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i Tuk Ca.nai..—At Inst, after an interval of a- 1 i bout tew weeks, the unnourtcernvnt Is exultantly j I’oi j heralded forth, that thlt;f Cnhni is in navigable j Inncondition, wiThe statement is suggestive of souk- inquiry as to wlrtthcr the extent of the damage to the J tulwork wit* corntnetr#itrnte with the length of i antime occupied ....... ... .{kiency aud energy were displayed which were tra necessarily supposed to pertain to those who as* cm smned “peculiar fitness for the management of j Cothe work ! tinOn the 9th of May, a bieach occurred to tl*- Co eribbing of Dam No. 4, which, by the statement i |lt;rlt;of the opposition press, was about eighty-lire tinfeet in length. Mr. Stone, it was asserted, was fin at the scene of disastrr a day or twt) after, and ; he within a few days had sufficient lumber and a ! dei ; heavy force l«f banda lt;m tlie gfound. Tlic work im of repair w as then immediately commenced, ami not until now, the middle of July, is it finished.1 it is due to the cos! companies, w ho have by i the delay been unable to fill their contract*.and than been subjected to heavy Iona; cine to the tninfra ami boatmen *vho are depemlent upon the (janal for the inruns of *unport; i pr due to the merchant ami mechanic, and indeti! ; t!itoTO:ofcA)pnthose engaged in any of the busmens pursuits. tinthlt;along the line of the canal, and more especiallyin this locality, and who are either directly or in- lot directly affected by the suspension of navigation; * ye due to the stockholders, who have entrusted bythe Canal to these gentlemen, so peculiarly fit- t* tted (?) for its management; it is due to each and tie all these, we b.iv, that some rcuson should he onnaiven for the prolonged cessation ol trade.— j dr D t thetii speak out! W as it that tho water } CnI v as too high to adjust ti e cribs at Dam N*\ -I mlt;! To offer such a rot hi is a virtual ncknow lodge- ; do merit ofii»clt;mqw tuny.lot it is notorious that the thi i w ater is now,and Inis Keen for some time past,low- ' citK p - -M VP '■ • -1 ' .M ’ d ■sr than w hen the lai • libs w ere t lit in last year.a r *' iWhat U the ftas**?! tUvn 7 We confWi that un*i f* i{ Ubs we attribute it to f *r ?b :u*vow-1. jnltsl'mei.* of the work r^parcd w o arc at a h.-
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Democratic Alleganian
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Sat, Jul 17, 1858
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