the interests of the Company, or detention on that sccount to the navigation of the Lehigh, will take place, As relates to the full success of our past labors, in yielding to the Stockholders their fair expectation of profit on their investment, of which the Managers are exceedingly sanguine, they proceed to remark, that the speedy prospect of an ample outlet to the trade of the Lehigh, is now brightening in their view. As soon as the Company shall have a free navigation for keel-boats, which they can return to Mauch Chunk by the Pennsyl vania and New Jersey Canals, and reach the tide waters of the Delaware, New Jersey and New York, an immense business will be thrown open to cur Company, possessing as we do an ability to supply Coal, bounded only by the demand. In reply to an inquiry put to the active and vigilant superintendent of the Delaware Canal, as to the earliest day in the present year that our coal boats would be able to pass down to tide, he quotes the declaration of their former engineer, Mr. Sergeant, recently made to the Board of Canal Commissioners:"From New Hope to Easton, the greater part of the work remaining to be done, is on sections, and may be advantageously prosecuted during the winter months, unless they should be characterized by unusually severe frosts. If this should not be the case, and the winter prove favorable, a reasonable hope may be indulged, that the whole line will be completed, and ready to receive the water for navigable purposes, by the first of July next, a few days short of three years since the first survey was commenced."

structure, having four arches or water ways under it rapidly completing, and it is believed that no injury to Bertschs creek by a similar aqueduct, with two arches or water ways-Aquanshicola creek on a similar aqueduct with four arches or water ways, and the Poco-poco is passed by a tow-path bridge. Besides these there are 22 culverts passing under the canal, some of them double culverts with 14 feet arches. The stone work of the abutments of the dams, and of the culverts and acqueducts, is laid in hydraulic cement: care has been taken to place the proper number of waste weirs on the Canal, and where roads cross the line, good and substantial bridges have been, or are being built. We noticed two toll-houses of stone, 18 by 27 feet, two stories high, which appeared to be built as well with a view to permanence as to the comfort of those who are to occupy them." (A number of toll-houses have been erected since the inspection of the Commissioners, all of them of the same permanent character and appearance, at an average cost of about $550.) "There are 49 lift locks in number, of 6, 7, 8, and 9 feet fall, all of 22 feet by 100, except the four upper ones near Mauch Chunk, which are 30 feet by 130 feet, overcoming a fall of 360 87-100 feet in a distance of 463 miles; and there are also six guard locks. The dams are eight in number; they are built of timber and stone in a very substantial manner, with stone abutments, and of the following heights: 5, 13, 8, 16, 12, 6, 7, 10 feet from surface to surface. On the whole," say the Commissioners, "the works appear to have been constructed with a view to service and durability, and the corporation, in our opinion, is entitled to much commendation for the promptness and energy displayed in the prosecution and completion of this great public improvement."

The Managers wish not improperly to vaunt the merits of the work thus spoken of, but they believe they may, with perfect truth state, that there is no work of the kind in our country, of equal length, that can compare with it in point of magnitude, permanency and efficiency. In the words of the Acting Manager, "there has been no money expended for ornament, though no money has been spared to render the work sound and permanent."

As before stated, the length of our line of improve ment, is 463 miles, and has cost, including the whole of the river improvement, from its commencement as a descending navigation, to its final completion as above, including also the amount paid to White and Hazard for their property, rights, and privileges, and the extinguishment of Hauto's claims, about $1,558,000, the distance being divided into 363 miles of canal, and 10 miles of pools, with a tow-path throughout the line.

In answer to similar inquiries, proposed to the Managers of the Morris Canal, as to the earliest period that we might calculate upon reaching the waters of NewYork, by the medium of their Canal, we are assured of the well grounded prospect they entertain of the work being speedily finished; that their progress recently has been equal to their most sanguine expectation, and although surrounded heretofore by many difficulties, they have in a great degree surmounted them, and have reason to believe that in the whole of August next,their work will be completely finished and ready to receive our Coal on its whole extent, from Easton on the Delaware to tide water in Newark bay. About 30 miles of its eastern termination has been already successfully navigated, but what seems to us of very high importance, is the assurance given by the directors of that company, that they have completely succeeded in the adaptation of inclined planes as a substitute for locks for canal purposes, in overcoming great elevations. We rejoice in this assurance, and believe it to be a consummation of vast importance to the interests of canal navigation and

the continued and various experiments on inclined planes, made on the line of the Morris Canal, and the settled success of the best models of them, will eventually lead to their adoption, in a degree at least, in the future improvement of the upper section of the Lehigh and of the streams connecting it with the Susquehanna.

The experience of our first season of navigation thereon, seems indeed to bear us out in the presump-internal improvements; believing it quite probable that tion, that the whole work is of superior execution, and in its construction evinces the hand of a master, and when it is remembered that but a little more than two years have elapsed, between its commencement and completion, those interested have much cause for gratulation in the circumstance of their having been favored with the services of a most efficient corps of Engineers, with Canvass White, Esq. at their head, to whose well known talents and general superintendence, the Company are indebted for the planning and execution of this most valuable and substantial link in the chain of internal improvements.

The Managers have spoken of their work as finished; this was strictly the case until the middle of the last year, when it was deemed expedient by the canal commissioners, to direct an additional dam to be thrown across the Lehigh at its mouth, below the Company's present outlet lock, consequently making a new outlet lock necessary. This was done with a view to procure a feeder for the Delaware arm of the Pennsylvania Canal, from our jurisdiction on the Lehigh, in place of procuring it, as previously intended, from the waters of the Delaware, by damming that river below Easton. The work pertaining to the plan of which we have spoken is

How much longer the Managers may be disappointed in the fulfilment of their hopes and wishes, they know not; but they continue most anxiously to look for the final location and execution of a Canal, embracing the capabilities of a sloop navigation from the Delaware to the Raritan, which will prove to be the great connecting link of our large seaboard cities, and would afford us the greatest facilities in the transit of our large keelboats, enabling us at once, in conjunction with the means of transport afforded us through the line of the Morris Canal, to throw an immense supply of Coal into the New-York market, and throughout the regions north and east. The friends of general improvement are locking most anxiously to the proceedings in relation to this projected measure before the legislature of New-Jersey, at its ensuing session, with a belief that an enterprize, promising such profitable results, will be immediately planned and carried into execution by the enlightened

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legislature of that state. We mention these matters as connected with the beneficial operation of our future business, affording, as we shall undoubtedly do, to all these canals when finished a heavy amount of toll. We however deem it a matter of great importance to the interests of our Company, that the Delaware Canal from Easton to Bristol should be speedily, effectively, and permanently finished, until which event takes place, the Stockholders cannot expect their hope of profit to be fully realized.

The total amount of Coal sold by the Company, during the past year, was upwards of 32,000 tons. Of this quantity, a part was on hand in various places from 1828. On account of the unfinished state of the canal, the shipments of Coal did not commence until the latter end of June last. From that period, the Company shipped from Mauch Chunk 25,110 tons, a quantity larger than we could have reasonably expected, when we considered the loss of the early and best part of the season, and the difficulty of navigating the canal with the frail and unwieldy arks, which the old Delaware channels compelled us to use.

The amount of Coal shipped coastwise from Philadelphia in the past season, was nearly 11,000 tons. Tolls to the amount of $1184.10 have been received between 24th of August and 31st December.

Some additional profit might have been realised in their sales of Coal this year, but it was not, nor ever has been, deemed adviseable by the Managers of this Company to raise the price of Coal at the end of the sea

son.

Our Coal has been sold during the season at the rate of $6.50 for a ton of 2240 lbs. delivered.

Although the business of the present year will be of a mixed character, we anticipate getting down a much larger quantity of Coal than during the past season: we shall probably owing to the unfinished state of the canals around us, have for the present year mainly to rely upon the old plan of bringing it down upon arks; but partly, however, we hope to be facilitated by means of keel-boats during a portion of the present season.

The Board have much satisfaction in announcing, that they have recently extinguished, by amicable adjustment and purchase, all the claims of the late Geo. F. A Hauto against the Company.

The Board having also endeavoured to negotiate for the extinguishment of all damage claims necessarily incurred by them in the prosecution of their works on the Lehigh, and they have pleasure in stating to the Stockholders, that in this attempt they have succeeded to a considerable extent, by amicable arrangements with the parties interested; nor do they anticipate much difficulty with the remaining claimants.

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to promote the best interests of this Company be forgot-
ten by the Stockholders.
By order of the Board,

JOSEPH WATSON, President.

Philada. Jan. 11th, 1830.

The Acting Manager Reports:

That his anticipation of last year, that the Lehigh Ca nal would be completed for navigation in the Seventh month then next ensuing, has been more than realized. On the 25th of the Sixth month last, we began our regular coal business; and I have the satisfaction to announce that the navigation has not been interrupted by breaches in the canal for more than two weeks in the whole, since that period. The water was drawn off on the 30th ultimo, for our winter arrangement. We now only want the completion of the Delaware section of the Pennsylvania canal to enable us to supply the demands of the general market for Anthracite coal, and to render that section doubly as profitably to the State as any other section of the Pennsylvania canal of equal cost.

Notwithstanding we commenced quarrying our Coal so late as the 22d of the Sixth month, we have sent from the mines the present season 27,150 tons; of which 25,110 were shipped by the company, and the remainder sold at Mauch Chunk.

We have cut and brought down from the forest, 5,928,762 feet of lumber, for the improvement of the navigation, and the construction of boats for the transportation of the above quantity of coal. The stock of lumber now on hand at Mauch Chunk,. is 1,900,300 feet, and on the landing at the Pine Forest, about 500,000 ft. We have built ten coal boats for the canal, and 52 coal wagons. The number of hands usually employed by the company in the forest, when taken from thence by the change of navigation, would be sufficient to build as many canal boats in 80 days, as would transport on the canals when finished, 100,000 tons of coal annually to Philadelphia. It will therefore be obvious, that upon the completion of the Delaware canal, we can very speedily increase the number of boats to any extent that the demand for coal may warrant. In anticipation of this event, we have uncovered upwards of 123,000 tons of coal, which is now ready for quarrying, and would alone pay more than 6 per cent to the state on the cost of the Delaware canal.

In addition to the extensive examinations which took

place previous to my last report, explorations have been made, which prove we can uncover and quarry our coal in a continuous opening, about two miles in extent, east and west, having our present quarries about in the We have uncovered coal at the summit of the

centre.

The report of the Acting Manager is here with sub-mountain, 320 feet north and south, across the strata of mitted, giving in detail the result of his operations du- coal, which is of a quality similar to that in the great quarry; so that we have beyond all doubt enough coal ring the past year, and his views and arrangements for that can be quarried, without mining, to last more than the present year. The Managers feel bound, while speaking of their business and works on the Lehigh, to ed one million of tons a year, and that, without extendone generation, even supposing our shipments exceedcomment for a moment on the long continued and faithful services of their Acting Manager, Josiah White, to ing our quarries more than one mile from the summit. And when our successors have done quarrying, they whose active and energetic conduct in all things conmay follow the veins under ground eastward to the rivnected with the interests of the Company, they owe er about seven miles more, and five miles in a western much for his direction, aid and advice, promptly afforddirection. ed in all emergencies, and more particularly for the discovery made by him on the line of the Canal, of a very superior hydraulic cement, and for its manufacture and application in abundant quantity to all our heavy

masonry.

The accompanying account of the Treasurer exhibits his cash transactions for the past year.

On the supposition that we should have to raise some of our coal up to the summit from 40 to 160 feet, I have been induced, by way of experiment, to put up a set of propellers to uncover the coal, which answers my most sanguine expectations. The result of one day's work. with the propellers is as follows, viz.—

In 104 hours, 3 horses drove the machinery and raisIn closing the annual communication to the Stocked 204 wagons loaded with 13 tons each, or including holders, the Managers cannot forbear mentioning the the weight of the wagons, two tons each, up a plane of loss they have sustained in the death of their late asso-35 feet rise and 210 feet in length. As the propellers ciate and former president, Jonathan Fell: his memory require no more attention, in passing a wagon, than a will be long cherished by those who knew him, for his piece of common rail-road, and there being no gudgemany virtues; nor will his early and constant exertions ons or machinery to grease except the driving part, the

expense of going up hills is reduced to a mere trife, being confined pretty much to that of the driving power. In a country like ours, where coal can be had for 50 cents a ton, the expense of a steam engine, with the necessary attendance, would not exceed one twentieth the cost of horse labour. The peculiar situation of the company's coal lands makes this an exceedingly valua ble discovery, as the mountain extends from the river on the side of all our lands, so that by the aid of the propellers, and 2 or 3 engines, a coal business to the extent of 500,000 tons can be effected by gravity, to and from the coal mines to Mauch Chunk, and thus avoid all animal power.

We have made some very satisfactory alterations in the rail-way, for the purpose of preventing the early decay of the timber and the jolting of the wagons. We now run the wagons at the average rate of about six miles an hour, and find this motion produces much less wear both of the wagons and road than a greater velocity. I have demonstrated to my satisfaction that the wear and tear of the road and wagons is in proportion to the motion, and that in the end, a motion exceeding 20 miles an hour (which we tried in the first months of our business) will make the transportation on rail-roads more expensive than that on our graded turnpike on which the rails were laid.

At an election held on the adjournment of the aforesaid meeting, the following named persons were chosen It is expected the Delaware division of the Pennsyl-officers of the company for the ensuing year. vania canal and Morris canal will both be ready for use by midsummer of the present year. Should this expec tation be realized so far as to give full confidence that they can be used without interruption in the succeeding year, we can readily make such arrangements as to give each of those canals 100,000 tons of freight for the year 1831.

The present year's business is uncertain: I am, however, making preparations for bringing down 50,000 to 70,000 tons of coal. I do not anticipate circumstances so unfavourable as to prevent shipping from Mauch Chunk the former, and if they prove favourable, I hope to ship the latter quantity.

The effect of the reduction of price along the Lehigh, in consequence of the facilities afforded by the canal, has been very obvious in the sales of coal in the present season. The demand along the Lehigh has been kept fully supplied for the last 8 years: the sales for the year 1828 amounted to 1682 tons-the sales for the present year were 5203 tons, showing an increase for the present year, of 3521 tons, or more than three fold. All which is respectfully submitted,

Philadelphia, 1st mo. 7th, 1830.

In conformity to the requisition of the 4th Article of the Act of Incorporation of the Company, the Treasurer submits the following Statement.

The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company in account with OTIS AMMIDON, Treasurer, for the year 1829,

DR.

To this sum paid on sundry acc'ts in

January, 1829,
February, 66

President.
Joseph Watson, Esq.
Managers.

Josiah White,
Erskine Hazard,
James Schott,
John Moss.
Thomas Earp,

Timothy Abbot,
Ephraim Haines,
John Cook,

George Patterson,
Jonathan K. Hassinger.

Treasurer.

Otis Ammidon.

JOSEPH WHITE,
Acting Manager.

20

Tuition receipts for winter session and
grammar school,

State annuity,

2,240 02

2,000 00

2,007 78

989 33

22 34

16 71

62,227 10

66

Do.

Incidental

65,614 54

expenses,

890 94

82,741 61

Treasurer's commission,

96 28

September,

115,373 65

9,724 72

Do.

November, "
December, "
Dec. 31,

41,195 61 By salaries paid,

Committee.

Lancaster Journal.

Appointments by the Governor.

Jacob Holgate, Flour Inspector for the port of Philaadelphia.

Joseph Burden, Alderman of the city of Philadelphia,
in the room of Jacob Sperry, deceased.
Richard Porter to be Prothonotary for the county of
York.

Henry Myers, Prothonotary, Register, Recorder, &c. for Delaware county.

Alexander Mahon, Esq. has been re-elected, by the legislature, State Treasurer.

Appointments by the President.

Nicholas Biddle, George M. Dallas and Benjamin W. Richards, of Philadelphia, Directors of the Bank of the United States.

The Honorable Samuel D. Franks has resigned the office of President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the District composed of the counties of Dauphin, Lebanon and Schuylkill.

Gen. Joseph B. Anthony, is elected to the Senate, in the Lycoming district, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Col. M'Clure; and Reuben Wilber, Esq. the Bradford and Ticga district, in the place of General McKean, resigned. [Penn. Rep.

"See cities rise, to usurp the throne where stood
In kinglike majesty-the verdant wood.”
[WORDSWORTH.

Our brother editors cannot comprehend how we have the knack of building towns with such rapidity. They speak of Aladdin's Lamp and Jack the Giant-killer's bean stock, as if they were incredulous of our assertions in—while some gape on with astonishment and wonder "how we do it." To refute the calumnies of the former, and to enlighten the blindness of the latter, we have determined to devote a few lines, by way of Gazetteer, The Tolls received by the Collector at this place stating the rise, progress and prosperity of some of our since the navigation commenced, amounted on the 4th adjacent settlements. First on the list of fame and iminst. to $1885 034-of which sum $958 123 were re-provement is Port Carbon, including the additions of ceived in the month of December. [Blairsville Record.

Messrs. Lawton, Rhoads, Swift, Pott and Patterson.-
This was laid out about a year ago-it has now about

The scaffolding which has so long concealed the ped-sixty or seventy buildings, which will be more than iment of the Arch street Theatre, has been removed, and revealed a colossal statue of Apollo, with his usual emblems. This work was cut out of a mass of stone built in the wall, which was enclosed by a frame erection, in which the artist worked, concealed from view. Morn. Journal.

INSPECTIONS, &c.
Account of Grain measured in Philadelphia in the year
1829, per returns of A.P.Foering, Head Measurer.
Indian
Rye. Oats. Barley. Total.
Corn.

Wheat.

The weather, during the whole of the winter thus far has been unusually fine and mild, with the exception of a slight fall of snow in the early part of the season, we do not recollect of any other till within the present week, when we had several slight falls of it;up to the 27th the river has continued open and the navigation uninterrupted; there has been since that time a good deal of floating ice in the Delaware, so that vessels [cannot pass up and down. The Schuylkill is frozen over and the boys are amusing themselves with skait ing upon it, and those who have ice-houses are now seizing the opportunity to fill them.

doubled next season. This place will in the spring be enlarged by an addition of Mr. M'Coomb's, which is now being laid out by Mr. John Smith, jr. surveyor, on the south side of Schuylkill, between the upper landings and the first lock. This will contribute much to the facilities of the place, as it will include some fine landings, and a spacious basin will also be erected.

Pursuing our course up the route of the Valley Railroad, we next come to Tuscarora, Middleport, Patterson, New Philadelphia & Tuscarora again. The 3 former placesare the intersections of the large lateral road which leads up the creeks tributary to the river--the latter is at the head of the main rail road, built by Messrs. Lyon and Lawton. Up the Mill Creek Rail Road, about two miles we have St. Clairsville, and at its head New Castle, where the road from Port Carbon intersects the Centre Turnpike. Both these places have extensive water powers, and are admirably located for mills, &c.

At the junction of the West Branch of Schuylkill with the main river, Schuylkill Haven is a beautifully situated place, which will be the mart of all the immense coal region of the West and West West Branches; this lccation is destined to be the focus of an extensive business. Minersville is another site on the same Branch, nearly west of our place; this from its situation among extensive collieries, will soon become a populous place, as the residence of those engaged in the coal business. Further up on the Broad Mountain, is Carbondale, which also promises to be a place of some importance. These are our principal locations-many of them must become places of considerable importance. The immense accumulation of mining population, as well as others not directly engaged in the coal business, renders it necessary that they should congregate in the most favourable situations for the conveniences of society. town buildings. We frequently feel inclined to indulge This we trust, will explain the grand mystery of our laugh at their magic rising up, but still confess ourselves deeply interested in their success.-Miners Jour. Printed by W, F. GEDDES, at No. 59 Locust street near Eighth, Philada.

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