ’

The present barrier of the Niagara, can
be ovc1'_co1ne according to the report of‘Capt.
Williains, by .'7;§-'brni‘l.es of canal, lockag,c’_320
feet, ‘and at the icost of only'.§$2,563’,399.‘
'_I‘his' estimate‘ is ieatéd, on*the"c‘al'cula-
tioii; rcnfa‘ *d:m‘a1_‘di»g. the rneignificcntu scale of
no‘r&gt£*sq;ir.iée+1dcl:g‘ ‘ at _‘;ston’e 200, feet.
’Ie‘ng”b"y  vyide‘. : This size, will carry
'tirE6h*g*11:4d‘r}-i‘gace‘ in ballast, and the largest

’-cities‘ stea'rnbo"ats,'that floats. In the un-

‘fo‘rtiin‘at‘e ievént “of it war with England,

than are now.the new States of Ohio, Illi. .