Report Of The Select Committee Appointed To Visit The Line Of The Chesapeake And Ohio Canal And The Baltimore And Ohio Rail Road West Of Dam

Author : Maryland; General Assembly; House of No
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ISBN 13 : 9781332209934
Total Pages : 22 pages
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Download or read book Report of the Select Committee written by Maryland; General Assembly; House of No and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Report of the Select Committee: Appointed to Visit the Line of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road, West of Dam, 1845 The committee appointed to visit the line of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, between Dam No. 6 and the town of Cumberland, to view the condition of the work, its location and construction, and to report as to the expediency of releasing the State's lien upon the Canal, so as to enable the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal company to borrow upon the credit of the company a sufficient sum of money to complete the work to the town of Cumberland; and further, to examine the western portion of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road, now used as a feeder to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal from Cumberland to Dam No.6, and to report as to the expediency of using that portion of the road as a feeder to the Canal - beg leave, respectfully, to submit the following as the result of their investigations. The committee, availing themselves of the polite offer of the Baltimore and Ohio Red Road company to transport them free of charge, left Baltimore on Monday, the 27th of January, and arrived at Cumberland in the afternoon of the same day. On Tuesday, accompanied by a number of the citizens of Allegany county, they visited Frostburg, Lonaconing and Mount Savage, returning to Cumberland on Wednesday about 3 o'clock. The afternoon of that day was occupied in an inspection of the guard locks, embankments and dam of the Canal, in and about the town of Cumberland. On Thursday our examination of the entire line of Canal and Rail Road, between the town of Cumberland and Dam No.6, commenced; this examination was on horse back and by Rail Road conveyance. On Saturday the 1st of the present month, the committee finished their duly assigned. The coal mine, of the Maryland Mining company, about one mile from the town of Frostburg, the committee traversed and inspected throughout its whole extent; they were afforded an opportunity of seeing to advantage the inside of a coal field of Allegany county, as well as the manner in which the mineral is worked and brought out for use. The opening made by this company is of a vein of Ten feet, which at the same altitude is to be found every where throughout the mineral region, and in the southern portion of which region increases to a thickness of fourteen feet. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.