Canal Company, which has been frequently refer red to, is by canal, from the Hudson to the Delaware, near Carpenter's Point; thence up the eastern bank of the Delaware, to the mouth of the Lackawaxen; thence crossing the Delaware by a pool formed by a dam across that river, and up the Lackawaxen to Honesdale, at the forks of the Dyberry, where it terminates in an artificial basin, a distance of little more than one hundred miles; thence by a rail road across the Lackawannock mountain to Carbondale, sixteen miles.

The persevering exertions of this Company in overcoming difficulties which, a few years since, would have been regarded as insurmountable, entitle them to every praise. The operations upon their rail road was originally designed to be carried on by stationary and locomotive engines, but in consequence of the short curvatures, which the structure of the country rendered necessary, and the great weight of the locomotive engine, the Company have been under the necessity of substituting horse power upon the levels for the present. The stationary engines operate well, and the company have been for several months, during this season (1829) transporting over their rail road, from one hundred and fifty, to two hundred tons of coal per day: They have triumphed over many difficulties, and it is hoped and believed with some trifling alterations, and improvements, which experience will suggest, they will shortly realize from their labors, a rich and well merited reward.

Most of the foregoing canal and rail road improvements, and others not referred to, have been projected by citizens and capitalists of New York, with the view of reaching this extensive coal tract; and most, if not all of them, when executed, will be of great and lasting advantage to this section of the state. But no improvement in this quartér

excites so much interest, and produces so much anxiety for its extension and early completion, as the NORTH BRANCH CANAL. This important work was projected by Pennsylvania, and is designed exclusively for her benefit; and, without undervaluing other interests, nothing is hazarded in pronouncing it the most promising portion of the great system of improvement now in progress of execution. But before this section of the country, or the State, can reap any advantages from this improvement, it must be extended to the head of the Wyoming valley, so as fully to penetrate the coal formation. And before the full advantages of this improvement can be realized, it must be extended to the New York line, and there connected with the Chemung canal.

The distance from Nanticoke, the point at which the canal is now under contract, to the State line, is one hundred and six miles. The Chemung canal is now (Dec. 1829) advertised for contract, from the Seneca lake to Newtown, within fourteen miles of the State line; and these fourteen miles are over almost a dead alluvial level, presenting no difficulties in the construction of a canal. When the North Branch Canal shall be extended, and a connection formed with the Seneca lake, the richest and fairest portion of the state of New York, will pour its agricultural and mineral products into the lap of Pennsylvania, in a ceaseless and never ending stream. This may now be thought fancy; but if Pennsylvania is true to her interests, it will be fact.

The distance from New York, by] the Erie canal, and the Seneca river, the outlet of the Seneca lake, is

From Philadelphia by the Union, Pennsylvania and Chemung canals, to the head of Seneca lake, is

379 miles.

361 miles.

Difference in favor of Philadelphia, 18 miles,

To this advantage in distance, may be added the facts, that from the Seneca to Philadelphia, by the Union or Nescopeck canals, the trouble, expense and delay of transshipment, would be avoided, which must be incurred by the Erie canal;-that the Pennsylvania canal will be open for several weeks earlier, and several weeks later, in the season, than the Erie canal; and that Philadelphia is often found to be a better market than New York for the staples of the "Lake country."

The coal tonnage of the Wyoming valley alone, it is believed, will be sufficient to support the North Branch canal; but when to this is super ́added the immense amount of iron from the middle counties of Pennsylvania, and the merchandize from Philadelphia, which will ascend this canal, to supply the extensive regions bordering upon the lakes; and the salt, the plaster, and the agricultural products which will descend through this avenue, and seek a market in Philadelphia; the income from this improvement will be swelled to an amount far exceeding the most sanguine calculations. In short, until all these sources of commerce are dried up or exhausted, which thousands of years will not be able to accomplish, the North Branch canal must, and will be, one of the most productive portions of the great system of im provement in Pennsylvania.

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