{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4510", "width": "2750", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2MM", "height": "4354", "width": "2625", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4354", "width": "2625", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4323", "width": "2490", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4323", "width": "2490", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "45th Congress, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, f Ex. Doc.\\n2 d Session. J jq\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\nLETTER\\nFROM\\n/O J\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^7TK3\\nTHE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY,\\nIX REFERENCE TO\\nThe interest of the government in the Dismal Swamp Canal.\\nJanuary 21, 1878.\u00e2\u0080\u0094Referred to tlie Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered\\nto be printed.\\nTreasury Department,\\nWashington D. (7., January 15, 1878.\\nSir In June last my attention was called to an advertisement in the\\ndaily newspapers of the proposed sale, on the 9th of August then ensuing,\\nof the property and works of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company, situated\\nin Virginia and North Carolina, under and by virtue of two several deeds\\nof trust executed by that company on the 1st of July, 1867, and the 10th\\nof February, 1809, respectively, to secure certain bondholders mentioned\\ntherein. As the United States is the owner of a large interest in this\\ncanal, viz, eight hundred shares, representing $200,000 at their par value,\\nfor which Congress in 1826-1829 appropriated that sum from the Treas\u00c2\u00ac\\nury, I deemed it incumbent upon me to protect, as far as it lay in my\\npower, this large interest from sacrifice. Accordingly I instructed the\\nSolicitor of the Treasury to make personal examination into the affairs\\nof this company, or to direct some one to do so, for the purpose of a cor\u00c2\u00ac\\nrect understanding as to the creation of the debt for which the canal\\nand works of the company were advertised for sale; to inquire partic\u00c2\u00ac\\nularly as to whether the proceedings for such sale were regular; and\\nto negotiate with the bondholders and trustees for a postponement until\\nafter the meeting of Congress, or until that body cpukl have the oppor\u00c2\u00ac\\ntunity of legislation to protect the interests qt th^ Uaited States as a\\nstockholder. The Solicitor of yUe Treasury directed the chief clerk of\\nhis office to make this ex m-nation and negotiation., a yopy of whose\\nreport upon the subject and accompanying*, JocuMk at^ transmitted\\nherewith for the information ay Congress.*\\nIt appears that at a stockholders 7 hieetiiig held November 5, 1866, at\\nwhich meeting the United States was represented by proxy, under ap\u00c2\u00ac\\npointment of the Secretary of the Treasury, the president and directors\\nwere authorized to borrow such an amount of money as in their judg\u00c2\u00ac\\nment was necessary for the improvement of the canal and the payment", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00982\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\nof the debt of the company, not exceeding $200,000; to issue bonds t\\nthat amount, bearing interest not exceeding 8 per cent, per annum, and.\\nto pledge the entire works of the company for the payment of the said\\nbonds. In pursuance of this authority, and of the sanction subsequently\\nobtained from the legislatures of Virginia and North Carolina, the presi\u00c2\u00ac\\ndent and directors aforesaid issued two hundred bonds in the name ot\\nthe company of $1,000 each, payable twenty years from the 1st ot July,\\n1867, and executed a deed of trust of that date, conveying to certain\\npersons in trust the entire canal property of the company to secure the\\npayment of the bonds so issued. By the terms of this deed the trustees\\nare required, on default in the payment of the principal and interest,\\nor any part thereof, of the said bonds, and upon the request of any one\\nor more of the holders thereof, to dispose of the trust property at public\\nauction or private sale, for cash, or on reasonable credit, after duly adver\u00c2\u00ac\\ntising the same, as provided, and from the proceeds to pay the accrued\\ninterest, and to pay or to secure the payment of the principal.\\na supplemental deed, executed February 10, 1869, by authority of\\na meeting of the directors of the company, it is made imperative upon\\nthe trustees from the proceeds of sale to pay immediately to the bond\u00c2\u00ac\\nholders the principal and accrued interest of the bonds, u whether the\\nsaid principal be then due or yet to become due.\u00e2\u0080\u009d\\nOn the 1st of* July last, the company was in default on these bonds\\nfor interest to the amount of $52,000. On the 4tli of April, just pre\u00c2\u00ac\\nviously, a majority of the bondholders made demand in writing upon\\nthe trustees for a sale of the property in accordance with the deeds of\\ntrust, and the same was accordingly duly advertised for sale, to take\\nplace on the 9th of August last, as I have before stated.\\nAt a called meeting of the bondholders and trustees to confer with\\nthe gentleman intrusted with the examination into these transactions,\\nheld at Norfolk a short time previous to the day named for the sale, the\\nfollowing resolution, as I am officially informed, was adopted, viz:\\nResolved That the bondholders present respectfully request that the honorable the\\nSecretary of the Treasury make an immediate examination of the affairs of the Dismal\\n.Swamp Canal Company, and if, after such an examination, he will agree to recom\u00c2\u00ac\\nmend to Congress to appropriate a sufficient amount to put the canal in thorough or\u00c2\u00ac\\nder, or some other measure that will save the interest of the United States, amounting\\nto nearly one million dollars, that the trustees be authorized to postpone the sale until\\nsuch time as they may deem expedient.\\nMy response to this resolution was communicated to the Solicitor of\\nthe Treasury in a letter requesting him, in view of the large pecuniary\\ninterest held by the United States in this property, and of the probable\\ninjury which would result to, that interest in the event of a sale under\\npresent circumstances, to take such prompt action as he might deem\\nexpedient to insure a postponement of said sale until Congress could\\nhave an opportunity to consider and pass upon such measure for the\\nprotection of the interests of the government in the premises as might\\nappear judicious and .efficient; and informing him that, upon the meet\u00c2\u00ac\\ning of Con grey s* \u00c2\u00abI w\\\\Vul4^J mit the piatter for its action.\\nAt a subsequent nfeetihg: pf the bobdhbhlers, the trustees were in\u00c2\u00ac\\nstructed, in view t a\u00c2\u00a3 this response, topoi tpoiie the sale of the canal un\u00c2\u00ac\\ntil after the regular/sjessiovf of Cppgress.\\nI propose simply 4 to Tay\u00e2\u0080\u0098fli6\u00e2\u0080\u0098 matter Mw before Congress, as I agreed\\nto do in consideration of that postponement, referring only to such de\u00c2\u00ac\\ntails as, in my opinion, are required for an intelligent understanding of\\nthe subject, and leaving it for that body to take such action as in its\\nwisdom may seem to be required in the premises.\\nThe Dismal Swamp Canal is about twenty-eight miles in length. It\\nFEB 23 1906\\nn. .rn", "height": "4333", "width": "2448", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "DISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\n3\\ncommences at a point in the Elizabeth River about three miles from\\nNorfolk and the Portsmouth navy-yard, and extends to deep water in\\nPasquotank River, North Carolina, by means of which river it connects\\nwith Albemarle Sound. It thus affords a connecting-link in a line of\\ninterior navigation reaching from the southern coast-line of North Caro\u00c2\u00ac\\nlina to the waters of the New England States. Of late years, the extent\\nand character of the carrying trade have demanded a larger class of ves\u00c2\u00ac\\nsels than those used in the trade at an earlier period, and hence the\\ncanal, by reason of inadequate width and depth, has been restricted in\\nits business, as it appears, to almost a purely local traffic.\\nTwo of the locks are but 17\u00c2\u00a3 feet and the remaining two but 24 feet\\nin width, and about 100 feet in length. I am advised that, in order to\\naccommodate the through carrying-trade, it is indispensable that these\\nbe entirely reconstructed by rebuilding, widening, and lengthening. Be\u00c2\u00ac\\nsides this, the canal-bed must be dredged to a depth of five or six feet\\nits entire length. The cost of such an improvement, as has been esti\u00c2\u00ac\\nmated, will be from two to three hundred thousand dollars.\\nThe capital stock of the company consists of 1,944 shares, of the nom\u00c2\u00ac\\ninal value of $250 each, or in all $486,000. Of this stock the United\\nStates owns 800 shares, or, in amount, $200,000, nearly two-fifths of the\\nentire amount. This stock was subscribed for by authority of the acts\\nof Congress of May 18,1826, and March 3,1829. The former act, author\u00c2\u00ac\\nizing a subscription for 600 shares, made it a condition to such subscrip\u00c2\u00ac\\ntion that the report and opinion, iu writing, of the United States Board\\nof Engineers be first obtained that \u00e2\u0080\u009cthe plan on which the said canal\\nis to be executed will answer, as far as circumstances will permit, as a\\npart of a chain of canals contemplated along the Atlantic coast, and\\nthat the sum hereby authorized to be subscribed for will be sufficient\\nto finish the canal according to said plan.\u00e2\u0080\u009d The last-named act, how\u00c2\u00ac\\never, authorized a further subscription for 200 shares, with no conditions\\nattached.\\nThe present bonded debt of the company is as follows, viz:\\nPrincipal.$200,000\\nInterest not paid, but funded in certificates at 8 per cent. 24, 000\\nInterest due January, 1876. 4, 000\\nCoupons due July 1, 1876 8,000\\nCoupons due January 1,1877.. 8, 000\\nCoupons due July 1, 1877 8, 000\\nCoupons due January 1,1878. 8,000\\nIn all. 260,000\\nIn addition to this, there are judgment-liens of record against the\\ncompany, subordinate to the lieu of the trust deed and the bonded in\u00c2\u00ac\\ndebtedness before mentioned. These j udgments amount to about $73,000,\\nincluding interest up to last July.\\nThe revenue of the company from tolls, since and including the year\\n1871, has been as follows, as shown by the official reports.\\nYear ending September 30, 1871 $12,739 60\\nYear ending September 30, 1872. 19,998 90\\nYear ending September 30, 1873.--.-....22,153 46\\nYear ending September 30, 1874. 19,962 54\\nYear ending September 30, 1875. 11,210 31\\nYear ending September 30, 1876. 10,219 73\\nThe annual repairs to the canal during this period have averaged\\nabout $7,000.\\nFor a long period previous to the war of 1861, the yearly revenue\\nfrom tolls averaged about $38,000, while the current annual expenses\\nwere less than $6,000, and the expenses of repairs about the latter sum.", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "4\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\nThere has been expended in the making and improvement of the canal\\nthe sum of $1,600,000.\\nThe United States has already derived from its investment in the stock\\nof this canal the sum of $136,000 in dividends; $9S,447.58 of which\\nhave been paid into the Treasury, as officially reported to me. The re\u00c2\u00ac\\nmainder, $37,000, was, by authority of an act of Congress of February 26,\\n1845, devoted toward the expenses of improving the works. In recent\\nyears no dividends have been declared, the revenue being barely suffi\u00c2\u00ac\\ncient for repairs and expenses.\\nIt is for Congress to determine whether it is expedient to take any\\naction for the protection of the interest of the United States in this prop\u00c2\u00ac\\nerty. If it shall be deemed inexpedient to adopt any measure calculated\\nto sustain this canal, and through such measure to retain the interest of\\nthe government therein, or if no action shall be taken, the bondholders\\nwill doubtless proceed with their sale, under the trust-deed, as they have\\nbefore contemplated, and such sale, if founded upon legal right, must neces\u00c2\u00ac\\nsarily dispossess the United States of its entire interest in the capital\\nstock of the company and divest it of all control over the canal as a\\nwork of national importance, if it has such a character.\\nRespectfully submitted.\\nJOHN SHERMAN,\\nSecretary of the Treasury\\nHon. Samuel J. Randall,\\nSpeaker of the House of Representatives.\\nDepartment of Justice,\\nOffice of the Solicitor of the Treasury,\\nWashington T G\\\\, July 7, 1877.\\nSir In pursuance of directions given me by your predecessor, under\\nauthority of a letter of the 6th ultimo, addressed to him by the Secretary\\nof the Treasury, I visited Norfolk, Ya., on the 20th of that month, for\\nthe purpose of looking into the affairs of the Dismal Swamp Canal Com\u00c2\u00ac\\npany, particularly to examine as to the creation of the debt for which\\nthe canal and works of the company are advertised for sale in the month\\nof August next$ as to whether the proceedings for such sale are regular,\\nand if so to negotiate with the bondholders for such a postponement of\\nthe sale until after the meeting of Congress, or until that body can have\\nthe oppportunity of legislation, to protect the large interests of the\\nUnited States as a stockholder in the company.\\nUpon arriving at Norfolk, I found that the president of the company\\nwas unfortunately absent from the city on a visit to Boston, and that\\nhe had with him the key of the safe containing all the books and\\npapers of the company, the examination of which seemed necessary\\nto a complete transaction of the business upon which I was sent. I was\\naccordingly unable, by personal inspection of the minutes of the stock\u00c2\u00ac\\nholders\u00e2\u0080\u0099 meetin g, to obtain the desired information as to the proceedings at\u00c2\u00ac\\ntending the creation of the bonded debt of the company, and the author\u00c2\u00ac\\nity given, if any, to the officers thereof to enter into the trust-deeds\\nunder the provisions of which the property has been advertised for sale.\\nThe treasurer of the company, however, promised to send me, on re\u00c2\u00ac\\nturn of the president, full abstracts from the books of all the proceed\u00c2\u00ac\\nings had at the meetings, showing particularly whether the United", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "DISMAL SWAMP CANAL. 5\\nStates was represented, and whether, if so, the representative consented\\nto the loan and the execution of the trust-deeds.\\nSiuce my return I have received the promised extracts from the\\nminutes of the stockholders\u00e2\u0080\u0099 meeting of November 5, I860, and of the\\ndirectors\u00e2\u0080\u0099 meeting of the 16th of February, 1869.\\nAt the former meeting it appears that it was resolved that the presi\u00c2\u00ac\\ndent and directors have authority to borrow such amount of money as\\nmay be necessary for the improvement of the works and payment of\\nthe debt, not exceeding $200,000 to issue bonds of the company, bear\u00c2\u00ac\\ning interest not exceeding 8 per cent.; to pledge the entire works of the\\ncompany for the payment of said bonds, and to memorialize the legisla\u00c2\u00ac\\nture for the necessary authority.\\nAt the meeting of the directors at the latter period authority was\\ngiven the president of the company to execute a supplemental deed\\nexplanatory of the deed of trust executed on the 1st of July, 1867.\\nIt appears, from the extracts of the stockholders\u00e2\u0080\u0099 meeting, that the\\nUnited States was represented by E. W. Whipple as proxy, entitled to\\ncast on 800 shares of stock 168 votes, the total number of shares repre\u00c2\u00ac\\nsented at the meeting being 1,723, entitled to cast 459 votes.\\nI find, by reference to the Treasury records, that on the 4th of Novem\u00c2\u00ac\\nber, 1865, the Secretary of the Treasury constituted and commissioned\\nElijah W. Whipple as his proxy for the United States at all meetings of\\nthe company. I presume this appointment was a continuous one and\\nterminated with the succeeding appointment, in 1867, of Gilbert A.\\nWalker to act at the meeting of that year.\\nThe capital stock of this company is divided into 1,944 shares, of the\\nnominal value of $250 each, or $486,000. Of this stock the United States\\nowns 800 shares, representing $200,000,a sum which Congress appropri\u00c2\u00ac\\nated in the years 1828 and 1829 for their purchase, or nearly two-fifths\\nof the capital of the company. There has been expended in the making\\nand improvement of the canal the sum of $1,600,000, which amount more\\ntruly represents the capital invested.\\nThe interest, therefore, of the United States in this work, which should\\nbe protected and preserved in some way, is represented rather by the\\nsum of $700,000 than the mere face value of the shares of stock. From\\nthis stock in times past the United States has derived the sum of\\n$136,000 in dividends, although in recent years, from causes readily\\nexplained and appreciated, no dividends have been declared.\\nThe war of the rebellion left the canal and all its machinery unfit for\\nuse and in a deplorable condition.\\nIn order to refit the same, and to restore this valuable work to some\u00c2\u00ac\\nthing approaching its former condition, an indebtedness was contracted\\nin the year 1867 by the issue of 200 bonds of $1,000 each, secured by\\nthe deed of trust mentioned in the advertisement of sale as of July 1,\\n1867. The charter, as it seems, gave no power to contract such a debt\\nor to create a lien upon the works and property of the company. Ac\u00c2\u00ac\\ncordingly authority was obtained through a special act of the general\\nassembly of the State of Virginia, December 6, 1866, which provides\\nthat it may be lawful for the Dismal Swamp Canal Company to issue\\ncoupon-bonds, bearing iuterest at the rate of 8 per cent, per annum;\\nthe whole amount not to exceed $200,000; also to sell and dispose of\\nsuch bonds in such mode and on such terms as may be deemed advis\u00c2\u00ac\\nable, and to give such security for the punctual payment of the said\\nbonds as such company may deem expedient. A similar act was passed\\nabout the same time by the legislature of North Carolina.\\nThe deed of trust so executed by the president and treasurer of the", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "6\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\ncompany as security for these bonds, by authority of the meeting of\\nstockholders before referred to, conveyed to James Corneck, C. W. New\u00c2\u00ac\\nton, and William H. C. Ellis, the Dismal Swamp Canal, with all and\\nsingular the lauds and tenements, c., in trust to secure the purchasers\\nor holders of the said bonds the payment of the principal and interest,\\nand gives authority to said trustees, upon the demand of any one or\\nmore of the said bondholders, to sell at public auction or at private sale\\nfor cash, or on reasonable credit, in their discretion, the property so con\u00c2\u00ac\\nveyed, after advertising such sale for three months in one or more news\u00c2\u00ac\\npapers in New York, Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia, and Norfolk,\\nand from the proceeds to pay all accrued interest on the bonds and to\\nso provide that the principal thereof shall be immediately paid, or so\\nsecured that no future default in the payment of interest may be made,\\nand to pay the balance, if any, to the company or its assigns. This\\ndeed seems to have been properly executed and recorded.\\nA supplemental deed of trust was executed the 10th of February, 1869,\\nby authority of the directors\u00e2\u0080\u0099 meeting referred to, making it imperative\\nupon the trustees, from the proceeds of sale, to pay immediately to the\\nbondholders the principal and interest of the bonds, u whether the said\\nprincipal be then due or yet to become due;\u00e2\u0080\u009d or, in case of a deficiency,\\nto so pay a proportional part of the same. Copies of these deeds, taken\\nfrom the records of Norfolk County, are transmitted herewith as a part\\nof this report. A majority of the bondholders, as 1 understood from the\\ntrustees, have given them notice in writing of their desire for a sale of\\nthe trust-property. 1 append a copy of the notice as furnished me by\\nthe president of the company since my return.\\nThe only specific authority for the execution of this supplemental deed\\nwas derived from the meeting of directors before mentioned. I had\\nconferences with a number of the bondholders representing, perhaps,\\nmore than one half the trust-debt, or with persons representing such\\nbondholders, and all expressed a willingness to consent to a postpone\u00c2\u00ac\\nment of the sale as advertised, in the hope that Congress would adopt\\nsome measure to protect the interests of the United States as a stock\u00c2\u00ac\\nholder and preserve to the community the commercial advantages of\\nthe canal as a great interior line of water-communication with the\\nsounds of North Carolina and the southern coast.\\nOf the entire amount of the bonds, about $115,000 in value are held\\nin Norfolk, $75,000 in Baltimore, and $10,000 in New York. The invest\u00c2\u00ac\\nment is held in high estimation, and it is not the desire, generally, of the\\nbondholders to have a sale of the trust-property, provided there shall\\nbe encouraging indications that necessary improvements in the canal\\nwill be made, which will assure ample revenue for the payment of in\u00c2\u00ac\\nterest, expenses, and dividends, as in the past, from the largely in\u00c2\u00ac\\ncreased and increasing trade that must of necessity seek this line of\\ncommunication.\\nA meeting of the Norfolk bondholders was called and held in the\\noffice of the company, at which I was present, aud explained fully the\\nobject of my visit. There was a free and full interchange of views,\\nevincing a most thorough appreciation of the fact that the United States\\nhad, through its proper officers, given this indication that something\\nwill be done, or attempted, to protect its large interests as a stockholder,\\nand thereby directly enhance the interests of the stock generally and of\\nthe community.\\nThere was some hesitation as to giving authority to the trustees for a\\npostponement of the sale without having first a defiuite assurance from\\nthe Secretary of the Treasury that he will make some recommendation", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "DISMAL SWAMP CANAL. 7\\nto Congress touching the matter. The form such recommendation\\nshould take they are willing to leave entirely with that officer.\\nIt was urged that although the bonds and accrued interest are now\\nabundantly secured, in view of the present great value of the canal\\nproperty, yet that security was becoming impaired by delay in making\\nnecessary and Vital improvements to the canal; by the loss of trade\\nconsequent upon the want of improvement adapting the canal to the\\nnavigation of vessels of a large tonnage; by the gradual decay and\\ndeterioration of the property; the shoaling of the water, and other\\ncauses not within the power of the company, embarrassed by debt and\\nother difficulties, to prevent or overcome. The sense of the meeting was,\\nhowever, reduced to the form of a resolution in the following words:\\nResolved, That the bondholders present respectfully request that the honorable Sec\u00c2\u00ac\\nretary of the Treasury make an immediate examination of the affairs of the Dismal\\nSwamp Canal.Company, and if, after such an examination, he will agree to*recommend\\nto Congress to appropriate a sufficient amount to put the caual in thorough order, or\\nsome other measure that will save the interest of the United States, amounting to\\nnearly one million of dollars, that the trustees be authorized to postpone the sale until\\nsuch time as they may deem expedient.\\nUnder this resolution, upon a favorable response from the Secretary\\nof the Treasury, the trustees will postpone the sale of the canal adver\u00c2\u00ac\\ntised for the 9th of August.\\nThe only other alternative for the protection of the stock of the\\nUnited States from entire loss is a proceeding to enjoin the trustees\\nfrom selling the property.\\nIt may be added that this bonded debt now stands as follows:\\nPrincipal. $200, 000\\nInterest not paid, but funded in certificates at 8 per cent. 24, 000\\nInterest due January. 1876 (one-half paid). 4,000\\nCoupons due July 1, 1876 8, 000\\nCoupons due January, 1877 8, 000\\nCoupons due July, 1877. 8,000\\nIn all. 252,000\\nIn addition to this, there are judgments of record against the company\\nof about $73,000, including interest.\\nThe revenue of the company from tolls since and including the year\\n1871 has been as follows:\\nYear ending September 30,1871 ..$12,739 60\\nYear ending September 30,1872 19,998 90\\nYear ending September 30,1873 .22,153 46\\nYear ending September 30,1874 19,962 54\\nYear ending September 30,1875 11,210 31\\nYear ending September 30,1876 10,219 73\\nIt appears from the reports of the president of the company to the\\nstockholders that a revenue of $25,000 will pay the annual general ex\u00c2\u00ac\\npenses, and ordinary annual repairs, amounting to about $7,000, and\\nthe interest on the bonded debt, amounting to about $17,500.\\nFor a long period previous to the war of 1861, the yearly revenue\\nfrom tolls averaged $38,000, while the current annual expenses were\\nless than $6,000, and the expense of repairs about the latter sum.\\nSince that time a rival work, called the Albemarle and Chesapeake\\nCanal, has been completed, which, by reason of the depth of water and\\nenlarged dimensions, was enabled to command a through trade in vessels\\nof 300 tons burden, while the Dismal Swamp Canal has been restricted\\nin its business to almost a purely local traffic.\\nIt is contended, and with every probability in its favor, I think, that\\nthe improvement of the latter canal by widening the locks and deepen-", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "8\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\ning the water and otherwise, as has been from time to time suggested,\\nwould reverse the relative situations as to business of these two portages\\nof commerce, for the latter is the favorite route of vessels which can pass\\nthe locks, because of its shorter distance, less tortuous course, and of the\\nfact that they are not subject to delays therein, as is the case frequently\\nin the navigation of the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, by reason\\nof the tides and drifting sands at its outlet.\\nFrom a report made in April, 1866, to the Secretary of the Treasury,\\nby Messrs. John Kimball and John Jay Knox, it appears that for a\\nperiod from 1845 to 1862, eighteen years, the receipts of the Dismal\\nSwamp Canal Company from tolls amounted to $625,54:2,94, the current\\nordinary expenses to $92,173.32, and the general expenses for repairs\\nto $138,340.95.\\nFor a better understanding of the important interest which the United\\nStates has in this line of commerce, I beg leave to refer to its past his\u00c2\u00ac\\ntory and to the details of its trade and capabilities recounted in the\\nprinted copies of the memorials herewith, marked A and B.\\nI also annex as part of this report copies of annual reports of the\\npresident and directors of the company to the stockholders for the years\\nending September 30 of 1871,1872,1873,1874,1875, and 1876, marked C.\\nI also annex copies of the two trust-deeds under which the property\\nof the canal company is advertised for sale, marked D and E also a\\nlist of the bondholders secured by such deeds of trust, marked F; also\\na compilation of laws of the States of Virginia and North Carolina,\\nconstituting the charter of the company, marked G.\\nIt is apparent that the canal in its present condition must earn a very\\nlimited revenue, and must necessarily suffer continuous diminution of\\nits capabilities, by reason of decay of its machinery, the constant wash\u00c2\u00ac\\ning of its banks, and consequent shoaling of its waters.\\nThe canal is about twenty-eight miles in length, commencing at a\\npoint in the Elizabeth River, a few miles from Norfolk, extending to\\nDeep Creek, about two and a half miles, thence to a point on Joyce\\nCreek, twenty-three miles, and continuing from a point on that creek to\\nPasquotank River, a distance of about three miles. Two of the locks\\nare but 17J feet wide, and about 95 feet in length, and two are 24 feet\\nin width and about 100 feet in length. All of these need rebuilding,\\nwidening, and lengthening. Besides this, the canal-bed requires dredg\u00c2\u00ac\\ning to 5 or 6 feet in depth of water its entire length.\\nAn estimate has been made, as will be seen by the memorial herewith,\\nmarked A, of the expense of such an improvement, which places it at\\nabout $400,000. This estimate was made, however, about seven years\\nago, and may now, it is urged, be received with a considerable reduc\u00c2\u00ac\\ntion, in consequence of the lower price of labor and material, and the\\nuse of improved machinery.\\nAs a great link of interstate communication with the southern sea\u00c2\u00ac\\nboard, affording a connection in a line of interior navigation, reaching\\nfrom the southern coast line of North Carolina to the waters of the\\nNew England States, the work becomes one of national importance, and\\nseems worthy of recognition in some manner by Congress, because of\\nits relation to the commercial interests of the country as well as for the\\npreservation of the stock in which so large a sum of public money has\\nbeen invested.\\nVery respectfully,\\nWEBSTER ELMES.\\nHon. Kenneth Raynor,\\nSolicitor of the Treasury.", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "DISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\n9\\nA.\\nMemorial of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company to the Senate and House\\nof Representatives of the United States of America, December 20, 1871.\\nTo the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United\\nStates of America:\\nIn obedience to a resolution of tbe stockholders of the Dismal Swamp\\nCanal Company, the undersigned most respectfully present for the con\u00c2\u00ac\\nsideration of your honorable bodies a statement in regard to this com\u00c2\u00ac\\npany, in which the government, besides possessing a large pecuniary\\ninterest, has other relations of a national character. A brief review of\\nthe history of the company is necessary to a proper appreciation of its\\nclaims to the favorable consideration of Congress.\\nIt was chartered in 1787, by the States of Virginia and North Carolina,\\nin order to connect the Chesapeake Bay with the sounds and rivers of\\nNorth Carolina. In the progress of the work, which was very slow, the\\noriginal views of the corporators were enlarged and the cost conse\u00c2\u00ac\\nquently increased. No connection between the waters of Virginia and\\nNorth Carolina had been made when the war of 1812-\u00e2\u0080\u009915 with Great\\nBritain broke out. The want of such a connection was sensibly felt by\\nour infant Navy in the deprivation of the naval stores indispensable to\\nits expansion and maintenance. The only connection before existing\\nwas through the dangerous navigation of the sounds, Ocracoke or other\\ninlets and the ocean, to the navy-yard established here. But Great\\nBritain, with her superior navy policing our coasts with her chiisers and\\noccupying Hampton Boads with a permanent squadron, cut off this our\\nonly mode of supply, and it hence occurred that the want of a short\\ninland line, which would have opened a safe, rapid, and economical con\u00c2\u00ac\\nnection with the naval timber, tar, and turpentine of a State most abound\u00c2\u00ac\\ning in their production, greatly prevented the building and equipment\\nof vessels of war at this point and sensibly crippled our naval operations.\\nThe commercial supplies also of our people in Lower Virginia and Caro\u00c2\u00ac\\nlina, derived at that early day principally from foreign countries, were\\ncut off at the same time and from the same cause, producing much dis\u00c2\u00ac\\ntress to them, besides injury to the government in various ways affecting\\nits national wants and the vigor of its operations.\\nIn fact, the whole coast of Virginia, by the occupancy of Chesapeake\\nBay and Hampton Roads, was sealed against all external connections, a\\ncondition of affairs which could not have taken place if this canal had\\nthen existed; for as dangerous a coast as that of North Carolina could not\\nhave been occupied or guarded like Hampton Roads, and the enterprise\\nof blockade-runners, as in the late war, would have penetrated its inlets\\nand kept up commercial supplies, which, with the facility of diffusion\\nthrough the agency of this canal, would have found their way to the\\ncontiguous States as well as to the government.\\nIt is true that Hampton Roads has since been so protected against\\nthe intrusion and occupancy of hostile fleets as to remove some of the\\ndifficulties developed by the war of 1812-\u00e2\u0080\u009915, but the coast of Caroliua,\\nsince the introduction of steam, may still be menaced by an enemy\u00e2\u0080\u0099s\\ncruisers, especially at those points where the inlets occur, to the great\\ninterruption of the trade through them; besides, the maintenance of this\\ncanal is as necessary now as before in the short and economical transit\\nit offers for the naval stores and other productions of that State. It\\nwas for considerations of this kind that, when the work was about to\\nbe suspended for want of means, Congress, in 182G-29, made appropri-", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "10\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\nations to the stock of $200,000. The work was completed, and an interior\\nline of water-connection, composed of canal, sound, and river navigation,\\nwas opened from the southern limits of North Carolina to Massachusetts.\\nIn 1845 a further improvement, authorized by an act of the Virginia\\nlegislature in 1838, contemplating an extension of the canal from Deep\\nCreek to the southern branch of Elizabeth River, in order to obviate dif\u00c2\u00ac\\nficulties in navigating that creek, was undertaken.\\nThe company had commenced making dividends the previous year,\\nwith every prospect of regular continuance, but the cost of this improve\u00c2\u00ac\\nment had to be met before accruing dividends could satisfy it, and as\\nthe Secretary of the Treasury had no power to advance the ratable pro\u00c2\u00ac\\nportion on the United States stock, the company did so under an agree\u00c2\u00ac\\nment to be refunded out of the dividends of the United States to become\\ndue; hence the retention of the$37,000 mentioned in the report of Messrs.\\nKimball and Knox to the Secretary in 1867. (See their report, p. 5.)\\nIn 1856, the upper portion of Pasquotank River, into which the south\u00c2\u00ac\\nern end of the canal emptied, proved to be so narrow and sinuous as to\\nseriously retard navigation. It was found that a short extension of the\\ncanal of about 3J miles would not only discharge it into a deeper and\\nwider part of the river, but would also lessen the route by about eight\\nmiles. The company therefore eutered upon this further improvement,\\nintending to meet the cost, estimated at about $150,000, with the accru\u00c2\u00ac\\ning profits, which it was reasonably expected would be much increased\\nwhen these additional facilities began to exercise their influence on the\\ntrade. While yet engaged in this work the late war broke out, which\\nsuspended all business, leaving the company with an unfinished work\\nand a debt of nearly $100,000.\\nIn 1867 the Virginia legislature authorized the issue of $200,000 bonds\\nby the company, secured by mortgage on the canal. (See report of\\nKimball and Knox, page 5.) It was supposed that much the larger\\npart of the debt\u00e2\u0080\u0094that due the Farmers 7 Bank (suspended)\u00e2\u0080\u0094could be\\npaid in its own depreciated notes, which would have reduced the debt\\nnearly one-half, and left in the company\u00e2\u0080\u0099s hauds, of the sales of these\\nbonds, a considerable amount, which it was intended applying to another\\nimprovement, rendered necessary by great changes in the mode of carry\u00c2\u00ac\\ning on the trade. The improvement here alluded to consists in reducing\\nthe summit level and widening the canal from thirty to sixty feet through\u00c2\u00ac\\nout, dispensing with all the locks on the main canal except the north\\nand south locks, which are to be enlarged, obtaining thereby a larger\\nsupply of water from the lake, and affording a navigation of about eight\\nfeet depth in place of the former five and one-half feet, thus, while retain\u00c2\u00ac\\ning the former business, opening facilities to vessels of larger tonnage\\nand draught, and accommodating the work to the present demands of\\ntrade; advantages of such manifest importance as to justify the efforts\\nof the company to obtain them.\\nIn the payment of the larger part of the debt above mentioned, and\\nin prosecuting this improvement, the proceeds of the bonds have been\\nexhausted, leaving the canal in a very unfinished state.\\nWe pause here to remark that this review of our operations discloses\\nthe fact that from the beginning and throughout its history the zeal\\nand perseverance of its original stockholders, who embarked their cap\u00c2\u00ac\\nital long antecedent to the obtainment of the government aid and, be\u00c2\u00ac\\nsides, invested their profits for a long period in carrying out improve\u00c2\u00ac\\nments suggested from time to time after the canal was finished as\\noriginally intended and they might have realized its surplus revenue,\\nis worthy comment and consideration; and when we also add that oc-", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "DISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\n11\\neasionally, when all other resources were exhausted, some of its mem\u00c2\u00ac\\nbers pledged their credit and estates in its behalf, we repeat that this\\nzeal and perseverance, accompanied with so much self-denial, furnish the\\nbest evidence of the singleness of purpose and fidelity to liberal views\\nwith which our predecessors entered upon aud their successors have dis\u00c2\u00ac\\ncharged their trust.\\nThis brief review is deemed necessary to a full understanding of the\\nsubject. But there are other considerations besides those of a national\\ncharacter which appeal strongly to the favorable action of Congress.\\nThey are:\\n1st. That the capital stock of the company, instead of being $486,000,\\nwhich includes only the direct subscription to its stock, is nearly about\\n$1,500,000, this being its actual cost to the present time, in consequence\\nof the conversion, for so many years, of the profits to construction.\\nFour hundred and eighty-six thousand dollars was entirely inadequate\\nfor a work of this magnitude, and hence the application of its resources,\\nfrom time to time, to its completion aud subsequent improvements.\\n(See report of Kimball and Kuox of $1,323,031.48, page 4; a large ad\u00c2\u00ac\\ndition was made afterward from sales of bonds, tolls, c.) The inter\u00c2\u00ac\\nest, therefore, of the United States, instead of being $200,000 in a nom\u00c2\u00ac\\ninal capital of $486,000, amounts really to nearly one-half of $1,500,000 j\\nan interest of sufficient magnitude to claim the attention of Congress.\\n2d. But besides sharing in the dividends, like the other stockholders, to\\nthe extent of $136,000, which of itself constitutes more than two-thirds of\\nits entire subscription, the government, as the owner of the nav 3 r -yards\\nalong the Atlantic coast, has derived a further and important benefit\\nfrom this work, in which the other stockholders have not participated.\\nA reference to the accompanying map (see map) will show the difference\\nin distance between a shipment through the canal and the outside route\\nto Norfolk and through Norfolk to the Northern yards. The freight\\n(especially as to naval timber, which may be rafted by canal, but must\\nbe freighted by the outside route), the extra insurance, delay, and hazard\\nof the one operate necessarily as a premium to the other line, and the\\ngovernment has and will continue to feel the beneficial influence in the\\ndiminished prices of the products of a State which it consumes so largely.\\nWe have no present means of estimating, otherwise than approximately,\\nthe value of these advantages. Some years ago the records of the Navy\\nDepartment, relating to contracts for naval timber and stores, before\\nand after the opening of the canal (to which we respectfully refer you),,\\nenabled us, with tolerable accuracy, to arrive at the conclusion that in\\nthis regard alone the government had more than indemnified itself for\\nits subscription to the stock of the company.\\n3d. During the late war, from 1862 to its close, the United States au\u00c2\u00ac\\nthorities had possession of the canal, and its water-line aud road were\\nused for the transportation of troops, munitions of war, stores, c. It\\nwas resorted to also for supplying the Navy and Army with water, and\\nin various other ways essentially contributed to the convenience and\\ndispatch of military operations at this point. It was used also under\\nFederal authority for the conveyance of cotton, tobacco, and other prod\u00c2\u00ac\\nucts, and all without any compensation and, finally, when the work at\\nthe end of the war ceased to be of any further military or commercial\\nnecessity to the government, it was surrendered to the company in a\\ncondition of great dilapidation, the effect jointly of neglect and hard\\nusage. In this connection, we would refer to the deposition of Henry\\nWilliams, on file in the United States Treasury Department, and the\\naccompanying certified extract from a report of Leroy G. Edwards to", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "12\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\nthe canal company in 1865 (see appendix), who had charge of the work\\nunder a commission from the Secretary of the Treasury from 1863 to the\\nend of the war. From their statements, it would appear that the gov\u00c2\u00ac\\nernment, besides making a very profitable use of the work for three\\nyears, had contributed greatly to many of the injuries we are now called\\non to repair. We therefore indulge the hope that, apart from considera\u00c2\u00ac\\ntions of sound policy and national necessity, the large pecuniary inter\u00c2\u00ac\\nest of the government, the many advantages of a safe and economical\\ntransit extending through so many States and connecting with so many\\nsites for naval operations, combined with the fitness of recognizing in\\nsome appropriate manner its services in a time of national exigency, and\\nredressing injuries sustained while in the exclusive use of the govern\u00c2\u00ac\\nment, will commend to Congress our application for aid. As to the,\\nmode and measure of relief, we prefer to make no suggestion beyond a\\nstatement of the work necessary to place it in a complete condition, to\\nwit:\\nDredging and deepening main canal of 29 miles. $70,000\\nDredging and deepening feeder, including new lock for same. 15,000\\nRebuilding two locks, one at Deep Creek, the other at south end, each 30 by\\n165 feet. 110,000\\nRebuilding Gilmerton lock, 30 by 165 feet, using much of the old stone. 38,000\\nCompleting excavation of summit-level and widening canal throughout from\\n30 to 60 feet. 115,000\\nSteam-dredges for above work. 30, 000\\nRebuiding bridges of more substantial kind. 7,000\\nIncidental structures, such as repairs of Deep-Creek dam, waste-weirs, lock-\\nhouses, c. 17,000\\n_\\nTotal. 402,000\\nThis estimate, made about seven years ago, may be revised for a con\u00c2\u00ac\\nsiderable reduction, in consequence of the cheapening of much of the\\nwork and materials and the introduction of improved machinery for\\ndoing the work. If revised by a United States engineer, would be more\\nsatisfactory.\\nThese improvements accomplished, this canal will become one of the\\nbest of its kind iu the United States, and the hopes of the stockholders\\nbe realized in a work not only of acknowledged necessity but of promise\\nof abundant revenue; for the large area of country tributary to its in\u00c2\u00ac\\nfluence in the two States, its progressive reduction to agricultural and\\nmanufacturing purposes, the application of steam as motive power, to\u00c2\u00ac\\ngether with the increased facilities of transportation, will necessarily\\ndraw to this work, which has heretofore been a favorite one with traders,\\nan increased traffic; and when these elements of increased business are\\nproperly estimated, your petitioners do not hesitate to assert, as their\\nhonest conviction, that this work, which has been, as far as they are\\ninformed, the only one which has repaid to the government, in great\\npart, the aid originally granted it, will, in the future as well as in the\\npast, be able, in addition to the national advantages before named, to\\nrepay, if it shall be required, the aid now sought. And your petitioners,\\nhumbly praying, c.\\nWM. B. ROGERS, President.\\nJOHN B. WHITHEAD,\\nWM. H. C. ELLIS,\\nD. D. SIMMONS,\\nE. C. ROBINSON,\\nDirectors.", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "DISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\n13\\nAppendix.\\n[Extract from a paper filed in the office of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company, signed\\nby Leroy G. Edwards, custodian of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company.]\\nTo the stockholders of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company:\\nI beg leave to lay before you a succinct history of the Dismal Swamp\\nCanal during the late war:\\nIn the latter part of the summer of 1862, the United States forces\\ntook possession of the work. They gave us much trouble. Mr. Henry\\nWilliams has given his deposition and it has been filed in the Treasury\\nDepartment, at Washington. I was restricted in everything until I\\nreceived a commission from said department as proxy of the govern\u00c2\u00ac\\nment, in consideration of the eight hundred shares held by it in said\\ncompany. This was in November, 1863, and enabled me to save the\\nwork from entire destruction. Before that I had been treated with dis\u00c2\u00ac\\nrespect. The books of the office were taken from me, with the building\\nwhich contained them, my desks were broken open, and a destruction\\nof my papers was perpetrated, and the office not restored to me until\\nthe last military command was withdrawn.\\nu I think the United States Government have been benefited to the\\nfull extent of the amount necessary to rebuild the work. The watering\\nof the Army and Navy would be but a small charge at $3,000 per month,\\nand every regiment of horsemen, at the usual rate of road-toll (25 cents\\neach), to say nothing of carriages, would amply pay for keeping the banks.\\nSurely they will do us justice ultimately. Then the supplies for the\\narmies, provender, stores, c., I cannot doubt that we shall be paid.\\nGoods were carried through under military permits. I asked pay\u00c2\u00ac\\nment of tolls, which were refused. I tested my power to stop vessels,\\nas in the case of the steamer Dolly. I was informed by the officer of\\nthe day that my detaining vessels with military permits would subject\\nmyself to arrest and imprisonment, which I was not willing to incur,\\nand I made no further attempt to stop any vessel, but contented myself\\nto receive anything that might be tendered me. The cotton-traders I\\nnoted only, and I feel assured that some of them will pay ultimately;\\nperhaps the pay will come wheu we most need it. I afforded every\\nfacility, and was often out of pocket in doing so. I made several at\u00c2\u00ac\\ntempts to get aid from the department, and went twice to Washington\\nfor that purpose. I will thank you to examine paper No. 2, directed to\\nthe Secretary of the Treasury, and his reply, marked No. 3.\u00e2\u0080\u009d\\nState of Virginia,\\nCity of Norfolk, to wit:\\nI, W. M. Chaplain, a notary public for the city aforesaid, in the State\\nof Virginia, do hereby certify that the above is a correct extract from a\\npaper on file in the office of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company, signed\\nby Leroy G. Edwards, custodian of the said Dismal Swamp Canal Com\u00c2\u00ac\\npany.\\nGiven under my hand and notarial seal this the 19th day of Decem\u00c2\u00ac\\nber, 1871.\\n[SEAL.] W. M. CHAPLAIN,\\nNotary Public.", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "14\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\nB.\\nMemorial of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company to the Senate and House\\nof Representatives of the United States of America December 30,1874.\\nA memorial of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company was addressed to\\nthe Congress of the United States, dated December 20,1871, askingfor\\naid in the repair and improvement of the company\u00e2\u0080\u0099s works, which, for\\nvarious reasons, was prevented from coming up in time for considera\u00c2\u00ac\\ntion at the last two sessions. The petition is renewed, with the hope\\nthat the justice of the claim and the merits of the work will entitle it\\nto a favorable consideration, for the following, among other reasons\\nwhich might be offered:\\nThe capital of the company at the present time is about $1,600,000,\\n$486,000 of which is a direct subscription, and the balance ($1,114,000)\\nis derived from the application of the revenues of the company for many\\nyears to the completion and improvement of the works.\\nIn this capital the United States, as a stockholder, is interested to the\\nextent of nearly one-half, or $750,000.\\nThis canal connects the waters of the Chesapeake Bay with the\\nsounds of North Carolina, and is a necessary link in the continuous\\nchain of inland navigation extending from south to north in a coastwise\\ndirection. It commences in deep water very near the Norfolk navy-\\nyard, and discharges into Pasquotank Kiver, North Carolina, in deep\\nwater also, and before the late war was regarded by shippers as by far\\nthe most eligible and reliable, as well as the shortest and cheapest, route\\nbetween the two States named. From the opening of this canal to com\u00c2\u00ac\\nmerce, many years ago, and down to the close of the late war, it was\\nthe route through which most of the products of North Carolina essen\u00c2\u00ac\\ntial to the building and equipment of a naval marine at this and other\\npoints farther north was derived, and the diminution in the cost of ship-\\ntimber, pitch, tar, rosin, and other products necessary to the United\\nStates yards, can be fully estimated only by a comparison with their\\ncost by the outside or sea route. And when to this we superadd the\\ncertainty and security, especially in time of war with a naval power,\\nand the dispatch in the obtainment of these supplies, besides the main\u00c2\u00ac\\ntenance at all times of the intercommercial relations of the States,\\nfree from interruption, we will not be surprised that the government\\nat an early period should have recognized its national character and\\nsubscribed to its stock, and since, on several occasions, manifested an\\ninterest in its continuance. In 1822-\u00e2\u0080\u009923 the United States appropri\u00c2\u00ac\\nated $200,000 to the canal, represented by 800 shares of stock, and in\\n1832-\u00e2\u0080\u009933 united with the company in dedicating their joint dividends\\nto an improvement of common benefit to both. The company, as\\nbefore said, has not paid dividends very regularly, preferring rather\\nto expend its accruing revenue upon improvements, as occasion re\u00c2\u00ac\\nquired, and in this way has created a work costing about $1,600,000\\nwith a direct subscription of only $486,000. From this brief review,\\nand the reports of the company, it will appear that the United States\\nas a stockholder merely has derived from its stock about $136,000 in\\ndividends, which is about four-sixths of its subscription and, in addi\u00c2\u00ac\\ntion, has reaped advantages from the works not shared in by the other\\nstockholders, and which, in a pecuniary, military, and commercial as\u00c2\u00ac\\npect, as before adverted to, would probably by many times exceed\\nthe amount of its subscription. 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During all this time it was beneficially used by the govern\u00c2\u00ac\\nment without any compensation, for military and commercial purposes;\\nin the conveyance, to and fro, of troops, munitions of war, and stores;\\nin supplying water for the Army and Navy, and in the transportation\\nof cotton, tobacco, and other products, sanctioned, at that time, by the\\ngovernment, and when, finally, the work at the end of the war ceased\\nto be of any further military or commercial necessity it was surrendered\\nto the company in a condition of great dilapidation, the effect jointly of\\nneglect and hard usage. (See appendix.) A work so generally bene\u00c2\u00ac\\nficial and of such promise of success, which had been built up after so\\nmany years of effort and self-denial iu the use of its revenues in order\\nto complete an insufficient capital, was deemed worthy of restoration,\\nand efforts have been made by the company, by issuing its bonds, in\\norder to repair the damages alluded to and introduce some necessary\\nimprovements, without other aid; but this has been only partially suc\u00c2\u00ac\\ncessful, leaving the works in a very unfinished state. We therefore in\u00c2\u00ac\\ndulge the hope that from considerations of sound poliey and national\\nnecessity the large pecuniary interest of the United States; the many\\nadvantages of a safe and cheap transit extending through so many\\nStates, and connecting with so many sites for naval operations, com\u00c2\u00ac\\nbined with the fitness of recognizing, in some appropriate manner, its\\nvalue in a time of national exigency, and redressing injuries sustained\\nwhile in the exclusive use of government, our application will meet the\\nfavorable consideration of Congress. The United States thus far has\\nreceived in dividends and in collateral benefits a remuneration much\\nlarger than its subscription to this work, and we believe it furnishes the\\nonly instance where the aid of Congress to works of internal improve\u00c2\u00ac\\nment has been repaid. The estimated cost of repair and improvement is\\nas follows:\\nDredging and deepening main canal of 29 miles. $70,000\\nDredging and deepening feeder, including new lock for same. 15,000\\nRebuilding two locks, one at Deep Creek, the other at south end, each 30\\nby 165 feet.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 110,000\\nRebuilding Gilmerton lock, 30 by 165 feet, usiug much of the old stone. 38,000\\nCompleting excavation of summit-level and widening canal throughout from\\n30 to 60 feet. 115,000\\nSteam-dredges for above work. 30,000\\nRebuilding bridges of more substantial kind.. 7,000\\nIncidental structures, such as repairs of Deep Creek, dam, waste-weirs, lock-\\nhouses, c. 17,000\\nTotal. 402,000\\nWe present it without suggestion as to the mode and measure of relief\\nfrom Congress, and your petitioners praying, c.\\nAppendix.\\n[Extract from a paper filed in the office of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company, signed\\nby Leroy G. Edwards, custodian of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company.]\\nTo the Stockholders of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company\\nI beg leave to lay before you a succinct history of the Dismal Swamp\\nCanal during the late war:\\nIn the latter part of the summer of 1862, the United States forces took possession of\\nthe work. They gave us much trouble. Mr. Henry Williams has given his deposition,", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "16\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\nand it has been filed in the Treasury Department at Washington. I was restricted in\\neverything until I received a commission from said department as proxy of the govern\u00c2\u00ac\\nment in consideration of the eight hundred shares held by it in said company. This\\nwas in November, 1863, and enabled me to save the work from entire destruction. Be\u00c2\u00ac\\nfore that I had been treated with disrespect. The books of the office were taken from\\nme, with the building which contained them; my desks were broken open, and a de\u00c2\u00ac\\nstruction of my papers was perpetrated, and the office not restored to me until the last\\nmilitary command was withdrawn.\\nI think the United States Government have been benefited to the full extent of the\\namount necessary to rebuild the work. The watering of the Army and Navy would be\\nbut a small charge at $3,000 per month, and every regiment of horsemen, at the usual\\nrate of road-toll (25 cents each), to say nothing of carriages, would amply pay for keep\u00c2\u00ac\\ning the banks. Surely they will do us justice ultimately. Then the supplies for the\\narmies, provender, stores, c., I cannot doubt that we shall be paid.\\nGoods were carried through under military permits. I asked payment of tolls, which\\nwas refused. I tested my power to stop vessels, as in the case of the steamer Dolly.\\nI was informed by the officer of the day that my detaining vessels with military per\u00c2\u00ac\\nmits would subject myself to arrest and imprisonment, which I was not willing to in\u00c2\u00ac\\ncur, and I made no further attempt to stop any vessel, but contented myself to receive\\nanything which might be tendered me. The cotton-traders I noted only, and I feel as\u00c2\u00ac\\nsured that some of them will pay ultimately perhaps the pay will come when we most\\nneed it. I afforded every facility, and was oft en 11 out of pocket in doing so. I made\\nseveral attempts to get aid from the department, and went twice to Washington for\\nthat purpose. I will thank you to examine paper No. 2, directed to the Secretary of\\nthe Treasury, and his reply marked No. 3.\\nState of Virginia,\\nCity of Norfolk, to wit:\\nI, W. M. Chaplain, a notary public for the city aforesaid, in the State\\nof Virginia, do hereby certify that the above is a correct extract from a\\npaper on file in the office of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company, signed\\nby Leroy G. Edwards, United States custodian of said Dismal Swamp\\nCanal Company.\\nGiven under my hand and notarial seal this the 19th day of December,\\n1871.\\n[seal.] W. M. CHAPLAIN,\\nNotary Public.\\nC.\\nAnnual report of the president and directors to the stockholders of the Dis-\\n1871 Wam ana Q\u00c2\u00b0 m l P an Ui f or the fiscal year ending September 30,\\nannual meeting.\\nAt an annual meeting of the stockholders of the Dismal Swamp Canal\\nCompany, held pursuant to notice, on the 6th day of November, 1871, at\\nthe office of the company, in the city of Norfolk, C. W. Newton, esq., was\\ncalled to the chair, and Geo. E. Bowden, jr., appointed secretary, and\\nE. C. Robinson and Maurice Eitzgibbon committee to examine proxies\\nand number of shares present, who, on examination, reported present\\n1,383 shares.\\nThe president, Win. B. Rogers, read his report showing the condition\\nof the company, c., which, on motion, was received and ordered to be\\nfiled.\\nThe report of the committee to examine the condition of the canal,\\naccount, c., was read, and, upon motion, was received and ordered to\\nbe filed.", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "DISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\n17\\nDa motion, it was\\nResolved, That tlie report of the president, with the recommendations and suggestions\\ntherein, including those with regard to the reopening, c., of the Northwest Caual, and\\nalso as to the advantage to this company of turning over to a new company the use of\\nsaid Northwest Canal, or repairs thereof for their own use, be referred to the president\\nand board of directors for immediate action, and report to the stockholders at an early\\nday, for their action on the subject of the Northwest Canal.\\nOu motion, it was\\nResolved, That the president and directors be requested to remodel their tariff of tolls\\nso as to iucrease revenue without risking competition from other quarters, within the\\nlimits prescribed by their charter and, if necessary, to apply to the legislatures of the\\nStates of North Carolina and Virginia to extend the rates now allowed.\\nOn motion, it was\\nResolved, That the president and directors be, and they are hereby, instructed to de\u00c2\u00ac\\nfend the rights of the canal company against any intrusion or violation of our rights\\nto the waters of the canal and of Deep Creek under the charter of our company; and\\nthat they, upon any such intrusion, shall immediately procure an injunction, so as to\\nprevent any violation of our rights; and that the board of water commissioners of the\\ncity of Norfolk be furnished a copy of this resolution.\\nOn motion, the salary of the president was fixed at $1,500 per annum.\\nOn motion of E. 0. Robinson, William B. Rogers was nominated for\\nre-election to the position of president of the company.\\nWhereupon he was unanimously re-elected.\\nJohn B. Whitehead, W. H. O. Ellis, D. D. Simmons, and E. C. Robin\u00c2\u00ac\\nson were then elected directors for the ensuing twelve months.\\nOn motion, C. W. Newton was appointed as an associate of the presi\u00c2\u00ac\\ndent and directors to prepare memorial to Congress.\\nOn motion, the meeting adjourned, subject to the call of the chairman.\\nGEO. E. BOWDEN,.\\n(Secretary.\\nREPORT OF PRESIDENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER\\n30, 1871.\\nOffice Dismal Swamp Canal Company,\\nNorfolk Fa., November 6, 1871.\\nTo the stockholders of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company:\\nGentlemen On behalf of your board of directors, I have the honor\\nto submit the following report of the condition of the affairs of the com\u00c2\u00ac\\npany for the fiscal year which ended on the 30th of September past.\\nSince the last report, great progress has been made in dredging and\\nwidening, reaching a point of 3J miles from beginning on the westward\\nside and 2 miles on the eastward side of the canal. Obstructions have\\nbeen removed at intervals, as necessity indicated, locks kept up, and\\nbridges repaired.\\nthe westward side of the locks at Deep Creek having fallen in, an\\ninterruption to navigation ensued, of some thirty days. All expedition\\nwas used in replacing jthe masonry.\\nAt your called meeting on the 15tli of July last, in consequence of the\\nfinancial condition of the company, it was your pleasure to pass a series\\nof r esolutions, one of which embraced a suspension of all general work\\non rhe caual.\\nSince that period, under a personal superintendence, we have strictly\\nconfined ourselves within the spirit of those resolutions, kept the road\u00c2\u00ac\\nbed in order, and made only such repairs (inclusive of the bracing of\\ntin- westward side of the Deep Creek lock) as were necessary to naviga-\\nH. Ex. 19-2", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "18\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\ntion, with strict regard to economy in our administration, and the in\u00c2\u00ac\\ncrease of revenue.\\nWe have to report the caual in good navigable condition for its present\\ncapacity, with the exception of the Gilmerton Level and Turner Cut,\\nwhich we recommend to be dredged as early as ciicumstances will per\u00c2\u00ac\\nmit.\\nWe have had some recent repairs to the bridge over the south locks.\\nThe bridge will require rebuilding, which we recommend as early as\\npracticable. 1\\nIn reference to the completion of the widening of the canal and the\\nremoval of the summit level, upon which so much has been expended,\\nand which will make no addition to its capacity or add to its revenue\\nunless carried to completion, it may be well to refer to some of the reasons\\nwhich originated the improvement. It is a fact well known that at the\\ntime of projecting and buildiug the work, it was considered to have\\nsufficient capacity for the trade. Some years later a rival canal, the\\nAlbemarle and Chesapeake, was inaugurated and completed, affording\\nfacilities of navigation to a much greater extent, and the consequent\\ndestruction of vessels during the war which were particularly adapted\\nto the navigation of our work, coupled with the fact that foreign capital\\nhad combined to have constructed a much larger class of vessels, which\\ncould not pass our locks, and adapted to the navigation of the Albe\u00c2\u00ac\\nmarle and Chesapeake Canal, our revenue, confined almost entirely to\\nlocal trade, was continuously reduced until it reached the small sum of\\nsome $7,000 per annum.\\nThis revenue has been increased to twelve and thirteen thousand dol\u00c2\u00ac\\nlars, and we hope to increase it yet further, even with our present facil\u00c2\u00ac\\nities; yet we cannot reasonably hope for successful competition unless\\nthe work is carried to completion. In view of the large benefits which\\nhave resulted to the United States Government in the past, and the\\nprospective benefits, I would recommend the appointment of a commit\u00c2\u00ac\\ntee to draught a memorial to Congress, duly setting forth all the facts in\\nthe case, and the same to be forwarded to our Representative, the Hon.\\nMr. Platt, and the Representative for the State of North Carolina, solic\u00c2\u00ac\\niting their hearty co-operation.\\nWe refer to the following reports:\\nTreasurer\u00e2\u0080\u0099s report, showing the financial condition of the company.\\nCollector\u00e2\u0080\u0099s report, showing the inward and outward receipts during\\nthe fiscal year, and the number and classes of vessels passing and re\u00c2\u00ac\\npassing.\\nReport of examining committee for the condition of the work.\\nWe have received some intimation, but have not been officially in\u00c2\u00ac\\nformed by the board of water commissioners, of their design to draw\\ntheir supply from the waters of Deep Creek. It is a fact well attested,\\nthat during two months of the year, with all our waste water from the\\ncanal into the \u00c2\u00bbbasin, there is no subwaste over the lower dam, thus\\nrequiring all the water for navigation. A reduction of one inch during\\nthose periods would prevent navigation. It may be inquired, cannot\\nwe deepen the river or basin? We can, at much expense, and which\\nexpense would be continuous, as the tendency would be continually to\\nfill up from a widened base of mud bottom; and we are not called upon\\nto make improvements for other corporations.\\nIt has been suggested that a reservoir could be constructed at the\\nupper portion of the creek, to guard against this difficulty. For author\u00c2\u00ac\\nity, however, to moke any contract, we refer to the three acts of the", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "DISMAL SWAMP CANAL. 19\\nassembly passed February 4,1837, February 2, 1838, and February 9,\\n1839#\\nIn accordance with a resolution of our board, verbal protest has been\\nmade to the chairman of the water commissioners against the use of the\\nwater, which was designed 4o be followed by a written protest, all of\\nwhich, and for further action, is referred to you.\\nThe Northwest Canal, a portion of our work, has been closed for\\nsome years.\\nThere is considerable revenue to be derived from this branch of the\\ncanal, and the good people of that section much benefited. To find a\\nmarket for their timber, c., they are now forced to the North River,\\nthrough the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, a distance of over one\\nhundred miles, Avhich would be reduced to twenty-two miles through our\\nwork.\\nI refer you to a petition of the people of the counties offering to loan\\nour company $15,000 of their county bonds to assist in clearing the\\nobstructions from this canal, and requiring ns to appropriate a portion\\nof the earnings from this branch for interest and the gradual absorption\\nof the bonds.\\nSome objections have been made by others than the petitioners to the\\nopening of this branch canal, while complaints are made of the overflow\\nof the lands bordering upon the same, and they suggested a remedy, by\\nproviding a waste-gate and shut-off, to be placed at the intersection of\\nthe main and Northwest Canal.\\nWe would respectfully call your attention to a careful consideration\\nof the matter.\\nBefore closing this report, we would call your attention to the item of\\n$1,410.27, credited to Leroy G. Edwards, noted in the treasurer\u00e2\u0080\u0099s report.\\nJudgment has been obtained on this. The account credited to bills pay\u00c2\u00ac\\nable, old account, $21,811.97, has reached judgment in favor of Mrs. R.\\nTunis and W. B. Isaacks, of Richmond. And the disputed claim of\\nDanliel J. Turner has resulted in judgment against the company, amount\u00c2\u00ac\\ning to some $22,000.\\nAll of which is respectfully submitted.\\nW. B. ROGERS,\\nPresident\\nREPORT OF THE EXAMINING COMMITTEE.\\nOffice of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company,\\nNorfolk November 3, 1S71.\\nTo the stockholders of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company:\\nThe undersigned, a committee of examination, appointed at your\\nmeeting held July 15, 1871, respectfully submit the following brief re\u00c2\u00ac\\nport\\nAt the instance of the president, and in company with some of the\\ndirectors and stockholders, we visited the canal, passing up as far as the\\nCulpeper lock. The canal is in good condition for the accommodation\\nof such navigation as is offering. From observation and representa\u00c2\u00ac\\ntions from other sources, it appears to be very desirable, if not neces\u00c2\u00ac\\nsary, to remove some obstructions to navigation in the Turner Cut, also\\nin the Gilmerton level, these being the only portions of the work where\\nthere is any difficulty of navigation for such vessels as your locks are\\nadapted to; and we have reason to believe the trade and revenue would", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "20\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\nbe materially increased by such improvement. The brief period that\\nhas elapsed since our last report leaves but little to say in addition.\\nAn examination of the books and papers of the office shows satisfac\u00c2\u00ac\\ntory vouchers, duly numbered and indorsed, for all money transactions\\nto the end of the fiscal year, September 30,4871. We find the revenue\\nfor the past months moderately increased over corresponding months\\nlast year.\\nThe road is kept in good repair, and we take pleasure in stating that\\nthe officers and employes along the line give general satisfaction.\\nThe bond of the treasurer, with satisfactory sureties, is in the posses\u00c2\u00ac\\nsion of the company, duly executed.\\nAll of which is respectfullv submitted.\\nE. 0. ROBINSON.\\nD. S. CHERRY.", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "treasurer\u00e2\u0080\u0099s report.\\nStatement of the condition of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company October 1, 1871.\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\nON\u00c2\u00aeONtO\\nOt^COO!J\u00c2\u00bbi CO\\nO^nOOMCi\\nOhiCOhoJO\\nOQDWO I hN\\nCD CD\\n00 D* 00\\n-r t-h\\nCM\\n43\\nfl\\na\\nc\\na\\n43\\na\\npH\\no\\no\\n68 fl\\ns\\nfl D c3\\nbe te\\ncs^:\\nt 8 w\\nM\\nCO\\n.3\\n-e\\npJ 2\\no p -a\\na a a 05\\no\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a043\\nGO\\nTf\\nONCDOhi*\\nO\\nOt^COOtMh\\nO H r-H O O CO\\nH\\nO 1 \u00e2\u0080\u00941 ID O *-H O\\nOOOCOO^H\\n0\\n00 (M 00\\nrH\\nCD\\nCD\\nO\\nCD\\nP P\\ns\\nc ra ra\\n2\\no 1\\nh3\\na\\na\\no\\na\\na\\na\\n43\\na\\na\\no\\na\\nCO\\nO\\na\\no\\nr\u00c2\u00a9\\nbe\\na\\nbe\\n43\\nHi\\no\\na\\ni\\nr3\\nr\u00e2\u0080\u0094H\\no\\no\\nGO\\nS-i\\na\\na\\na\\nE*\\n_ c$\\nJPh\\nI\\n\u00c2\u00abHL\\na c3 aO\\nP 43\\n,a\\nbC\\nO\\n43\\nGC\\nr-H\\na\\ni 2\\n2\\nCTr\u00e2\u0080\u0094I i\u00e2\u0080\u0094\u00e2\u0080\u00a2 a \\\\S\\nC3 \u00c2\u00bbh- Co\\nOCQMW WW\\nOHDiOCONOiOOiON-HO)\u00c2\u00a9:C\\nOCDCOXuO^CaXOOiDX4 X^\\nOOiOlOOX^iDCDXOIXCDCCX\\noa^HrrQcoTfcc^OfM hh\\nCD\\nX\\nTV\\nco n\\no\\na\\nc\\n43 w\\n50\\np o\\no H\\n^a\\nm a\\n43 ca\\no\\nO u\\nOW\\nSh\\na\\no\\nH \u00e2\u0080\u0094A\\na\\nh\u00c2\u00bb\\na\\n55\\nbe\\nCO\\nM\\na\\n43\\no -a\\na a\\nh g a\\no p\\ng\\na;\\nC\\nS\\nc3\\ncc O i-5\\n43\\nJO\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0a\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2a\\n2 2\\na a\\no M\\na\\na Or-H\\n43 43 3\\nco\\np p\\n*3 CZ\\na\\n43 43\\nd a \u00c2\u00ae5\\nmhO\\n00\\nHi\\na\\np\\nH\\n00\\nr\u00e2\u0080\u0094I\\nr-4\\no\\n43\\na\\na\\nbe\\nn\\nhh\\n5m\\nO\\nTf\\nO H iD l (M CD CO\\nO\\nOOOO^hOOTf\\nr\\nO 00 X (M CD CO X 1\\nTT\\n00^0 HH\\nrs\\nOi\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2s\\n\u00c2\u00a9DO\\nO\\nX r-3\\nTf rH\\na\\ne\\nCD\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2s\\nCD\\nO\\nCD\\na\\na\\nM\\n20\\nSK\\nH\\na\\na\\na\\nPi\\ng\\no\\nO\\na\\na\\na\\nGu\\ng\\na\\nco\\n43\\na\\ng\\nbe\\na\\na r-H ao\\na c3\\n43\\na\\na\\no\\nSh oO\\nP O\\nO P H\\n\u00c2\u00abm a\\no 43\\n43 a\\nGO o\\no t-\\nCO\\ns-\\npH\\na\\np\\nhH\\na\\na\\na\\n43\\na\\ng\\nbe\\nu\\na a\\nco\\na\\nWO\\nbe\\nu\\nO\\na\\na\\np\\ng\\no\\nO\\na\\nW\\na a\\na 5 a\\nC2 h\\n\u00c2\u00ab2\\nfe O\u00e2\u0080\u0094\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\ngw a\\n53\\na k. r\u00c2\u00ab\\nJ", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "22\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\nRECEIPTS\\nOf the Dismal Swamp Canal and Road for the year ending September 30,\\n1871.\\nINWARD OR NORTH TOLLS.\\nCoopers\u00e2\u0080\u0099 logs.cords. 4,341\\nCorn.bushels. 127,235\\nCotton.bales. 2,073\\nFish.barrels. 3,578\\nFlaxseed.bushels. 22\\nPeat.tons. 150\\nPosts. 7,768\\nPlank.M feet. 332,210\\nPotatoes.bushels. 3,939\\nPeas.bushels. 2,026\\nTons..\\nReeds.\\n..cords.\\n872\\nRails..\\n.M.\\n59,320\\nStaves.\\n.M.\\n141,686\\nShingles.\\n3,053,900\\nRailroad-ties.\\n.M\\n167,113\\nTimber.\\n.cubic feet.\\n64,394\\nTelegraph-poles..\\n398\\nTar.\\n151\\nWood.\\n.cords.\\n6, 864\\nWheat.\\n3,149\\n7,779\\nOUTWARD OR SOUTH TOLLS.\\nApples.\\n14\\nOats.\\n50\\nBricks.\\n.M.\\n2, 000\\nPork.\\n510\\nButter..\\n32\\nPowder.\\n31\\nBuckets.\\n8\\nPlows..\\n188\\nBrooms.\\n6\\nPlank.\\n.M.\\n7, 000\\nCakes.\\n102\\nPotatoes.\\n10\\nCoal.\\n70\\nRope.\\n56\\nCoffee.\\n151\\nSugar.\\n418\\nCheese.\\n75\\nSpirits.\\n316\\nCrockery.\\n30\\nSalts..\\n1,348\\nCorn.\\n1,493\\nSnuff.\\n211\\nChairs.\\n13\\nShot.\\n104\\nFlour.\\n2, 384\\nShoes.\\n231\\nFish.\\n25\\nSalt.\\n2,300\\nHay.\\n128\\nSugar.\\n.hhds.\\n19\\nLime.\\n598\\nSoap.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2.\\n450\\nLaths.\\n.M.\\n7, 000\\nTobacco.\\n316\\nMolasses.\\n466\\nTrunks.\\n40\\nMerchandise.\\n8,617\\nTar.\\n8\\nMeal.\\n270\\nVinegar\\n4\\nNails.\\n188\\nWheat.\\n4\\nOil.\\nTons.\\n63\\n9, 825\\nInward tolls.\\nRoad tolls.\\n588 06\\nOutward tolls.\\nRents.\\n58 00\\n12,797 60\\nRemarks. \u00e2\u0080\u0094Canal closed by ice from December 24, 1870, until January 6, 1871.\\nCanal closed for repairs of Deep Creek lock during the month of May, 1871.", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "DISMAL SWAMP CANAL. 23\\nNumber and class of vessels passing through the Dismal Swamp Canal during the year ending\\nSeptember 30, 1871.\\nDate.\\nSteamers.\\nSchooners.\\nSloops.\\nLighters.\\nBoats.\\nRafts.\\nOctober, 1870\\nNorth.\\n22\\n17\\n8\\n2\u00e2\u0080\u0094 10\\n103\\n15\u00e2\u0080\u0094118\\n100\\n1\\n6\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n1\\ni South..\\n22\u00e2\u0080\u0094 44\\n19\u00e2\u0080\u0094 36\\n7\\n6_\\n7\\nNovember, 1870.\\nNorth.\\n23\\n11\\n2\\n3\\n23 40\\n18\u00e2\u0080\u0094 29\\n12\\n7- 12\\n10\\n11\u00e2\u0080\u0094120\\n86\\n1_\\n3\\n0_\\n3\\nDecember, 1870\\nC North.\\n20\\n6\\n7\\nSouth.\\n10\u00e2\u0080\u0094 40\\n25\u00e2\u0080\u0094 37\\n.5_ 15\\n15\u00e2\u0080\u0094 101\\n87\\n16\u00e2\u0080\u0094 103\\n114\\n6_\\n12\\n0_\\n7\\nJanuary, 1871..\\nC North.\\n10\\n11\\n5\\n0\\n6\\nSouth.\\n18\u00e2\u0080\u0094 37\\n13\u00e2\u0080\u0094 24\\n18\\n10\u00e2\u0080\u0094 15\\n7\\n0_\\no\\n0_\\n6\\nFebruary, 1871.\\nC North.\\n16\\n2\\n4\\nSouth.\\n15\u00e2\u0080\u0094 31\\n14\u00e2\u0080\u0094 32\\n23\\n8\u00e2\u0080\u0094 15\\n8\\n16-130\\n144\\n4_\\n6\\n0_\\n4\\nMarch, 1871.\\nApril, 1871..\\nC North.\\n24\\n1\\n1\\nSouth\\nC North.\\n23\u00e2\u0080\u0094 47\\n23\\n22\u00e2\u0080\u0094 45\\n30\\n3\u00e2\u0080\u0094 11\\n8\\n2\u00e2\u0080\u0094 10\\n18\u00e2\u0080\u0094162\\n106\\n19\u00e2\u0080\u0094125\\n1\\nr.\\n2\\n4\\n2\\nI South.\\n23\u00e2\u0080\u0094 40\\n23\u00e2\u0080\u0094 53\\n8\u00e2\u0080\u0094 14\\n0\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n4\\nMay, 1871*.\\nNorth.\\n17\\n4\\n30\\n6\\n4\\nSouth.\\n16\u00e2\u0080\u0094 33\\n3\u00e2\u0080\u0094 7\\n3\u00e2\u0080\u0094 4\\n3\u00e2\u0080\u0094 33\\n0\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n6\\n0_\\n4\\nJune, 1871.\\nJuly, 1871.\\nC North.\\n18\\n9\\n6\\n153\\n2\\n2\\nl South.\\nNorth.\\n17\u00e2\u0080\u0094 35\\n28\\n11- 20\\n7\\n4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 10\\n5\\n17\u00e2\u0080\u0094170\\n87\\n5\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n1\\n7\\n0\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n3\\n2\\nSouth __\\n29\u00e2\u0080\u0094 57\\n11\u00e2\u0080\u0094 18\\n7\u00e2\u0080\u0094 12\\n12\u00e2\u0080\u0094 97\\n5\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n6\\ntt\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n3\\nAugust, 1871.\\nC North...\\n29\\n12\\n4\\n90\\n1\\n1\\ni South.\\n30\u00e2\u0080\u0094 59\\n10\u00e2\u0080\u0094 22\\n3\u00e2\u0080\u0094 7\\n11\u00e2\u0080\u0094101\\n1_\\n2\\n0_\\n1\\nSeptember, 1871.\\nNorth.\\n24\\n16\\n2\\n96\\n1\\n2\\nl South.\\n23\u00e2\u0080\u0094 47\\n13\u00e2\u0080\u0094 29\\n1\u00e2\u0080\u0094 3\\n14\u00e2\u0080\u0094110\\n0\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n1\\n0\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n2\\nTotal_\\n522\\n352\\n134\\n1,372\\n66\\n39\\nTotal number of vessels of all sizes. 2, 475\\nCanal closed to repair Deep Creek lock.\\nJAMES T. CARR,\\nCollector Dismal Swamp Canal Company.\\nAnnual report of the president and directors to the stockholders of the\\nDismal Swamp Canal Company for the fiscal year ending September\\n30, 1872.\\nREPORT OF EXAMINING COMMITTEE.\\nThe undersigned, members of the examining committee appointed at\\nyour last annual meeting, respectfully report:\\nOn Saturday, November 2, we, in company with the president, pro\u00c2\u00ac\\nceeded to Deep Greek for the purpose, as far as practicable, of a personal\\nexamination of matters particularly under our supervision. In view of\\nthe fact that all new work had been suspended during the past year,\\nwe are only enabled to make the following brief statement: From per\u00c2\u00ac\\nsonal investigation, and from other reliable information, we are satisfied\\nin representing that the operations of the canal have been conducted for\\nthe past year satisfactorily, affording accommodation to all the trade\\noffering.\\nAll necessary repairs have been made as far as practicable and the\\nresources of the company would justify.\\nThe books of the company exhibit every item of expenditure, with\\nvouchers for each entirely satisfactory.\\nThe president\u00e2\u0080\u0099s report can alone present the affairs of the company in\\ndetail.", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "24\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\nIn conclusion, would remark tliafc in our judgment the interest of the\\nstockholders is properly protected under the present management.\\nRespectfully submitted.\\nB. P. LOYALL.\\nDANIEL S. CHERRY;\\nW. C. MARROW.\\nREPORT OF THE PRESIDENT.\\nOffice Dismal Swamp Canal Company,\\nNorfolk, Va., November 4,1872.\\nTo the stockholders cf the Dismal Swamp Canal Company:\\nGentlemen On behalf of your board of directors, I have the honor\\nto submit the following report of the condition of the affairs of the com\u00c2\u00ac\\npany for the fiscal year which ended on the 30th of September past.\\nReferring to resolution 1 of the last annual meeting of your body\\nhere quoted:\\nBesolved, That the report of the president, with the recommendations and sugges\u00c2\u00ac\\ntions therein, including those with regard to the reopening, c., of the Northwest Ca\u00c2\u00ac\\nnal, and also as to the advantage to this company of turning over to a new company\\nthe use of said Northwest Canal, or repairs thereof for their own use, be referred to\\nthe president and board of directors for immediate action, and report to the stock\u00c2\u00ac\\nholders at an early day for their action.\\nIn accordance with the authority above quoted, we proceeded at once\\nto make deed of lease and transfer to the proposed new company, but a\\ncompletion of the same was prevented in consequence of a declination\\non the part of the new company to treat further on the subject, owing\\nto the present complications in the way of legal transfer of rights under\\npresent mortgages, c.\\nThe result has proven beneficial to our company. We have passed\\nthrough a year of almost unparalleled dryness, and to prevent interrup\u00c2\u00ac\\ntion to navigation found it necessary to dam across the Northwest Ca\u00c2\u00ac\\nnal, the utility of which has been subsequently proven, as we had to\\nhusband all our resources of water, and our action in the premises has\\nalso removed a heretofore fruitful field of complaint from the adjacent\\nland-holders. The bed of the small canal is now as dry as the road-bed.\\nResolution 2 of your last meeting:\\nThat the president and directors be requested to remodel their tariff df toll so as to\\nincrease revenue without risking competition from other quarters within the limits\\nprescribed by their charter; and, if necessary, to apply to the legislatures of the\\nStates of North Carolina and Virginia to extend the rates now allowed.\\nUnder this resolution we have prepared and enforced a tariff, the\\nresult of which is fully apparent in our finances.\\nResolution .3 of your last meeting:\\nThat the president and directors be, and they are hereby, instructed to defend the\\nrights of the canal company against any intrusion or violation of our rights to the\\nwater of the canal and of Deep Creek under the charter of our company; and that\\nthey, upon any such intrusion, shall immediately procure an injunction, so as to pre\u00c2\u00ac\\nvent any violation of our rights; and that the hoard of water commissioners of the city\\nof Norfolk be furnished a copy of the resolution.\\nAfter a conference with some of our old stockholders, who have given in\u00c2\u00ac\\ndisputable evidence of their interest in the success of our work, we deemed\\nit advisable, in connection with our present able counsel, Mr. W. H. 0.\\nEllis, to retain General John S. Millson. A correspondence was held by\\nthe president with the chairman of the board of water commissioners,", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "DISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\n25\\nami the subsequent action of the water board (having made another\\nselection for water) has, for the time at least, fully disposed of this\\nmatter.\\nEnlargement repairs and improvements.\\nMuch has been accomplished during the year in way of repairs and\\nimprovements. The dam dividing Deep Creek from the Elizabeth River\\nhaving to some extent given way, has been put in complete order, and\\nis now safe against full tides and gales.\\nThe gates at Deep Creek were built some thirty years ago, and the\\nmiddle gate threatened a burst-up daily. An occurrence of the kind\\nwould necessarily be attended with great loss to property, and perhaps\\nlife. We therefore had built and placed in position a new gate.\\nThe gates at Culpeper locks, built some years since, are inferior in\\nthe quality of the timber used in their construction, and have afforded\\nmuch trouble in the leakage of water, and have been one of the items of\\nexpense to keep in order. We have but recently completed some repairs\\nof the same.\\nAlso, repairs have been made to the locks at Northwest, and to the\\ngates, which are not in good condition, and will require further repairs.\\nWe have dredged the canal to some extent, but there now remains\\nseveral shoal places, which will require further dredging during the year.\\nThe road-bed is in very fair order, and we have opened, and are yet\\nopening, ditches to the extent of ten miles. About six miles of this\\nditching is 20 feet on the bank and 11 to 12 feet at the base\u00e2\u0080\u0094quite a\\ncanal, as you perceive.\\nIn the wisdom of our predecessors, some thirty years ago, these ditches\\nwere made to carry off the sweat-water, aud for the past fifteen years\\nhave been more or less closed by the continuous washing and filling.\\nThis has been a source of annoyance to the company for many years,\\nand recently suits have followed complaints. We decided to remove\\nthis difficulty, though at a very heavy expense to the company, but\\nwhich results eventually to the good of the same, and will materially aid\\nin keeping in order the road-bed, c. Our obligations are now out for\\nsome $2,000, which will complete this branch of the work.\\nThe propriety of this expenditure may be questioned. None will deny,\\nhowever, that where an obligation exists to cut sweat-ditches it is con\u00c2\u00ac\\ntinuous to keep the said ditches open, unless provided for to the con\u00c2\u00ac\\ntrary in the original compact.\\nThe bridge at South Mills, in consequence of decay, has been removed.\\nWe have prepared a ponton-bridge, which meets the demand until we\\ncan build a new one, and which we recommend to be done as early as\\npossil le.\\nThe bridge over the Gilmerton Cut is so much decayed as to be un\u00c2\u00ac\\nsafe for travel. We therefore recommend that it be replaced by a new\\nwork at once.\\nAs previously intimated, we recommend the dredging of the entrance\\nto the canal at Gilmerton, at the Feeder, the Half-way House, and several\\noihar shoal points, embracing altogether about one and a half miles.\\nThe work which has been done, and which we now recommend, is essential\\nto the welfare of the canal were we now in condition to enlarge as con\u00c2\u00ac\\ntemplated.\\nThe revenue is important, and this would be continued and increased\\nuntil we were ready to build new locks, c.\\nIt was your pleasure at your last meeting to associate with our di\u00c2\u00ac\\nrectory, for the purpose of preparing a memorial to Congress, Col. C. W.", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "26\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\nNewtou, and we are gratified to acknowledge our obligation to him for\\nthe able mauner iu which he has discharged that duty. He is entitled\\nto the warm thanks of every stockholder of the company.\\nWe are also much indebted to our Representative, Col. James H. Platt,\\nwho has ever evinced the utmost readiness to serve us. iu the presenting\\nof our memorial, c. It has been referred to the Committee on Com\u00c2\u00ac\\nmerce, and should be urged upon the attention of Congress. We are\\ngratified further to say that a survey of the canal and an examination\\nof the estimates we made was ordered by the government, which re\u00c2\u00ac\\nsulted favorably, and was a full indorsation of our estimates, the amount\\nbeing increased about $38,000, and now calling for $440,000. This\\nrecommended increase resulted from a conclusion to extend the new\\nlock to 225 feet in length, previously estimated for at 165 feet.\\nTable A.\u00e2\u0080\u0094Finance.\\nThis table exhibits the operation for the year ending the 30th of Sep\u00c2\u00ac\\ntember\\nCondition of books prior to balance.\\nCost of property..\u00e2\u0080\u00a2_\\nCU\\na-\\no\\ne\\no\\n00 1\\n1 Capital stock.\\n$4^6,000\\n00\\nProfit aud loss account.\\n126,810\\n39\\nFirst-mortgage bonds.\\n200,000\\n00\\nSalaries general officers.\\n1,700\\n66\\nBills payable ante helium,\\n21,811\\n87\\nOffice-expenses.\\n404\\n86\\nL. G. Edwards.\\n888\\n90\\nLaw-fees.\\n25\\n00\\nRevenue-account.\\n19,998\\n90\\nInterest on funded debt.\\n14, 555\\n00\\nDiscouut or interest-account.\\n797\\n79\\nCanal-tolls.\\n2, 673\\n62\\nRoad-tolls.\\n60\\n00\\nEnlargement and repairs....\\n95.435\\n82 1\\nCash account.\\n236\\n43\\n728,699\\n57\\n728,699\\n57\\nTable B.\\nPresent condition of books.\\nCost of property. $486,000 00 1\\nProfit and loss account. 127,028 42\\nEnlargement and repairs.... 95,435 82\\nCash account. 236 43\\n708,700 67 1\\nCapital stock. $486,000 0C\\nFirst-mortgage bonds. 200,000 00\\nBills payable. 21,811 77\\nL. G. Edwards. 888 90\\n708,700 67\\nJOHN E. DOYLE,\\nTreasurer\\nThat the report may be fully intelligible to every stockholder, we\\nproceed to make some comments upon the different tables\\nThe coapon-interest on $200,000 8 per cent, bonds amounts to\\nReport, Table A, shows..\\nDiscount paid.\\n$16,000 00\\n$14,555 00\\n707 79\\n15,352 79\\nThe difference between the full interest and the amount charged we\\nproceed to explain:\\nThe entire coupon-interest was provided for. but at the close of our", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "DISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\n27\\nfiscal year nine coupons had not been presented, and consequently was\\ncharged back, thus crediting funded-debt interest-account with the\\namount. Secondly, we deducted from the coupons paid 3J per cent.,\\na Virginia State tax, which had been also charged to funded debt. The\\nholding of this tax was protested against by the coupon-owners, and,\\nunder advice, we have made no disposition of the same, only crediting\\nfunded-debt interest-account with the amount so charged. Since the\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2close of our fiscal year five of the coupons have been presented and\\npaid, and will appear in the next report.\\nThis table also presents a very gratifying increase of our revenue for\\nthe year\u00e2\u0080\u0094about 60 per cent, over the previous year\u00e2\u0080\u0094and a large dimi\u00c2\u00ac\\nnution of expenses.\\nAfter the adjournment of the last annual meeting, some of the stock\u00c2\u00ac\\nholders were anxious to know the items which constituted the profit\\nand loss account, then amounting to $119,282.81, per report. This\\naccount was created prior to our administration, and has since been\\nincreased by closing an item of account against W. R. Overton, $130.86;\\nFarmers\u00e2\u0080\u0099 Bank of Virginia, ante bellinn $66.72; and the loss consequent\\nupon a sale of the residue of the bonds, which had also been previously\\npledged to the banks for moneys borrowed and disbursed, and the total\\nof which account, now amounting to $127,028.42, fully itemized, is pre\u00c2\u00ac\\nsented with the report, marked Table 0. Table D exhibits the receipts\\nof the canal, north and south, during the year, and Table E the number\\nand class of vessels passing through the same.\\nBefore closing this report, we must be permitted to say that during\\nthe year the canal has been much improved and its revenues largely\\nincreased. The great importance of opening up this highway of trade\\nand commerce is daily demonstrated, and we would urge upon you the\\ninvestment by your president with full powers and authority to press\\nupon the attention of the next session of Congress the national impor\u00c2\u00ac\\ntance of the same to the government. You, as stockholders, can best\\njudge of its importance to yourselves.\\nAll of which is respectfully submitted.\\nW. B. ROGERS, President\\nTable D.\\nReceipts of the Dismal Swamp Canal and Road for the year ending September\\n30,1872.\\nINWARD OR NORTH TOLLS.\\nCorn.\\n204,470\\nCotton.\\n1,365\\nChickens.\\n...M.\\n22,133\\nCattle.\\n604\\nFish.\\n8,606\\nFlaxseed.\\n166\\nEggs.\\n53,523\\nHides.\\n460\\nIron.\\n62,500\\nLogs, coopers\u00e2\u0080\u0099\\n7,108\\nPease.\\n4, 994\\nPiles. 6G4\\nInward passengers.\\nPotatoes.bushels. 13,123\\nPosts. 14,053\\nReeds.cords. 113\\nRails.M. 264,650\\nRags.pounds. 20,990\\nStaves.M. 179,975\\nShingles.M. 3,208,980\\nShad .M. 117,134\\nTies.M. 257,209\\nTimber.cubic feet. 16,298\\nWood.cords. 5,111\\nWheat.bushels. 6,419\\n3,614", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "28\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL\\nOUTWARD OR SOUTH TOLLS.\\nApples.\\n17\\nBricks.\\n.M.\\n6, 600\\nButter.\\n116\\nBuckets.\\n12\\nBacon.\\n31, 050\\nBrooms.\\n8\\nCakes.\\n94\\nCoal..\\n79\\nCoffee..\\n210\\nCheese.\\n117\\nCrockery.\\n23\\nCorn.\\n1,228\\nChairs.\\n28\\nFlour.\\n5, 580\\nFish.\\n158\\nHay.\\n129\\nLime..\\n3, 633\\nLaths.\\n.M.\\n3, 000\\nMolasses.\\n420\\nMerchandise.\\n.cubic feet.\\n9, 885\\nMeal..\\n249\\nNails.\\n146\\nOil.\\n112\\nOutward passengers.\\nOats.bushels. 198\\nPork. barrels. 730\\nPowder.kegs. 20\\nPlows. 391\\nPlank.M. 14,741\\nPotatoes.barrels. 234\\nRope.coils. 25\\nSugar.barrels. 213\\nSpirits.barrels. 317\\nSalt.sacks. 1,267\\nSnuff.jars. 236\\nShot.bags. 97\\nShoes.boxes. 194\\nSalt.bushels. 4, 850\\nSugar.hhds. 4\\nSoap, c.boxes. 2,198\\nStoves. 34\\nTobacco.boxes- 812\\nTrunks. 10\\nTar.barrels. 20\\nVinegar.barrels. 12\\nWine.barrel. 1\\n3,588\\nS. W. GARY, Collector.\\nTable E.\\nReport of the number and class of vessels passing through the Dismal Swamp Canal for the\\nyear terminating September 30, 1872.\\nYear and month.\\nOctober, 1871...\\nNovember, 1871\\nDecember, 1871.\\nJanuary, 1872...\\n.February, 1872\\nMarch, 1872.\\nApril, 1872.\\nMay, 1872\\nJune, 1872.\\nJuly, 1872\\nAugust, 1872\\nSeptember, 1872\\nTotal.\\nNorth.\\nSouth\\nSteamers.\\n1 Schooners.\\nSloops.\\nBoats.\\ni\\nLighters.\\nRafts.\\nTotal.\\n54\\n43\\n43\\n58\\n50\\n53\\n55\\n46\\n39\\n43\\n39\\n32\\n58\\n54\\n33\\n39\\n31\\n53\\n52\\n58\\n31\\n31\\n28\\n12\\n3\\n14 1\\n17 1\\n24\\n19\\n8\\n8\\n9\\n6\\n7\\n9\\n2\\n1\\n6\\n26\\n2\\n11\\n3\\n7\\n110\\n125\\n127\\n125\\n109\\n140\\n148\\n131\\n112\\n94\\n91\\n81\\n2\\n2\\n2\\n1\\n2\\n1\\n1\\n1\\n2\\n242\\n233\\n208\\n239\\n208\\n272\\n281\\n270\\n193\\n188\\n167\\n141\\n555\\n480\\n133\\n67\\n1,393\\n14\\ni\\n2, 642\\n275\\n244\\n70\\n35\\n1,253\\n14\\n1, 891\\n280\\n236\\n63\\n32\\n140\\n751\\nS. W. GARY, Collector.\\nAnnual report of the president and directors to the stockholders of the\\nDismal Swamp Canal Company for the fiscal year ending September\\n30, 1873.\\nREPORT OF EXAMINING COMMITTEE.\\nTo the stockholders of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company:\\nGentlemen We have the honor to report that on Friday, 31st ult.,\\nby invitation of the president of the company, we proceeded to examine", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "DISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\n29\\nthe condition of your canal. As far as practicable we found that there is\\nno obstruction to navigation in any department of the work, and we take\\ngreat pleasure in the fact that the canal has not been closed for work or\\nrepair during the past year. In addition to the ordinary work necessary,\\nthe president has been obliged to renew three of the bridges over the\\ncanal, which has been no small tax upon the resources of the company.\\nIf the means were at the command of the president for dredging even\\nin a small degree, we believe the trade through the canal would rapidly\\nincrease.\\nIn closing this report, we feel it but due to the president and other\\nofficials of the canal company to compliment them upon the manage\u00c2\u00ac\\nment of the affairs of the company. The books of the company exhibit\\nevery item of expenditure with satisfactory vouchers.\\nRespectfully submitted.\\nB. P. LOYALL.\\nW. 0. MARROW.\\nDARIEL S. CHERRY.\\nGEORGE NEWTON.\\npresident\u00e2\u0080\u0099s report.\\nOffice Dismal Swamp Canal Company,\\nNorfolk Fa., November 3, 1873.\\nTo the stockholders of the Dismal Sic amp Canal Company;\\nGentlemen: On behalf of your board of directors, I have the houor\\nto submit the following report of the condition of the affairs of the com\u00c2\u00ac\\npany for the fiscal year which ended on the 30th of September past:\\nTable A.\u00e2\u0080\u0094Finance.\\nTable B.\u00e2\u0080\u0094Receipts, inward and outward.\\nTable C.\u00e2\u0080\u0094Number and class of vessels passing through.\\nRepairs and improvements.\\nMy report for 1872 calls attention to the condition of the gates at\\nNorthwest locks. I found it absolutely necessary to build, and have\\nplaced in position, two sets of gates. Thoseat the Culpepper locks having\\nentirely worn out, we also built a set of gates for that lock.\\nHave built during the year three bridges; one over South Mills, to\\nreplace the ponton structure in temporary use, one over Deep Creek,\\nand one over Gilmerton. The former bridges have been doing service\\nfor some twenty-five years, and were entirely worn out, and their replace\u00c2\u00ac\\nment by new structures a necessity imperatively demanded. The road\u00c2\u00ac\\nbed is in very good condition, having been much improved the past\\ntwelve months, sweat-ditches completed, noticed in the last report, and\\nthe continuation of about one mile more will complete the same to the\\nline of the canal.\\nDredging to some extent has been done, obstructions removed at the\\nentrance to the work at Gilmerton, and at various other points. The\\ndam across the Northwest Canal broke, and has been replaced by a new\\n.and stronger work. This was attended with some cost, but was una*\\nYoidable.\\nThe work done upon the canal during the year has so improved the\\nsame that we do not hesitate to pronounce its condition an advance\\nupon any term for the past twenty years. If the finances of the com\u00c2\u00ac\\npany would permit, I would recommend the dredging of the canal for\\nsome twenty miles, removing about one and one-half feet from the bot-", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "30\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\ntom. The advantage in the increased revenue would soon be very ap\u00c2\u00ac\\nparent. One-half or more of a class of vessels navigating our canals\\nwould eagerly seek this avenue, that now hesitate in consequence of\\nthe draught of water; and in this connection you will pardon me for urg\u00c2\u00ac\\ning upon you the further pressing of your application for relief to the\\nnext Congress of the United States. The government, as you are aware,\\nowns eight hundred shares of stock, and the revenues having been ap\u00c2\u00ac\\npropriated as far as practicable to the improvement of the work,\\nstrengthens our claim for the aid asked. Before closing, I would call\\nyour attention to our present financial condition, inclusive of some of\\nthe items of Table A.\\nTo carry out the improvements necessary and ordered, we were com\u00c2\u00ac\\npelled to incur some indebtedness, the balance of which, on the 30th of\\nSeptember, was $7,500. Our charge against funded debt interest-\\naccount and discount account shows $17,831.91. The annual coupon\\ninterest is $10,000, and this amount has been increased by the pay\u00c2\u00ac\\nment of some coupons not presented at last report, discounts paid to\\nbanks, and the further payment of some $1,000 left as an incumbrance\\nby the former president.\\nThe improvements have cost nearly $7,500. I estimate that $1,000\\nwill be sufficient for this branch during the year. The revenue of the\\ncompany evidenced an improvement in the last report of GO per cent.,\\nand shows an improvement of 10 per cent, for this year. I hope a con\u00c2\u00ac\\ntinued improvement (unless affected by the financial condition of the\\ncountry).\\nThis improvement must be decided, however, to enable us to meet the\\nfloating debt incurred for the improvements mentioned, pay the annual\\ncharges for management, and the regular coupon interest to the bond\u00c2\u00ac\\nholders.\\nAll of which is respectfully submitted.\\nW. B. ROGERS,\\nPresident.\\nTable A.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Finance.\\nThis table exhibits the condition of the books prior to and after\\nbalance for the year ending the 30th of September, 1873.\\nCondition of the books prior to balance.\\nCost of property. $486,000 00\\nEnlargement and repairs.... 102,660 68\\nProfit and loss account. 127,028 42\\nSalaries general officers. 1,783 33\\nOffice expenses. 338 90\\nLaw fees.. 135 00\\nFunded debt interest and dis\u00c2\u00ac\\ncount... 17,83191\\nCanal tolls.. 2,356 00\\nCash account. 219 89\\n738,354 13\\nCapital stock.$486,000 00\\nBills payable, old account... 21,811 77\\nBills payable, new account.. 7,500 00\\nFirst-mortgage bonds. 200, 000 00\\nL. S. Edwards. 888 90\\nRevenue account. 22, 153 46\\n738,354 13\\nCondition of books after balance September 30, 1873.\\nCost of property. $486,000 00\\nEnlargement and repairs.... 102,660 (58\\nProfit and loss account. 127,320 10\\nCash account. 219 89\\nCapital stock..$486,000 00\\nBills payable, old account 21, 811 77\\nBills payable, new account.. 7,500 00\\nFirst-mortgage bonds. 200,000 00\\nL. S. Edwards. 888 90\\n716,200 67\\n716,200 67", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "DISMAL SWAMP CANAL,\\n31\\nTable B.\\nReceipts of the Dismal Swamp Canal and Road for the year endinq Sep\u00c2\u00ac\\ntember 30,1873.\\nINWARD OR NORTH TOLLS.\\nApples.\\n60\\nMeal.\\n1,911\\nBacon.\\n42,466\\nOats.\\n870\\nBuoys..\\n20\\nPotatoes.\\n2,524\\nCorn.\\n186,337\\nPease.\\n2, 373\\nCotton.\\n2,168\\nPosts.\\n.M..\\n8,950\\nChickens.\\n.M..\\n25,158\\nPaving.\\n1,028\\nCattle.\\n404\\nPiling.\\n34,936\\nEmpty barrels_\\n547\\nRails.\\n.M..\\n188,680\\nEggs.\\n78, 000\\nRags.\\n36,800\\nFish.\\n4, 590\\nReeds.\\n651\\nHides.\\n590\\nSheep\\n131\\nHogs.\\n433\\nShad.\\n12,000\\nIron\\n.lbs..\\n8,890\\nShingles..\\n.M.. 1,\\n,914,665\\nIrons.\\n87\\nStaves.\\n.M..\\n153,250\\nKnees.\\n90\\nShucks\\n12\\nLumber.\\n.M-.\\n180,000\\nTelegraph-poles...\\n157\\nLast-blocks.\\n730\\nTies.\\n.M..\\n163,923\\nLogs, coopers\u00e2\u0080\u0099_\\n8,685\\nTimber.\\n24,633\\nLogs, holly..\\n338\\nWood.\\n4,718\\nMelons.\\n.........M..\\n3,000\\nWheat.\\n4,223\\nInward passengers, 3,860.\\nOUTWARD OR SOUTH TOLLS.\\nApples.barrels.. 60\\nBricks:.M.. 5,000\\nButter.kegs.. 75\\nBaskets.dozen.. 60\\nBuckets.dozen.. 45\\nBagging.rolls.. 300\\nBacon. pounds.. 30,000\\nBedsteads. 144\\nBrooms.dozen.. 60\\nCarriages. 16\\nCakes.barrels.. 82\\nCoal.tons.. 300\\nCoffee.sacks.. 300\\nCheese ..boxes.. 360\\nCrockery.crates.. 36\\nCandy.boxes.. 60\\nCorn.bushels.. 1,350\\nChairs.dozen.. 36\\nFlour.barrels.. 6,225\\nFish.barrels.. 172\\nHay.bales.. 68\\nLime.barrels.. 1,200\\nLard.tubs.. 60\\nOutward passengers, 3,625.\\nMolasses.#...\\n525\\nMerchandise.\\n10, 800\\nNails.\\n225\\nOil.\\n196\\nPork.\\n825\\nPlows..\\n425\\nPaper.\\n82\\nPotatoes\\n325\\nRope.\\n38\\nSugar\\n300\\nSpirits..\\n340\\nSalt.\\n6, 025\\nSnuff.\\n220\\nShot.\\n110\\nShoes.\\n600\\nSalt.\\n6,225\\nSoap, c.\\n3,600\\nStoves.\\n62\\nTobacco.\\n950\\nTables.\\n18\\nTar.\\n125\\nVinegar.\\n8\\nWine.\\n3\\nS. W. GARY,\\nCollector.", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "32\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\nTable 0.\\nReport of the number and class of vessels passing through the Dismal Swamp Canal for the\\nyear ending September 30, 1873.\\nYear and month.\\nSteamers.\\nSchooners.\\nSloops.\\nBoats.\\nLighters.\\nRafts.\\nTotal.\\nOctober 1872\\n16\\n18\\n1\\n11\\n90\\n136\\nNovember, 1872.\\n48\\n44\\n4\\n6\\n127\\n4\\n233\\nDecember 1872\\n40\\n30\\n2\\n109\\n181\\nJanuary, 1873.\\n51\\n34\\n10\\n9\\n134\\n1\\n239\\nFebruary, 1873\\n46\\n33\\n5\\n7\\n120\\n1\\n212\\nMarch, 1873..\\n48\\n18\\n7\\n7\\n139\\n1\\n220\\nApril, 1873\\n52\\n31\\n13\\n18\\n110\\n1\\n225\\nMay, 1873\\n53\\n36\\n4\\n13\\n128\\n1\\n235\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Tune, 1873_____\\n50\\n31\\n6\\n7\\n94\\n188\\nJuly, 1873\\n58\\n32\\n10\\n5\\n90\\n3\\n198\\nAugust, 1873\\n49\\n19\\n1\\n5\\n108\\n7\\n189\\nSeptember, 1873\\n34\\n30\\n7\\n92\\n3\\n163\\nTotal.\\n545\\n356\\n63\\n95\\n1,341\\n22\\n2, 422\\nNorth.\\n272\\n182\\n30\\n60\\n1,189\\n22\\n7/755\\nSon t,h........\\n273\\n174\\n33\\n35\\n152\\n667\\nS. W. GARY, Collector.\\nAnnual report of the president and directors to the stockholders of the\\nDismal Swamp Canal Company for the fiscal year ending September\\n39, 1874.\\nREPORT OF EXAMINING COMMITTEE.\\nTo the stockholders of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company:\\nGentlemen We have the honor to report that, in accordance with\\nthe customary requirement, we have, as far as practicable, made an ex\u00c2\u00ac\\namination of your canal, and have found it in good working order, with\\nthe exception of an unprecedentedly low state of the water, owing to\\nthe long-protracted drought. The president has lately taken advantage\\nof the low water to clean out all the bars and obstructions in the Gil-\\nmerton section of the canal at very small cost.\\nYou are well aware that want of funds prevents the prosecution of\\nmany improvements which your energetic president has in view.\\nThe books and vouchers for the past year have been examined, and\\nwe find them in all respects correct.\\nAll of which is respectfully submitted by your obedient servants,\\nB. P. LOYALL,\\nW. C. MARROW,\\nGEO. NEWTON.\\nNorfolk, November 2, 1874.\\npresident\u00e2\u0080\u0099s report.\\nOffice Dismal Swamp Canal Company,\\nNorfolk Fa., November 2, 1874.\\nTo the stockholders of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company:\\nGentlemen On behalf of your board of directors, I have the honor", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "DISMAL SWAMP CANAL. 33\\nto submit the following report of the condition of the affairs of the com\u00c2\u00ac\\npany for the fiscal year which ended on the 30th September past:\\nTable A.\u00e2\u0080\u0094Finance.\\nTable B.\u00e2\u0080\u0094Receipts inward and outward.\\nTable C.\u00e2\u0080\u0094Number and class of vessels passing through the canal.\\nRepairs and improvements\\nSince the opening of the Turner Cut at intervals during the prevalence\\nof westwardly winds, the depth of water is affected to a greater or less\\nextent, which somewhat interferes with navigation. I have therefore\\ncaused the obstructions in the Moecassiri Track (the natural channel\\nformerly used) to be removed, rendering the same now navigable, which\\nwill meet the difficulty.\\nLochs and gates at South Mills.\\nThe locks are in good condition. The gates have all been made new\\nwith the exception of the middle set. I recommend their replacement\\nwith new work as early as possible. This level is in good condition.\\nSeveral breaks have occurred during the year on the road-bank, which\\nhas been raised and repaired.\\nCulpeper lochs.\\nThe locks and gates are in good condition the gates having recently\\nbeen made new. The road, also, bordering this level is in good order.\\nThe waste-way at Culpeper having burst up some years ago will neces\u00c2\u00ac\\nsitate a tumbling dam, which I recommend to be placed about half a\\nmile uorth of the lock. The expense of this construction will be very\\nsmall.\\nNorthwest lochs.\\nThe locks and gates are in good order, and the level, also, in fair con\u00c2\u00ac\\ndition. The excessive wet weather in the early part of the season oc\u00c2\u00ac\\ncasioned several overflows of the road-bank, which compelled the rais\u00c2\u00ac\\ning of the road-bank at various points. To obviate the difficulty in the\\nfuture, I recommend gates at the dam at Northwest Canal, and the re\u00c2\u00ac\\nmoval of some obstructions at Manning\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Lock, in said canal, to waste\\nthrough when under any unusual pressure of water.\\nLochs at Deep Creeh.\\nSince the repairs (by bracing) of these locks they have remained in\\nvery good order. The gates are all new, with the exception of the\\nupper or south gates; and their condition is such that I recommend new\\ngates as early as practicable. The road-banks on the level are in good\\ncondition. I would here remark that I have repaired the gates at the\\nlake, and for the first time in many years they are wide open. The ex\u00c2\u00ac\\ntraordinary dry spell of the past two months has so reduced the water\\nas to place it on a level with the canal.\\nH. Ex. 19-3", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "34\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\nDam over Deep Greeli.\\nThis dam I consider of imperfect construction, the foundation being\\ndefective. Two breaks have occurred the past year, attended with con\u00c2\u00ac\\nsiderable expense. As early as the revenues of the company will per\u00c2\u00ac\\nmit, I recommend sheet-piling across the inside of the masonry, which\\nwill effectually secure the work for the future.\\nGilmer ton level.\\nThis level has been cut through a continuous sand ridge for some two\\naniles, and sand-bars are continually forming from the washing, c.\\nNavigation is now very difficult, which difficulty is increased by the leak\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2at the dam reducing the water. It is important that this level be dug\\nout and the bars removed at once.\\nA reference to my last report will show an indebtedness then reported\\nof $7,500, About $500, also, was theu due, but unaudited. During\\nthe year we have paid the debt in full; but I am compelled to report\\nthat we have passed the July coupon-interest of $8,000 and owe bills\\npayable of $500. Various causes have contributed to this result. At\\nthe conclusion of my last report I stated that the financial status of the\\ncountry might affect us, and our revenue must show a decided increase\\nto prevent such results. Our trade is principally local, and the lumber\\ninterest furnishes the bulk of the revenue. This interest more than any\\nother has been affected by monetary difficulties, and hence its decided\\neffects upon our revenue. It will be remembered that at the commence\u00c2\u00ac\\nment of our administration the revenue was only some $13,000. This\\nwe advanced to $20,000; thence to $22,500. It was reasonable to have\\nexpected an increase of ten per cent., unless controlled by causes men\u00c2\u00ac\\ntioned in this connection but, on the contrary, there is an actual de\u00c2\u00ac\\ncline of about $5,500 during the year. But for this we should have met\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2our July interest without difficulty. Since our administration we have\\nexpended upon the work some $22,000, and have paid the bondholders\\n$40,000 interest. The interests of both bondholders and stockholders\\nhave been carefully guarded. I urged upon you at our last meeting the\\nimportance of pressing our claims upon the attention of Congress. It\\nis well known, however, that the entire body was seized with a fit of\\n-economy early in the session, and which became chronic ere its close.\\nSurely, though, a work of this character, with the government as stock-\\nholder two-fifths of 1,500,000, will not be permitted to languish. I would\\ntherefore respectfully urge you to have our claims properly presented\\nat this session of the Congress of the United States. We must have\\nithe work of width and depth continued to completion, which will afford\\nample revenue, or we must have a largely increased revenue under pres\u00c2\u00ac\\nent navigable capacity to insure a successful working of the company\\nfor the future.\\nAll of which is respectfully submitted.\\nW. B. ROGERS, President.", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "DISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\n35\\nTable A.\u00e2\u0080\u0094Finance.\\nThis table exhibits the condition of the books prior to and after bal\u00c2\u00ac\\nance for the year ending September 30, 1874.\\nCondition of the boohs prior to balance.\\nCost of property, charged... $486,000 00\\nEntire cost of\\nproperty.$1,500, 000\\nStock only issued\\nfor 486,000\\nProfit and loss account. 127,320 10\\nLaw-fees and taxes. 320 44\\nDiscount-account. 534 73\\nGeneral repair account. 1,625 04\\nFunded debt interest account 8,000 00\\nEnlargement and repair ac\u00c2\u00ac\\ncount 99,480 16\\nGeneral expense account 5,673 45\\nCash account. 209 29\\n729,163 21\\nCapital stock.\\nBills payable ante helium\\nBills payable, new.\\nFirst-mortgage bonds.\\nLeroy S. Edwards.\\nKevenue account.\\n|486,000 00\\n21,811 77\\n500 00\\n200, 000 00\\n888 90\\n19,962 54\\n729,163 21\\nCondition of. boohs after balance September 30, 1874.\\nCost of property. $486, 000 00\\nProfit and loss account. 121, 886 18\\nEnlargement and repairs.... 101,105 20\\nCash account. 209 29\\n709,200 67\\nCapital stock.$486, 000 00\\nBills payable, old account... 21,811 77\\nBills payable, new. 500 00\\nFirst-mortgage bonds. 200, 000 00\\nLeroy S. Edwards. 888 90\\n709,200 67\\nJOHN E. DOYLE, Treasurer.", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "Inward receipts through Dismal Swamp Canal for the fiscal gear ending September 30, 1874.\\n36\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2e.iaSuossBj\\nc W(M CO CJ CO \u00e2\u0080\u0098O h*\u00c2\u00ab lO t- iO\\n\u00c2\u00bbC -r 1- tC O \u00e2\u0080\u0098O 35 O \u00e2\u0080\u009dF\\nth d CC M m Cl JI H (N\\nSO\\nO\\nco\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2spaaa epjoo j\\n10 70 0\\nr~ 05 rH\\n00\\n00\\n04\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2e.iaqtuix\\nO O CO OrrlOOC^wOGO^ 1\\nCirr GO GO O CO CO .*0 C 1.0 O O\\nrH 05 GO CH- d O O D GO lO\\nr-T r-T cf r-T Hf cf 00 CO* rH ht 1\\nrH\\n43,671\\nooo oooooo o\\nO O lO O lO O O \u00e2\u0080\u0098O J) o\\nO T to 04 00 O GO rH O\\no\u00e2\u0080\u0099 t-\u00e2\u0080\u009d gcT iff i ic o .rf o 1 C i\\nM nCOH\\no\\no\\n\u00c2\u00abo\\n04\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Bqoojq-jBirj\\ni f*** i\\ni i q o O O 1 O i\\nlO fOtO iO\\n7 CO t-h 04 00 t-\\no\\no\\nC5\\nof\\n04\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2sScq spjoo\\nif u 3 rr r v\u00c2\u00bb4 M wJ\\nOi o *o go d d o d at a co\\n10 co oio^coiccoicic^ric\\nGO\\nCO\\niff\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2jB9qA\\\\ spaqatig;\\no o ood o\\ntt 1 O j OOQ\\nnr CO iQ CO h H i i i i\\nr-T\\n04\\nCO\\n04\\niff\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2asBod 8{aqsng\\nGO d O GO O .GO\u00e2\u0080\u0094 iO\\nC4 O 1C 04 rH -f .CO\\nH H Cl 00 H GO\\nT-T\\nro\\no\\nco\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2pOOAV spjoQ\\nr\u00e2\u0080\u0094 lO CO T d D T D D io\\nrH ro I s ocdc; oichouco\\nM Ot CO 70 TrdWrHd^dW\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0H\\nlO\\nco\\nco\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2sag pBojptfJi\\ndOO OiGGOlOX3-fCOO\\ncr. CO CM H0t0--C0 1 0i0t0\\nrHOGO iC^OlClC^COi-Cir-\\nK TT o of oo cf r-T of oo go co ao\\nr\u00e2\u0080\u00941 r\u00e2\u0080\u0094 H H H\\n00\\n4\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n53\\nrH\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2uooBq Bpuaog\\no o o o o o\\n\u00c2\u00bboo O O O\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u0099r co\\n1- C CO 00\\nd\\n1\\n3\\no co o o o\\n1 i OU i w -r CO C4 P? 7J rr O\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2eoo^od ejaijeng ioc;w\u00c2\u00abho^w\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0099-r r\\nCO\\nC5\\n00\\nI-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2uojt epanoj\\nooo ooooooooo\\nooo ooooooooo\\nooo \u00c2\u00a9OOOOOOOOO\\n00 of CO CO* iff of iff 00 of CO*\\nr- rH Tf\\nCO\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2sSbj spunoj\\nOOO OOOOIOiOOOO\\nO O l.o OOCOiOOhClX O\\noioc- oor-oi-aooot^\\nH H rH CO rH rH\\n15, 457\\nB9AB}g\\nooo -oooooooo\\noor- CCOOhlOOOGO\\nio rf io \u00e2\u0080\u00a2oooorrmoio\\nof of iff h* od* co of co of cd*\\nd rH rH\\n105, 630\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2S9[Saiqg\\nooo oo o\\nOOIO oo *000000\\noom oo -oo^oo\\nof o o oo co* of o h*t r\u00c2\u00bbf V*\\nOJdH co CO GO 05 OC lO\\nHHH 04 M\\n1, 629,150\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2J9qimq ^aag\\n53, OOO\\n1, 540\\n15, 456\\n74, OOO\\n53, OOO\\n170, OOO\\n366,996\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0qjoo B^aqsng;\\nr no H -rtX/OOi-QUt O\\nr- oo M\u00e2\u0080\u0099toonodoio\\n05 CIO dHCOa-HGUlOWd\\nof i-T oo CO* CO co o of t r-T co\\nH H H rH\\n85, 267\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2b;b3J\\nOO-H 4-0^0 dCD -CO\\nOt-hiO O CO GO 1^- GO C5\\nCO TT* 04 IC^IOHCOIQ T lO\\nrH r-i CO\\n10, 084\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2S9JO^S JBABU S[9JJBg\\nicoo* d vG tp oo a d o h\\ni CO 00 ^05 00 04 0000\u00c2\u00a9\\nrH H rH rH\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2H\\nnr\\nrH\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2qsq spajug\\naoa oddccioon\u00e2\u0080\u0099t\\nm au cm oooonoc .ooc5D\\nCO 04 rH\\nrH\\n4-\\n04\\nd\\nco\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ao^oo 93iBg\\n\u00c2\u00bbr,XO rH ro CO to 05 04 CO\\nO H* GO 040010 0 Oh-V\\n04 UG O GO rr rH rH CO\\n3, 330\\n1\\nYear and\\nmonth.\\n1873.\\nOctober.\\nNovember\\nDecember\\n1874.\\nJanuary\\nFebruary _\\nMarch.\\nApril.\\nMay.\\nJune.\\nJuly.\\nAugust.\\nSeptember...\\nTotal....", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "Table B\u00e2\u0080\u0094Continued.\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL\\ncT\\nro\\nrC:\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Si\\nO\\n00\\nf^c\\nt:\\no\\na\\n35\\n8 .l 93 a 088 BJ\\nO VO\\nCl Cl Cl\\n^ONOt-O- OQ0\\nCO -T O CC o c 0 rr co ci\\ndrHrTdClCOrHrHCl\\n1,814\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2uooBq epunoj\\n000\\nO O TT\\nco rr ao\\nrr~ ID r-T\\nOOOOOOOOO I\\nOOOOOOOOO\\nCO l 00 C CO GO H O\\nrr iH rH CO i-H \u00c2\u00a9I r*\u00c2\u00ab\\n3\\nCl\\nCO\\n89869 .ld UO^OQ\\nrH r-\u00c2\u00bb\\nnr\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2poo euox\\nOCG\\nr- 00 co\\ndCOOOCOCOvOrHdd\\nqto 8[9 jjb3\\nCO CO\\nco co rr\\nCO 35 d 05 rH CO 05 Cl I\\nrH CO CO d CO i rH Cl\\nt\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n0\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Aeq S9JB3\\ncoo^t\\nO T rH\\nvo\\nt\\nO vO I\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2fHp* 1\\nco\\nco\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2991 8 H 0 X\\nCl 1 T 5\\n1 tt to\\nCl\\nCO i\\nrH\\neioqeng\\n000\\n0 0\\nvQ 00 CO\\ncfcf\\nO JLOoooioeovio\\ncoco\u00c2\u00bboooocicir^\\nrr 0 d 0 00 co 0 0 00\\nrH CO~ C* r-T\\n00\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00944\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2jpe sqoBg\\nw ,N O\\nCOhp\\ny\u00e2\u0080\u0094* t\u00e2\u0080\u0094 CO\\nO T- 5 kO rr Ci S io\\nCO rH H rH\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2rr\\nl-\\nO\\ncT\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ouBiiif saox\\nO \u00c2\u00bb0 w\\nrH m\\n00 0 ci 0\\nrH rr\\n*3.\\nCl 0\\n00\\nuoji epanoj\\n000\\n000\\n0 vO 00\\n00 co rr~\\nOOOOO Cl 000\\noioooot-ooo\\nr-tOOr^lOCOOOCOO\\ncf co o voT vo* r-T r*r\\nGI\\nCl\\nCO\\nVO\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2O/ p l 9Uiq 85 8 B 0\\nO VO vO\\nOCIQO\\nCl rH\\nO if* 0 vO\\nCl rH CO rr\\nrH\\n0 \u00c2\u00bbo 0 0\\nCl rH x\\nCO\\nTfl\\nGO\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0098OJBAV 89 }BJQ\\na ou\\nrH Cl rH\\nCO\\nCl JU \u00e2\u0080\u0099T 1 l\\nf\u00e2\u0080\u0094t\\ns\\nrH\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ejrBii sSoyj;\\ncact\u00c2\u00a9\\nVO f GO\\nO JG rr t- rr d\\nC? 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GABY, Collector", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "38\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\nTable C.\\nReport of the number and clasu of vessels passed through the Dismal Swamp Canal for the\\nfiscal year ending September 30, 1874.\\nYear and month.\\nSteamers.\\n00\\ni\\n1\\no\\neg\\nSloops.\\nLighters.\\nBoats.\\nRafts.\\nTotal.\\n1873.\\nOctober.\\n49\\n46 i\\n6\\n96\\n4\\n2\\n203\\nNovember.\\n51\\n38\\n6\\n74\\n3\\n172\\nDecember.\\n49\\n36\\n16\\n87\\n3\\n2\\n193\\n1874.\\nJ anuary...\\n4f\\n34 1\\n9\\n78\\n1\\n168\\nFebruary.\\n38\\n25 1\\n3\\n90\\n2\\n1\\n159\\nWar eh\\n35\\n22\\n4\\n84\\n3\\n148\\nApril.;.\\n52\\n31\\n5\\n96\\n11\\n2\\n197\\nMay.\\n34\\n37\\n3\\n95*\\n11\\n7\\n187\\nJune.\\n29\\n25\\n4\\n74\\n2\\n134\\nJuly.\\n24\\n24\\n1\\n72\\nIt\\n1\\n133\\nAugust.\\n25\\n22\\n79\\n1\\n3\\n130\\nSeptember.\\n26\\n3\\n58\\n2\\n3\\n92\\n458\\n343\\n57\\n983\\n47\\n28\\n1, 916\\nNorth..\\n235\\n173\\n36\\n857\\n24\\n28\\n1, 353\\nSouth.\\n223\\n170\\n21\\n126\\n23\\n563\\nTotal.\\n458\\n343 j\\n57\\n983\\n47\\n28\\n1,916\\nNorfolk, Va., September 30,1874.\\nS. W. GARY, Collector.\\nAnnual report of -the president and directors to the stockholders of the\\nDismal Swamp Canal Company for the fiscal year ending September\\n30, 1875.\\nREPORT OF EXAMINING COMMITTEE.\\nTo the stockholders of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company:\\nGentlemen We Lave the honor to report that the canal is in good,\\nnavigable condition. Some improvements are necessary, and would\\nhave been made but for the restrictions upon the president and the\\nfinancial status of the company.\\nThe books and vouchers for the past year, from the 1st October, 1874,\\nto 30th September, 1875, have been examined, and we find them in all\\nrespects correct.\\nAll of which is respectfully submitted by your obedient servants,\\nW. 0. MARROW.\\nB. P. LOYALL.\\nY. BURRUSS.\\npresident\u00e2\u0080\u0099s report.\\nOffice Dismal Swamp Canal Company,\\nNorfolk Va November 1 1874.\\nTo the stockholders of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company\\nGentlemen On behalf of your board of directors, I have the honor to\\nsubmit the following report of the condition of the affairs of the company\\nfor the fiscal year which ended on the 30th September last.\\nTable A.\u00e2\u0080\u0094Finance.\\nTable B.\u00e2\u0080\u0094Receipts inward and outward.", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "DISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\n89 1\\nTable C.\u00e2\u0080\u0094Number and class Of vessels passing through the canal.\\nI would respectfully refer you to the following report made by me do\\nan adjourned meeting of the stockholders on the 19 th March last:\\nOffice Dismal Swamp Canal Company,\\nNorfolk, Va March 19, 1875-\\nTo the directors of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company:\\nGentlemen: I have convened you at this important juncture of the affairs of the*\\ncanal company to submit an inquiry from Messrs. Brown, Lancaster A: Co., bankers,,\\nof Baltimore, Md. (representing the bondholders of that city).\\nThis inquiry is addressed to Col. C. W. Newton, one of the trustees, and by him re\u00c2\u00ac\\nferred to me for reply.\\nThat your consideration of the subject-matter embraced in this communication may\\nbe lull and decided, I would respectfully call your attention to the conclusion of my\\nreport to 30th September, 1873.\\nThe revenue for that year reaching $22,153.46, which reads thus: \u00e2\u0080\u009cThe year 1872\\nevidenced an improvement of 60 percent.; 1873 only 10 per cent. 1 hope a continued\\nimprovement for the future, unless affected by the financial condition of the country..\\nThis improvement must be decided, however, to enable us to meet the floating debt\\nincurred for the improvements mentioned, pay the annual charges for management,,\\nand the regular coupon-interest to the bondholders.\u00e2\u0080\u009d\\nAgain, my report to the stockholders to September 30, 1874 (made November *2,.\\n1874), says: \u00e2\u0080\u009cA reference to my last report will show an indebtedness of $7,500, and.\\nabout $500 additional unaudited.\u00e2\u0080\u009d\\nDuring the year we have paid this debt of $8,000, but I am compelled to report\\nthat we have passed the July coupon-interest of $8,000, and owe in addition $500 bills\\npayable.\\nVarious causes have contributed to this result. At the conclusion of my last report\\nI stated that the financial status of the country might atfect us and our revenue must\\nshow a decided increase to prevent worse results.\\nOur trade is principally local, and lumber furnishes the bulk of the revenue.\\nThis interest, more than any other, has suffered injuriously by monetary difficulties,\\nand hence its decided effect upon our revenue.\\nIt will be remembered that at the commencement of our administration the revenue\\nwas only some $13,000. This we advanced to $20,000, thence to $22,500. It was reason\u00c2\u00ac\\nable to have expected an increase of 10 per cent., unless controlled by causes mentioned\\nin this connection but, on the contrary, there is an actual decline of about $5,500\\nduring the year otherwise we should have met our July interest without difficulty.\\nThe interests of both bondholders and stockholders have been carefully guarded.\\n1 urged upon you at our last meeting the importance of pressing our claims upon\\nthe attention of Cougress. It is well known, however, that early in the session that\\nbody was seized with a fit of economy which became chronic ere its close. Surely,\\nthough, a work of this character, with the government a stockholder (two-fifths of\\n$1,500,000), will not be permitted to languish.\\nI would therefore respectfully urge you to have your claims properly presented at\\nthis session of the Congress of the United States.\\nWe must have the work of width and depth continued to completion, which will\\nafford ample revenue; or we must have a largely increased revenue, under present\\nnavigable capacity, to insure a successful working of the compauy for the future.\\nReferring to the Gilmerton level, I used this language: \u00e2\u0080\u009cThis level has been cut\\nthrough a continuous sand ridge for some two miles, and sand bars are continually\\nforming from the washing, c. Navigation is now very difficult, and the trouble is\\nincreased by the leak at the dam reducing the water.\u00e2\u0080\u009d\\nIt is important that the level be dug out and the bars be removed immediately.\\nI have referred to these reports for a more intelligible understanding of our present\\ncondition.\\nA short time after our adjournment, I was compelled to build a new dam across the\\nbasin of Deep Creek, or lose to the company a work which had cost some $20,000. This\\ndam was built, and the Gilmerton level cleaned out at a cost of about $2,000. The\\nrevenue of the company for the past five months has decreased about $1,000 a month,,\\nor, say, $5,000.\\nHad we maintained the business of 1874, we could have paid at this time the July\\ncoupons to the bondholders.\\nI yet hope that the revenue for the next three months will enable me to meet the\\nJuly interest.\\nYou are fully capable, gentlemen, of forming a correct opinion as to the future of\\nthe company.\\nA revenue of $25,000 will pay the annual general expenses, ordinary repairs, and\\n$16,000 interest to the bondholders.", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "40\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\nI will thank you to embrace these facts in your reply to the inquiry herewith an\u00c2\u00ac\\nnexed.\\nAll of which is respectfully submitted.\\nW. B. ROGERS,\\nPresident Dismal Swamp Canal Company.\\nThe board being fully represented by W. B. Rogers, president, Hon. John B. White\u00c2\u00ac\\nhead, Cicero Burruss, Dr. E. C. Robinson, Capt. D. S. Cherry, directors, the following\\npreamble and resolution were unanimously adopted:\\nWhereas the larger portion of the mortgage-bonds of the Dismal Swamp Canal Com\u00c2\u00ac\\npany is owned in this city, and while the bondholders are anxious to receive tbe inter\u00c2\u00ac\\nest on their bonds regularly, yet it is the general opinion that the interest of all the\\nbondholders would be promoted by not foreclosing the mortgage at this time: Be it\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009cResolved, That the above facts, as set forth in the report of the president of this\\nboard, be communicated to the bondholders, and, in addition, that all possible economy\\nbe exercised and no further improvements be made upon the work, aud only such re\u00c2\u00ac\\npairs at intervals as may be demanded to maintain the same; and the net revenue be\\nheld with sole reference to the payment of the matured coupons.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009cJOHN E. DOYLE, Secretary\u00e2\u0080\u009d\\nNote by the president. \u00e2\u0080\u0094The board of directors now have under consideration a\\nproposition to the bondholders to fund the past-due coupons (inclusive of July) in 8\\nper cent, interest-bearing certificates, interest payable January and July; and the\\n-coupons for which the certificates are issued to be held by a trustee for the ultimate\\nredemption of said certificates, and promptly pay the next coupon-interest.\\nIn addition, we are assured, by able counsel, that we can prosecute successfully our\\nmemorial in the Court of Claims, or reasonably expect the relief asked for from the\\nnext Congress.\\nIn accordance with that report, the expenses were reduced at the in\u00c2\u00ac\\nstance of the bondholders to the extent indicated by them.\\nCertificates were ordered to be issued for $24,000- past-due coupons.\\nThe same were issued to all the bondholders north of this point. Only\\nseven of the Norfolk bondholders have received their certificates; the\\nissue of the remainder awaiting the presentation of the number of the\\ncoupon and the amount of bonds held or owned by each.\\nThe interest was paid upon the past-due coupons to July 1, 1875.\\nAs you have perceived from the report alluded to, a largely increased\\nrevenue was essential to the proper maintenance aud welfare of the\\ncompany. Subsequent events have only demonstrated the contrary.\\nThe general depression of the business of the country, affecting both\\nland and water corporations, has not been confined to the canals of New\\nYork (which have been subjected to a decrease of revenue of more than\\none-half\u00e2\u0080\u0094some $750,000\u00e2\u0080\u0094during the past year), but has left its impress\\nalso upon our work, reducing the revenue over one-half for the present\\nyear. As I have intimated to you in previous reports, with but slight\\nexceptions we are confined to a local trade, which is principally lumber,\\nand the extent that interest has suffered is of general information.\\nWere we in condition to make certain improvements (notwithstanding\\nthe present condition of trade) our revenue could be increased fourfold.\\nI allude here to the opening of the Northwest Canal, which would not\\ninvolve more than $15,000 outlay, and would make tributary to us a\\nlarge amount of trade that now finds a more difficult outlet through\\nanother canal.\\nA permanent dam has been erected in this canal, which I think will\\nhave to be removed this winter to waste our surplus water, as we have\\nno waste-way at Culpeper, and to waste through- the locks to Deep\\nCreek will not be sufficient. As you are aware, the farms on the west\\nside of the canal all drain into the same at or near this point, and the\\nNorthwest River is the natural drain east of the same. Hence the\\nnecessity, unless a waste-way is constructed at or near Culpeper locks.", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "DISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\n41\\nRepairs and improvements.\\nSince the dredging of the Gilmertou level and the building of the new\\ndam navigation was not interrupted until September, then iuduced by\\nthe long spell of dry weather, which reduced the water in the lake to the\\nlevel of the canal, forcing a suspension for some three weeks. This could\\nbe obviated entirely by deepening the feeder about two feet, which would\\nalways furnish an abundant supply of water.\\nLocks and gates at South Mills.\\nThe locks are iu very good condition.\\nThe upper gates are new, and the lower gates have been put in good\\norder since my report recommending the same.\\nThe level is in good condition.\\nCulpeper locks.\\nThe locks and gates are in good order, with the exception of a leak\\nin the northern gate, which should be arrested as early as practicable.\\nNorthwest locks.\\nThe locks, gates, and level in fair condition. The road-bed at this\\npoint has somewhat suffered from water, but is being gradually im\u00c2\u00ac\\nproved.\\nDam over Deep Creek.\\nThe excessive fall of water during the past fall, which deluged the\\ncountry north, south, east, and west, to some extent damaged the dam.\\nThe earth wipgs were carried away. This damage has been repaired,\\nand at present we lose no water from leaks at this point.\\nGilmertou level.\\nThe dredging of this level last year has obviously improved the same,\\nwhich has been navigated since without difficulty. The locks and gates\\nare in good condition.\\nAt the risk of being considered egotistical, but under the pressure of\\nduty to others, and without designing any reflection upon the action of\\nthose who preceded us in the management of the company, we must\\nsay that an expenditure of $75,000 (of the $200,000 for which this com\u00c2\u00ac\\npany was bonded prior to our connection with it), in the deepening of\\nthis canal and feeder, without any other change in its capacity for car\u00c2\u00ac\\nriage of freight, would yielded a revenue yearly sufficient to have paid\\nregular dividends to the stockholders (the government included), the\\ninterest upon the $75,000, and have created a sinking fund for the ulti\u00c2\u00ac\\nmate extinction of the debt in a reasonable time.\\nErrors of judgment will attach to the wisest and best, and wisdom\\nis the result only of stern and costly experience.\\nIn conclusion, permit me to add that we shall make good our promise\\nto pay the interest on the certificates at January next. Whether our\\nexpressed expectation at our last meeting, to pay the January coupon,\\nwill be realized, depends upon the future revenue, which time can only\\ndetermine.\\nYou will also permit me to say, further, that as the Government of the", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "42\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\nUnited States owns two-fifths of the work, costing over one and a half\\nmillions of dollars, we should again present our claims to the next Con\u00c2\u00ac\\ngress.\\nOur friends give assurance of success the next session.\\nI would suggest, at the conclusion of your business, that you adjourn\\nr to the 10th day of January next, as the future destiny of this improve\u00c2\u00ac\\nment, under its present organization, will be measurably determined by\\nthat time.\\nAll of which is respectfully submitted.\\nW. B. KOGEKS, President,\\nTable A.\u00e2\u0080\u0094Finance:\\nThis table exhibits the condition of the books prior to and after bal\\nance for the year ending September 30,1875.\\nCondition of the boohs prior to balance.\\nCost of property, charged_$486,000 00\\nEntire cost of prop-\\nStock only issued\\nfor.1. 486,000\\nProfit and loss account. 121,886 18\\nlievenue account. 23 14\\nLaw fees and taxes. 50 00\\nInterest account. 46 32\\nGeneral-repair account. 3,156 83\\nTrustee interest account. 1,500 00\\nFunded-debt interest account. 742 20\\nEnlargement and repairs 101,105 20\\nGeneral-expense account. 6,338 29\\nCash account. 11,419 60\\nI Capital stock.$486,000 00\\ni Aute-belluni debt.. 21,81L 77\\nCash account. 11,356 78\\nMortgage bonds. 200,000 00\\nL. S. Edwards. 888 90\\nRevenue account. 11,210 31\\n731,267 76\\n731,267 76\\nCondition of the boohs after balance September 30, 1875.\\nCost of property.$486,000 00 I\\nProfit and loss account. 116, 875 82\\nTrustee interest account. 1,500 00\\nEnlargement and repair ac\u00c2\u00ac\\ncount 104,262 03\\nCash account. 62 82\\n708,700 67\\nCapital stock.$486,000 00\\nAnte-bellum. 21,81177\\nMortgage bonds. 200,000 00\\nL. S. Edwards.,. 888 90\\n708,700 67\\nJOHN E. DOYLE,\\nTreasurer\\n4", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "Inward receipts through the Dismal Swamp Canal for the fiscal gear ending 30 th September, 1S75.\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL\\n43\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ejaSioesBj\\nto C* ^^OO^COCCOO)\\nm i- tt m to oo ci cm to\\nrH\u00c2\u00bb r\u00e2\u0080\u0094 r-H rH rH H H ri\\n1, 650\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2joquiix\\n1 to 1 1-0 1 O 00 O D h o\\nr\u00e2\u0080\u0094 i\u00e2\u0080\u0094 co oo to oo t- o co co co\\nh^rco hp co cm co h ci oo t-\\ncT^r-T CO* CO lOO r-T\\n48, 084\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a280[0 I-qdB,i3o|ox\\no O lO o o o\\nQ O CM O O CO\\nIQ to 05 COf\\n1 1 K\\nCO CM\\no\\no\\no\\noo\\ni\\nOOO CO O O O O O O CO o\\no o o ooooooooo\\nO 1*- t- OOOlCICOOCOOOOOU\\noo of csf of hp \u00e2\u0080\u0094ofoo co* t-~ co~\\nrH H CO r-i (71\\n149, 193\\n-oo) *o i\\ni O CM O\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2siiooiq-ieB T 1 olrt\\nW H\\n8, 529\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2s3o| SpJOQ\\n-P00 1-050000 0^ 00 00\\n-POO Cl Hp O O O 05 CO Hp\\nc: COiQOlOiQCM CMrH\\nHP\\ni-\\n(M\\npp~ i\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a20BB9d spqenjj\\nOOO O -h .1\u00e2\u0080\u00940 ht\\ni\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ci *or- co co ci\\nrH it- CM CO i\\n1, 100\\nCC O O O J\\ni d irj i o io\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^B9qAv 8[9qsnfj T_l 84 r C I\\ni\\n(M\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2pOOAV Sp.I0\u00c2\u00a3)\\no ci o r-oi go go o t- hp m r-\\ncimco oooi\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ciTpcoc\u00c2\u00a9 o\\nOt CO 00 CO CX rH O*\\nCO\\nof\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2sorppBO.qiB\u00e2\u0080\u0099j\\nOOt- 00C50 0 0~0\\nOC5 1-\\n1-C500 Cl OPTC^OO*\\n\u00c2\u00a9f r-5 r-~ hjT cf cd*\\nrH\\nCl\\n00 1\\nr\\nCO\\nuoo\u00c2\u00aba\\n0-0 O PT o\\n0*0 OOO 1\\nO 00 O 05 \u00c2\u00a31\\nO hp n\\nt\\nI\\n1 1\\no\\nof\\nrH\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2690}B}od sjaqana;\\nO O O lO CO i- QC H* C) CO\\n0 1-0 (M O O Cl C5 00 1- o\\nO rH o 0r-0C*C5000\\nlO ri H CO rH rH\\n17, 029\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2uoii spnnOtj\\nOOO OOOOOOOOO\\nO O rp OOOrHOOCOOOO\\nHp t- CO\\nO rH t-H t-H ri ri\\n_\\n17, 800\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2sSbj spnno j\\nOOO OOOOOOOOO\\nooo oi-ouooc*ooo\\n00 CO M OQOCCOOOCOOC5 1-\\no\\nCO\\nj\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2S9A^4g\\nO o o o o o\\nO o O HP o\\nO O o O Pp o\\nO 3 o\u00e2\u0080\u0099 ni r-i M\\nr1 M M *1 1\\ni\\nin\\nHP\\nin J\\nt-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a289iSmqg\\nO O O o o o o\\nO O o O O CM o\\nCM O O O o CM O\\nT\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1 ff CO O O of O\\nrH O 1\u00e2\u0080\u0094 CO\\nm\\nCM\\nCl\\ncT\\nHP\\nCM\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2joqunq ^99,1\\nc~pi CC O\\nO i O O O\\n115 i i o O O\\nrfT O O C5\\n(M W H\\n20, 000\\nO\\no\\nto\\npp~ i\\no 1\\nj\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ujoo siaqsna\\nO O O 00 C5 M O f\u00e2\u0080\u0094 O O O\\nQfj rH 1\u00e2\u0080\u0094 OOOClOOClClPf\\n1-C5 0O C5CCOOO -Pt-\\nr-T cT oo O Ift CO o Tp r-\\nrH rH m rH rH\\n3, 223\\n96,010\\no i/; o m .to\\nini rj. o ir. ao c\u00c2\u00bb\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ISO T \u00c2\u00abo oo in \u00c2\u00abin\\n1 w\\n200\\n8, 416\\ni\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2S910^8 fBABU SpJJBa\\no o o o\\nCO CM oi t- to\\ni\\ni\\n210\\nI\\ni\u00e2\u0080\u0094\u00e2\u0080\u0094--\u00e2\u0080\u0094-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2qsg B[9JXBg;\\noo o o\u00c2\u00ab~*ooo o\\nOOO CO CM GO rH\\nCOnCI CMrnrH(MCO\\nr-T rn\\n68 1\\nCl\\nCl\\nco\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2TIO^OO S9XBg[\\n(MOS; O O CO O CT. O r-l\\nac 1 \u00c2\u00bbo i io o r- 30 cm i-i\\nCM CO CM 1-.\\n09\\n1,398\\nYear and\\nmonth.\\n1874.\\nOctober.\\nNovember\\nDecember\\n1875.\\nJanuary.\\nFebruary\\nMarch.\\nApril.\\nMay.\\nJune.\\nJuly.\\nA n cm at,\\nSeptember...\\nTotal....", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "Outward receipts through the Dismal Swamp Canal for the fiscal year ending September 30, 187;\\n44\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2e.taSuassBj\\nCD -m QO(MOOOC^OCt^J* 1 4\\nCO 00\\nr-1 piHHHH T\u00e2\u0080\u00941 rH rH\\n1,545\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2nooeq epnnoj\\no O OOOOOOOO^O\\no o (i)ooooomoo\\nt- .O t-115 (O QC in w f -0 0\\nCo \u00c2\u00a9f CO* nHH\u00c2\u00ab CO\\n23, 470\\n[BOO SUOJj\\n1C 0 00tO0*4O M(Mt -COO5\\nZO CO T O H CO rH\\n461\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2[tO 8[OJJB[[\\notto (omctoxmtoaooi\\nat i-l Mtoiirtn COHH\\n267\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^Bq SO[Bg;\\n0 TT GO \u00e2\u0080\u00a2OCO(N^ \u00e2\u0080\u00a2000 4\\nQO HJ\u00c2\u00ab r-H rH rH O rH\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094H\\nCO\\nM\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2oot 8HO.X,\\nlO rH 00\\n-r\\n05\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2J[B8 8[0qSU[I\\nO .0 0000000*0 CO\\ncm 0 0 to 0 0 *0 r* to\\nIt- CO 0 0 TJ\u00c2\u00bb 0 Cl CO 00 t-\\nCO CO CM rH\\n14,204\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2)[B8 SqOBg\\niTj\u00e2\u0080\u0099sDX O O GO *M -r 1.0 t- 40\\nO CO rf O 05 4- 00 M M rH nr\\nS 1\\ne*\\noiiboS suoj,\\nco rr M f- CO rr c* Ci t-\\nrH M rH\\nH*\\n05\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2uo.u spniio,!\\nouno ooo..; ooooo\\no roo iooot-\u00c2\u00a9\\no r Hac\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00aeiOO\u00c2\u00aeo\\n-h \u00c2\u00bb-T -t\u00e2\u0080\u009d ou to in r-T co \u00e2\u0080\u0094T\\n*H T\u00e2\u0080\u00941\\n60, 060\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2OOp \u00e2\u0080\u00989Ult[ 8q8B3\\nM 4T5 00 \u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00ab0 4.0 -r O* CO X t- O X)\\n4- rr GOOCt -rHCO 1\\nrH T-H\\n710\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a29JBA1 80JB.I3\\n-co coco -rot-rHCOuO-H\\nrH rH\\nM\\n00\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2S[IBU S\u00c2\u00a793_\\nOOCM 00\u00e2\u0080\u0094\u00c2\u00bbX -CCtfit-if5(-\\nCO CM TOOttCMCO rH H\\nCO\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2)99j oiqno \u00e2\u0080\u0098oetpuBqo.iop^\\nOOC! ooooooooo\\n4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 GO 40 C l- CO GO CO Of iO GO (M\\nQO\u00e2\u0080\u0094O -r i- (M o co -r lo\\nrH W HHH\\n3 1\\nj\\nH\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2oooBqoj 89xog\\nCMOCCO COOiOCt .XhO\\nCM rH COiOi-COrrCM^CMco\\n00\\n00\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2OTp \u00e2\u0080\u009889[[)UB0 \u00e2\u0080\u0098dBOS 89XOJI\\nlOCOO 000000*00 (MO\\n00 CO CM OU CO CO CO CM t\u00e2\u0080\u0094 O t\u00e2\u0080\u0094 OO\\n(M rH CO 40 CO rH\\nCO\\n(M\\nCO\\nco\\nC 1- 00 O G Ci (i v\\n*0?p *e^Bq 89X0g; 50 t- Cl t- CO rH rH CO\\ni-\\nt\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nCO\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2aOjqOO 8[9JJB I\\nco to M cor-C4co-roo-ro\u00c2\u00bbo\\nCO rH CO H CO Cl n (N H Cl\\n(M\\n00\\nM\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2JBStlS 8[9JJBg[\\nO Cl Cl X ic H H CO Cl CD C-.\\nrH HT CO rH (M CO rn CO r-t CM\\n299\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2squids 8[oj.iBa;\\n\u00c2\u00bbo co \u00c2\u00bbo a^dx ocooico)\\nM rH n^-^O^COCOCOH\\n376\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a28888B[Oni S[9.IJBg;\\nC Cl S\u00e2\u0080\u0099 OCl-tOOXt-ClfCX)\\nTH Cl Cl Cl ri Tr 40 (M CM\\nO*\\nCO\\n(M\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2qsp 8[9JJBJ[\\n0 40 0 cc Cl 40 CO rH ic t- O GO\\n(M rH CO rH M th rH\\nCM\\n40\\nrH\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2JUOp 8[9.IJB{J\\nC-ro 0 0 40 000000\\nO to Oj O CM CO OU o \u00c2\u00bbo O 00\\nM nt* co r- co Ht\u00c2\u00ab co cc co\\n1\\nCO\\nco\\n1 -T\\nr\\no co ir. co oo co (Mr-\\nrH t\u00e2\u0080\u0094\u00e2\u0080\u0098\\nM99q puB .i9pto s[9.u;Ba;\\ni\\n95\\nI OOCQO thOXtC- J C\u00c2\u00bbOTl\\n_ CO (N\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0098^JOd pnB J99q S[9J.IBg[ i\\n396\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2BJOqOBJO pits 89qB0 S[9JJB[q\\n0*^0 00 TT40CMt-QQCMO\\nTf CO co Cl H Cl O rn M\\n1-\\n(M\\nYear and\\nmonth.\\n1874.\\nOctober.\\nNovember\\nDecember\\n1875.\\nJanuary\\nFebruary\\nMarch.\\nApril.\\nMay.\\nJune.\\nJuly.\\nAugust.\\nSeptember...\\nTotal....\\nW. GARY, Collector.", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "DISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\n45\\nTable C.\\nReport of the number and class of vessels passed through the Dismal Swamp Canal for the\\nfiscal year ending 30th September, 1875.\\nYear and montli.\\nSteamers.\\nSchooners.\\nSloops.\\nLighters.\\nBoats.\\nRafts.\\nTotal.\\n1874.\\nOctober\\n13\\n15\\n1\\n44\\n2\\n3\\n78\\nNovember..\\n9\\n1\\n52\\n4\\n66\\nDecember.\\n9\\n6\\n2\\n72\\no\\n92\\n1875.\\nJanuary.\\n25\\n13\\n2\\n82 1\\n2\\n124\\nFebruary\\n21\\n8\\n67\\n1\\n1\\n98\\nMarch.\\n29\\n23\\n93\\n145\\nApril..\\n25\\n30\\n1\\n83\\n12\\n2\\n153\\n24\\n18\\n73\\no\\n1\\n118\\nJune.\\n13\\n8\\n3\\n41\\n2\\n67\\nJuly.\\n26\\n18\\n7\\n47\\n6\\n4\\n108\\nAugust.\\n24\\n9\\n33\\n1\\n1\\n68\\nSeptember.\\n24\\n9\\n39\\n1\\n73\\n233\\n166\\n17\\n726\\n26\\n22\\n1,190\\nNorth.\\n108\\n90\\n14\\n652\\n13\\n22\\n899\\nSouth\\n125\\n76\\n3\\n74\\n13\\n201\\nTotal.\\n233\\n166\\n17\\n726\\n26\\n22\\n1,190\\nS. W. GARY, Collector.\\nAnnual report of the president and directors to the stockholders of the Dis\u00c2\u00ac\\nmal Swamp Canal Company, for the fiscal year ending September 30,\\n1876.\\nREPORT OF EXAMINING COMMITTEE.\\nTo the stockholders of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company:\\nGentlemen: The undersigned committee appointed to examine the\\ncondition of your canal, and the books of the treasurer, have to report\\nthat they have compared the books and vouchers for all expenditures\\nand find the same correct.\\nOn the first instant we went in company with the president and others\\nup the canal as far as Deep Creek, and found things in working order\\nbut for an unfortunate giving way of the foundation of the large dam at\\nDeep Creek, which requires extensive repairs. The gates at Culpeper\\nlocks are also undergoing repairs, necessitated by natural change and\\ndecay. The condition of the Deep Creek dam is the result of original\\nfaulty construction.\\nYery respectfully, your obedient servants,\\nB. P. LOYALL.\\nGEORGE NEWTON.", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "46\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\nPRESIDENT\u00e2\u0080\u0099S REPORT.\\nOffice Dismal Swamp Canal Company,\\nNorfolk, Va November 1, 1870.\\nTo the stockholders of the Dismal Sic amp Canal Company:\\nGentlemen On behalf of your board of directors, I have the honor\\nto submit the following report of the condition of the company for the\\nfiscal year which ended on the 30th September last.\\nTable A.\u00e2\u0080\u0094Finance.\\nTable B.\u00e2\u0080\u0094Receipts, inward and outward.\\nTable C.\u00e2\u0080\u0094Number and class of vessels passing through the canal.\\nIt is a matter of grave regret that I am unable to present an improved\\ncondition of your finances.\\nThere has been no improvement in the general depression of business,\\nand being confined almost entirely to local trade (in consequence of the\\nwidth and depth of the canal), our revenue has declined a few hundred\\ndollars from that of the preceding year, 1875.\\nThe revenue from the canal for six years, three years prior and three\\nyears subsequent to the war, was about $13,000 annually. During the\\nfive years of our management it has averaged say $10,800 per year\\nIncome for 1875 was $11,187; for 1876, $10,084; less by $500 than\\n1875. We have paid interest to the bondholders amounting to $48,000,\\nand the expenses, inclusive of repairs and improvements, have cost\\nabout $35,000, or $7,000 per year.\\nImprovements, repairs, and expenses for the year 1875 was $8,500,\\nwhich was reduced for the year 1870 to $0,000, expending less by $2,500\\nfor the year.\\nIn my last report I stated that about $25,000 was requisite for the\\nannual conduct of the work. About $7,500 for improvements, repairs,\\nand expenses, and about $17,500 was required to meet the coupon and\\ncertificate interest upon the bonds issued and money received for the\\nsame, and expended ere our connection with the work; but for this\\ndebt, the contraction of which has not added a single facility to the\\ncanal, we could, notwithstanding the depressed condition of affairs, con\u00c2\u00ac\\nduct the same with profit to the stockholders.\\nPrior to 1860 and the completion of the Albemarle and Chesapeake\\nCanal, under the supervision of the Hon. Marshall Parks, this company\\nrealized yearly from thirty to forty thousand dollars, and had a differ\u00c2\u00ac\\nent policy prevailed at an earlier day, which was demanded by the\\nincreased trade with North Carolina, and a subscription have been\\nobtained from the State (whose citizens in their private or corporate\\ncapacity had never contributed one dollar) which would have widened\\nand deepened the Dismal Swamp Canal, the work to day would have\\nmet all the requirements of trade, and the investment have proved a\\npaying one. But the wisdom of the past prevailed, and the consequence\\nwas a rival work was built of enlarged dimensions, which controlled the\\nthrough trade, and confined us to the trade on our banks and between\\nour north and south locks.\\nThis difficulty we had hoped to overcome by aid which we had some\\nright to expect from the Congress of the United States, as the govern\u00c2\u00ac\\nment owns two-fifths of the work, and was our expectation at the time\\nof our first connection with the same. Repeated efforts have been made\\nin that direction, but only to result in disappointment. We feel privi\u00c2\u00ac\\nleged to say that no management, in our opinion, would have produced\\nresults differing from the present.\\nThe bondholders, to whom we have addressed ourselves at various", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "DISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\n47\\ntimes, have shown commendable liberality, and have expressed a will\u00c2\u00ac\\ningness to pass one coupon, but the difficulty only increases, and its\\nonly practical, or profitable solution for the stockholders, is to be found\\nin an increased business in the future.\\nThe debt of the company is thus stated\\nFirst-mortgage 8 per cent, coupon bonds. $200,000 00\\nFounded interest-certificates. 24,000 00\\nWe only paid one-half of the January, 1876, coupons. $4, 6o5 00\\nAnd there is now due on that interest (coupons marked half-\\nPaid)..$4,000 00\\nLess cash held against the same. 600 00\\n3,400 00\\nCoupon-interest due July,1876 8,000 00\\nTotal. 235,400 00\\nBefore closing this report, you will permit me to call your attention\\nto the present condition of the work.\\nBridge over Turner Cut\\nRequired and received during the year full repairs.\\nLocks at South Milts\\nAre in good condition; new middle gates are required here, and the\\nnorthern gates are much worn, but may be further used by sheathing;\\nthese repairs are now required.\\nThis level is in a fair condition, the banks and the road having re\u00c2\u00ac\\nceived considerable repairs.\\nCulpeper level.\\nThis level is in very good condition, but a leak has developed itself\\nin the miter-sill at these locks, of such magnitude as to necessitate the\\ncalling together of the directors on the 14th September, who ordered\\nthat navigation be suspended, a dam constructed, and the work repaired\\nat once if practicable, but the gale which prevailed a few days thereafter\\nprevented, as the water was increased sufficiently to sustain navigation.\\nThis work becomes a necessity as early as possible, as the leak is of\\nsuch character as to reduce the water twelve inches in twenty-four\\nhours.\\nNorthwest lochs.\\nThis level and locks are in good condition.\\nBeep Creek level.\\nThis level is in a fair condition. The locks have been recently re\u00c2\u00ac\\npaired and also the gates. The waste at Deep Creek has given way,\\nbut the water is held for the present by a pen or dam.\\nDuring the September gale, the dam across the basin at Deep Creek\\nwas carried away. This caused a temporary suspension of navigation.\\nI have had a permanent earth-dam thrown across, which holds the water,\\nbut this will necessitate the wasting through the lo*ks at Gilmerton.\\nA difficulty here presents itself. The foundation upon which rests the\\nstone miter-sill at the outer gate has been undermined, and will very\\nspeedily require a coffer dam to be made inside and outside the locks.", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "48\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL\\nThirty clays will perhaps suffice to do this work, but its cost will reach\\nlive or six huudred dollars.\\nDecember 27, 1876.\\nSince the writing of this report, not submitted at the time in conse\u00c2\u00ac\\nquence of no quorum until the annexed date, 1 have been compelled\\nto repair the work at Culpeper level, as the leak so increased at the\\nlock as to reduce the water sufficiently in twenty-four hours to suspend\\nnavigation. All the water was removed from the level, and the substi\u00c2\u00ac\\ntution of new miter-sill, new doors, c. A complete repair at this point,\\nwhich thus far effectually reduced the leak, but requiring some three\\nweeks, and at the additional expense of the loss of revenue for the time.\\nIt further became necessary to complete the repairs at the dam. I\\nhave been delayed in the matter by the weather, but expect to finish\\nthe same in the course of ten days, good weather and low tides prevail\u00c2\u00ac\\ning.\\nI am convinced at this writing that the work mentioned at the Gil-\\nmerton locks will become an immediate charge upon the company, as\\nthe upper gate now requires the force of eight men to open the same, in\\nconsequence of the loss of water by the leak and the consequent defi\u00c2\u00ac\\nciency of the same in the chamber, which is reduced below the level of\\nthe canal.\\nI will conclude this report by again asserting that the usual business\\nupon the canal is absolutely necessary to produce sufficient revenue to\\npay interest, expenses, and repairs.\\nAll of which is respectfully submitted.\\nW. B. ROGERS, President.\\nTable A.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Finance\\nThis table exhibits the condition of the books prior to, and after ba\\nance for the year ending September 30, 1876.\\nCondition of the boohs prior to balance.\\nCost of property. $486,000 00\\nProfit and loss account. 116,875 82\\nRevenue account. 535 60\\nInterest on funded debt. 4, 041 95\\nEnlargement and repairs.... 104,262 03\\nRepair account. 2,076 97\\nExpense account. 4,068 31\\nCertificate interest account.. 1,447 20\\nCash. 612 52\\n719,920 40\\nCapital stock. $486,000 00\\nRevenue account. 11,219 73\\nBills payable (ante bellum).. 21,811 77\\nLeroy G. Edwards, 8 per cent.\\ncoupon bonds. 888 90\\nMortgage, 87 conpon bonds.. 200,000 00\\n719,920 40\\nCondition of boohs after balance September 30, 1876.\\nCo3t of property. $486, 000 00\\nProfit and loss account. 117,826 12\\nEnlargement and repairs.... 104,262 03\\nCash. 612 55\\n708,700 67\\nCapital stock. $486,000 00\\nBills payable (ante bellum).. 21,811 77\\n8 per cent, mortgage coupon\\nbonds. 200,000 00\\nLeroy G. Edwards. 888 90\\n708,700 67\\nJOHN E. DOYLE,\\nTreasurer.", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "Table B.\\nInward receipts through Dismal Swamp Canal for the fiscal gear ending September 30, 1976.\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\n49\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2saaSaassuj\\no o to 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0*0\\nO. *0 O C.M 00 Cl tO 00 \u00c2\u00bb0 O l\u00e2\u0080\u0094 O\\nrH 71 h d 77 W H h\\n2, 026\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2sqonqs Bapj^p :g\\nO to\\nCM\\no\\nCM\\n\\\\I9qtaiX\\no/o o o O O O\\nOO O O go O O\\nooo I o o o\\nto* 00 s of co~ tf\\n500\\n1, 200\\n900\\nO\\nrr\\nCM\\ncT\\n70\\nooo ooooooooo\\nooo ooooooooo\\nOOO O O O O O O O 0*\\ncf to o\u00e2\u0080\u0099 in of of ao r-T\\nr-1 rH H H cfl oi H rH\\nO\\no\\nco\\nCO\\nCO\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2sqoopppSB q\\no o o\\no \u00c2\u00bbo o\\nrH 1 o O\\nIff CO*\\no\\no\\nr-T\\nrH\\nSoO[ SpjOQ\\nto to to O IO O O O to O to o\\n1-05 X) lOJIOOOCIf i- o\\nCl rH *-(nX05 J P f7H\\no\\n70\\nO\\nto\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2jBeqAV Bpqsiijj\\nO to to O O\\nlO CM CM -h rH\\nCO CO\\nO\\nCM\\nl-\\n\u00c2\u00bb.c irj io io ion Inoo i\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2osB9dsiaqsna; j 2\u00c2\u00b0\u00c2\u00b0^ S3 i 50 i\\n1\\nO\\n70\\nrH\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2pooAv ep.xof)\\nOOO tototooootooto\\nTtc^ r-cir-oo\u00c2\u00abi-^(M\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00941 HH OUOrrCO\\nto\\ni-\\nrH\\ncf\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a080IVP\u00e2\u0080\u0098BO.IIP3JJ\\nt\\nooo o -ooooooo\\nO 00 O O .OOO O ooo\\nO O. -H GO O 05 *7 GO CO\\nof rf o r-T\\no\\nX I\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2uoowq epunoj\\nOOO OOO\\nOOO O o o\\nCO rr O to O 00\\nt- of r-T rf 1\\n1\\no\\nCO\\nrH\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2saopBpod sp qena;\\nj\\nO to O OOOOiOOOOO\\n*0 1-0 10 0 0*0 CM O O O o\\nCM CM 00 H^0ClGD(M0 77rr\\nH rH CM 1\\nO\\nto I\\n70\\nto\u00c2\u00ac\\nrn\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2uoji epnnoj\\nOOO 0*00000 ooo\\no o t- or-ooor-ooo\\nO-HO tOCMO^OOOOi-O\\nccT \u00e2\u0080\u0094r r-T\\nto\\nP-\\nrH\\nof\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2bSbi spanoj\\nooo OOO to O to ooo\\nOOO OOOt-Oi-OOf\\nC5 77 CM TtOCMO\u00e2\u0080\u0099T t -TrrH\\nto\\nt\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nO)\\nto*\\nO O o -ooo\\nO O o o o o\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2S0Ai?;g s ;\u00c2\u00b0o 10*000\\no acT of oo to\\nr 1\\n4,000\\n500\\no\\no\\no\\n10 i\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2B9[\u00e2\u0080\u009cuiqg\\no ooo o\\no ooo o\\no 0 0 0*0\\ncf CD of 1-\u00e2\u0080\u009c T*\\nT-H rl H H\\nO O\\nCIP O\\no o\\nto* to\\nrH\\nO 1\\nO 1\\no 1\\nS3\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2.u\u00c2\u00bbqrarq I93j;\\no\u00c2\u00bbo o o\\n0*0 o o\\nO 00 CO\\ncf rf r-T\\nrH\\ni 15,000\\n4, OOO\\no\\no\\nrj*\\nr-**\\nCO\\nUJOO B[ 3 q\u00c2\u00abll{I\\nooo ooooooooo\\nooo ooooooooo\\ntcooo ooooooooo\\nrH o\u00e2\u0080\u009c cf CO o of ~f cf cf r-T\\nrH 1 H rlH\\no\\no\\no\\nrf\\nQO\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2s^sox\\nO LO .0*000\\nO CM .0*000\\nto\\nCl\\no\\nrf*\\n69 JO^S {BABU 8 0 JJBa\\nlO -h O 70 *0*0\\nrH rH O l- O\\nCO\\nCO\\nCM\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2qsij s[OxiBg;\\nooo ooooooo *o\\n.-lot- o n o co o o h io\\nCl CO r-H HCIO IO rH rH\\nr-T rf\\nrH\\nP*\\nto\\nrf\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2uoppoo soicg;\\nO tO O 0 0 0*0000\\nIQP-C5 CM O 00 t- rH\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00bcH rH\\nto\\nCO\\nto\\n00\\ni-\\nTear and month.\\n1875.\\nOctober..\\nNovember..\\nDecember.\\n1376.\\nJanuary\\nFebruary\\nMarch.\\nApril.\\nMay..\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Tinift _\\n1\\nd\\nAugust.\\nSept mber.\\nTotal.\\nH. Ex. 19-4\\n6\\nt*\\nPi\\nwi\\no5\\na\\nco\\nL\\na\\nnn\\ncS\\nc3\\nfz5", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "Table B\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Continued.\\nOutward receipts through Dismal Swamp Canal for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1870.\\n50\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2BJ9\u00c2\u00a7U9B8B\u00c2\u00abJ\\nO O (M co 000*000010 1\\n00 -M O^riOCh TOOM\\nr-i H H H Ct M 71\\ntH\\nh*\\nCO\\nrH\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2uooBq epuno j\\nOOO OOOClOOOOO\\nooo mooooooocc\\nIO CO O Cl t (N Oi *T. 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W. GARY, Collector.\\nExhibit D.\\n[$200 internal-revenue stamp.]\\nThis deed, made the first day of July, eighteen hundred aud sixty\\nseven, between the Dismal Swamp Canal Company of the one part aud\\nJas. Coonich, Ciucinnatus W. Newton, Win. H. C. Ellis, of the other\\npart:\\nWhereas by the several acts of the general assemblies of the States of\\nVirginia and North Carolina, the one passed on the 6th day of Decem\u00c2\u00ac\\nber, 1866, and the other ratified on the 11th day of December, 1806, it\\nwas provided that it might and should be lawful for said company to\\nissue coupon bonds bearing interest at the rate of eight per cent, per\\nannum, the principal to be paid at such time and place as might be\\ndeemed by the company most expedient, and the interest to be paid\\nsemi-anuually at such place as might be determined on for the payment\\nof the principal of such bonds, provided that the whole amount of bonds\\nwhich should be issued under the said several acts shall not exceed the\\nsum of two hundred thousand dollars;\\nAnd whereas it was further provided by the said several acts that the\\nsaid company shall be authorized to sell and dispose of the bonds author\u00c2\u00ac\\nized by the several acts in such mode and on such terms as they might\\ndeem advisable, and to give such security for the p.unctual payment of\\nthe said bonds as they might deem expedient;\\nAnd whereas in pursuance of the said several acts the said company\\nhave issued the several bonds of even date herewith for the sum of one\\nthousand dollars each, numbered respectively from one to two hundred,\\ninclusive, amounting in the aggregate to the sum of two hundred thou\u00c2\u00ac\\nsand dollars, payable twenty years from date thereof, at the National\\nPark Bank of New York, bearing interest at the rate of eight per cent,\\nper annum, payable semi-annually on the first day of January and July", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "52\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\nof every year, at the said National Park Bank of New York, the pay\u00c2\u00ac\\nment of the principal and iuterest of which said several bonds as and\\nwhen the same shall become due it is the desire and intention of the\\nsaid company fully to secure to the purchasers or holders thereof:\\nNow, therefore, this indenture wituesseth that for and in considera\u00c2\u00ac\\ntion of the premises, and the further consideration of the sura of five\\ndollars, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, the said Dismal\\nSwamp Canal Company do grant, bargain, sell and convey, with general\\nwarrantee, unto the said das. Coonich, Cincinnatus W. Newton, and\\nWilliam H. C. Ellis, their heirs and assigns forever, all and singular the\\nwork of internal improvement, the property of said company, known as\\nand called by the name of the Dismal Swamp Canal, with all and singu\u00c2\u00ac\\nlar the lands, the tenements, hereditaments, and appurtenances adjoin\u00c2\u00ac\\ning, belonging to or connected with the said canal, or belonging to the\\nsaid company, lying, situated, and being in the county of Norfolk, in the\\nState of Virginia, and in the county of Camden, in the State of North\\nCarolina. In trust to secure to the purchasers or liolders\u00e2\u0080\u0099of the said\\nbonds the payment of the principal and interest thereof, as and when the\\nsame shall become due, according to the true intent and meaning of the\\nsaid company as hereinbefore declared; and upon this further trust, that\\nif at any time hereafter default in the payment of the principal and inter\u00c2\u00ac\\nest, or any part thereof, of the said several bonds shall be made, the said\\nJas. Coonich, Cincinnatus W. Newton, and William H. C. Ellis, trustees,\\nheretofore named, shall, upon the request of any one or more of the holders\\nof the said bonds so to do, sell either at public auction or at private sale\\nfor cash or on reasonable credit, as they may deem most expedient and\\nconducive to the interest of the holders of the said bonds, after advertis\u00c2\u00ac\\ning the said sale for three months in one or more uewspapers published\\nin each of the cities of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington,\\nand Norfolk, and shall, out of the proceeds of such sale, pay to the sev\u00c2\u00ac\\neral holders of the said bonds all accruing interest thereon, and shall so\\nprovide that the principal thereof shall be immediately paid or so secured\\nthat no default shall in future be made in the payment of the principal\\nor interest of the said several bonds as and when the same shall become\\ndue, and the balance of such proceeds of sale, if any, shall pay to the\\nsaid company or their assigns.\\nIn testimony whereof E. C. Robinson, the president, and Thos. B.\\nAVest, the treasurer of the said company, by and with the consent of the\\nboard of directors of the said company, have hereunto set their hands\\nand affixed the corporate seal of the said company, the day and year\\nfirst above written.\\n[seal] E. 0. ROBINSON,\\nPresident.\\nTHOS. B. AVEST,\\nTreasurer.\\nState of Virginia,\\nCounty of Norfolk, to wit:\\nI, John T. Hall, a notary public for the city aforesaid, in the State of\\nA 7 irginia, do certify that E. C. Robinson and Thomas B. West, whose\\nnames are signed to the writing above, bearing date on the 1st day of\\nJuly, 1867, have acknowledged the same before me in the city aforesaid.\\nGiven under ray hand the 1st day of July, 1867.\\nJOHN T. HALL,\\nNotary Public.", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "DISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\nOO\\nIn the clerk\u00e2\u0080\u0099s office-of Norfolk County court the 1st day of July, 1807,\\nat 9.30 o\u00e2\u0080\u0099clock a. m.\\nThe foregoing deed of trust for the Dismal Swamp Canal Company\\nto James Coonich, Cincinuatus W. Newton, and William H. C. Ellis,\\ntrustees, was admitted to record upon the certificate annexed of John\\nT. Hall, a notary public in and for the city of Norfolk, State of Virginia,\\nhaving the necessary two hundred dollars United States internal-revenue\\nstamp annexed.\\nTest: GRIFFIN T. EDWARDS,\\nClerk of Court.\\nRecorded in deed book. From December 9, 18G5, to July 12, 1867.\\nIn Norfolk County court, at Portsmouth, Va.\\nExhibit E.\\nThis deed, made the tenth day of February, in the year eighteen hun\u00c2\u00ac\\ndred and sixty-nine, between the Dismal Swamp Canal Company, of\\nthe first part, and James Coonich, Cincinuatus W. Newton, and William\\nII. C. Ellis, of the second part:\\nWhereas, by deed bearing date the first day of July, 1867, of record\\nin the clerk\u00e2\u0080\u0099s office of the county court of Norfolk, in the State of Vir\u00c2\u00ac\\nginia, and in the office of the public register of the county of Camden,\\nin the State of North Carolina, the said parties of the first part did\\ngrant, bargain, sell, and convey, with general warrantee, unto the said\\nparties of the second part, all and singular all the work of internal im\u00c2\u00ac\\nprovement, the property of the said parties of the first part, known as\\nand called by the name of the Dismal Swamp Canal, with all and sin\u00c2\u00ac\\ngular the lands, tenement, hereditaments, franchise, privileges, and\\nappurtenances adjoining, belonging to, or conveyed with the said canal,\\nor belonging to the said company, by situation and being in the county\\nof Norfolk, in the State of Virginia, and in the county of Camden, in\\nthe State of North Carolina, iu trust, to secure the purchasers anti\\nholders of the bonds of said company executed by said company on the\\nday of the date of the deed aforesaid the payment of the principal and\\ninterest of said bonds iu manner and form as by said deed declared;\\nand whereas it is desired by the holders of such of said bonds as have\\nbeen issued and by others who wish to become purchasers of said bonds\\nfor the said company that the deed aforesaid shall be so amended as\\nthat, in case of default in the payment of the interest or any part thereof\\nof the said several bonds, it shall be imperative on the said trustees to\\npay, out of the proceeds of sale of said property, the principal as well\\nas the interest of the said bonds to the holders thereof, without delay,\\nand when it is manifest that the interest of said company will be pro\u00c2\u00ac\\nmoted by such amendments:\\nNow, therefore, this indenture witnesseth that if at any time herein\u00c2\u00ac\\nafter default shall be made in the payment of the interest or any part\\nthereof of any of the several bonds, the said trustees shall, and they hereby\\ncovenant that they will, make sale of all and singular the property and\\nappurtenances iu said deed mentioned and described, for cash, after due\\nadvertisement thereof, as by said deed directed, and out of the proceeds\\nof such sale, after the payment of the expenses of said trust, pay immedi\u00c2\u00ac\\nately to the holders of said bonds both the principal and interest thereof,\\nwhether the said principal be then due or yet to become due, and in", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "54\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\ncase of a deficiency to pay in full the whole amount due or owing on\\nsaid bonds as aforesaid, they shall be paid ratably in proportion to the\\namount owing or unpaid upon the said bonds respectively, without pref\u00c2\u00ac\\nerence to the holder of any one bond over the other, and the balance of\\nsuch proceeds of sale, if any, shall be paid to the said company, their\\nsuccessors or assigns, upon lawful demand being made therefor; and\\nthe said parties of the second part do hereby accept the trust by these\\npresents conferred upon them; and the said parties of the first part,\\nfor themselves, their successors, and assigns, do hereby covenant and\\nagree with said parties of the second part, and their successors in said\\ntrust, and with all persons and corporations who shall become holders\\nof the bonds hereby secured or intended so to be, that the said parties\\nof the first, their successors and assigns, shall and will, at any time,\\nand from time to time hereafter, upon request made, do, execute, and\\ndeliver all such further and other acts, deeds, and things as shall be\\nreasonably desired or required to effectuate the intention of these pres\u00c2\u00ac\\nents, and to assume aud confirm to the said parties of the second part,\\nand the survivor or survivors of them, or their successors, all and sin\u00c2\u00ac\\ngular the property and estate hereinbefore referred to, and to render the\\nsame available for the security and satisfaction of all and singular the\\nsaid bonds according to the intent and purpose hereinbefore expressed.\\nIn witness whereof the said parties of the first part have hereunto\\naffixed their corporate seals and caused these presents to be signed by\\nThomas I. Corprew, their president and the said parties of the second\\npart have hereunto set their hands and seals, the day and year first\\nabove written.\\nTHOMAS I. CORPREW, President.\\nJAMES COONICH. [SEAL.]\\nCINCINNATUS W. NEWTON, (seal.\\nWILLIAM H. C. ELLIS. [seal.\\nState of Virginia,\\nCity of Norfolk, to wit:\\nI, John C. Barker, a notary public for the State and city aforesaid, do\\ncertify that Thomas I. Corprew, James Coonich, Cincinnatus W. Newton,\\nand William H. C. Ellis, whose names are signed to the writing hereto\\nannexed, bearing date the 10th day of February, 1869, have acknowl\u00c2\u00ac\\nedged the same before me in the city aforesaid.\\nGiven under my hand this 16th dav ofFebruarv, 1S69.\\nJOHN C. BAKER,\\nNotary Public.\\nIn the clerk\u00e2\u0080\u0099s office of Norfolk County court the 17th day of Februarv,\\n1869.\\nThis deed was admitted to record upon the certificate of John C.\\nBaker, a notary public in and for the city of Norfolk, State of Virginia.\\nTeste: G. T. EDWARDS, C. C.\\nRecorded deed-book from October 31, 1868, to November 20, 1.869,\\nrecords Norfolk County court, at Portsmouth, Va.", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "DISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\n55\\nF.\\nList of bondholders of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company.\\nCO\\n11\\n3\\n3\\n3\\n3\\n2\\n4\\n27\\n15\\n10\\n8\\n7\\n10\\n5\\n15\\n5\\n3\\n5\\n2\\n1\\n1\\n2\\n3\\n24\\n2\\n2\\n2\\n1\\n5\\n3\\n1\\n2\\n8\\n1\\n1\\nName of holder.\\nEstate of W. W. Lamb...\\nAndrew S. Martin..\\nGeorge Newton.\\nFlorence Newton.\\nMary Newton.\\nCourtney N. Newton..\\nEstate of J. C. Osgood_\\nThomas C. Jenkins.\\nThomas Wilson.\\nDouglas H. Gordon.\\nJohns Hopkins Hospital..\\nJohns Hopkins University\\nH. G. Anderdonk.\\nGarrett R. Barney.\\nJ. W. Whitehurst estate..\\nDr. Wm. Selden.\\nR. Manson Smith, trustee.\\nWm. S. Camp.\\nMiss Isabel Armstrong....\\nMiss Rebecca Armstrong\\nMiss Adelaide Armstrong.\\nMiss Margaret Arbuckle..\\nRichard Dickson---\\nBurness, Son Co.\\nCapt. H. H. Baker.\\nMiss Sallie Tazewell.\\nMiss Ella Tazewell.\\nMiss M. Z. Waller..*.\\nFranklin Savings-Bank.\\nJohn Debree.\\nC. B. Dufifield, trustee.\\nJohn B. Whitehead.\\nJohn D. Gordon Co-\\nDr. J. L. Harmanson.\\nDr. W. A. Thorn.\\n200\\nBonds of $1,000 each=$200,000.\\nResidenco.\\nNorfolk.\\nDo.\\nDo.\\nDo.\\nDo.\\nDo.\\nNew York.\\nBaltimore.\\nDo.\\nBaltimore.\\nDo.\\nNew York.\\nUnited States Navy.\\nNorfolk.\\nDo.\\nNorfolk.\\nDo.\\nDo.\\nDo.\\nEastern Shore, Virginia.\\nNorfolk.\\nDo.\\nNorfolk.\\nDo.\\nDo.\\nDo.\\nDo.\\nDo.\\nDo.\\nDo.\\nEastern Shore, Virginia.\\nG.\\nACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA. OF THE GENERAL AS\u00c2\u00ac\\nSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA, AND OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED\\nSTATES, RESPECTING THE DISMAL SWAMP CANAL COMPANY.\\nActs of the general assembly respecting the Dismal Swamp Canal Compan y\\nChap. I.\u00e2\u0080\u0094An act for cutting a navigable canal from the waters of Elizabeth River, in\\nthis State, to the waters of Pasquotank River, in the State of North Carolina\\n[Passed December 1, 1787.]\\n1. Whereas the cutting of a navigable canal from the waters of Eliza\\nbeth River, in this State, to the waters of Pasquotank River, in th e\\nState of North Carolina, will be of great public utility, and many per\u00c2\u00ac\\nsons are willing to subscribe large sums of money to effect so beneficial\\na work, and it is just and proper that they, their heirs and assigns,\\nshould be empowered to receive reasonable tolls, forever, in satisfaction", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "56\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL\\nfor the money advanced by them in carrying the work into execution,\\nand the risk they run Therefore,\\nBe it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia That it shall and may\\nbe lawful to open books in the towns of Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk,\\nPetersburg, Richmond, York, Fredericksburg, and Alexandria, under\\nthe management of George Kelly, in Norfolk; of John Gowper, in Ports\u00c2\u00ac\\nmouth of Wells Gowper, in Suffolk; of Ghristopher McConnico, in\\nPetersburg; of James Heron, in Richmond; of Thomas Nelson, in York;\\nof William Lewis, in Fredericksburgh and of William Hartshorne, in\\nAlexandria; and under the management of such persons and at such\\nplaces in North Carolina as shall be appointed by that State, for receiv\u00c2\u00ac\\ning and entering subscriptions to the amount of eighty thousand dollars\\nfor the said undertaking; which subscriptions shall be made personally\\nor by power of attorney, and shall be in Spanish milled dollars, but may\\nbe paid in other silver or in gold coin of the same value. That the said\\nbooks shall be opened for receiving subscriptions on the first day of May\\nnext, and continue open until the first day of September next inclusive;\\nand, on the nineteenth day of the said month of September, there shall\\nbe a general meeting of the subscribers at Halifax, in the State of North\\nCarolina, of which meeting notice shall be given by the said managers, or\\nany three of them, in the gazettes of both the aforesaid States, at least\\none month next before the said meeting, and such meeting shall and\\nmay be continued from day to day until the business is finished. And\\nthe acting managers shall, at the time and place aforesaid, lay before\\nsuch of the subscribers as shall meet according to the said notice the\\nbooks by them respectively kept, containing the state of the said sub\u00c2\u00ac\\nscriptions; and if one-half of the capital sum aforesaid should on ex\u00c2\u00ac\\namination appear not to have been subscribed, then the said managers\\nare empowered to take and receive subscriptions to make up the defi\u00c2\u00ac\\nciency and a just and true list of all the subscribers, with the sums\\nsubscribed by each, shall be made out and returned by the said man\u00c2\u00ac\\nagers, or any four or more of them, under their hands, into the general\\ncourt of this State, and into such court as the State of North Garolina\\nshall direct, to be there recorded. And in case more than eighty thou\u00c2\u00ac\\nsand dollars shall be subscribed, then the same shall be reduced to that\\nsum by the said managers, or a majority of them, by beginning at and\\nstriking off from the largest subscription or subscriptions, and continu\u00c2\u00ac\\ning to strike off a share from all subscriptions, under the largest and\\nabove one share, until the sum is reduced to the capital aforesaid, of\\neighty thousand dollars, or until a share is taken from all subscriptions\\nabove one share; and lots shall be drawn between subscribers of equal\\nsums to determine the number in which such subscribers shall stand on\\na list to be made for striking off as aforesaid; and if the sum subscribed\\nstill exceeds the capital aforesaid, then they shall strike off by the same\\nrule until the sum subscribed is reduced to the capital aforesaid, or all\\nthe subscriptions are reduced to one share; and if there still be an\\nexcess, then lots shall be drawn to determine the subscribers who are\\nto be excluded to reduce the subscriptions to the capital aforesaid;\\nwhich striking off shall be certified in the list aforesaid, and the said\\ncapital sum shall be reckoned and divided into three hundred and twenty\\nshares of two hundred and fifty dollars each, of wdiich every person\\nsubscribing may take and subscribe for one or more whole shares, and\\nnot otherwise.\\n2. Provided That unless one-half of said capital shall be subscribed,\\nall subscriptions made in consequence of this act shall be void and in\\ncase one-half and less than the w hole of the said capital shall be sub-", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "DISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\n57\\nscribed as aforesaid, then the president and directors are hereby em\u00c2\u00ac\\npowered and directed to take and receive the subscriptions which shall\\nbe first offered, in w^ le shares, as aforesaid, until the deficiency shall\\nbe made up; a certificate of which additional subscriptions shall be\\nmade under the hands of the president and directors, or a majority of\\nthem, for the time being, and returned to and recorded in the courts as\\naforesaid.\\n3. And be it enacted That in case one-half of the said capital, or a\\ngreater sum, shall be subscribed as aforesaid, the said subscribers, and\\ntheir heirs and assigns, from the time of the said first meeting, shall be,\\nand are hereby declared to be, incorporated into a company, by the\\nname of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company,\u00e2\u0080\u009d and may sue and be\\nsued as such and such of the said subscribers as shall be present at\\nthe said meeting, or a majority of them, are hereby empowered and\\nrequired to elect a president and four directors, for conducting the said\\nundertaking and managing all the said company\u00e2\u0080\u0099s business and\\nconcerns, for and during such time, not exceeding three years, as the\\nsaid subscribers, or a majority of them, shall think fit; and in counting\\nthe votes of all general meetings of the said company, each member\\nshall be allowed one vote for every share, as far as ten shares, and one\\nvote for every five shares above ten, by him or her held at the time in\\nthe said company; and any proprietor, by writing under his or her\\nhand, executed before two witnesses, may depute any other member or\\nproprietor to vote and act as proxy for him or her at any general meet\u00c2\u00ac\\ning.*\\n4. And be it enacted That the said president aud directors, so elected,\\nand their successors, or a majority of them, assembled, shall have power\\nand authority to agreq with any person or persons, on behalf of the said\\ncompany, to cut the said canal and to erect such locks and perforin such\\nother works as they shall judge necessary for the navigation of the said\\ncanal and carrying on the same from place to place and from time to\\ntime, aud upon such terms and in such manner as they shall think fit;\\nand, out of the money arising from the subscriptions and tolls and other\\naids hereafter in this act given, to pay for the same and to repair and\\nkeep in order the said canal, locks, and other works necessary thereto,\\nand to defray all incidental charges; and, also, to appoint a treasurer,\\nclerk, and such other officers, toll-gatherers, managers, and servants\\nas they shall judge requisite, and to agree for and settle their respective\\nwages or allowances, and settle, pass, and sign their accounts; and, also,\\nto make and establish rules of proceeding, and transact all the other\\nbusiness and concerns of the said company, in and during the intervals\\nbetween the general meetings of the same; and they shall be allowed,\\nas a satisfaction for their trouble therein, such sums of money as shall,\\nby a general meeting of the subscribers, be determined.\\n5. Provided always That the treasurer shall give bond, iu such pen\u00c2\u00ac\\nalty and with such security as the said president and directors, or a\\nmajority of them, shall direct, for the true and faithful discharge of the\\ntrust reposed in him, and that the allowance to be made to him for his\\nservices shall not exceed three pounds in the hundred, for the disburse\u00c2\u00ac\\nments by him made, and that no officer in the said company shall have\\na vote in the settlement or passing of his own account.\\nAnd be it enacted That the said president and directors, and their\\nsuccessors, or a majority of them, shall have full power and authority,\\nMarked by the president of the company. \u00e2\u0080\u0094The present collector is not a\\nstockholder, nor does he consider it necessary that he should be under the acts of Con\u00c2\u00ac\\ngress making subscriptions to the company. See page 14, top.", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "58\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\nfrom time to time, as money shall be wanting, to make and sign orders\\nfor that purpose, and direct at what time and in what proportion the\\nproprietors shall advance and pay off the sums sub^pbed which orders\\nshall be advertised at least one month in the North Carolina and Vir\u00c2\u00ac\\nginia gazettes; and they are hereby authorized and empowered to de\u00c2\u00ac\\nmand and receive of the several proprietors, from time to time, the sums\\nof money so ordered to be advanced for carrying on and executing, or\\nrepairing and keeping in order, the said works, until the sums sub\u00c2\u00ac\\nscribed shall be fully paid; and to order the said sums to be deposited\\nin the hands of the treasurer, or be by him disbursed and laid out, as\\nthe said president and directors, or a majority of them, shall order and\\ndirect; and, if any of the said proprietors shall refuse or neglect to pay\\ntheir said proportions, within one month after the same so ordered and\\nadvertised as aforesaid, the said president and directors, or a majority\\nof them, may sell at auction and convey to the purchaser the share or\\nshares of such proprietor so refusing or neglecting payment, giving at\\nleast one month\u00e2\u0080\u0099s notice of the sale in the North Carolina and Virginia\\ngazettes; and, after retaining the sum due and charges of sale out of\\nthe money produced thereby, they shall refund and pay the overplus, if\\nany, to the former owner; and, if such sale shall not produce the full\\nsum ordered and directed to be advanced, as aforesaid, with the inci\u00c2\u00ac\\ndental charges, the said president and directors, or a majority of them,\\nmay, in the name of the company, sue for and recover the balance, by\\nmotion, on ten days\u00e2\u0080\u0099previous notice; and the said purchaser or pur\u00c2\u00ac\\nchasers shall be subject to the same rules and regulations as if the said\\nsale and conveyance had been made by the original proprietor.\\n6. And, to continue the succession of the said president and directors,\\nand to keep up the same number, Be it enacted That, from time to time,\\non the expiration of the term for which the said president and directors\\nwere appointed, the proprietors of the said company, at the next gen\u00c2\u00ac\\neral meetiug, shall either continue the said president and directors, or\\nany of them, or shall choose others in their stead and, in case of the\\ndeath, removal, resignation, or incapacity of the president or any of the\\ndirectors, may and shall, in manner aforesaid, elect any other person or\\npersons to be president and directors, in the room of him or them so\\nflying, removing, resigning, or becomiug incapable of acting, and may,\\nat any of their general meetings, remove the president or any of the\\ndirectors and appoint others, for and during the remainder of the term\\nfor which such person or persons were at first to have acted.\\n7. Andbe it enacted That every president and director, before he acts\\nas such, shall take an oath or affirmation for the due execution of his\\noffice.\\n8*. And be it enacted That the presence of proprietors having one\\nhundred and eighty shares at least shall be necessary to constitute a\\ngeneral meeting, and that there be a general meeting of proprietors on\\nthe first Monday in September in every year, at such convenient town\\nas shall, from time to time, be appointed by the said general meeting;\\nbut, if a sufficient number should not attend on that day, the proprie\u00c2\u00ac\\ntors who do attend may adjourn such meeting from day to day till a\\ngeneral meeting of proprietors shall be had, which may be continued\\ntrom day to day until the business of thp company is finished; to which\\nmeeting the president and directors shall make report, and render dis\u00c2\u00ac\\ntinct and just accounts of all their proceedings, and, on finding them\\nfairly and justly stated, the proprietors then present, or a majority of\\nthem, shall give a certificate thereof, a duplicate of which shall be\\nentered on the said company\u00e2\u0080\u0099s books and, at such yearly general meet-", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "DISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\n59\\nings, after leaving in the hands of the treasurer such sum as the pro\u00c2\u00ac\\nprietors, or a majority of them, shall judge necessary for repairs and\\ncontingent charges, an equal dividend of all the net profits arising from\\nthe tolls hereby granted shall be ordered and made to the proprietors\\nof the said company, in proportion to their several shares; and, on any\\nemergency, in the interval between the said yearly meetings, the pres\u00c2\u00ac\\nident, or a majority of the directors, may appoint a general meeting of\\nthe proprietors of the company, at any convenient town, giving at least\\none month\u00e2\u0080\u0099s previous notice in the North Carolina aud Virginia gazettes,\\nwhich meeting may be adjourned and continued as aforesaid.\\n9. And be it f urther enacted., That, for and in consideration of the ex\u00c2\u00ac\\npenses the said proprietors will be at, not only in cutting the said canal,\\nerecting locks, making causeways, and performing other works necessary\\nfor this navigation, but in maintaining and keeping the same in repair,\\nthe said canal, locks, causeways, and other works, with all their profits,\\nshall be, and the same are hereby, vested in the said proprietors, their\\nheirs and assigns forever, as tenants .in common in proportion to their\\nrespective shares; and the same shall be deemed real estate, and be\\nforever exempt from the payment of any tax, imposition, or assessment\\nwhatsoever; and it shall and may be lawful for the said president and\\ndirectors, at all times forever hereafter, to demand and receive at some\\nconvenient place near one of the extremities of the canal, for all com\u00c2\u00ac\\nmodities transported through it, or over the causeways, tolls, according\\nto the following table and rates, which shall be in Spanish milled dol\u00c2\u00ac\\nlars, to wit:\\nParts of a dollar.\\nEvery pipe or hogshead of wine containing more thau\\nsixty-five gallons. 30 72nds.\\nEvery hogshead of rum or other spirits. 24 72nds.\\nEvery hogshead of tobacco. 24 72nds.\\nEvery hogshead of molasses. 18 72nds.\\nEvery butt or hogshead of malt-liquor. 18 72nds.\\nEvery cask between sixty-five and thirty-five gallons, one-\\nhalf of a pipe or hogshead; every barrel, one-fourth part;\\naud every smaller cask or keg, in proportion, according\\nto the quantity aud quality of their contents 18 72nds.\\nEvery dozen of bottled wine. 5 288ths.\\nEvery dozen of bottled malt-liquor. 4 288ths.\\nEvery bushel of wheat, pease, beans, rice, or fiax-seed- 3 2S8ths.\\nEvery bushel of Indian corn, or other grain or salt. 2 288ths.\\nEvery barrel of pork 0 72uds.\\nEvery barrel of beef. 4 72nds.\\nEvery barrel of fish or Hour. 3 72nds.\\nEvery barrel of tar, pitch, turpentine, or rosin. 2 72nds.\\nEvery cask of linseed-oil, or spirits of turpentine, the same\\nas molasses.. 2 72nds.\\nEvery ton of hemp, flax, potash, or bar-iron. 3fl 72nds.\\nEvery ton of pig-iron or castings 12 72nds.\\nEvery ton of copper, lead, or other ore, other than iron-\\nore.\u00e2\u0080\u0098.. 30 72nds.\\nEvery ton of stone or iron-ore, other than the ballast of\\nthe vessel. 6 ?2nds.\\nEvery chaldron of coals. 3 72nds.\\nEvery hundred bushels of lime or of shells 20 72nds.\\nEvery thousand of bricks or tiles. 30 72nds.\\nEvery hundred of pipe staves. 0 72nds.", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "60\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\nEvery hundred of hogshead staves, or pipe or hogshead\\nheading\\nEvery hundred of barrel-staves or barrel-heading.\\nEvery thousand shingles, from eighteen to twenty-four\\ninches...\\nEvery thousand of three feet shingles\\nEvery thousand clapboards or pales.\\nEvery cord of fire-wood...\\nEvery hundred cubic feet of plank, or scantling.\\nEvery hundred cubic feet of all other timber.\\nEvery hundred pounds of brown or clayed sugar.\\nAll other produce, goods, wares, or merchandise, one-fourth\\nper centum...\\nEvery boat or vessel exceeding oue ton burthen, which has\\nnot commodities on board to yield so much (except an\\nempty boat or vessel returning, whose load has already\\npaid the toll, in which case she is to repass free of toll)\\nEvery canoe, boat, or vessel, under one ton burthen, which\\nhas not commodities on board to yield so much (except\\nas in the preceding article excepted).\\nEvery man (except foot travellers, who shall pass toll free),\\nhorse, ox in draught, and wheel passing the causeways\\n(except the loads they carry yield so much, or empty\\nwagons or carts returning, whose loads have paid the\\ntoll).\\nEvery head of black cattle....\\nEvery hog.\\nEvery sheep.\\nEvery hundred-weight of indigo.\\n4 72nds.\\n3 72nds.\\n3 72uds.\\n0 72nds.\\n9 72nds.\\n12 72uds.\\n40 72uds.\\n30 72nds\\n3 72nds.\\n3 72nds.\\n40 72nds.\\n18 72uds.\\n0 72uds.\\n3 72nds.\\n1 72nd.\\n2 288ths.\\n12 72nds.\\n10. All produce, goods, wares, or merchandise, passing the causeways,\\nshall be subject to the same toll as goods passing through the canal, but\\nwhich tolls, though chargeable in Spanish milled dollars, may be paid\\nin other silver, or in gold coin of the same value. And, in case of re\u00c2\u00ac\\nfusal to pay the tolls at the time of offering to pass the place aforesaid,\\nand previous to passing the same, the collector of the said tolls may\\nlawfully refuse passage to whatever refuses payment; and if any ves\u00c2\u00ac\\nsel, wagon, or cart shall pass without paying the toll, then the said\\ncollector may seize such vessel, wagon, or cart, wherever found, and sell\\nthe same at auction for ready money, which, so far as is necessary, shall\\nbe applied towards paying the said toll, and all expenses of seizure and\\nsale, and the balance, if any, shall be paid to the owner; and the per\u00c2\u00ac\\nson having the direction of such vessel, wagon, or cart shall be liable\\nfor such toll, if the same is not paid by the sale as aforesaid Provided\\nThat the said proprietors, or a majority of them, holding at least one\\nhundred and eighty shares, shall have full power and authority, at any\\ngeneral meeting, to lessen the said tolls, or any of them, or to deter\u00c2\u00ac\\nmine that any article may pass free of toll.\\n11. And be it enacted ,That the said canal and works, to be erected\\nthereon in virtue of this act, and the causeways, when completed, shall\\nforever hereafter be esteemed and taken as public highways, free for\\nthe transportation of all goods, wares, commodities, or produce what\u00c2\u00ac\\nsoever, and for traveling, on payment of the tolls imposed by this act;\\nand no other toll or tax whatever, for the use of the water of the said\\ncanal and the works thereon erected, or the causeways, shall at any\\ntime hereafter be imposed by both or either of the said States subject,", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "DISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\n61\\nnevertheless, to such regulations as the legislature of the said States\\nmay concur in, to prevent the importation of prohibited goods, or to\\nprevent fraud in evading the payment of duties imposed in both or\\neither of the said States on goods imported into either of them.\\n12. And whereas it is necessary for the making of the said canal,\\nlocks, causeways, and other works, that a provision should be made for\\ncondemning a quantity of land for the purpose\\n13. Be it enacted That it shall and may be lawful for the said presi\u00c2\u00ac\\ndent and directors, or a majority of them, to agree with the owners of\\nany land, through which the said canal is intended to pass, for the pur\u00c2\u00ac\\nchase thereof, and in case of disagreement, or in case the owner thereof\\nshall be a feme covert under age, non compos or out of the State, on ap\u00c2\u00ac\\nplication to any two justices of the county in w hich such land shall lie,\\nthe said justices shall issue their warrant, under their hands to the\\nsheriff of their county, to summon a jury of eighteen inhabitants of the\\ncounty, of property and reputation, not related to the parties, nor in\\nany manner interested, to meet on the land to be valued, at a day to be\\nexpressed in the warrant, not less than ten nor more than twenty days\\nthereafter; and the sheriff, on receiving the said warrant, shall forth\u00c2\u00ac\\nwith summon the said jury, and, when met, provided that not less than\\ntwelve do appear, shall administer an oath or affirmation to every jury\u00c2\u00ac\\nman that shall appear, \u00e2\u0080\u009cThat he will fairly, justly, and impartially value\\nthe land (not exceeding the width of three hundred feet), and all dam\u00c2\u00ac\\nages the owner thereof shall sustain by cutting the canal through such\\nland, according to the best of his skill and judgment; and that, in such\\nvaluation, he will not spare any person through favor or affection, nor\\nany person grieve through malice, hatred, or ill-will.\u00e2\u0080\u009d And the inquisi\u00c2\u00ac\\ntion thereon taken shall be signed by the sheriff and some twelve or\\nmore of the jury and returned bv the sheriff to the clerk of his county,\\nto be by him recorded, and on every such valuation the jury is hereby\\ndirected to describe and ascertain the bounds of the land by them val\u00c2\u00ac\\nued, and their valuation shall be conclusive on all persons, and shall be\\npaid by the said president and directors to the owner of the land, or his\\nlegal representatives, and on payment thereof the said company shall\\nbe seized in fee of such laud, as if conveyed by the owner to them and\\ntheir successors by legal conveyance.\\n14. Provided nevertheless That if any further damage shall arise to\\n.any proprietor of land, in consequence of opening such canal or in erect\u00c2\u00ac\\ning such works, than had been before considered and valued, it shall and\\nmay be lawful for such proprietor, as often as any such new damage\\nshall happen, by application to and a warrant from any two justices of\\nthe county where the lands lie, to have such further damage valued by\\na jury in like manner, and to receive and recover the same of the said\\npresident and directors. But nothing herein shall be taken or construed\\nto entitle the proprietor of any such land to recover compensation for\\nany damages which may happen to any mills, or other works, or im\u00c2\u00ac\\nprovements which shall be begun or erected by such proprietor after\\nsuch first valuation, unless the said damage is willfully or maliciously\\ndone by the said president and directors, or some person by their au\u00c2\u00ac\\nthority.\\n15. And he it enacted That the said president and directors, or a ma\u00c2\u00ac\\njority of them, are hereby authorized to agree with the proprietor or\\nproprietors for the purchase of a quantity of laud not exceeding one acre,\\nat or near the place of the receipt of tolls aforesaid, for the purpose of\\nerecting necessary buildings, and, in case of disagreement, or any of the\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2disabilities aforesaid, or the proprietor being out of the State, then such", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "62\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\nland may be valued, condemned, and paid for as aforesaid, and the said\\ncompany shall, on payment of the valuation of the said land, be seized\\nthereof in fee-simple as aforesaid.\\n16. And whereas it is represented that the waters of the lake in the\\nDismal Swamp, commonly called Drummond\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Pond, may be useful for\\na supply of water to the said canal:\\n17. Be it enacted That the said lake, so far as the waters thereof shall be\\nnecessary for the purpose aforesaid, shall be, and is hereby, vested in the\\nproprietors of the said canal, and it shall and may be lawful for the said\\npresident and directors, or a majority of them, to open, if they shall find\\nit expedient, a cross canal from the lake to the principal canal, for the pur\u00c2\u00ac\\npose of drawing from thence a supply of water; and for executing this\\nw r ork and keeping it in repair, they shall have the same powers which they\\nare authorized to exercise in opening the principal canal. And it shall\\nnot be lawful for any person whatsoever so to cut off or divert the courses\\nof those waters which now flow from the westward into the said lake\\nas to prevent their continuing to fall into it.\\n18. And whereas some of the places through which it may be neces\u00c2\u00ac\\nsary to conduct the said canals may be convenient for erecting mills\\nand other water works, and the persons possessors of such situations\\nmay design to improve the same, and it is not the intention of this act\\nto interfere with private property but for the purpose of improving and\\nperfecting the said navigation.\\n19. Be it enacted That the water, or any part thereof, conveyed through\\nthe said canals, shall not be used for any purpose but navigation, unless\\nthere shall be sufficient to answer both the purposes of navigation and\\nwater works aforesaid, in which case the said president and directors,\\nor a majority of them, are hereby empowered and directed to enter into\\nreasonable agreements with the proprietors of such situations concern\u00c2\u00ac\\ning the just proportion of the expenses of making the canals capable ot\\ncarrying such quantities of water as may be sufficient for the purposes\\nof navigation, and also for any such water works as aforesaid.\\n20. And whereas the said canals may be of great utility in affording\\nthe means of draining the sunken lauds through which they pass:\\n21. Be it enacted That it shall and may be lawful for the proprietors of\\nthe said adjacent sunken lands to open cross-ditches into the said canals:\\nProvided That these cross-ditches shall not be within less than one\\nmile of one another on the same side of the canals, and be covered,\\nwhere they pass through the causeways, with good bridges, of the\\nbreadth of the causeways, at the expense of the persons cutting them,\\nand also be so constructed that the water may be entirely prevented\\npassing through them into the canals at any time when this shall be\\nnecessary. And the works occasioned by these cross-ditches, except\\nthe bridges, shall be kept in repair at the expense of their proprietors.\\n22. And be it enacted That it shall and may be lawful for every of the\\nsaid proprietors to transfer his share or shares, by deed executed before\\ntwo witnesses, and registered, after proof of the execution thereof, in\\nthe said company\u00e2\u0080\u0099s books, and not otherwise, except by devise, which\\ndevise shall also be exhibited to the president and directors, and regis\u00c2\u00ac\\ntered in the company\u00e2\u0080\u0099s books before the devisee or devisees shall be\\nentitled to draw any part of the profits from the said tolls: Provided,\\nThat no transfer whatsoever shall be made, except for one or more whole\\nshare or shares, and not for part of such shares, and that no share shall\\nat any time be sold, couveyed, transferred, or held in trust for the use\\nand benefit or in the name of another, whereby the said president and\\ndirectors, or proprietors of the said company, or any of them, shall or", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "DISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\n63\\nmay be challenged or made to answer concerning any sncli trust but\\nthat every such person, appearing as aforesaid to be a proprietor, shall,\\nas to the others of the said company, be to every intent taken absolutely\\nas such but between any trustee and the person for whose benefit any\\ntrust shall be created, the common remedy may be pursued.\\n23. And whereas it hath been represented that sundry persons are\\nwilling aud desirous, on account of the public advantage, and also the\\nimprovement their estates may receive thereby, to promote and contrib\u00c2\u00ac\\nute towards so useful an undertaking, and to subscribe sums of money\\nto be paid on condition the said works are completed and carried into\\nexecution, but do not care to run any risk, or desire to have any property\\ntherein:\\n24. Be it therefore enacted, That the said president and directors shall\\nbe, and are hereby, empowered to receive and take in subscriptions on\\nthe said conditions, and, on the said works being completed aud carried\\ninto execution according to the true intent and meaning of this act,\\nthat it* shall and may be lawful for the said president aud directors, or\\na majority of them, in case of refusal or neglect of payment, in the name\\nof the company as aforesaid, to sue for and recover of the said sub\u00c2\u00ac\\nscribers, their heirs, executors, or administrators, the sums by them\\nrespectively subscribed by action of debt or on the case in any court of\\nrecord within this State.\\n25. And he it enacted That if the said capital and the other aids\\nalready granted by this act shall prove insufficient, it shall and may be\\nlawful for the said company, from time to time, to increase the said cap\u00c2\u00ac\\nital by *the addition of so many more whole shares as shall be judged\\nnecessary by the said proprietors, or a majority of them, holding at least\\none hundred and eighty shares, present at any general meeting of the\\nsaid company. And the said president aud directors, or a majority of\\nthem, qre hereby empowered and required, after giving at least one\\nmonth\u00e2\u0080\u0099s notice thereof in the North Carolina and Virginia gazettes, to\\nopen books at the before-mentioned places, for receiving and entering\\nsuch additional subscriptions, in which the proprietors of the said com\u00c2\u00ac\\npany, for the time being, shall and are hereby declared to have the pref\u00c2\u00ac\\nerence of all others, for the first thirty days after the said books shall\\nbe opened as aforesaid, of taking and subscribing for so many whole\\nshares as any of them shall choose. And the said president and direct\u00c2\u00ac\\nors are hereby required to observe, in all other respects, the same rules\\ntherein as are by this act prescribed for receiving and adjusting the first\\nsubscriptions, and in like manner to return, under the hands of au} r three\\nor more of them, an exact list of such additional subscribers, with the\\nsums by them respectively subscribed, into the courts as aforesaid, to\\nbe there recorded. And all proprietors of such additional sums shall\\naud are hereby declared to be from thenceforward incorporated into the\\nsaid company.\\n26. And it is hereby declared and enacted That the tolls hereinbefore\\nallowed to be demanded and received are granted and shall be paid on\\ncondition only that the said Dismal Swamp Canal Company shall make\\nthe canal thirty-two feet wide and eight feet in depth below the surface\\nof the earth, and capable of being navigated, in dry seasons, by vessels\\ndrawing three feet water, from Deep Creek, near Tucker\u00e2\u0080\u0099s mill, in Vir\u00c2\u00ac\\nginia, to the highest good navigation for vessels of the aforesaid draught\\nin Pasquotank River, in North Carolina, with sufficient locks, each of\\nninety feet in length and thirty-two feet in breadth, and capable of con\u00c2\u00ac\\nveying vessels drawing four feet water at the least, and that each of the\\ncauseways shall be twenty feet in breadth.", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "64\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\n27. And it is hereby enacted and provided That in case the said com\u00c2\u00ac\\npany shall not begin the said work within one year after the company\\nshall be formed, or if the said company shall not complete the naviga\u00c2\u00ac\\ntion and works as aforesaid withiu ten years after the said company\\nshall be formed, then shall all interest of the said company and all pref\u00c2\u00ac\\nerence in their favor, as to the navigation and tolls of the said canals\\nand causeways, be forfeited and cease.\\n28. And whereas at a meeting of commissioners appointed by the\\nStates of North Carolina and Virginia to agree on the form of an act\\nfor cutting the said canal, and for regulating the commerce which may\\nbe carried on through it between the citizens of the two States, to wit:\\nArchibald Maclaine, William M\u00e2\u0080\u0099Kenzie, James Galloway, and John\\nStokes, esqs., on the part of North Carolina, and Robert Andrews and\\nJohn Cowper, esqs., on the part of Virginia, at Fayetteville, in the State\\nof North Carolina, on the twelfth day of December, in the year of our\\nLord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six, the following compact\\nwas mutually agreed to by the said commissioners: First. The State of\\nVirginia agrees that the waters of Elizabeth River from the said caual\\nto the mouth thereof, the waters of Hampton Road, and of Ches\u00c2\u00ac\\napeake Bay to the capes, and also Roanoke River, wherever it is in\\nVirginia, shall be forever considered as a common highway, free for\\nthe use and navigation of all vessels belonging to the State of North\\nCarolina or any of its citizens, and that they shall not be therein\\nsubject to the payment of any toll or charge whatever imposed for the\\npurpose of raising a revenue. Secondly. The State of Virginia agrees\\nthat no restriction, duty, or impost shall be laid on any commodity\\nv T hich is the growth, produce, or manufacture of the State of North\\nCarolina, brought through the said canal or over the said causeways,\\nfor sale or exportation, and that the same may be exported without\\nreinspection. Thirdly. The State of Virginia agrees that when any\\nimported goods shall, within five months after entry, be exported\\nthrough the said canal or over the said causeways into the State of\\nNorth Carolina, in packages, bales, or casks as imported, the duties\\nthereof shall be remitted or repaid, as the case may be, to the exporter,\\non his producing, within six months after the aforesaid entry, the certifi\u00c2\u00ac\\ncate of the naval officer of the district of North Carolina, into which the\\nsaid canal enters, that the said goods have been entered there. Fourthly.\\nThe State of North Carolina agrees that the waters of Roanoke River,\\nMeherrin, Nottoway, Chowan, Albemarle Sound, as low as the mouth\\nof Pasquotank River, and of Pasquotank, from the mouth thereof to the\\nsaid caual, shall be forever considered as a common highway, free for\\nthe. use and navigation of all vessels belonging to the State of Virginia\\nor any of its citizens, and that they shall not be subject therein to the\\npayment of any toll or charge whatever, imposed for the purpose of rais\u00c2\u00ac\\ning a revenue. Fifthly. The State of North Carolina agrees that no\\nrestriction, duty, or impost shall be laid on any commodity which is the\\ngrowth, produce, or manufacture of the State of Virginia, passing through\\nthe aforesaid waters to the said canal, or brought through the said\\ncanal, or over the said causeways, for sale or exportation, and that the\\nsame may be sold or exported without reinspection* In those articles\\nwhere it is expressed that no duty or impost is to be laid for the pur\u00c2\u00ac\\npose of raising revenue, it is not to be understood that the imposition\\nof tolls for the purpose of improving the navigation of the said waters\\nis prevented. Sixthly. The State of Eorth Carolina agrees that when\\nany imported goods shall, within five months after entry, be exported\\nthrough the said canal, or over the said causeways, into the State of", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "DISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\n65\\nVirginia, in packages, bales, or casks, as imported, the duties thereof\\nshall be remitted or repaid, as the case may be, to the exporter, on his\\nproducing, within six months after the aforesaid entry, the certificate\\nof the naval officer of Norfolk that the said goods have been entered\\nthere. Seventhly. Imported goods passing from one part of either of\\nthe said two States to another part of the same, through any of the\\nwaters of the other State, shall not be subject to any duty imposed for\\nthe purpose of raising a revenue. Lastly. The citizens of each of the\\nsaid two States may have the use of the inspections of the other for\\nthe purpose of reinspectiug any damaged commodities, which have\\npassed through the said canal, on paying the price of the labor of re\u00c2\u00ac\\ninspection and no more.\\n29. And whereas this general assembly are of opinion that the said\\ncompact is made on just and mutual principles for the true interest of\\nboth governments\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n3b. Be it therefore enacted That the said compact is hereby approved,\\nconfirmed, and ratified by the general assembly of the State of Virginia,\\nand that every article, clause, matter, and thing therein contained shall\\nbe obligatory on this State and the citizens thereof, and shall be forever\\nfaithfully arfd inviolably observed and kept by this government and all\\nits citizens, according to the true intent and meaning of the said com\u00c2\u00ac\\npact, and the faith and honor of this State are hereby solemnly pledged\\nand engaged to the general assembly of the State of North Carolina and\\nthe government and citizens thereof that this law shall never be repealed\\nor altered by the legislature of this State without the consent of the\\nState of North Carolina. Every act or part of an act of assembly which\\ncomes within the purview and meaning of this act shall be, and the same\\nis hereby, repealed. This act shall commence and be in force from and\\nafter the passing of a like act by the general assembly of North Carolina.\\nChap. II.\u00e2\u0080\u0094An act to amend the act entitled \u00e2\u0080\u009cAn act for cutting a navigable canal\\nfrom the waters of Elizabeth River, in this State, to the waters of the Pasquotank\\nRiver, in the State of North Carolina.\u00e2\u0080\u009d [Passed November 25, 1790.]\\nBe it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia That the books directed\\nto be opened for receiving and entering subscriptions in the towns of\\nNorfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Petersburg, Richmond, Fredericksburg,\\nand Alexandria, by the act entitled \u00e2\u0080\u009cAn act for cutting a navigable canal\\nfrom the waters of Elizabeth River in this State to the waters of Pas\u00c2\u00ac\\nquotank River in the State of North Carolina,\u00e2\u0080\u009d shall be opened for re\u00c2\u00ac\\nceiving subscriptions at the said places, and under the management of\\nthe persons mentioned in the said recited act, and in the city of Williams\u00c2\u00ac\\nburg, under the management of Robert Andrews, in the month of May\\nnext, after the time when this act shall be in force, and continue open\\nuntil the first day of September following; and on the third Thursday\\nof the said mouth of September there shall be a general meeting of the\\nsubscribers at the town of Halifax, in the State of North Carolina, of\\nwhich meting notice shall be given by the said managers, or any three\\nof them, in the gazettes of both the aforesaid States, at least one month\\nnext before the said meeting; and such meeting shall and may be con\u00c2\u00ac\\ntinued, and the business of it conducted in the manner prescribed for\\nthe meeting appointed by the said recited act.\\n2. And it is hereby declared and enacted that the tolls allowed to be\\ndemanded and received by the before-recited act,, are granted and shall\\nH. Ex. 19-5", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "66\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\nbe paid on condition only that the said Dismal Swamp Company shall\\nmake the canal and locks of sufficient width for vessels that are fifteen\\nfeet broad, and of sufficient depth, to be navigated in dry seasons, by\\nvessels drawing three feet water, from Deep Creek, near Tucker\u00e2\u0080\u0099s mill,\\nin Virginia, to the highest good navigation, for vessels of the aforesaid\\ndraught, in Pasquotank River, in North Carolina, and that each of the\\nlocks shall be ninety feet in length, and the causeways fifteen feet in\\nbreadth.\\n3. And be it further enacted That every act or part of an act of as\u00c2\u00ac\\nsembly which comes within the purview and meaning of this act, and\\nevery part of the before-recited act, concerning the regulation of com\u00c2\u00ac\\nmerce, so far as the same is now vested in the Government of the United\\nStates, shall be, and the same are hereby, repealed.\\n4. And so soon as an act similar to the before-recited act, as amended\\nby this act, shall have been passed by the State of North Carolina, the\\nbefore-recited act, as amended by this act, shall be in force, and shall\\nnever be repealed or altered by the legislature of this State without the\\nconsent of the State of North Carolina.\\nChap. III.\u00e2\u0080\u0094An act authorizing the treasurer of this commonwealth to subscribe for\\ncertain shares in the Dismal Swamp Canal Company. [Passed November 21, 1791.]\\n1. Be it enacted by the general assembly That the treasurer of this\\ncommonwealth shall be authorized and directed to subscribe, in behalf\\nof the same, to the amount of fifty shares in the Dismal Swamp Canal\\nCompany, and the money necessary, in consequence of such subscrip\u00c2\u00ac\\ntion, shall be paid to the order of the president and directors of the\\nDismal Swamp Canal Company, in the same proportion as shall be re\u00c2\u00ac\\nquired from individual subscribers.\\n2. And the treasurer for the time being shall have a right to vote,\\naccording to such shares, in person, or by proxy, appointed by him, at\\nthe meetings of the said company, and shall receive the proportion of\\nthe tolls which shall, from time to time, become due to this State from\\nthe shares aforesaid.\\n3. This act shall commence aud be in force from the passing thereof.\\nChap. IV.\u00e2\u0080\u0094An act altering the time of the annual general meeting of the Dismal\\nSwamp Canal Company. [Passed December 22, 1795.]\\n1. Be it enacted by the general assembly That hereafter the annual\\ngeneral meeting of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company shall be held\\non the fourth Monday in October, in every year, instead of the first\\nMonday in September.\\n2. This act shall be in force as soon as an act of a like nature shall\\nbe passed by the legislature of North Carolina.\\nChap. V.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 An act concerning the Dismal Swamp Canal Company. [Passed January\\n3, 1799.]\\n1. Be it enacted by the general assembly That the treasurer be, and\\nhe is hereby, authorized and required to subscribe, on behalf of the\\ncommonwealth, for twenty additional shares in the Dismal Swamp Ca-", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "DISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\n67\\nnal Company, which shall be held and enjoyed in like manner as the\\nshares now held by the commonwealth in the said company; and the\\nmoney, which shall become due for the shares so to be subscribed for,\\nshall be paid by the said treasurer out of any money in his hands, on\\na warrant or warrants from the auditor of public accounts, to be issued\\non application of a board of the president and directors of the said\\ncompany.\\n2. This act shall commence and be in force from the passing thereof.\\nChap. VI. An act concerning tlie Dismal Swamp Canal Company. [Passed December\\n16, 1800.]\\nWhereas it is represented to this general assembly by the Dismal\\nSwamp Canal Company that the said company, notwithstanding the\\ngreatest exertions, may not be able to complete the canal and other\\nworks undertaken by them, within the time to which they are limited\\nby law, and, also, that some alterations may be made in the said works,\\nwhich will be beneficial to the said company and not detrimental to the\\npublic; and whereas it consisteth with the true policy and dignity of\\nStates to encourage works of public utility and to favor those engaged\\nin the execution of them, so far as it may comport with the general\\ngood\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n1. Be it enacted That the further time of five years be allowed to the\\nDismal Swamp Canal Company, to be computed from the nineteenth day\\nof September, in the year one thousand eight hundred and one, to com\u00c2\u00ac\\nplete their canal and other works, in such a manner as to entitle them\\nto receive the tolls granted by law.\\n2. And be it further enacted, That a causeway or road, of the dimen\u00c2\u00ac\\nsions prescribed by law, on one bank of the said canal, shall be suffi\u00c2\u00ac\\ncient until the legislatures of the States of Virginia and North Carolina\\nshall see proper to direct a like road or causeway to be made on the\\nother bank; any act or part of an act to the contrary notwithstanding.\\n3. And whereas it is represented that parts of the said canal and\\nworks may now be used, by travelers and others, with advantage, and\\nit is just that they, who receive the benefit therefrom, should make\\nsome return for the same\\nBe it enacted That the said company shall have a right to demand\\nand receive from those who may choose to use their causeways or water,\\nbefore the navigation and works shall be completed, a reasonable com\u00c2\u00ac\\npensation for the use thereof; the assembly of North Carolina having\\npassed an act similar to this.\\n4. This act shall commence and be in force from and after the pass\u00c2\u00ac\\ning thereof.\\nChap. VII.\u00e2\u0080\u0094Ad act concerning the Dismal Swamp Canal Company. [Passed Janu\u00c2\u00ac\\nary 20, 1807.]\\nWhereas it has been represented to this general assembly, by the\\nDismal Swamp Canal Company, that the said company, notwithstand\u00c2\u00ac\\ning the greatest exertions, will not be able to complete the canal and\\nother works undertaken by them within the time to which they are", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "68\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\nlimited by law; and whereas it consisteth with the true policy of\\nStates to encourage works of public utility\\n1. Be it enacted by the general assembly That the further time of six\\nyears, to be computed from the first day of August, one thousand eight\\nhundred and six, be allowed to the Dismal Swamp Canal Company to\\ncomplete their canal and other works, in such a manner as to entitle\\nthem to receive the tolls granted by law.\\n2. This act shall commence and be in force from aud after the pass\u00c2\u00ac\\ning thereof.\\nChap. VIII.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 x\\\\.n act concerning the Dismal Swamp Canal Company. [Passed Jan\u00c2\u00ac\\nuary 23, 1810.]\\n1. Be it enacted by the general asse nbly That, as soon as the consent\\nof the assembly of North Carolina shall be obtained, it shall be lawful\\nfor the president and directors of the Dismal Swamp Caual Company,\\nand they are hereby authorized, to demand and receive, in lieu of the\\ntolls heretofore allowed by law, tolls according to the following table and\\nrates, to wit:\\nCents.\\nEvery pipe of wine.\\nEvery hogshead of rum, or other spirit...\\nEvery hogshead of tobacco..\\nEvery hogshead of molasses..\\nEvery bushel of wheat, pease, rice, or flaxseed..\\nEvery barrel of pork..\\nEvery barrel of beef....\\nEvery barrel of fish.\\nEvery barrel of flour.\\nEvery barrel of tar, pitch, rosin, or turpentine.\\nEvery cask of linseed oil, or spirits of turpentine.\\nEvery ton of flax, hemp, or potashes.\\nEvery ton of bar-iron.\\nEvery ton of pig-iron, or castings.\\nEvery ton of stone, or iron ore, other than ballast of the vessel..\\nEvery ton of copper, lead, or other ore, other than iron ore.\\nEvery chaldron of coals..\\nEvery hundred bushels of lime, or shells....\\nEvery thousand of bricks or tiles....\\nEvery hundred of pipe staves.....\\nEvery hundred of hogshead staves, or pipe or hogshead heading\\nEvery hundred of barrel staves, or barrel heading.\\nEvery thousand shingles, from 18 to 24 inches.\\nEvery thousand shingles, from 24 inches to 3 feet.\\nEvery thousand clapboards or pales.\\nEvery cord of fire wood..\\nEvery hundred cubic feet of plank, or scantling.\\nEvery hundred cubic feet of all other timber (excepting masts or\\nbowsprits, the length whereof exceeds fifty feet).\\nEvery hundred cubic feet of masts, or timber, the length whereof\\nexceeds fifty feet.\\nEvery hundred pounds of brown sugar\\nAll other produce, goods, or merchandise, one-fourth per centum.\\nEvery boat, or vessel, exceeding one ton burthen, whether laden\\nor empty, if she passes in or out of the outer locks, shall, for the\\nentire passage, pay per ton.....\\n100\\n50\\n34\\n25\\n2\\n121\\n10\\n6i\\n10\\nH\\n25\\n150\\n50\\n50\\n8\\n42\\n10\\n50\\n42\\n20\\n124\\n8\\n18f\\n50\\n50\\n25\\n100\\n75\\n150\\n4\\n20", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "DISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\n69\\nEvery boat, or vessel, under live tons burthen, whose employment\\nis confined to transportation upon the canal only, without pass\u00c2\u00ac\\ning through the locks, which has not commodities on board to\\nyield so much (except an empty boat, returning, whose load\\nlias already paid, in which case she is to pass free of toll), for\\neach trip shall pay.... 75\\nEvery boat, or vessel, under one ton burthen, which has not com\u00c2\u00ac\\nmodities on board to yield so much. 25\\nEvery man (except foot travelers, who shall pass free), horse, ox\\nin draught, and wheel passing the causeways, except the loads\\nthey carry yield so much, or empty wagons or carts returning,\\nwhose load has paid toll... 12J\\nEvery head of black cattle.... 6J\\nEvery hog, or sheep. 2\\nProvided That nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as\\nto deprive any subsequent legislature of the right to diminish the said\\ntolls.\\n2. This act shall commence and be in force from and after the passing\\nthereof.\\nChap. IX.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 An act concerning the Dismal Swamp Canal Company. [Passed Febru\u00c2\u00ac\\nary 14, 181(5.]\\nWhereas it is represented to this general assembly that the Dismal\\nSwamp Canal Company have not been able, from the intervention of\\nthe late war and other causes, to complete that work within the time\\nlimited by law; and it being, also, represented that an enlargement of\\nthe scale of that work to, perhaps, double its present size, and assigning\\nto it a correspondent increase of capital to perform it, would, in an emi\u00c2\u00ac\\nnent degree, add to its national usefulness, both in time of peace and\\nin war:\\n1. Be it therefore enacted That the further time of seven years (to be\\ncomputed from the first of January, one thousand eight hundred and\\nsixteen) be allowed the Dismal Swamp Canal Company to enlarge and\\ncomplete their canal in the manner hereinafter prescribed.\\n2. And be it further enacted That the present stockholders of the said\\ncompany be required to advance twenty thousand dollars on their pres\u00c2\u00ac\\nent capital stock, being an additional twenty per cent, upon his, her, or\\ntheir respective shares in the stock of the said company, payable in such\\ninstallments as the president and directors of the said company, for the\\ntime being, shall find it necessary to require; and if any of the said pro\u00c2\u00ac\\nprietors shall refuse or neglect to pay their respective proportions of\\nsuch requisitions, the said president and directors, or a majority of them,\\nshall and may sell at auction, and convey to the purchaser, the share or\\nshares of such proprietor so refusing or neglecting payment (giving at\\nleast one month\u00e2\u0080\u0099s notice of such intended sale in the Norfolk newspa\u00c2\u00ac\\npers), and after retaining the sum due, and the charges of such sale, out\\nof the money produced thereby, they shall refund the overplus, if any,\\nto the former owner: Provided however That nothing hereiu contained\\nshall be construed to authorize the said president and directors to sell\\nthe share or shares of any person who, at the time, shall be under age,\\nnon compos, or not residing within this commonwealth; nevertheless,\\nit shall be lawful for the said president and directors to withhold the pay\u00c2\u00ac\\nment of all dividends of such persons thereafter accruing, and, from\\ntime to time, to apply the same to the payment of the unsatisfied requi\u00c2\u00ac\\nsitions until they shall be fully paid, with interest.", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "70\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\n3. Be it enacted That the said canal, when completed, shall, through\u00c2\u00ac\\nout (except at the locks), be not less in width than forty feet on the\\nsurface thereof, and of sufficient depth for vessels drawing five feet\\nwater to navigate it at all seasons; and that, whensoever the present\\nlocks (which are constructed of wood) shall have become so decayed as\\nto make new ones necessary, such new ones, at the out falls at leasts\\nshall be constructed of solid and substantial mason-work.\\n4. Be it enacted That the said company be, and that they are hereby,\\nauthorized to raise, by one or more lotteries, the sum of fifty thousand\\ndollars, for the purposes hereinbefore stated, or for any other purpose\\nhaving for its object the extension and improvement of the internal\\nnavigation between the waters of North Carolina and those of Virginia,\\nthrough the Dismal Swamp Canal, or any cross-cuts leading into it.\\n5. And be it further enacted, That if the increase of capital and other\\naids, by this act already granted, be not deemed sufficient to accomplish\\nthis great public work on the scale comtemplated, it shall and may be\\nlawful for the said company still further to increase the capital thereof,\\nby the subscription of new stock.\\nAnd the president and directors of the said company, for the time\\nbeing, are hereby authorized and required, whensoever they shall find\\nthe same necessary, to open books for the subscription of any sum, not\\nexceeding sixty thousand dollars, of additional capital stock, to be divided\\ninto shares, not less than one hundred and twenty-five dollars each; in the\\nsubscribing to which additional shares, the stockholders of the company,\\nfor the time being, are hereby declared to have a preference, for the\\nfirst thirty days after the books are opened, but no longer. And all pro\u00c2\u00ac\\nprietors of such additional sums shall and are hereby declared to be\\nfrom thenceforward incorporated into the said company: Provided That\\nthe stockholders of the additional shares, hereby authorized to be sub\u00c2\u00ac\\nscribed for, shall not be entitled to any dividends thereupon, until six\\nmonths after they shall have paid up the whole amount of their sub\u00c2\u00ac\\nscriptions, and that the dividends on a share of the new stock shall bear\\nthe same proportion to the dividends on a share of the old stock, as the\\nnew share bears to the old share: Provided also That in estimating the\\nnumber of votes to be given on the new stock, each sum of such new\\nstock equal in amount to a share of the old stock, and not less, shall be\\ncounted as one share.\\n6. Be it enacted That, if the stockholders, at their next meeting, shall\\nX refer to increase the stock of the company, in lieu of advancing twenty\\nper cent, on their present shares, they shall be and are hereby permitted\\nto do so.\\n7. Be it further enacted That the fourth section of this act shall be in\\nforce from and after the passing thereof.\\n8. The remaining sections of this act shall be in force so soon as the\\nsame shall be approved by the stockholders of the said company, at a\\ngeneral meeting, and by the legislature of North Carolina.\\nChap. X.\u00e2\u0080\u0094An act authorizing the president and directors of the board of public works\\nto subscribe for a part of the stock of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company. [Passed\\nFebruary 20 1817.]\\n1. Be it enacted by the general assembly That it slyill be lawful for the\\npresident and directors of the board of public works, and they are hereby\\nrequired, to subscribe, on behalf of the commonwealth, according to\\nthe terms and provisions of the act entitled \u00e2\u0080\u009cAn act to create a fund", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "DISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\n71\\nfor internal improvement,\u00e2\u0080\u009d so many shares of the new stock in the Dis\u00c2\u00ac\\nmal Swamp Canal Company, authorized by an act of the last legisla\u00c2\u00ac\\nture, as will augment the interest of the State in that company to the\\nsum of sixty-four thousand dollars.* And the shares thus to be sub\u00c2\u00ac\\nscribed for on the part of the State shall be paid for in the following\\nmanner, and at the tollowing periods, to wit one-third part thereof on\\nthe first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, one-\\nthird part thereof on the first day of August, one thousand eight hun\u00c2\u00ac\\ndred and eighteen, and one-third part thereof on the first day of August,\\none thousand eight hundred and nineteen: Provided That nothing\\nherein contained shall place the stock of the State upon any other or\\nworse footing, as to dividends, than the stock of individual subscribers.\\n2. This act shall be in force from the passing thereof.\\nChap. XI.\u00e2\u0080\u0094Ad act authorizing the Dismal Swamp Canal Company to open a naviga\\nble communication between the canal and the nearest navigable part of the North\\nwest River, and other purposes. [Passed January 29, 1818.]\\nWhereas it is represented to the general assembly that the interests\\nof a large portion of the citizens of this State and the State of North\\nCarolina would be greatly promoted by cutting a canal to connect\\nNorthwest River with the Dismal Swamp Canal, or by clearing out\\nthe said river from its junction with the canal to the highest navi\u00c2\u00ac\\ngable point; and, moreover, that the commerce of the Dismal Swamp\\nCanal, arising from its present sources, together with the probable in\u00c2\u00ac\\ncrease of trade, from the improvements contemplated, make it necessary\\nthat the president and directors of the said company should have the\\nprivilege of constructing other outlets, and forming basins and other\\nreservoirs, to contain water for the supply of locks and accommodation\\nof boats:\\n1. Be it therefore enacted That it shall and may be lawful for the pres\u00c2\u00ac\\nident, directors, and company of the Dismal Swamp Canal to clear out\\nand render navigable the Northwest River, from its junction with\\ntheir canal to any navigable point of said river, which may by them be\\ndeemed expedient and best calculated to confer the benefits of good\\nnavigation, or to cut a canal, connecting the Dismal Swamp Canal with\\nthe Northwest River, at any point which may be selected by them;\\nand, for these purposes, full power and authority is hereby granted to\\nacquire and possess by grant, purchase, or condemnation, under a writ\\nof ad quod damnum the land through which the said canal is intended\\nto pass; and that, on application to any two justices of the peace of the\\ncounty in which such land shall lie, the said justices shall issue their\\nwarrant, under their hands and seals, to the sheriff of their county, to\\nsummon a jury of eighteen inhabitants of his county, of property and\\nreputation, not related to the parties, nor in any manner interested, to\\nmeet on the lands to be valued, on a day to be expressed in the war\u00c2\u00ac\\nrant, not less than ten nor more than twenty days thereafter; and the\\nsheriff, on receiving the said warrant, shall forthwith summon the said\\njury, and, when met, provided that not less than twelve appear, shall\\nadminister an oath or affirmation to every juryman present, that he\\n*Note. \u00e2\u0080\u0094In the printed copy of the laws, after the words sixty-four thousand dol\u00c2\u00ac\\nlars,\u00e2\u0080\u009d the following words are added: \u00e2\u0080\u009cover and above the present interest of the\\nState in the stock of that company.\u00e2\u0080\u009d The printed copy was compared by Mr. Mun-\\nford, keeper of the rolls, with the roll, and the copy found incorrect, on the 11th\\nMach, 1817.", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "72\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\nwill fairly, justly, and impartially value the lauds required to be con\u00c2\u00ac\\ndemned, and all damages the owner thereof may sustain by cutting\\nthe canal through such land, according to the best of his skill and judg\u00c2\u00ac\\nment, and that in such valuation he will not spare any person, through\\nfavor or affection, nor any person grieve through malice, hatred, or ill\\nwill.\u00e2\u0080\u009d And the inquisition taken thereon shall be signed by the sheriff,\\nand some twelve or more of the jury, and returned by the sheriff to the\\nclerk of his county, to be by him recorded; and, on every such valua\u00c2\u00ac\\ntion, the jury is hereby directed to describe and ascertain the bounds\\nof the land by them valued, and their valuation shall be conclusive on\\nall persons, and shall be paid by the said president, directors, and com\u00c2\u00ac\\npany to the owner of the land, or his legal representative or represen\u00c2\u00ac\\ntatives; and, on payment thereof, the said company shall be seized in\\nfee of such land, as if conveyed by the owner to them and their suc\u00c2\u00ac\\ncessors by legal conveyance.\\n2. Be it further enacted That for and in consideration of the expenses\\nthe said Dismal Swamp Canal Company may incur, not only in cutting\\nthe said canal, or clearing out the said river, erecting locks, and per\u00c2\u00ac\\nforming other works necessary for this navigation, but in maintaining\\nand keeping the same in repair, the said canal, locks, causeways, and\\nother works, with all their profits, shall be, and the same are hereby,\\nvested in the said company, on the same terms and conditions on which\\nthey hold the Dismal Swamp Canal and its works; and it shall and may\\nbe lawful for the president, directors, and company of the Dismal\\nSwamp Canal to demand and receive, on some place on the canal\\nhereby authorized to be cut, or in the Dismal Swamp Canal (of which\\nthis work is intended to form a part), for all commodities transported\\nthrough this new canal, or over the causeways thereof, tolls after the\\nrate of one-third of the amount paid upon the transportation of the like\\ncommodities through the main or Dismal Swamp Canal.\\n3. Be it further enacted That for the purpose of improving the navi\u00c2\u00ac\\ngation of the canal and rendering it of greater public utility, it shall be\\nlawful for the president and directors of the Dismal Swamp Canal, and\\nthey are hereby authorized, to construct additional outlets, and to form\\nbasins and reservoirs, for the supply of the locks and accommodation\\nof boats navigating the canal, at any point or place thereof which may\\nbe selected for that purpose; and that they have power to acquire and\\nhold, for the use of the company, such quantity of land as may be found\\nto be necessary for these objects, under the same restrictions, and upon\\nthe same terms and conditions, as are enacted for the acquisition of\\nland in the first section of this act.\\n4. Be it further enacted That the Dismal Swamp Canal Company, in\\ntheir corporate capacity, shall be and are hereby empowered to pre\u00c2\u00ac\\nscribe the number, the places, and manner of constructing bridges that\\nare to cross their canal; to restrain persons from depositing timber and\\nlumber upon the roads of the canal, to the obstruction of travelers and\\ninjury of the embankments thereof; and to make such other regulations\\nand by-laws as shall be found necessary to prevent or correct abuses,\\nand preserve peace and good order among those who pass on this pub\u00c2\u00ac\\nlic highway.\\n5. Be it further enacted That in case the president, directors, and com\u00c2\u00ac\\npany of the Dismal Swamp Canal shall not, at its next general meeting\\nafter the passage and confirmation of this law, declare its intention to\\nopen and improve the navigation of the Northwest Kiver, or to cut a\\ncanal connecting those waters with the waters of the Dismal Swamp\\nCaual, or shall fail within two years thereafter to commence the same,\\nin the manner provided for by this act, it shall and may be lawful for", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "DISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\n73\\neither of these purposes to open books of subscription, in the borough\\nof Norfolk, under the superintendence of Swepson Whitehead, William\\nC. Holt, Robert B. Taylor, William Cammack, Butler Maury, Miles\\nKing, and Richard Blow, to raise any sum of money that may be deemed\\nrequisite, not exceeding fifty thousand dollars, in shares of one hundred\\ndollars each and, when the subscription shall be completed, there shall\\nbe a general meeting of the subscribers, on such day and at such place as\\na majority of the said subscribers shall appoint, notice of which meeting\\nhaving been given for three weeks in some newspaper printed in Norfolk.\\nIf a majority of the shares subscribed for be represented at this general\\nmeeting, the company shall thenceforth be incorporated and styled\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009cThe Northwest River Company,\u00e2\u0080\u009d and shall, then and annually there\u00c2\u00ac\\nafter (there being at such subsequent meetings a majority of the\\nshares represented), proceed to the choice of a president and four direct\u00c2\u00ac\\nors, and such officers, agents, and servants as may be deemed necessary\\nfor commencing, prosecuting, and conducting said work.\\n6. And be it further enacted That the subscriptions to this company\\nshall be made payable at such periods, and in such proportions, as the\\npresident and directors, or a majority of them, shall direct. And in\\ncase of the failure of any subscriber or subscribers to comply with the\\norders or requisitions of the said president and directors in this respect,\\nthe share or shares of him or them so failing may be sold at public\\nauction, for ready money (after publishing for ten days, notice of the\\ntime and place of sale of such share or shares, in some newspaper of\\nthe borough of Norfolk), and a transfer thereof in fee-simple made to\\nthe purchaser or purchasers; and if, after the sale of such share or\\nshares, there shall still remain a balance due thereon, the same may be\\nrecovered with costs (upon ten days\u00e2\u0080\u0099 previous notice) of the subscriber\\nor subscribers of such share or shares, his or their executors or adminis\u00c2\u00ac\\ntrators.\\n7. Be it further enacted That it shall and may be lawful for the\\nNorthwest River Company to demand and receive, for the transporta\u00c2\u00ac\\ntion of any article through its canal, one-third of the price which the\\nDismal Swamp Canal Company might lawfully charge for the transpor\u00c2\u00ac\\ntation through it of the like article.\\n8. And be it further enacted That the condemnation of land necessary\\nfor the purposes of this company, the transfer of shares, the appoint\u00c2\u00ac\\nment of dirctors, officers, agents, and servants, and all other necessary\\nacts and things to be done for the government of the company, shall\\nbe after the manner and upon the principles of the charter of the Dismal\\nSwamp Canal Company.\\n9. This act shall commence and be in force from and after the con\u00c2\u00ac\\nfirmation of the same by the legislature of the State of North Carolina.\\nCiiap. XII.\u00e2\u0080\u0094An act authorizing the president and directors of the board of public\\nworks to loan a sum of money to the Dismal Swamp Canal Company. [Passed\\nMarch 10, 1819.]\\n1. Be it enacted by the general assembly That it shall be lawful for the\\npresident and directors of the board of public works, at their discre\u00c2\u00ac\\ntion, to loan, on behalf of the commonwealth, to the Dismal Swamp\\nCanal Company, the sum of fifty thousand dollars, or such part thereof\\nas their funds will justify, taking into view the claims already on the\\nboard, and such other public improvements as the legislature may here\u00c2\u00ac\\nafter direct the board of public works to subscribe to.\\n2. This act shall be in force from the passing thereof.", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "74 DISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\nChap. XIII.\u00e2\u0080\u0094An act. changing the stock of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company from\\nreal to personal estate. [Passed February 10, 1820.]\\nWhereas it has been represented to this assembly that great incon\u00c2\u00ac\\nvenience has been experienced in the transfer of stock in the Dismal\\nSwamp Canal Company, and the price or value of the stock greatly\\ndiminished by reason of its being considered real estate; for remedy\\nwhereof,\\n1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of Virginia and it\\nis hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the shares of stock in\\nthe Dismal Swamp Canal Company shall henceforth be deemed, taken,\\nand considered, both in law and in equity, as personal estate, and, as\\nsuch, transferable in such manner and form as the president and direct\u00c2\u00ac\\nors of the said company shall prescribe Provided That this act shall\\nnot be so construed as to affect the rights of infants already vested.\\n2. This act shall be in force from and after the passing thereof.\\nActs of the general assembly of Virginia passed subsequent to February,\\n1820, respecting the Dismal Swamp Canal Company, ivith an appendix,\\ncontaining some acts of the State of North Carolina and of the Congress of\\nthe United States in relation to that company.\\nChap. I.\u00e2\u0080\u0094An act authorizing the president and directors of the hoard of public\\nworks to loan a sum of money to the Dismal Swamp Canal Company. [Passed Feb\u00c2\u00ac\\nruary 26, 1824.]\\nBe it enacted by the general assembly, That the president and directors of\\nthe board of public works shall be authorized to loan, on behalf of the\\nCommonwealth, to the Dismal Swamp Canal Company, tlie sum of thirty-\\nseven thousand five hundred dollars, payable in five equal semi-annual\\ninstallments; the first to be advanced on the fifteenth day of January,\\neighteen hundred and twenty-five, or so soon thereafter as the state of\\nthe fund for internal improvement will permit: Provided, Such advance\\ndo not prevent the board of public works from complying with any\\nengagements now existing or authorized, and that the Dismal Swamp\\nCanal Company do execute to the president and directors of the board\\nof public works, previous to the payment of the first installment, a\\nmortgage upon their whole property, real and personal, as well, also, the\\nnet income of all their tolls and receipts, and cause the same to be re\u00c2\u00ac\\ncorded in the county court of Norfolk County, to secure the payment of\\nthe same, on or before the first day of January, eighteen hundred and\\nthirty; and to pay the interest thereon from the respective periods of\\nadvancing the same, semi-annually, into the Treasury, to the credit of\\nthe fund for internal improvement.\\nThis act shall be in force from the passing thereof.\\nCiiap. II.\u00e2\u0080\u0094An act to authorize the stockholders of the Dismal Swamp Canal Com\u00c2\u00ac\\npany to increase their capital stock. [Passed February 10, 1825.]\\nWhereas it is represented to this general assembly that the funds-\\nprovided to complete the Dismal Swamp Canal are inadequate to the\\nobject; and it is recommended by the board of public works to author\u00c2\u00ac\\nize the said company to increase their capital stock, for the purpose of\\nobtaining the means necessary to perfect this important improvement.", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "DISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\n75\\n1. Be it therefore enacted, That it shall be lawful for the president and\\ndirectors of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company to open books for the\\nsubscription of as many additional shares as will increase the capital\\nof the said company to an amount which may be sufficient to complete\\nthe canal.\\n2. Be it further enacted, That the stockholders of the said company, for\\nthe time being, shall have a preference in the subscription of the new\\nstock, by this act authorized to be created, for the first thirty days after\\nthe books are opened, but no longer. And all proprietors of such addi\u00c2\u00ac\\ntional shares shall, and are hereby declared to be, from henceforth\\nincorporated into the said company, upon the same terms and with the\\nlike privileges of the original stockholders.\\n3. Be it further enacted That this act shall have no force or effect until\\nit shall have been sanctioned and approved by the stockholders in a\\ngeneral meeting, convened agreeably to the provisions of the charter\\nof the said company, and they shall have decided upon the increase of\\ncapital necessary to carry the object of,this act into effect.\\n4. This act shall be in force from the passing thereof.\\nChap. III. An act to amend an act entitled \u00e2\u0080\u009cAn act for cutting a navigable canal\\nfrom the waters of Elizabeth River, in the State of Virginia, to the waters of Pas\u00c2\u00ac\\nquotank River, in North Carolina.\u00e2\u0080\u009d [Passed January 7, 1836.]\\nWhereas it is represented that the general assembly of the common\u00c2\u00ac\\nwealth of North Carolina did, at its last session, pass an act entitled\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009cAn act to amend an act entitled \u00e2\u0080\u0098An act for cutting a navigable canal\\nfrom the waters of Elizabeth Eiver, in the State of Virginia, to the\\nwaters of Pasquotank Eiver, in North Carolina,\u00e2\u0080\u0099\u00e2\u0080\u009d passed in Virginia\\nDecember the first, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, in\\nthe words following, to wit:\\nu l. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of North Carolina\\nand it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the sixth sec\u00c2\u00ac\\ntion of the act aforesaid be so altered and amended that, in case of the\\ndeath, removal, resignation, or incapacity of the president or of any of\\nthe directors, the board of directors may elect one of their own body\\nor any stockholder of the company to supply the vacancy thus created,\\nand the person so elected shall hold such appointment until the next\\nmeeting of the stockholders, and no longer.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009c2. Beit farther enacted, That after the next general meeting of the\\nstockholders of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company, on the first Monday\\nin May next, the next general meeting shall be on the first Monday in\\nNovember, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, and continued\\nby adjournment, as heretofore, and on the first Monday in November in\\neach year afterwards.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009c3. Be it farther enacted, TJiat at the election of president and directors\\nof said company which shall take place in May next, the same shall be\\nelected until the first Monday in November, one thousand eight hundred\\nand thirty-six, when the president and directors shall be elected for one\\nyear, and so shall be elected on the first Monday of November in each\\nyear in manner and form as heretofore.\u00e2\u0080\u009d\\n1. Be it therefore enacted by the general assembly of this commonwealth,\\nThat the assent of this legislature in and to the foregoing act of the\\ngeneral assembly of North Carolina is hereby as fully and completely\\ngiven as if the said act had been passed by this present general assembly,\\nand the same shall be in force within this commonwealth from and after\\nthe passing of this act.", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "76\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\nChap. IV.\u00e2\u0080\u0094An act to authorize the president and directors of the Dismal Canal Com\u00c2\u00ac\\npany to erect a lock and dam in Deep Creek. [Passed February 4, 1837.]\\n1. Be it enacted by the general assembly That it shall be lawful for the\\npresident and directors of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company to make\\napplication to the county court of Norfolk County for a writ of ad quod\\ndamnum directed to the sheriff of said county, commanding him to sum\u00c2\u00ac\\nmon twelve freeholders of his county, who, being first sworn, shall locate,\\ncircumscribe, and value any quantity of land, not exceeding one acre,\\nlying on Deep Creek, in said county, at any point below the present\\nlocks of said company, for the purpose of abutting a dam, to be erected\\nby the said president and directors across the said creek, of sufficient\\nheight to keep the water in said creek at usual higli-water mark, and\\nshall also examine the lands above and below the point at which suck\\nlock and dam is proposed to be erected, and say what damage will arise\\nto the several proprietors thereof; whether any, and if any what, lands\\nwill be overflowed; whether the health of the neighborhood will be\\ninjuriously affected, and whether the navigation of Deep Creek above\\nand below such lock and dam will be injured and upon the fiuding of\\nthe jury and the return of their inquest, embracing the points of inquiry\\naforesaid, and the payment of all damages by them assessed, the said\\ncounty court of Norfolk (the magistrates of said county having been\\nfirst summoned and a majority thereof being present), may, if it shall\\nbe of opinion that it is expedient to do so, grant the leave to erect such\\nlock and dam: Provided The same be erected within the period of seven\\nyears; reserving to any party conceiving himself or herself aggrieved\\nby the order of court permitting the erection of said dam the right of\\nappeal to the superior court of law and chancery for the said county of\\nNorfolk, which shall have the same power to consider the said applica\u00c2\u00ac\\ntion and to grant or refuse the same as is by this act given to the said\\ncounty court: Provided, however, That nothiug hereiu contained shall\\nbe so construed as to vest in the said company any right of property\\nin the lands or water in said creek above the dam, nor to prohibit to any\\ncompany or companies hereafter to be incorporated, or to any individual\\nor individuals, the use of the w ater above the said dam for mills, manufac\u00c2\u00ac\\ntories, or canals, or any other purposes which shall not interfere with\\nor obstruct the navigation of the canal. And the general assembly\\nhereby reserves to itself the right at any time hereafter when it shall\\nthink proper to do so, to raise the water in the said creek by increasing\\nthe height of the dam.\\n2. Be it further enacted That if the leave be granted to the said presi\u00c2\u00ac\\ndent, directors, and company to erect the said lock and dam, they shall\\nbe, and are hereby, required to erect a good and sufficient lock, of capacity\\nand dimensions at least equal to those of the company at the eastern\\nand northern termination of their canal, and to cause regular and suffi\u00c2\u00ac\\ncient attendance to be given thereat at all times to admit the passage\\nof all vessels, lighters, and boats navigating Deep Creek free of any\\ncharge or toll whatever, and should any delay or obstruction at any\\ntime occur in the passage of any vessel, lighter, or boat through such\\nlock, the said president, directors, and company shall forfeit and pay\\nthe sum of twenty dollars for every time such delay or obstruction shall\\nhappen, recoverable by warrant in the name of the commonwealth\\nbefore any justice of the peace for the county of Norfolk, one-half of\\nwhich penalty shall go to the prosecutor therefor, and the other half to\\nthe literary fund; and they shall moreover be liable from time to time to\\nprivate actions or suits for all such damages as shall be sustained by\\nreason of the erection of such lock and darn.", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "DISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\n77\\n3. And be it further enacted That if, at any time after the erection of\\nthe lock anil dam hereby authorized, the navigation of Deep Creek in\\nthe county of Norfolk, above the said lock and dam, shall not, iu all re\u00c2\u00ac\\nspects and at all times, be as good and sufficient for vessels, lighters,\\nand boats, as it now is at ordinary high water, upon complaint thereof,\\nmade either to the circuit superior court of law and chancery for the\\ncounty of Norfolk, or to the county court of Norfolk, it shall be lawful\\nfor such court to enter a rule against the said president, directors, and\\ncompany, to appear at the next court, to show cause, if any they can,\\nwhy an information should not be filed against them, for their neglect\\nto provide and secure such navigation; a copy of which rule being\\nserved upon the president, or any director of the said Dismal Swamp\\nCanal Company, the same proceedings shall be had thereupon as in\\nother cases; and if, upon the trial of such information, the verdict of\\nthe jury shall be against them, the court shall render judgment there\u00c2\u00ac\\nupon, abating the lock and dam hereby authorized to be erected.\\n4. This act shall be in force from its passage.\\n[Repealed by act of February 2, 1838, ch. 6, sec. 5.]\\nChap. V. An act to auikorize the Dismal Swamp Canal Company to increase their\\ncapital stock, and to authorize the loans of the State to said company to be con\u00c2\u00ac\\nverted into stock. [Passed February 17, 1837.]\\n1. Be it enacted by the general assembly That the president and di\u00c2\u00ac\\nrectors of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company be and they are hereby\\nauthorized and empowered, w r ith the assent of a majority of the votes of\\nthe stockholders of the company, in general meeting expressed, either\\nbefore or after the passage of this act, to increase the capital stock of\\nsaid company to nineteen hundred and forty-four shares; and the pur\u00c2\u00ac\\nchaser or purchasers, subscriber or subscribers of the shares of said\\nstock thus increased, shall have and enjoy all the rights and privileges\\nwhich they w r ould have been entitled to, if the said shares had been a\\npart pf the stock authorized in the original charter, or any amendment\\nthereof.\\n2. Be it further enacted That the board of public works be and are\\nhereby authorized and directed to subscribe, on behalf of the common\u00c2\u00ac\\nwealth, for such amount of stock of said company as will increase the\\nsubscription on the part of the State to seven hundred and sixty shares\\nof the whole capital increased as aforesaid which subscription shall be\\nmade agreeably to the terms and conditions of the act entitled \u00e2\u0080\u009cAn act\\nprescribing certain general conditions on which future subscriptions to\\nthe capital of joint-stock companies shall be made on behalf of the com\u00c2\u00ac\\nmonwealth,\u00e2\u0080\u009d passed February the eleventh, one thousand eight hundred\\nand thirty-two.\\n3. Be it further enacted That if the unappropriated income of the fund\\nfor internal improvement shall be inadequate to meet the payments of\\nthe said subscription, as the same shall become due, it shall and may be\\nlawful for the said board of public w r orks to borrow, from time to time,\\nsuch sum or sums of money as may be required for that purpose, upon\\nthe terms and conditions prescribed for the loans to be negotiated agree\u00c2\u00ac\\nably to the second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth sections of the act en\u00c2\u00ac\\ntitled \u00e2\u0080\u009cAn act authorizing a subscription on behalf of the commonwealth\\nto the stock of the Louisa Railroad Company,\u00e2\u0080\u009d passed at the present\\nsession of the general assembly.\\n4. This act shall be in force lrom its passage.", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "78\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\nChap. VI.\u00e2\u0080\u0094An act to authorize the erection of a lock and dam in Deep Creek by the\\npresident and directors of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company, and for repealing the\\nact of the 4th February, 1837. [Passed February 2, 1838. J\\nWhereas it has been represented to this present general assembly\\nthat serious obstructions exist in Deep Creek in the county of Norfolk,\\nand are likely to increase, to the great inconvenience and injury of the\\ncommerce and navigation passing through the Dismal Swamp Canal:\\n1. Be it therefore enacted That the president and directors of the\\nDismal Swamp Canal Company be and they are hereby authorized to\\nabut a dam at any place in Deep Creek, below the present locks,\\nwhich shall retain the water, between the said locks and dam to be\\nerected at the usual high-water mark, to be ascertained by a compe\u00c2\u00ac\\ntent engineer to be employed by the company; and, for this purpose,\\nit shall and may be lawful for the said president and directors to make\\napplication to the court of Norfolk County, or to the circuit superior\\ncourt of law and chancery for said county, for a writ of ad quod\\ndamnum directed to the sheriff\u00e2\u0080\u0099 of said county, commanding him to\\nsummon twelve freeholders of his county, who, being first sworn,\\nshall locate, circumscribe, and value any quantity of land, necessary for\\nthe construction of said lock and dam, not exceeding six acres, lying on\\nsaid creek, at any point below the present out-fall locks; and shall also\\nexamine the mills and lands above and below the point at which such lock\\nand dam are proposed to be erected, and say what damages will arise to\\nthe several proprietors thereof; whether any, and, if any, what lands will\\nbe overflowed, and whether the navigation of Deep Creek, above and be\u00c2\u00ac\\nlow such lock and dam, will be injured; and, upon the finding of the jury\\nand the return of their iuquest embracing the points of inquiry afore\u00c2\u00ac\\nsaid, the court may either grant leave to erect such lock and dam, and\\ndirect the payment of the damages assessed, or may set aside the said\\ninquest, and direct another view and inquest to be made as often as the\\ncourt may think necessary. But the said president and directors are\\nhereby empowered to proceed at any time to the erection of said lock\\nand dam and in the mean time no order shall be made and no injunction\\nshall be awarded by any court or judge to stay the proceedings of the said\\npresident and directors, unless it be manifest to the court that th^ said\\npresident and directors, their officers, agents, or servants, are transcend\u00c2\u00ac\\ning their authority, and the interposition of the court is necessary to pre-\\nventinjury thatcannotbe adequately compensated in damages: Provided\\nhowever That the said president and directors shall have first applied\\nfor and obtained the writ of ad quod damnum according to the provis\u00c2\u00ac\\nions of this act: Provided The said dam be erected within the period of\\nseven years from the passage of this act; and also to erect a lock or\\nlocks of sufficient capacity to receivo*and pass any vessel that can now\\npass through the present locks at the north outfall of the said canal.\\n2. Be it further enacted That, upon the return of such writ of ad quod\\ndamnum to the court of Norfolk County, it shall and may be lawful for\\neither party, that is to say, the owner or owners of the said land, or for\\nthe said company, to appeal from any decree, order, or judgment which\\nthe said county court may enter or make in the case to the superior\\ncourt of law and chancery for said county, which is hereby authorized\\nto make such order or decree in the case as to the said superior court\\nshall appear right and proper.\\n3. Be it further enacted, That the lock or locks which the said company\\nmay cause to be constructed under this act shall be free for all vessels,\\nboats, lighters, and rafts of timber to pass and repass, free of any charge\\nof toll or tonnage, at all times when it can be safe to open the said lock", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "DISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\n79\\nor locks; and, if any person or persons shall be detained or hindered in\\npassing the same, through any fault or neglect of the said company,\\ntheir agents or servants, the said company shall be liable for all injury\\nor damage sustained thereby, to be recovered by warrant, petition, or\\naction at law, according to the extent of damage sustained, as the case\\nmay be.\\n4. Be it further enacted That nothing in this act shall be construed\\nas investing any exclusive right in the said company to the water, or\\nthe land which it may cover, except for the purposes contemplated by\\nthis act.\\n5. Be it further enacted That the act passed on the fourth day of Feb\u00c2\u00ac\\nruary, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, entitled \u00e2\u0080\u009cAn act to authorize\\nthe president and directors of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company to\\nerect a lock and dam in Deep Creek,\u00e2\u0080\u009d shall be, and the same is hereby,\\nrepealed.\\n6. Be it further enacted That if the aforesaid president and directors\\nof the Dismal Swamp Canal Company shall erect the locks and dam\\nhereinbefore authorized, they shall not use the waters of the said canal,\\nnor permit the same to be used by any other person, nor draw off the\\nsame, nor permit the same to be drawn off, for the use of mills, or any\\nother purpose than that of affording navigation for the boats, vessels,\\nor rafts that may be employed in the transportation of commodities on\\nsaid canal.\\n7. This act shall be in force from its passage.\\nChaf. VII.\u00e2\u0080\u0094An act to amend and explain certain acts concerning the Dismal Swamp\\nCanal Company. [Passed February 9, 1839.J\\nWhereas doubts have aiisen as to the true construction of the \u00e2\u0080\u009cAct\\nauthorizing the Dismal Swamp Canal Company to open a navigable\\ncommunication between the canal and the nearest navigable part of the\\nNorthwest Kiver, and for other purposes,\u00e2\u0080\u009d passed January the twenty-\\nninth, eighteen hundred and eighteen, for remedy whereof,\\n1. Be it enacted by the general assembly That the said act shall be\\ndeemed and taken as giving full power and authority to the president\\nand directors of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company to make a sufficient\\noutlet or canal, from or near the present northern termination of the\\nsaid Dismal Swamp Canal, in Deep Creek, to some place on the South\u00c2\u00ac\\nern Branch of Elizabeth Kiver, below the mouth of Deep Creek; and\\nthat the condemnation of lauds necessary for such purpose shall be made\\nin the mauner and upon the priifciples prescribed in the charter of the\\nsaid canal company; and full power and authority are hereby given to\\nthe president and directors of the company to make the said outlet or\\ncanal as aforesaid, and to condemn the lands necessary for that purpose\\nin manner aforesaid.\\n2. And be it further enacted, That the president and directors of the said\\ncompany shall be, and are hereby, authorized and empowered to erect a\\nlock or locks, on the said outlet or canal, of sufficient dimensions and\\nsuitable for vessels navigating the said Dismal Swamp Canal.\\n3. And be it further enacted That the act passed on the second day of\\nFebruary, eighteen liuudred and thirty-eight, entitled \u00e2\u0080\u009cAn act to au\u00c2\u00ac\\nthorize the erection of a lock and dam in Deep Creek, by the president\\nand directors of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company,\u00e2\u0080\u009d shall be so con\u00c2\u00ac\\nstrued as to leave the erection of said lock to the discretion of the", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "80\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\nsaid president and directors, anything in said act to the contrary not\u00c2\u00ac\\nwithstanding: Provided, however. That the outlet and lock or locks,\\nwhich the said company may cause to be constructed under this act,\\nshall be free for all vessels, boats, lighters, and rafts of timber, the\\nproprietors of which reside or own lands upon said outlet, or Deep\\nCreek, to pass and repass free of any charge of toll or tonnage, at all\\ntimes, when it can be safe to open said lock or locks; and if any such\\nvessels, boats, lighters, or rafts of timber shall be detained or hindered\\nin passing the same,*through any fault or neglect of said company, their\\nagents or servants, the said company shall be liable for all injury or\\ndamage sustained thereby, to be recovered by warrant, petition, or\\naction at law, according to the extent of damage sustained, as the case\\nmay be.\\n4. This act shall be in force from the passing thereof.\\nChap. VIII.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 An act to exempt the lock-keepers of the Dismal Swamp Canal from\\nmilitia duty. [Passed March 29, 1839.]\\n1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the six* lock-keepers of\\nthe Dismal Swamp Canal Company shall hereafter be exempt from\\nmilitia duty of every kind, except in times of war, insurrection, or inva\u00c2\u00ac\\nsion.\\n2. This act shall be in force from the passing thereof.\\nAppendix.\\nChap. I.\u00e2\u0080\u0094An act to provide for the removal of the obstructions to the passage of\\nmasted vessels from the Dismal Swamp Canal to Albermarle Sound. [Passed Janu\u00c2\u00ac\\nary 8, 1829.]\\nWhereas complaint has been made to the general assembly that a\\nbridge erected across Pasquotank River, by the counties of Camden and\\nPasquotank, obstructs the passage of masted vessels from the Dismal\\nSwamp Canal to the waters of Itoanoke and the other rivers flowing\\ninto Albermarle Sound. And whereas, in the compact entered into\\nwith the State of Virginia, the State of North Carolina pledged its faith\\nand honor that the waters of Roanoke River, Meherrin, Nottoway, Chow\u00c2\u00ac\\nan, Albemarle Sound as low down as the mouth of Pasquotank River,\\nand of the Pasquotank, from the mouth thereof, to the said canal, should\\nbe forever considered a common highway, free for the use and naviga\u00c2\u00ac\\ntion of all vessels belonging to the State of Virginia, or any of its citi\u00c2\u00ac\\nzens. And whereas it is represented to this general assembly that\\nthe said counties have been at considerable expense in erecting said\\nbridge, and that a draw might be fixed therein, so as to permit the pas\u00c2\u00ac\\nsage of vessels having masts; and inasmuch as the making of such\\ndraw, or otherwise alteriug the construction! of said bridge, so as to\\npermit the passage of masted vessels, would be for the public benefit, it\\nis just and proper that the State should contribute toward the expense\\nthereof:\\n1. Be it therefore enacted by the general assembly of the State of North\\nCarolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same. That Willie\\nNote.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 There are six lock-keepers in Virginia and two in North Carolina. [See\\nAppendix, chap. 2.]", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "DISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\n81\\nMcPherson, George Ferrebee, and Joseph Dozier, of Camden County,\\nand William S. Hinton and Noah Sawyer, of Pasquotank, be and they\\nare hereby appointed commissioners, whose duty it shall be to examine\\nsaid bridge; and if, in their opinion, a draw can be fixed therein, so as\\nnot to obstruct the passage of vessels with masts, they, or a majority\\nof them, may cause the same to be doue in the best and most economi\u00c2\u00ac\\ncal manner, by contract or otherwise, and, when accomplished, the said\\ncommissioners, upon obtaining a certificate from the president of the\\nDismal Swamp Canal Company that the said bridge is so fixed as not\\nto obstruct the passage of masted vessels, steamboats, or other vessels,\\nare hereby authorized to demand of, and receive from, the public treas\u00c2\u00ac\\nurer, the sum necessary to pay for such draw or other alteration in said\\nbridge: Provided The same shall not exceed the sum of two hundred\\nand fifty dollars; and the public treasurer is hereby authorized and di\u00c2\u00ac\\nrected to pay the same on presentment of the certificate from the presi\u00c2\u00ac\\ndent, as aforesaid.\\n2. And be it farther enacted That the said counties of Pasquotank and\\nCamden shall, ever hereafter, so long as they may keep the bridge across\\nPasquotank River, as aforesaid, keep a good and sufficient draw in said\\nbridge, so as not to obstruct the passage of any vessel, with or without\\nmasts, iu passing to or from said canal, at the proper cost and charge\\nof the counties aforesaid.\\n3. And be it farther enacted That, if the said commissioners shall fail\\nto have a draw fixed in said bridge, or to have it so altered as to per\u00c2\u00ac\\nmit vessels to pass with masts, by the time the said canal shall be ready\\nto admit of the passage of steamboats, or vessels with masts, then, and\\nin that case, it shall be the duty of the sheriff of each of the counties of\\nPasquotank and Camden, or either of them, and they, or either of them,\\nare hereby required to summon a sufficient force, and without delay, to\\nremove so much of said bridge as may obstruct the passage of any ves\u00c2\u00ac\\nsels tts aforesaid, whenever the president of the Dismal Swamp Canal\\nCompany shall require; and if the said sheriff s, or either of them, shall\\nneglect or refuse to remove said bridge, as aforesaid, when required as\\naforesaid, they, or either of them, so neglecting or refusing, may be\\nprosecuted by said president, iu his own name, for such neglect or re\u00c2\u00ac\\nfusal, in any court having competent jurisdiction, and, on conviction,\\nshall be fined in a sum not exceeding fi ve hundred dollars, to the use of\\nthe State.\\n4. And be it farther enacted That if at any time hereafter the said\\ndraw shall not be kept in good and sufficient repair for the purposes\\naforesaid, it shall be the duty of the sheriff s of said counties, on com\u00c2\u00ac\\nplaint of the president of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company, to remove\\nsaid bridge.\\n5. And be it further enacted That the governor of the State be re\u00c2\u00ac\\nquested to transmit a copy of this act to the president of the Dismal\\nSwamp Canal Company, and a copy to each of the sheriff s of Pasquo\u00c2\u00ac\\ntank and Camden Counties, as soon as can be conveniently doue, after\\nthe ratification hereof.\\n6. And be it further enacted That this act shall be in force from and\\nafter the passage thereof.\\nH. Ex. 10-6", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "82 DISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\nChap. II.\u00e2\u0080\u0094An act to exempt lock-keepers on the Dismal Swamp Canal from working\\non roads and militia service. [Passed January 8, 1839.]\\n1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of North Carolina\\nand it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same That the lock-keepers\\nthe Dismal Swamp Canal shall be, and they are hereby, exempted from\\nworking on all public roads and from militia duty, except in time of in\u00c2\u00ac\\nsurrection or invasion, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.\\nCiiap. III. An act of the Congress of the United States for subscription to the Dis\u00c2\u00ac\\nmal Swamp Canal Company. [Approved May, 1826.]\\n1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United\\nStates of America in Congress assembled That the Secretary of the\\nTreasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to subscribe, in\\nthe name and for the use of the United States, for six hundred shares\\nof the capital stock of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company, and to pay\\nfor the same at such times and in such proportions as may be required\\nby the existing rules and regulations of the said company.\\n2. And be it further enacted That the Secretary of the Treasury shall\\nvote for the president and directors of the said company, according to\\nthe said number of shares, and shall receive upon said stock the pro\u00c2\u00ac\\nportion of tolls and emoluments which shall, from time to time, become\\ndue to the United States, on the shares of stock aforesaid.\\n3. And be it further enacted, That this act shall not go into effect\\nuntil the United States Board of Engineers shall examine said canal,\\nand make report in writing to the Secretary of War, that, in their opin\u00c2\u00ac\\nion, the plan on which the said canal is to be executed will answer, as far\\nas circumstances will permit, as a part of a chain of canals contemplated\\nalong the Atlantic coast; and that, in their opinion, the sum hereby\\nauthorized to be subscribed for will be, sufficient to finish the canal ac\u00c2\u00ac\\ncording to said plan And be it further provided, That, to carry this act\\ninto effect, the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars is hereby\\nappropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not other\u00c2\u00ac\\nwise appropriated.\\n4. And be it further enacted, That the money subscribed on behalf of\\nthe United States shall be actually expended in the completion of the\\ncanal, and not in the payment of any debt or debts now owing by the\\ncompany; and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury,\\nbefore the payment of any part of the money subscribed for on behalf of\\nthe United States, to adopt such measures as shall insure the applica\u00c2\u00ac\\ntion of the same to the completion of the said canal, and to no other pur\u00c2\u00ac\\npose whatsoever.\\nChap. IV.\u00e2\u0080\u0094An act of the Congress of the United Stages authorizing the subscription\\nof stock in the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company, and in the Dismal Swamp\\nCanal Company. [Approved 2d March, 1829.]\\n1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United\\nStates of America in Congress assembled That the Secretary of the Treas\u00c2\u00ac\\nury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to subscribe, in the\\nname and for the use of the United States, for seven hundred and fifty\\nshares of the capital stock of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Com\u00c2\u00ac\\npany, and also for two hundred shares of the capital stock in the Dismal\\nSwamp Canal Company, and pay for the same at such times and in", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "DISMAL SWAMP CANAI\\n83\\nsuch proportions as may be required by the said companies, respectively,\\nto be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.\\n2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall\\nvote for president and directors of the said companies, respectively,\\naccording to such number of shares, and shall receive upon the said\\nstock the proportion of the tolls which shall, from time to time, be due\\nto the United States for the shares subscribed.\\nNo. 1.\\nDepartment of Justice,\\nOffice of the Solicitor of the Treasury,\\nWashington D. G.,July 10, 1877.\\nSir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a report made by Mr.\\nWebster Elmes, chief clerk of this office, relative to the matter of the\\nDismal Swamp Canal Company of Virginia, and of the sale of the works\\nunder a trust-deed, as advertised for the 9th of August.\\nMr. Elmes was designated by my predecessor to examine into this\\nmatter, in accordance with authority given by your letter to this office\\nof the Gtli ultimo.\\nAs the sale of these works, in which the United States has a large pecu\u00c2\u00ac\\nniary interest, is advertised for the 9th proximo, and as such sale, if made,\\nwill doubtless sacrifice the property of the company and entirely dis\u00c2\u00ac\\npossess the government of its interest therein, some speedy and definite\\naction on the part of your department seems to be required.\\nVerv respectfully,\\nK. RAYNER,\\nSolicitor of the Treasury\\nHon. John Sherman,\\nSecretary of the Treasury.\\nNo. 2.\\nOffice Dismal Swamp Canal Company,\\nNorfolk, Va., June 29, 1877.\\nSir: I have the honor to transmit herewith the following statements\\nrelative to the Dismal Swamp Canal, viz:\\nNo. 1.\u00e2\u0080\u0094Extract from minutes of stockholders\u00e2\u0080\u0099 meeting authorizing\\ncompany to borrow, for improvement of works, c., $200,000.\\nNo. 2.\u00e2\u0080\u0094Extracts from minutes of stockholders\u00e2\u0080\u0099 meeting authorizing\\nthe execution of the trust.\\nNo. 3.\u00e2\u0080\u0094Stockholders\u00e2\u0080\u0099 meeting authorizing terms in explanatory deed.\\nNo. 4.\u00e2\u0080\u0094Receipts and disbursements of the company for years ending\\n30th September, 1874, 1875, and 1870.\\nVery respectfully, your obedient servant,\\nW. B. ROGERS,\\nPresident.\\nWebster Elmes, Esq.,\\nOffice of Solicitor of the Treasury Washington, D. C.", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "84\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\nNo. 3.\\nExtract from minutes of stockholders\u00e2\u0080\u0099 meeting authorizing the company to\\nborrow for improvement of icorks and payment of debts not exceeding\\n200 000\\nAt an annual meeting of the Dismal Swamp Canal Oorapauy, pursuant\\nto notice, at the office of the company, on Monday, November 5, 1866,\\nTazewell Taylor was called to the chair, and G. W. Camp appointed\\nsecretary\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nMeeting being duly organized\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nOn motion, it was\\nResolved That the president and directors be, and are hereby, author\u00c2\u00ac\\nized to borrow such amount of money as may be necessary for the im\u00c2\u00ac\\nprovement of the works and payment of debts, not exceeding $200,000,\\nand to issue bonds of the company bearing a rate of interest not exceed\u00c2\u00ac\\ning 8 per cent, per annum; and to pledge the entire works of the com\u00c2\u00ac\\npany for the payment of said bonds, and to memorialize the legislature\\nfor the necessary authority.\\nNo. 4.\\nExtracts from minutes of stockholders meeting authorizing the execution\\nof the trust.\\nNorfolk, Thursday June 20, 1867.\\nAt a called meeting of the board of directors of the Dismal Swamp\\nCanal Company, held this day, were present E. C. Robinson, president,\\nand Messrs. Simmons, Whipple, Marrow, and Whitehead.\\nThe president presented the deed of trust drawn up by the company\u00e2\u0080\u0099s\\nattorney to secure the holders of the company \u00e2\u0080\u0099s 8 per cent, bonds;\\nwhen,\\nOn motion, it was\\nOrdered That $200 be and is hereby appropriated to pay for the\\nnecessary stamps to said deed, which the treasurer will procure and pay\\nfor when required and attach to said deed when executed.\\nThe wording and design of the company\u00e2\u0080\u0099s 8 per cent, bonds, a proof-\\nsheet of which was submitted by the president for the approval of the\\nboard, were examined and approved.\\nNo. 5.\\nAt a meeting of the president and directors of the Dismal Swamp\\nCanal Company held at the office of the company in the city of Norfolk\\non the 16th day of February, 1869.\\nPresent: Thos. J. Corprew, president; D. D. Simmons, J. B. White-\\nhead, W. H. C. Ellis, B. P. Loyall, directors.\\nOn motion of John B. Whitehead, it was\\nResolved. That the president be directed to execute an explanatory\\ndeed to the deed of trust executed on the 1st July, 1867, which deed\\nwas read to the board.\\nOn motion, the meeting adjourned.\\nTHOS. J. CORPREW, President.", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "DISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\n85\\nNo. G.\\nReceipts and disbursements of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company for the\\nyears ending 30 th September 1S74, 1875, and 1876.\\nFor year ending 30th September, 1874\\nReceipts.. $19,962 54\\nDisbursements (repairs and general expenses). 8,153 66\\nFor year ending 30th September, 1875:\\nReceipts. 11,210 31\\nDisbursements (repairs and general expenses). 8, 614 58\\nFor year ending 30th September, 1876:\\nReceipts. 10,684 13\\nDisbursements (repairs and general expenses). 6,145 28\\nNo. 7.\\nExtract from the minutes of the stockholders\u00e2\u0080\u0099 meeting of the Dismal Swamp\\nCanal Company held on the 5th day of November, 1866.\\nAt an annual meeting of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company, pursu\u00c2\u00ac\\nant to notice, at the office of the company on Monday, November 5, 1866,\\nTazewell Taylor was called to the chair and G. W. Camp appointed\\nsecretary.\\nOn motion, Messrs..C. W. Newton and William Selden were appointed\\na committee to examine proxies nud report the number of shares present\\nand represented. After examination the committee reported that there\\nwere present:\\nThe United States, by E. W. Whipple 800 168\\nThe State of Virginia and board of public works, by C. Burrass and W.\\nC. Marrow..--. 760 168\\nSundry stockholders 163 123\\nTotal stock represented. 1,723 459 1\\nThe president, Mr. JVhittle, made his report showing the condition\\nof the company, together with a statement of its finances, which was\\nreceived and ordered to be filed, and on motion of Mr. Ellis the report\\nwith accompanying documents was referred to a committee of five stock\u00c2\u00ac\\nholders, who were directed to examine fully into the affairs of the com\u00c2\u00ac\\npany and report as soon as possible to the board of directors to be elected.\\nThe chair appointed the following committee Messrs. C. W. Newton,\\nWilliam Selden, W. W. Lamb, W. J. Hardy, and J. H. Johnston. Upon\\na motion the name of T. Taylor was substituted by the meeting for that\\nof J. H. Johnston.\\nThe meeting proceeded to the election of the president for the ensuing\\ntwelve months; when Dr. E. C. Robinson was declared elected president.\\nThe election of four directors followed when Messrs. Marrow, Whip\u00c2\u00ac\\nple, Whitehead, and Dickson were declared duly elected directors.\\nOn motion, it was\\nResolved That the president and directors be and are hereby author\u00c2\u00ac\\nized to borrow such amount of money as may be necessary tor the im-", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "86\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\nprovement of the works and payment of debts, not exceeding $200, 000;\\nand to issue bonds of the company bearing a rate of interest not exceed\u00c2\u00ac\\ning 8 per cent, per annum; and to pledge the entire works of the com\u00c2\u00ac\\npany for the payment of said bonds, and to memorialize the legislature\\nfor the necessary authority.\\nOffice Dismal Swamp Canal Company,\\nNorfolk Va July 5,1875.\\nI hereby certify the foregoing to be a correct extract from the min\u00c2\u00ac\\nutes of the stockholders\u00e2\u0080\u0099 meeting held on the 5th day of July, 1866, as\\nappears from the records of this office.\\nW. B. ROGERS,\\nPresident Dismal Swamp Canal Company.\\nNo. 8.\\nOffice Dismal Swamp Canal Company,\\nNorfolk Va July 5, 1877.\\nSir As requested in your letter of the 2d instant, I have the honor\\nto transmit herewith extract from the minutes of the stockholder\u00e2\u0080\u0099s meet\u00c2\u00ac\\ning of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company, held on the 5th day of No\u00c2\u00ac\\nvember, 1866; also copy of bondholders\u00e2\u0080\u0099 notice to trustees requiring a\\nsale of the trust property.\\nI am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,\\nW. B. ROGERS,\\nPresident Dismal Swamp Canal Company\\nWebster Elmes, Esq.,\\nOffice Solicitor Treasury Washington D. C.\\nNo. 9.\\nOffice Dismal Swamp Canal Company,\\nNorfolk June 30, 1877.\\nSir I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communi\u00c2\u00ac\\ncation of the 29th instant, and in reply thereto I would say that I could\\nonly report a transcript of the books, as I received them from my prede\u00c2\u00ac\\ncessor, the former president, in 1871.\\nA payment had been made by my predecessor, which reduced the\\nclaim to $888.90, as reported. (Edwards.)\\nAll of the judgments are subsequent to the mortgage. The bills pay\u00c2\u00ac\\nable reported by me of $21,811.77, as found by me on the books, included\\nthese judgments mentioned by you of $12,000, and $13,053.73, less $6,000\\n(making $7,053.73). Some other claim, unknown to me, but appearing\\nas bills payable, must be in existence to make the difference between\\nthe amounts. The judgments in favor of D. J. Turner were for work\\nclaimed to have been done prior to the war, were disputed by the com\u00c2\u00ac\\npany. Suit was brought for I he same, and it was decided vs. the com\u00c2\u00ac\\npany at last. This claim did not regularly appear on the books, as it\\nwas not audited and in dispute.\\nThe claims I know of amount to some $10,000. Of course, interest", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "DISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\n87\\nwill materially increase the amount, but I am sure I could buy them all\\nup for oO cents on the dollar, or less, with money to do so.\\nAs requested, I send memorandum of judgments.\\nI am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,\\nW. B. ROGERS,\\nT President Dismal Swamp Canal Company.\\nWebster Elmes, Esq.,\\nOffice Solicitor of the Treasury Washington D. C.\\nNo. 10.\\nStatement exhibiting judgments against the Dismal Swamp Canal Company.\\nJno. M. Goddin vs. Dismal Swamp Canal Company: $12,000, with in\u00c2\u00ac\\nterest from September 27,1863, and costs, $17.34.\\nJno. M. Goddin vs. Dismal Swamp Canal Company: $13,053.72, with in\u00c2\u00ac\\nterest from September 3, 1863, and $1.7.34 costs, subject to credit of\\n$6,000 as of September 11, 1863.\\nDanl. J. Turner vs. Dismal Swamp Canal Company: $2,889, with inter\u00c2\u00ac\\nest from July 25, 1868, and costs, $18.31.\\nDanl. J. Turner vs. Dismal Sivamp Canal Company: $18,328.33, with\\ninterest on $15,154.76 from May 29, 1867, and costs, $45.62.\\nOffice Dismal Swamp Canal Companv, Norfolk, June 30, 1877.\\nW. B. ROGERS,\\nPresident Dismal Sicamp Canal Company.\\nNo. 11.\\nChap. I. An act authorizing the Dismal Swamp Canal Company to issue 8 per cent,\\nbonds. [Passed December 6, 1866.]\\n1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That it may and shall be lawful\\nfor the Dismal Swamp Canal Company to issue coupon bonds, bearing\\ninterest at the rate of 8 per centum per annum, the principal to be paid\\nat such time and place as may be deemed by the company most ex\u00c2\u00ac\\npedient, and the interest to be paid semi annually at such place as may\\nbe determined on for the payment of the principal of such bonds Pro\u00c2\u00ac\\nvided That the whole amount of bonds which shall be issued under\\nthis act shall not exceed the sum of two hundred thousand dollars.\\n2. Be it further enacted That the said company be, and they are\\nhereby, authorized to sell and dispose of the bonds authorized by this\\nact in such mode and on such terms as they may deem advisable, and\\nto give such security for the punctual payment of the said bonds as they\\nmay deem expedient.\\n3. This act shall be in force from and after the confirmation of the\\nsame by the legislature of North Carolina.", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "88\\nDISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\nNo. 12.\\nOffice Dismal Swamp Canal Company,\\nNorfolk July 5, 1877.\\nSir I annex statement of revenue of the Dismal Swamp Company,\\nas follows:\\nFor a period of seven years prior to the war (1854 to 1860), average\\nyearly, $36,436.\\nTen years subsequent, deducting three years the government held the\\nwork (1861 to 1870), average yearly, $10,i35.\\nSeven years of my administration, 1871 to 1877, estimating the income\\nfor the next three months at $1,000 per month (fiscal year ends 30th\\nSeptember, 1877), average yearly, $15,392.\\nAn increase of 50 per cent, over the previous seven years, and the\\nwork in vastly improved condition for its capacity.\\nVerv respectfully, your obedient servant,\\nW. B. ROGERS,\\nPresident Dismal Steam# Canal Company.\\nWebster Elmes, Esq.,\\nOffice Solicitor Treasury Washington D. C.\\nNo. 13.\\nBaltimore, April 4,1877.\\nMessrs. James Cormick, Cincinnatus W. Newton, and William\\nH. C. Ellis, trustees under two deeds of the Dismal Swamp Canal\\nCompany, bearing date respectively 1st day of July, 1867, and 10th\\nday of February, 1869:\\nGentlemen: We, the holders of the bonds of the Dismal Swamp\\nCanal Company, as here below stated, the interest upon which has not\\nbeen paid by said company, as covenanted and agreed in said deeds, do\\nnow by these presents request and require that you shall duly adver\u00c2\u00ac\\ntise and make sale of the franchises, property, c., conveyed to you by\\nsaid deed in accordance with the provisions therein contained.\\nNames. Amount.\\nThomas C. Jenkins represents. $27, 000\\nD. H. Gordon. 1, 000\\nStephen Bonsai. 5, 000\\nR. Manson Smith, trustee.... 3, 000\\nThomas Wilson. 15, 000\\nJohns Hopkins University, Francis White, treasurer. 7, 000\\nJoseph Merryfield, treasurer Johns Hopkins Hospital. 8, 000\\nJames Y. Leigh and Mrs. S. F. Pegram. 10, 000\\nRichard Dickson. 3, 000\\nWilliam Selden. 5, 000\\nBurruss, Son Co. 24,000\\nJohn B. Whitehead. 2,000\\nJohn B. Whitehead, president Franklin Savings\u00e2\u0080\u0099 Bank. 7, 000\\nS. and E. W. Tazewell. 4, 000\\nM. Z. Waller 1, 000\\nW. Y. Taylor...... 4, 000\\nJohn D. Gordon. 4, 000\\nC. B. Duffield, for Miss V. S. J. l y 000", "height": "4229", "width": "2469", "jp2-path": "dismalswampcanal00unit_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "DISMAL SWAMP CANAL.\\n89\\nThomas Baltimore. $3, 000\\nF. H. Baker. 2, 000\\nF. H. Baker, for Misses A. Armstrong, R. Armstrong, and J. 0.\\nArmstrong. 4, 000\\nI hereby certify the within to be a true copy of the original.\\nW. B. ROGERS,\\nPresident Dismal Sicamp Canal Company.\\nNo. 14.\\nNorfolk, Va., June 28, 1877.\\nWebster Elmes, Esq.,\\nOffice of the Solicitor of the Treasury Washington D. C.:\\nDear Sir At a meeting of the bondholders of the Dismal Swamp\\nCanal Company, held in Norfolk, Wednesday, June 20, the following\\nresolution was unanimously adopted:\\nResolved That the bondholders present respectfully request that the\\nhonorable Secretary of the Treasury make an immediate examination\\nof the affairs of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company, and if, after such an\\nexamination, he will agree to recommend to Congress to appropriate a\\nsufficient amount to put the canal in thorough order, or some other\\nmeasure that will save the interest of the United States, amounting to\\nnearly one million of dollars, that the trustees be authorized to post\u00c2\u00ac\\npone the sale until such time as they may deem expedient.\\nWILLIAM LAMB,\\nSecretary.\\nC. W. Newton, Esq.,\\nChairman.\\nNo. 15.\\nNorfolk, July 28, 1877.\\nSir On the part of the trustees of the bondholders of the Dismal\\nSwamp Canal Company, and in pursuance of your request to them un\u00c2\u00ac\\nder date of July 24, 1877, I have the honor to report that the large ma\u00c2\u00ac\\njority of the bondholders assembled in meeting, on the 26th July ultimo,\\nagreed to postpone the sale of the canal until the adjournment of the\\nnext regular session of Congress, and that the trustees have concurred\\nin this action.\\nThough this posponement necessarily entails inconvenience and ex\u00c2\u00ac\\npense upon the parties interested, we cheerfully submit to it with the be\u00c2\u00ac\\nlief that a full examination of the merits of our application will be at\u00c2\u00ac\\ntended with the best results.\\nVery respectfully,\\nC. W. NEWTON,\\nFor Himself and other Trustees\\nHon. Kenneth Rayner,\\nSolicitor United States Treasury Department Washington D. C.\\nH. 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