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 ADDRESS 
 
 DELIVERED BY 
 
 JOHN 3IACAUL.AY, ESQ. 
 
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 T )T11E PURLK MEKTlNd COVVKN'Kn INKTMGSTON DFC. 2.ti). 1 ~T I, 
 
 TO "C05SII)F.Il THK KXPKDIKSC Y 01' ASCEllT AIMNCl HT A SUR • 
 
 VV\' OF THK ((JlNTHY lU.TWKKN I.OlJCIIIi' "KDL'liH I.AKK 
 
 AMI THK TOWN, AM) Al,'«> HF/IAVF.KN IIIF. TOWS 
 
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 1834. 
 
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PUBLIC MEETING. 
 
 At a meeting of the Inhabitants of Kingston, held tliis day 
 at ti»e Court House, a;ircc;ibly to public notice, to "consider 
 theexpudicticy of usctrkiiiiiiig by a survey of tlic country be- 
 tween Lougliliorouiih Lake and tiie town, and iJso between 
 the town and the Ridcau Canal, the practicability of establish- 
 ing water privilci^cs at Kingston," John Macaulay, Esq., waa 
 called to the Chair, and G. VV. Yarker was appjinted Secre- 
 tary. 
 
 An addiess was then delivered by the Chairman, after 
 which, the following resolutions were proposed by Thos. 
 Kirkpalrick, Esq., and .se/eraDy seconded by dilVureot gentle- 
 men. 
 
 1. Rcsohctl — That t!ie pro-^pcrity of Kingston would b« 
 much enhanced iiy the introduction of Water Power into the 
 ♦own or its vicinily. Vairiul. 
 
 2. [t'i.-alrc'l — Tdat two methods oraccomplisliing this object 
 present thoniseUes ; llu; oi-e, l»y raising the waters of the Ca- 
 taraipii River ni)ove tiii; biid::!! by a J3arn ; tiie other, by cutting 
 H small cana! to briuL!; the sj)iire water iVorn the Rideau Canal 
 above King.-,ton mills to tlie lown, or bycMcnding the same 
 to Loughborouiih F^aki.' if noces.-ary. C\iinviJ, 
 
 3. lir:"jlri(l — Tiiiii ill iMi'er to asc'Prtain the practicability of 
 »he abov.i plan-, ami tin.' pcoh iblo exp.Mise thcieol" a sui vey of 
 the country adjo'iiiiig the 'own and cana.l be made by a com- 
 petent EngiuiMM-, to lie employed f(jr that purpose, andeslimateu 
 of the propo-,jd cspciise he minie. 
 
 4. llcsolmd — That a su!):Miiptloii be entered into, forthwith, 
 to defray expenses, lVc. iJtc. 
 
 5. Rrsnlfcd — That the imdcrmentioned Gentlemen be a 
 Committee, to employ an Engineer, and to collect subscrip- 
 
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ions; andtliat tlioyl)C roqucstod to report their procoedings as 
 soon as practicable, to a public niecting to be called tor that 
 purpose. 
 
 Jolin Macaulay, Esq., 
 John Marks, Es(j., 
 Thos. Kirkpatrick, Esq. 
 A. IVranahan, Estj., 
 Mr. Win. Garratt, 
 Doctor Samson, 
 
 Mr. Tliornas Smith, 
 
 " John Coiiiitor, 
 
 " James Nickalls, Jiin'r. 
 Walter McCiuiitre, Esq., 
 (J, W. ^'ark(T, 
 l)o<tor I'arker. 
 
 C. Rcsolrrd — That the proceedings of this meeting bo jui- 
 lished in the Town Ne\vsj)apeis. 
 
 The thanks of the meeting wore then voted to the Ciiairmau 
 and the meeting separated. 
 
 G. VV. YAKFvER. 
 
 Sirnlary. 
 Kingston, D(;ce?nbcr 2, ISHl. 
 
 At a meeting of liie Connnittec, lield the same day, it •^va:^ 
 
 r«solved, that 200 copies of die Address delivered by the 
 
 Chairman, be puldished, 
 
 EDWARD J. BARKER, !\r. D., 
 
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 AD^)t^ES^^ 
 
 'The project of creating maim facturing 
 power in lliis Town lias long engaged my 
 attention. I }iave intended for some time 
 past to draw np a briel' exposition ot" my 
 views on this suhjc^ct, and hiy it before my 
 fellow-townsmen, when it v,as most likely 
 to be favorably consitiei'cd. A hi o])por- 
 tunlty of sulnnitiing it to their notice ap- 
 pears to me to have now arrived; but 1 
 have had only time to thi'ow togetlier a 
 few thoughts in an imperfect and hasty 
 manner. 
 
 The prospei'ity of inland towns must 
 generally depend on one or both of these 
 two grand sources; viz: First, a circum- 
 jacent country of some extent and fertility. 
 Secondly, Manufacturing facilities. — To 
 these are incidentally added other advan- 
 

 lages of impoi'lnnco, such as metropolitan 
 expeiidiiAi res, Xaval or IVfilitary establish- 
 ments, ti'anshi])ment ol' produce and mei'- 
 chandize, (^c. The hitter, hovvcver, are 
 all sul)ordiii;ite to the two sources lirst in- 
 dicated; and c>f these two, I feel inclined 
 to give a ])reference to maxufactuuixg 
 FACiLiTiKS — \)y Aviiich phi'ase 1 mean to 
 imply, the ])osS'\ss!on i^f what is usuaiiy 
 denominated in this country, wateu-pow- 
 ER, and in the United States, WATEn-i'ifi- 
 viLEGKS, com'i)in',Ml witii a location iavor- 
 ablc to tr.L'ii" develonement, and success- 
 ful use. 
 
 A town soi"ly depending on t^u^ ii-i;le 
 of a definite extent of rich and v.ell tiihnl 
 country ^oon roaclies a certain poi/it in 
 the road tc- piT.sp.Lrity at whicli ii may 
 long c(nitinu(^ almost stationan;. 
 
 On tlie (Uhe:* hand, a town, enjoying 
 manufacturini!, fa.-'i lilies Imows no iimits to 
 its progress in a iloiu'ishing trade, but such 
 as may r-e prcs'Tihf.'d by tlie extent of its 
 capital, itsprofiin-iive energy, and its com- 
 mercial cni^^viJ'ize. 
 
 Now^ tiic^ \':)\v]\ of Kingston, altiiough 
 not situated \[\ a barren desert, nor vei'ging 
 (as some oi' our desponding souls woukl 
 insinuate) to the mournful desolation 
 of the ruined Palmyra, or the deserted 
 Baalbec, cannot be said to possess the ad- 
 vantage of a very extensive tract of fertile 
 and well cultivated land in its immediate 
 vicinage, of wdi'ch it is the sole mart. 
 The Country once dependent on it reach- 
 
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ed within my recollection, from the Ga- 
 nanoque to the Trent. At present the 
 wealthy and thriving farmers of the Bay of 
 Quinte fmd their smiling and luxm-iant 
 countrv studded with nshvj: vilhisjcs, and 
 are enabled to exchange the pi'oduce of 
 their fields for merchandise almost at their 
 own doors. Few of them, (comparative- 
 ly speaking) now feel it requisite to re- 
 sort to Kingston, notwithstanding the ex- 
 traordinary facilities of loco-molion, which 
 the inii'otluction of the steam engine has 
 aifoi'tled to die navigation of the Bay of 
 Quinte; and the trade of die town has 
 been thus circumscribed and restricted to 
 a narrow space. The slow progress of 
 settlement in the rear of Kingston has 
 been owing no less to the aspect of the 
 count IT, w^hich is in many parts rough and 
 uninxiiing, than to the superior attractions 
 of some sections in the Western Districts, 
 to which the annual swat'ms of British 
 emigrants direct their unswerving course. 
 IN'eveitheless, there is much more good 
 land in the interior parts of the County of 
 Frontenac, than it has been generally as- 
 sertetl there was, and it would speedily be 
 occupied by industrious settlers, if a pro- 
 per highway were once opened in a direct 
 north westerly direction from Kingston, 
 some forty or fifty miles into the interior. 
 The benefits to be derived from this mea- 
 sure, which I shnll not hei'e dwell upon, 
 would be desirable so far as they would 
 go ; but they would necessarily be limit- 
 
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 ed, and even when united to the other ad- 
 vantages which this town either now does 
 or maydoiive from Mililiu-y expenditures, 
 and a fair portion of the forwarding busi- 
 ness, would scarcely ennblc it to sustain 
 its present raidv in the scale of Provincial 
 Towns. — Something more seems requi- 
 site — and that — [ humbly conceive to be 
 the ac(j!iisition of \VATEi:-j»o\vi:ii, suffi- 
 cient foi' milling and other manufacturing 
 processes. The question then, nalui'ally 
 presents itself^ — how is such water-pouer 
 to be attained ? 
 
 J have ever lamented that the lirst Lock 
 of the Jiideau Canal was not placed at 
 Kings'ioii, Of rather at Creen Bay below 
 Barrielielil, instead of at Kingston Mills 
 whei'e it is now to be found. An ample 
 mole or dyke, answering both for a dam 
 and bi'idge might have been easily raised 
 either on the site of the Catai-aqui Bi'idge, 
 or (which I think better) at Bell's Island, 
 extending on one side to jMr. Maclean's 
 farm and on the other to that of Mr. Mai'ks. 
 By this means, all the marsh to the east- 
 ward would have been converted into a 
 lake \\\\\\ a fall of 10 or 12 feet water, 
 supplying an unfailing manufacturing pow- 
 er at both extremities of the dam, without 
 trenching in anyres):)cct upon the rights of 
 the occupantsof the Kingston Mill Reserve. 
 
 When the Commissioiiei'S for improving 
 the Internal Navigation of the Province 
 first reported on the Rideau Canal, our 
 views were directed to the general results 
 
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 of our survey and the effect of the im- 
 prov(}m('iits that were recommended on 
 Provinciid interests. — Merely local ob- 
 jects wci-e not at tiiat moment adverted 
 to, and as we did not then anticipate so 
 sph?ndid a work as that for which we are 
 indebt(.'d to the nnmiticent policy of the 
 [mpei'ia] (jovernnient, we restricted our 
 plans to iho scale that appeared the most 
 econoiriical, and the most suitable to the 
 limited resoui'ces of Upper Canada. — 
 jN'everthcless 1 take i2:i"eat blame to myself 
 for beinii; then so unmindful of the advan- 
 taii'cs tliat miirht have l)een secured to 
 
 diis Towi:. if the construction of die first 
 Lock !i;ul been recommended by the 
 Connni>sioners to be undertaken at Green 
 Bay. Thei'C^ can be no doubt that such a 
 recommendation would have been listened 
 to, for it ^\as in consequence of the sur- 
 veys e.\( ruied by the Board of Internal 
 Navi,<i;;aion that his Alajesty's Government 
 was induced in the hrst place to offer our 
 Le,2;islature a loan of money in aid of the 
 enterprise, and fmally to undertake it them- 
 selves and construct the Canal, at the 
 sole expense^ of the British nation. The 
 incalculable benefits that would have ac- 
 crued to tliis Town trom the removal of 
 part of die Kinjijston Mill FaUs to the 
 heart of the town itself, did not, unfortu- 
 nately, occur to me, until it Avas too lat(! 
 for the representations of our Board to be 
 of any avail. The Royal Engineers al- 
 tered a litUe the course of the Canal as 
 
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 rendei'ed the project oi" danvvJiiij; \\ix: Ri- 
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 1. A cut Irom the level c'' v- 
 Canal at the head oi" tlie ivi :■. 
 locks. 
 
 2. A. cut h'om the ^tvc:iiii ■•■';:] 
 from the Great Loiiivi!): ioiil;m L 
 
 W'jtii regard to the liviiv-r, v:;:'! 
 only be resorted to in t!.;^ e\ ;•; 
 witii respect to the ieinvr, i: ; \ 
 sei'ved t'lat the distance, a;i 1 ci 
 (iuenl expense will ho givM!. i 
 rough j^ake (>xceed-> {-.v^'aw 
 langdi, ;ind has tv\-f) oiitli;!.., i ^. 
 whicii is inconsiderable, aiid ■■a t; e noi'Ui 
 easlern extremitv oi' t'le hti.", .i-ciKU'j^es 
 its v; Iters into tlie Opinicfm or Foiatoe 
 Lake, and tlins feeds live west rn i)ranch 
 of the Uananociue Ri-.er. T;ie odier, 
 "whicii is the main outlet, is hiit'^'r to the 
 east, and forms, witli the v.nter of Dog 
 Lake (the level of whicli is 100 feet below 
 that of Loughborough Lake,) the stream, 
 which has been designated tlie Great 
 
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 River CATARAQur. Just at the head of 
 this outlet stands Ansley's Mill. Lough- 
 borough Lake alone can in my opinion, 
 furnish a supply of water quite ample for 
 all our proposed hydraulic works at King- 
 ston. .Acc'or(lini>; to the surveys of the 
 Board of InlciJial navigation, it lies 177 
 feet ahovc the SLirlace of this harbor. — 
 riow far below /Vnsley's Mill it may be 
 pracLie;ib!(' oi- ndvniUngeous to commence 
 tiie cut, I am uii;ible to guess. Pi'ol)ably 
 the exlrcme lengtli of" the work would not 
 excerd ]2 unlcri. If no convenient point 
 of depariuio fiom ^he stream should pre- 
 sent iis(>ir iiiiiil v>'e reached its junclion 
 with t!ic sii'eaiu issuing tVom Dog Lake, 
 (which is -i •, e.y deep basin) we should 
 then \[\p '\.\]v 'i.i'eat sheet of watei* mei'iiing 
 the n])}jei!;iiinn of an airdicial Lake, which 
 extends Oi\ i*{.' hue of d)e Ridenu Canal 
 from 13 ewcM-'s upper niill lo Jones' Ra- 
 pids. -\ niiiac'.ahle fciiture in the coun- 
 try Iviti^c ni-ouMd Kingston is thnt the pre- 
 yailiug (lircci'on of th(3 Lakes, Islarids, 
 ridges, and \i)lleys is north easierly and 
 south Avcslerly. Tlie great point to be 
 observed ihei'cfoi'O, in order io save ex- 
 pense in ihe e\(H^uti()n of die })iojecled 
 woi'k, will !)e lo fol'ow llie course of some 
 leading I'icL; % as i\\v as ])racticable, and 
 gain the ia!)i'* IlukIs in dnj vicinity oi' the 
 Towii ^" ith the least possi!)le amount of 
 excavation and eml^anknient. The fact 
 here advcric d to renders it unnecessary 
 to say any thing on the feasibility of ma- 
 
le head of 
 Lough- 
 y opinion, 
 ample for 
 vs at King- 
 iys of the 
 it Jies 177 
 harhor.-^- 
 t may be 
 ommence 
 Pi'ol)ably 
 would not 
 ient point 
 1 oil Id pre- 
 j'unclion 
 ^og Lake, 
 t^e should 
 i" mcj'iiing 
 IvC, which 
 'nu Canal 
 )iics' lla- 
 tiic coun- 
 t the pre- 
 : Islands, 
 ierly and 
 iiH (o be 
 save ex- 
 piojVcled 
 i of some 
 l'>I(', and 
 ly ol' die 
 mount of 
 riie fact 
 ecessary 
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 liing a cut from the western extremity of 
 Loughborough Lake, or from Collins' 
 Lake, or the other small Lakes, which lie 
 in its neighborhood. With regard to Col- 
 lins' Lake, it is to be remarked, that its 
 waters are already appropriated, and 
 (even were it desirable) couid not be di- 
 verted towards the town. 
 
 To return to the proposed cut from the 
 Kingston Mill pond ; I would observe 
 that the extreme length of t!ie work would 
 not exceed six miles, and I am not aware 
 of any reason for its being very expensive. 
 Its dimensions, if sufficient for the passage 
 of loaded barges and scows, would intro- 
 duce to the town an abundant supply of 
 water, and at the same time adbrd a com- 
 modious navigable communication with 
 the eastern part of Lough boiough and the 
 rear concessions of Pittshuigh, which are 
 now for half the year almost inaccessible, 
 in consequence of the bad state of the 
 roads. I am in doubt whether the level 
 of the mill-pond could be brought to the 
 table-land behind the town. The level 
 of the water in the mill-pond was former- 
 ly 27 feet above that of Lake Ontario. It 
 is now of course consideral)ly higher, in 
 consequence of the great embankment 
 constructed by the Royal Engineers. — 
 Should it be impracticable to carry the le- 
 vel over the intermediate space, locks 
 which need not be expensive may be made 
 at suitable places, and the use of the wa- 
 ter «old for as much money as would de- 
 
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 fray the expense of the locks, and on con* 
 dition that the water, after being used, 
 shoiikl 1)6 re-condiictcd into the canal. 
 There would still remain on the talkie land 
 behind the town, a level at least 2-0 feet 
 higher than the level of the harbor, afford- 
 ing unlimited power (ov mamdacturin 
 
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 () not anticipate any sort ()i 
 
 dithcultv in aiifreeinii; widi the ('overn- 
 ment lor a sup})ly of water from \]\v Ri- 
 deaii Canal, whic-h will never run .- Iiort of 
 it, if common care be observed, on the 
 souTF[EU.\ side of the summit h. 'vv^i. A 
 tithe of the Vvatoi' wliieii runs n^'i* the 
 
 wa; 
 
 te vvc'ws ot" the Crimberiy 
 
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 would ch-. moi'e than answ(.'i" om- w.iiils. 
 
 On liic infinite importance of tliis i)ro- 
 jcct to our ;i;ood Town of Kingston i need 
 not dwell. i\ is not my purpose to dis- 
 
 cuss the mo( 
 
 le of 
 
 raismii" cam 
 
 tal ( 
 
 or Its e", 
 
 at subjoct mav \)c reserved for 
 
 r_ 
 
 ecution— 
 
 another occasion — :it |)resent it v.i!! su 
 
 lice, if we take eflicient measures lor ""et- 
 
 ting a survey 
 
 and 
 
 reoori, 
 
 with pli 
 
 ills anc 
 
 (>stim;ites from a competent Engineer — 
 and to do tliis, a fund must in the (irst 
 place be })ro\ided. I shall greatly eri' in 
 my expectation-^, if tlie ])ublic spii'it of my 
 teilow-townsmen deseri them on I'u' pre- 
 sent occasion. 
 
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