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Las diagrammas suivants illustrant la mAthoda. i a 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 :»*.<■■• X FIRST REPORT. WELiIiAND CANAIi^ 9IAV, 1830. "1^ ^ / 0OMMI5 'Ati/ FIRST GENERAL. REPORT FROM Holietrt 3iiantral» iButinivt, TUP. COMMISSIONER ArPOI? "UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF" AN ACT PASSED IN THE ELEVENTH V'EAR OF lUS MAJESTY'S REIGN, KNTITLED, ''A?t Act to grant a further loan to the Wetland Canal Company and to regulate their further operations.^^ FEBRUARY 8tb, 1831. ORDERED BY THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY TO BE PRINTED. YORK: * JAMES BAXTER, Printmi* 1831. 93V fo tlif I ^^ Comma order o ,^ thf I'n 'f mrtilci ■* ill, J|v At iit »n ( SiitliDi'isiii W<-llrk lllil till! (' FIR8T RKPORT, &t. ;v,V'' //i.< nicrllcnn/ Sir John Cnlbornf, Knifiht, '■;'^ Communrter of tlit most Honorable MiUtarij ordrr of the. Hath, Lieutenant (Joveriior of ' ", the Vrouince of Upper Canada, Major (Ir- :'■" nr . al commantling His Majesti/s Forces thcre- ;•■' in, \c. «^v. ^'•c. iHt at Hii oiirly pnrit»(l aflnr tlie pinsincf of tlio net i%ntlii)iisiiiL' 'IIkI iip|)oiiilint; iiio lit cxiiminc tlio vWi;lliinii Cim il, ami to rcpoit to your Kxrollcn- siv "a" siicli fiicis and iiili)rni;iti(»ir' as I iiii'jlit ••(1( rin iisrt'iil, io iiiil orfDrmiiv^ a rorrccl opinion" J)!" ilial work ; " its pi-DL'K'ss, romii'.ion ami In- to »• nsofnlncss," I proceodcl to Port Dallioiisic, 'a)iil f'otn liiiiiR'c aloiii,' tlu' \vl)oli; lino to llio l);!m .|iMlin (iiond Ilivcr; and personally in-spiMlitd 0ls-i It an the st itc of tlin woatlirr wnnli adniii, tlic Harbor o\ l/«kc Ontruio; tho Drn-ii (Jnt, ' 'tin- (iirki, tlio A'pidlnct, tlio Ffcdcr, llic Dam, lind tlio excavation <;(Mifrally. W TIIF. »KKl» t'lT. As tlio Mill S ction of tlin .Stainic loqnircs a \('.v nt'iv\ti' .»nd parliuilir «'\aiiiiii iiidn of iImj D.'op Cut Io lie ni id(.', in order Io ascertain a'* fir as p"actical)l(', " tliu prolialiilily iliere is nf >, tlic vt.iliiliiy iir iiiMiMrty nf llie li mi!w<," 1 liavc :'f- \ isit.n tiroi; to liai", .sine.' loe 1). ;;ifinin!.' of April, ■, c'.terully onqiiiriii:;' into, and noting down, suidi W fact", and occii.Ti'ncos as I con.-.ideri.'d likilv lo |W(>VL' iiseliil. Sovoral slips in tlif^ left or West liank liavo ;. t'd^i'U plan? tins spiin','; lln* .•oifM'i' ;irea i»f oo'- % f way in this sc.iion, than there i^ in ii.-- jiiesent st.ite ; and. luokmi! ai, liie subject in this its worst point of vimv, I ciiii decid(Mlly express my opinion that t!.(; aniicipa- tion of siicdi an event ou;;ht not lo be idlowed to previ nt or hinder the completion of the Canal, or hi' received as an ai<4iinienl asrainst its utility as a permanent |)u!ilic work. W'tjre the soil to c.ivo in so as to sto]) tlic passage of vessels it could be cleared out and placed at a jncjicr t mill. Arks loaded widi Hour, pork, and whiskey had ariived I'rom Branifurd oo tl:o l.")lli ii.stant at li;e feeder, ami were awailiiur iho opeiiintr of the n.ivigalion to cross the peuiusnla 10 I'liil D.dhoU'.ie. The erection r.nd maintenance of this (jrent ilam across tlu- ()ii>e is leiauthoi i^ed \'\ ;ii)\ f.e. Ijislaiive act mI" this Province, 'liu' laiuls of in- dividuals situated oil the hanks of the liviu', lor a distance of about ton miles, are ovci flowed w tli- out the eon-ent of the owners, ami wiihoiil re- coiiipeiiic having been afi'orded them, accoi(liii[f to tin.' award of a jury of the coiinlry ; fish aro prcvi.ated fiom asceudin;.' the river, and neither ark L'ap, lock nor a iron has been conslrmied or maintained ol'a sullii'ient width and depth to ad- mit boats, aiks and rafts. Application misilit have been made to the Le- pislatiiro before or since iht; bnihilnij of ibis dam for authority lo maintuin it duriiiy any f,e- le lauds ()(" in- lif I iv<'r, lor a ■iflowed w tli- I uiilioiit re- in, acconlini^ "y ; li-^li an- . and nejilni- •onslrucieddr I deptli to ad- Ic to tlir I.e. diiiL' ot' (his iiiir llic [)lca- tlic mode of iV<\, liiit it ihc f,i ''isla- WKl.l.ANI) CANAL. ▼ tuie to dorermino iiow far tlio cin -..wimicfs in From niuin curvo down to ili» nr|iif!diirf, whidi ilio company wcn> placed could ^, ,,„„. whom llit) waters of tlic riiiial pass over tlie VVel- sideicd as un exruso for their violation ot j.„ |,„„i river, tlio distaurc is li miles ,iO chains, and laws which assuio and |Motrcl the riKlUs «)*' p«'>"' J,,, feeder i" constructed willi 20 feet hottom, a ,iins and property iii this Trovince. Had llio sIop», ,(• _, ,„ j^ ,„„| \^ (Vom to (i feet deep, daui hecn built at ihc mouth of the river, it wotdd Whetevj'. ti„.,,, was low cutting it is the full liHve tended to runilertlin country more heiiltliy : widlh of tins STi/.y c.mal ; and the allndfred oliject as it is, the lands below Dunnville will loii<,' con- in makinu il deepci m.^r the deep cut is thereby timie to slund in the way of the comforts of the to draw u more plenliluVsupply out of the Grand inhaliilanls. ••Much of this levid pi bridi.'i's over liieiu.tlie carpenter work of which feel d.ep. W'Ikmi filled it will overllow a con- !•< suli'icieut ; idso at I'road Cre< k a Hume, tho 'i I'Taliie poriion of the siuroun liuir land-, uu- c ii penler woik of which is not (lood ; the tjatcs 1,'ssan einb.inknient is ihniwii upon the iieim or are insuHicient, and vome puddlin},' is required. Wcist side, and tbr surplus wafers conve\ed 'I'he bridt;o and waslewearat Ilelme's arc in tlirfiU'zh, b( low the canal, b} moans td" a culvert ji'ood order, ill!) the river Oiise. I was informed ihal the coiiatry litre is sickly ; lilt ill it alter pi'isjn'j; llroad Cnek into the 'I'a- iiniisk mai'-h il becomes be, ddiv Mid fiee of fe- \er. Ill ihisseciioii the waiir ii'-id, is tiiij,M(l vs i;li tlie bark aud leaves of the 'I'aniari^k, to wbirli the workmen ascrilii; their b(!altl:l'ul slate. From |{ro.id Creek to tlie Ui.iin curve, the point where it is siippused that tlie feeder will iu'eisect the Slop c.iii-d, the exc.ivalion is JO I'i el wide at llie liollom, .<() feel at llie siirt".ce, an I upward, of 1 feet deej). This seition is I I TIIK AQir.Dl'CT AC'IIONM TIIK WEL- t.AMI. This is an excellent piece of workmanship, and a nionnuieiit of the superior skill and abili- ty of iMr. iMai shall Lew is, the builder ami coii- tia( tur. TUK >VOHK.S AT Oil XKAIl CIIIFPEn'A. The Swinir I5ridf;e across the Welland at Chippewa villai^e is a substaiitiid piece of work- maii:sliip, and admits the piissaue of ships or nulls and fil'ty cli, lias iu lene;ih and perfectly steam-boats ef 10 f" of the most m.igiiificcnt orii;iirii bridjie w iiii h has not been repaired by the conip uiy, is in a liecayed state. awiiucs in liiu won On thisline at the vill.e.'e of iMirshvilb^ there ail' two miles of ciiltin'.' upon tiie old route, ol'th',.' w idili of a sl:i I canal, wliiili have bet n diandon- ed. Ti \> said to terminate in an e\c(dlent mill sii;e, bill I did not examine it. 1 will i,'o o\er it some tiiiie duriiej the siimaier, iind see wheth- The towiiit; path on the banks of the ^\'ellnn(^ is inceiupletc. as is that from llienco to Fort Erie. The r;'n il or cut across tho point at the junc- tion ol'the iNia'^ara and Welland river-, his been er or not it can bo employed in any way, so as completed, with the exception of some dreiliMii:;' to defray iu some de^'iee the heavy expense of at each end. T liia worl; is e\tremely well done, its excavation. Marshville h but four miles dis- and adds to the safety and convenieiici; of ihe lui- t ml tVom L ike Frie ; it is the centre of the viiTiition rrreally. Tho depth of walcr in tlio ('')ni|iuiy*i 13,000 acres of land. cut is S feci. FIRST REPORT. / It ia proposed (ubiiiM a !ttni)m-bont nt Chip* pow.i to navixati} ilio rivers Wollami anil Nin^H- rn, iitid snil liitiwoi-n Bovorly at tlio depp cut und Fort Eiio, inukini; one triponch way diiily. THE LOCKH, IVAHTE WE^**** '*'^' Locks no. I, 2, 3, aro 32 fr- wido un.l 110 fooi long. Above Si. Cii»Af»rlnc'» the lock^ aro IJO foot in length, by«^ <•«' ^^'^^ '" ^^^ '^'''"'■* In Lock no. T, at tlio lower corner on the Wi!*t side, the joints havo started down stream a litiU', but not so as to injure the lock or tlio navi- gation. In lock no 5, the timbers inside have sprunpr inwards about 12 inches ; the width therefore is only 21 feet. Locks 8, 9, 10, II, 12, nro in pood condition. Some puddling will be rcquiicd at no 12. l^ock no. 13, has sprung in the width at top, t)ut not so as to injure it ; at the lower corner, the joints have sprung open n little. Lock no. It, bilged out like no 13. Lock no. 1.") requires somo puddling or fiHiiinf ill, and iho g ilc |)0st will have to In- rep liicil. Sjniu other repairs are wanted, hut it will not prove an ohitriictiun to the navigation. Lock no. \6, bilged out like 13 and 1-1. Lock DO. 17, a good lock and in good order. Locks no. IS, 1!), 20, 22, 21— Those are :dl in good condition ; some ]iu>Jdling i:i required at no. 18. Lock no. 21 has bilged out as rnwrh as 26 incli- 0% wider. Thoro is a bridge across thu can;il here which is in L'ood repair. The lower coiners of lock no. 2:', nre not well put together. Lock no. 25 is In good condiiion. At this place \i the commencoiufut of Rock excaviitian Bi'twucn locks 2.'i und 2ti, the rock is full of chinks, and ihe water leaks throii<:h at liottoio to the serious inconveniencn and diiiOiisTc of the farm adjoining, which ii owned by Mr. Ket, a settler from Scotland. No. 20 is a cood lock of fino workmnnsliip. Tlu" lower end of this lock, and of no. 2.'> arc hanilsomely faced with sionr, l.iid U|> in dry will. Tiie cirpenter work of lock no. 27, is not well donr*. Lock no. 23, same ns 26. Lo-k n ). 23, a good lock of fine workmanship. Loik no. 3f), the samo. The waste wear apron <"■ too narrow. Lock '" ■'"• '" <''*'"' condition. A wait* ^f If Kiiween it and no. 30, and a wjsto woir a- ijvo. Both in f;ood order. Between J 1 and 32, n highway und bridge across. No, 32 is a fine lock ; the same may bo said of 33 and :t I. Close hy 3\ is Mr. Keefor'* grist mill and a growing village of 15 or 20 dwelling homes. No. 3i is n good lock, and ihorr is n bridgo over the canal in this place. Between and tbi road from De Cou's mill is a waste weir in good order. On the Beuver dam ro,4d, there is a bridge which wants raining on the jiivot. Be- tweoii IMallatt's and L'ppt'i's, are four culverts in excellent condition. No. 'M\ is n complete lock, except the paddio gates, which the company are about to alter. Somo puddling reciuired. Waste weir good. No. 37 is a good lock. I'roni this upnards, about a hundred yards of excavation will be re- quired of nearly a foot in depth. A short dis- tance above the h)( k, there is a saw mill ; and a flume is in progress for the pin poie of druiniii;; the deep cut, when it may he necessary to do so. The carpenter work on the whole line, fiom the Harbor to St. C.itharineVs, appears to be substantial aneu thrown on the stabiliiy of the- locks, ^ind perhiips some of theiu may pive way : but I iiave ii«;t bad MMsnii to apprehend such u casually from any thing whirh came under my obser\ alien. I examined the locks one by one, very carefully, ns rr(|iiired li> the act, and consider them iijHin the irhitir us fine a specimen, boili in design and workman-hip, as any others which have conio under my obser- vation on tliis continent. I ascertained by encpiirino: at the c.irpenter's that the timber employed had be(.>n cut down at a proper jieriod of the year, and not when full of saj), and lb it it was afterwards seasoned, The lock u lies however should have been maiie of sunk oak or limber that had been immersed some time in water, and afterwards tboroiii'Idy dried. Such timlier is very ditliciilt to w« rk, but makes a siipeiior job ; and it is well known that canal lock irates are in <'analllf of tlU'lU liad umm.ii io y tliiii(r whirl, i'*aniiiic(l the ' rr(|iiir('(I li^ 'fir u'hiilr UH vorkmaii'liiji, f r my ob^cr- carpcnfi'r's <.'(it down ;it lot wlu'n full Is SMsoni'd, ' brcn iii.Tio ■n ininioriccd s tlioroiu'hly lilt to vv( ik, Wfll known exposed to n tbc duty PORT DAIitlOIJNIC. Lnko Ontaiio ii now mutoratood to Im bv- 'riii %vn. cliy. i» fi'i mon- favorable for the pnrpoiM of «o« with anotlivr, in a period of fno or >ix lun il navij;alion. yp«r». The piers, dam, waste wuiis, rnirancc-lock I think it will h#i found ncresjnry hpri«after to ami oihor woiki are in good order, havinu wiib- widen ihn eiitranru lock so ii» to admit Menni- itood the freshclH of the creek fioin wiihiit, and boats of tho si/.o now navigatinp Lake Ontario, tho storms of the like fioiii without, without suf- into the preat dnm ; and if it .should bo delcr- fering any ma erial injury. mined to nnko this ulteraiion, tho lock oiipht to . ., , . . I ■ ■ .1 . hf) plarcMl nt tho first mm aboil! 100 vnrds abovo Iiii do I i(( I iko lock, ahovo lh»» wnsio weir, . • ... ,. , ,,, "" j""» """^v iii.iiicii 11^ ■ ; , ' lis |ire.sent scile, which would cave a areo and thoro are 1. 0111 lo .', und in some places l.'i '...'.. " .•!."»»'« feet of water in the channel for nearly two miles up the salirv of the Twclvi'. I ascprtnined tlio depth of water in this Iiar- hor at two dilferent periods ; ttie first was in the I)ei;inninu' of ibis ninnlh, ami the last time on Monday list. The laks was calm on hoih oc- casions, and the depth of water about the Haiiie. On the lower sill of tho lock | foiintl lUA (it of water, and outside tho lock lietween the piers the soiiodinus were from HA feet to 10 I'l-el 11 iiirlies. Two niarhinc's were in opirniion deep- niiii; tiie channel. Ueyond the piers, in a I'n'^ with the entrance, the depllnif water rani.'<'.i from 10 feet !) inchc;, to I J fcit G io' h 's, nn:il upon the liaf, wiarc the soiin.lint,'s wore I'loni f) to 10 {(ct. Farther out in the lake, aliont a hiindre I yards in the saiiii' direction, 1 found foiiriecn feet of water. The h.ir is jihoiil a chain in widili, and in the tw-i) intenijed cii iniieli llie hast d"ptli n|ioM it is [) f ct. Il is intended to extend the main pier (i()l«'et fnriher into tlielake, an! to place :inoili- er piera(io-.s the li ir in tin- siiMie linu iVinn the 1 ilic exr ivaliiii! ihe channel (iO feet in wiillli and eii,'liteen inches dei>]i across thi; bar. Tim otln!r sliip clnitinel, north of the ni lin t«!il. pi( r held, is to he exravaic.l to ilie same .lepili, ^ noalin' '^ """ ^'-'l^^ l-ne-and as llie I..- Lirge reservoir, into wliicb tbo feeder can d will S'^Ii""><' •';»vc deci.ied to deter that part ot tbe disclmrre its waters, and where mannf attires re- work unldtlieseverulrontessballiiavcbecn exam- quirin>r water power miubt be carried on to great '"«'' •'"'' reported upon, it is my intention in tbe 7 I, ,",„„ " course ol tbe prt'sent siimmrr caielullv to exaniino tbe coast ami beingassisled bv proiessional meiiin At tbe north end of t!io deep cut, after the „|,ose skill and integrity I can place full reliance, romnienceincntol tiie mountain descent, a waste to collect all the information necessary foi en- weir turns the supLMilnous water ffr.iwm/ two .,i,|j„^ the Legislaluio to decide upon tbe ad- vantages and disadvantai;es of the several piopos- ed harbours and lines of c.inal, aiul to report the same to Your I'.xrelleiic}'. Larly in the present month, I trtiversed part of the couniry between Mai^hville ami l,ake I'.iii', and t'ound it t'.vor.ihli- for canal puipove.s — so t';ir as an examination of the surlace could enable me locks, a fall of sixteen feet, after which it enters the caiial again, ami may be used tor any m m- ut'acturing piiipose wh ilever. Then ai Tbomld it is conveyed aroitn.t l"our locks ; iIk.ii around thirleen locks until it ie-enlerstlie canal on Siia- vcr's firm, b(.'lo\\ the m lant.iin lidgr ; then a- rjii'ul locks until it enter< ilie ''.mi an opinion. 1 visited the coast fieni llie conise ot this descent, can b(; coiitinned in operation, even at such times as the locks oi s( c- tions are undenroinsi; repairs. -Mr. Kecf r ofThorold h.'is built on ilmiincof canal, an exci'llent grist mill of liie most dmabli mili'iials: the walls arc of sIoih chiacry worked by cist iion wheels. It is c a'l- nii the mi- -0 fioiii Chippewa \il!ag»', between (i and 7 liom the arpiediict ovt^r tiie Uivcr W'ellamI, and aheiit () Irem the nearest pnint on that ii\t'r, due motb. Ahiuulaiic of ;jra} ficesieiie may be hid wi.liin a mile, and liaid wood isabimdant. 'I'iie bay is slieltereil on ihe wesihy I'eint Industry, and ac- cording to in(c)rniaui)n re. lived from iMr. Jjiay- biel, its botlmu is hard clay,coveuii with a Icver uf sand and giavid, fiom one to four feel in di pib. (iravrlly bay, oihirwi^e calhd Steel's luiy, is about -I miles lielow Mr. (.iia^biel's bouse, iind y\ miles di.sl.iiit iVom lie line of canal or leeder. Il is |)rolecled boih on the e.ist and west by led;es of roi k wiiiib ( xleiid a cuiisiilei.dile di.- taiue out into lln l;d\e. If, on due examination, it should be t'ound that conuileie thk' Well ind canal. The line of cut- CJraybiers bay poss», atVording most disiiable of lb" bmks where it iiriy be l'( oid lecdful, and siiuaiious on which heiec.ller to build a \illat;o the ereclion ol a weiLihiag lock are some ol lite or cil\ . Tl jjoaf 1 • idonts may li|,p. «x|»e(isc's, i{„t \y "P|>''c'lifn.sion "^ i>i" danger or tANAL ON ■anal, will p.-irt- .i'l'lsmt'iu tliat *^' « placo at -iiiitl ns ilie Lv. 'Iiat part oC the avohecncxrtiii- inif'niion in ||„,. ilk tofxaniino li'ssional men Ja •^e 'nil rolii.ncf, t'vsary loi on- "I'*"' llic ail- ^<'vnnl|ii(,|,y^. 1 lu rcpoi t (lie V'TSrd |),||t of piix-.s— so t;,,' "l>l fliahlo 11:,. «-' roast (Myiii '. "Jiiil, I, III,,,. ' "' ClMUl'l-y '". li'iir mil. s •' I'oit Krio, (iaiid 7 (mjiii ''. and ;il,,)iit I', ''lie iiiMtli. <'{'^|'I Hi.liin 'I'lic l.av is "*"".v, ai,,l";,c. ' JMr. (.iiv- "till a I../,.,- '■'I in (lt|)i|). 'fJ's I'a.v, is 'n'llsr, ;,ll(l i "I or 11 ctlc,-. nil «(.s( |,y 'I'l'ilWf ,ii.- ' 'oiind iliat "'■il adv.vii- •>•■. (li'Kin.,' •wise ciiii- '"y rodnd Wllilp ,|„. i'lnirr :ijo ' -'>alIy to be reenibly durin" the Session of IS'JS, that at a moderate expense il can be opem^d for boat navigation maiiv indc; hitrher up, passiu'^ lhroiit;li a rich and populous section of couiitiy .ilioundiny; in timber ol'all de- s( riptions, and which now expo (ripiions, aiui wnicii now expor .-. annu illy a ,.; .i, ,,„,,,,,„ i -pi '' „ .■ . ••■—.•••" -■ 1 • ,1 I 1 1 • r i" li.Mit enniied. 1 be means o( oavini' the inter#vt iri'c value in Hour, as les, pork, w hiskv, am- i i.- . i i . . ,' .•'",-;"" ""<"-i , ,1 , • '">' nlimialelv, the principa of a oan which er, L'viisuni. and other produce. , iii ,v" • .' -i iw.ur, Hnnn ,, ', ,. , I ■ . I, ■ . . ^*'^'"'' '"' •""''"•If"' to continue the navigation of l!y Ihe (eeder, the main, anal will be pi -cd the Welland Canal, unbroken to the ocean- is .ncmmunicatn.nwii. the waiers ot the (.'land in,].,, han.ls of the si.'cr .-ohmv, and chietly .ivcr below D.M.nvi.le as soon as a lock >ball „is,.s,„„ „r il,.. comnn.r.c of tb.-" ports of Mon- havelu.cn eivcied in tbel)ain-and wiib the tr.Ml and Qnebe,-. A further claim .,n the Le- ^.,.l:ara liver above the i'aIN, ami the populous .isj.tnre of Lower C„n ,d i for assistance tode- and weihliy srtli.Mnents on its !,anks, ii is con- |,av the est of ibe W.dl and nivi-ration s.M-ms wliicli IS also na- ii'Vdlld tllO Di'i'p incti'd by tlu; Riv. r Wellan. ^ i:al)l.' for at least 1 S mil. Cut, into ijie inteiior of the Nie/aia Disiiiil 'I'iie ('anal inter<(>cts n.Mrly :il) miUrs ol' coun- try, f.-rlih' and well settled, and is accessiliic troiu liikes Llic an. I Onlario vviili Schooners — l>eiii>,r ciiiell\ intended loi Ship or .Schooner invi- to me, under tho.se circnnislances, fair and rea- sonalib-. Provided the produce of the r|)per Lakes wiiiiin the territories of the l.^iited States shall he all.. wed to pass ihroiiidi the Canal — the tolls will be uia-ally aie;uii'nt(>.| ; a consi.lerahle traf- jLiition, the shoilest p.)Ssilile route to its circulation to nionev, and enriched many. Villages me sti.rtin'jr irilo ex- istence upon its borders, and jiew eiii|di)yment is creaii'.l lor individual indiisliy. New capital is aitracled an. I put in ojieralion ; settlers are in.iuced to pun base |.)tsanil omni. n.-e iinpro\e- nu'iits, ami the ad.iiiional value .if liiir skill and labour wdl add lo ilii- we:iliii of llie rrovincG ::nd the v.ti.Mn.'ili .;!' the nali.'-n. Tb.! all. ntion id' the t.ei'isl itnre of I'jiper Can.ida appeais to hav(> been early ailiacliMl lo the important subj.'ot of nniiin,' /.oLr i'.rk wiih the ocean — Li 18JI a Slatnl.) was passed aiiilio- ri^iu'^ tilt! oppuintnient ot' a coniinissitM) •' tor the purpose of explorini;, siirveyins^ and lev. 1- inir tli(! most practi.-alile routes for openiiii; ,\ communication by ('anals and I,o;-ks beHveen Like K.ie and the Hastern I'lunnd irv of this I'rovince." — 'I'liat ('.immission r. 'ported eailv in Pnal will cn.iblc iho .Ai^ricuUurist ia countries beyond it to bring pro- duce to markot, and carry njorcliandizc bark into the interior at a clieapcr rate of freight and Ity a speedier mode of convfyanrc tlian lie for- merly possessed, in lik« proportion will it uug- nit'nt the value of property in those countries, and induce ci.pitaliats, enterprising men, to form settlemenis, wliero, witliout such improvements in the means of tninsit they would no! have been tliougljt of — The migrations of the productive class from Europe to tlie I'nited States, and es- ]ieci:illy to the State of Now York, of late years, have be«n consideraldy augmented by reason of tho Canals and Riiil-roads carried on in dilforent parts of the union. To the commerce long cstablishod, carried on with tho North West Tirnfnrifs, "rre it addition- al facilities will be afl'orded in the means of trans|)ortinjj goods and stores upwards and Furs downwards — a reijion will lie opened to ih(> en- quiries of the active and enterprising which is as yet but little known to Kuropeans, " Upper Canada," according to tlic statement cont.iinoi! in the n,'i)ort of llie jtint Commiltoc of thi! I^o;:islat'.irc of this colony, ol' !>>,'.'), on intern d navigation, " contains an area of" about 50,000 sjuarc iiiiles," rejjiirdina only llmse p.irts " of it within tho grc.it waters wliidi appe.ir to " be cap d)ic of cullivation" — " the aoil ;>!' wLiili " is, with very little cxceplioii, most fivoi.ddo " to agririil;nre ; and the climate bcini,' e(|iial- " ly propi.;o!i«, there is no doubt, tli.it when " sulFiciently poopl '(I, its |)rodiicii.)ns aii soil ; and hereif'tor tho wheat raised on the hanks uf L dvos Huron and Ontario willonipi- in'n success- ful conip"tillo;i, in the mat ko'sof (ireat nriiai-.), with thai el' New V<»ik and HdiiniDro, of Datit- izc and 0(le«s t ; and a comnuTce be esiablished through iho Well ind Canal, alike iinporiaiit to tho Murclunt and beneficiil to tho Av'iicnliur- ist. With thi^peruni.iry nfT.iirsof llic C.uial; the sys- tem of IcliinK ntit (■o!Ur..ci.s ; tile nidde of iiie:i<.ui- ing the excava!i:•!l^ ; and of conductiie,' its busi- ness goncrallv. I h ivft iiut a vory slifht ar(piaint- rinro — lull shall end* avi>ur to iid'.uiii nivscdl' on those points heinre traiismitiitii.' to Yi>ur Kxcel- len-'y my concludinir report upon its comliiion. TliP TitlU diiriiiir llie presciii season wdl not be a fail' ciiteriiiii \<\ mIihIi to c deii! <'e ilic i oin- nicrce of f.itoieyejis. I/irge qu iiiiiiies uf pm- duce have already jussoJ downwards bv the portage at Qiiecnston, tlio owners bein^' gene- rally anxious tn reach the market ai^ early in the season as possible. lit the Ohio, onn house alone was prepared to have sent throtiuh the Ca- nal to Oswego, four or five thousand barrels of pork, bud the navigation been open on the 15tii instant. Economy in the expenditures of money: mo- derate rates of toll, and a prudent careful manage- ment of (he affairs of the canal, may enable the Stockholders, beftuo long to divide a fair per centage annually, after paying interest on loans, and tho necessary charges for oflicers and ser- vants. Tho future usefulness of the Wclland Canal will greatly depend upon the removal of the ob- structions which now im|)cde tho navigati(Ui of the St. Liwronce Ixdow I'rescotf. In time of war, the llidoau Canal may be eminently ser- viceable, and tlie expenditure laid out in its ctm- struction is enriching the colony; but it is to the St. Lawrence wo must look for the cheapest and best modes of constructing to tho Montreal and Quebec Markets, the produce of the vastcouii- tiios bord«'ring upon the ereat lakes, anil of ro- coivinc iho most bulky and heavy ol our im|)oit- ed moi cliiindi/.e. it is the shortest and most (liroci route to tliuAilaniir, and tho natmal chan- nel of tho ••oimtries on its banks. \N hi:n a schooner cnn take in a load of wh(!at on I., ikes Erie or Huron, and proceed to Monlre.d wiih- oiit transhippinir her cargo, until she is placed at the side of the vessel th.it is to carry it to Eu- r ipe, an ioinxnio benefit will have been con- liued on ilieso colonies, and a stream of om- nierce direi'ted, at a I'oinpasalivoly trivial ex- pense, to tim greatest l^tMporiniu of Uriiish nnu- iifa< tines and merciitindiv.o in Uritish North America. The expense of iiriprcivinir the St. Eawrrnce isasnot/iiiii^ when compared with the advantaijes that its uninteiriipied navijration would confer — Capl. Hiisd Hall, in his observations on the ca- n dsof Canad:!, seems to have bi^en fully awari; of the v.diir of the \>'(IIand, and how niu( h its future usefulness wouhl ho increased by the im- provement of' tho St. Lawrence. " Tho most obvious and natural, and it will "soon he iho most advantageous communication "with the sea," observes Capt Hall, " is that by ilio River S.iint L iwronco — one srrand step " towards the accouiiilishmonl of this object, " which is of the highest importance, not only to " the Canadas, but to the parent state, Ins al- " ready been made by the construction of ihi? '• Woliund Canal, as it links to'.'eiher all the " r|)pur Lakes, by means of a Ship canal, with " Luke Ontaiio. Wen- llii; navig;itioi) i f ilu» «»Ri« ♦' cour " won| " poir •' be, 1 " noti •' mat] "van •'cot " faci " bell " op{ •♦arc " foi^ »' fid " bein^' gone, «s tiiirly II, ,{,B '". ona liouse irotit'h I he Ca- sand barrels of «» on tho Ijtb f money: mo- areful m.ui.iire- ii.i> enable the ide n fiiir per Most on Joans, ficcrs and scr- tJland Canal val of iIk; ob. navigation of In time of minontly Ror- "iit in irsron- I'lit it is to tbc ' lii'ii])est and ^'oiitre.ij and ''e v.istroiii,. , and oCro uiir inijioit- st and most ":itiiral cliiiii. **• U liiMi a f'M on I. ik( s ^niro.d wiili- ' is plarc.i at O' it lo Jm,. ' bof-n cdn. 'ni of com- fiivial ex, '5'iiisli iinu- '•'sb iNuiib ' "(-s Id Cddli..;- i on iIjc (•;,. '*"llv iiUiin; k*" nmdi iis by iJie jn,- WELLAND CANAL. 13 t ••River St. Lawrence unimpeded during its In concluding this report,! bop leave yery re " course from L iko Ontario to tho sna, there spectfully to congratuliiie your Excollcacy upon *' would bo nothing farther to desire on that the prospercms and forward condition of tho Ca- •' point and Upper Canada would then virtually nal generally, 1 feel that it will, daily, and diis- "be what it ought to be, but what it certainly is ervcdiy, become more and more an object of " not at present, in any sense of tho word a public confidence and of public inttrost, and •'maritimePvovinceof Great Britain. ^\' .- should this plain statement of farts prove suc- " vantages to tho Colony, and also to the m, , - r cossful, in removing, in part, the doubts of some " country whirh would flow from the inceaiud and the fears of others witii regard to the sta- •' facility of commercial and other intercourse bility of the works, I would be pleased and •'between them, which these channels would gratified. •' open, arc more considerable than many people ^^,^^^ j,^^ (,^^^j .^ ^^^^^^^, ^^^ ^^^ practical- '• are aware of. It may be wortli while, tnerc- ^anif^s,^^^,^ jt^ usefulness, for strengthening the •• foro, to consider the means which it is propos- ^.^^ ^j. ^^^.,^, ^^^^^^^^^^^ j^^ promoting and en- •'ed to adopt, in ord«r to lacilitatc tli. direct in- ^^^^^^^^^^ ,,,^ progress of the arts of civili/,ed •• tercourse between Great Britam ana t'pper ji,,, for advancing ibe great interests of product- ♦' Canada. jve industry ; and for establishing the blessings The opening of a navigation which is now of gggy intercommunication within the province, about to carry the ships of Lake Ontario to the then will it bo considered that the grand system rapids of St. Mary, and eventually Jo there- of internal improvements has had a fair and suc- motest shores of Lnke Superior, will form iin cessfiil trial amongst us, and that tho policy of important era in the history of Canada — " lutu- r.on!iiiuing the line from Erie to the ocean has turiiy will disclose the benefits it will produce, obtained in its favor, tho test of experience, and cxDcreince will pronounce an un« rring „,,,,. . - , , , . , 3eW' A vessel arriving at Buffdo or Bb.rk Should the junction of the great lakes with Rock with goodsor produce for New York, trans- jhe Atlantic, by the ine of ship canals happily fcrs her cargo into the canal boats, from whence, begun, be accomplished during Your Excel^en- at Albanv,. hey are transhipped into schooners cy's administration of this government. Your or tow-bolts, and pay treble freight. The Wei- Excellency, by promoting and encouraging the land Canal will carry produce from the most g>«at work, would de^servc the lasting gratitude Irmoteinh-.T/nLXHSrontothePortofPres- of the colonists and the approbation of the Bri- cott ; and as soon as the St. Lawrence shall have been improved to Quebec oi Halifiix in the same bottom in which it was at first shipped.— Men of business will re tdily perceive what an impor' mt idv^miage will ibus be gained in the saving ni double or treble freight. tish nation. ROBERT RANDAL, Chippawa, 3Iay ilst, 1830. FINIS. I'd ii uii'l "iiiiiiaiioii 1. "is ibwt triarid M,.p •is olij((t. 01 only fo . Ills al- on (.f tiio IT il!| ||„. ui.l. ivirh "> <-l' tli«