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A line crossing opposite Race street, on the lowest bridge which would be admissible, and descending at the greatest rate of graduation must, nevertheless, be carried as far as Schuylkill Second street; before it would attain the surface of the street, as regulated by the city councils. As it must rise from this street to the dividing ground between the Delaware& Schuylkill, about 12 feet, it will be readily observed, that it will present a very ineligible profile for a line leading to the Delaware, in comparison with either of the lines above considered. The great objection, however, to this plan arises from its greater interferences with streets and city arrangements than any other, and unnecessarily length- ening the distance to trains of wagons going to the Northern Liberties, at any point north of Callowhill st. It appears to us, that no part of the Delaware front pre- sents more advantages for the accommodation of an ex- tensive export trade, or would be more easily attained by branch Rail roads from either the Fair Mount loca- tion, or that of Major Wilson, than that part of it imme- diately north of the street above named. The plan un- der consideration increases the distance to this part of the Northern Liberties, without producing correspond- ent diminution in that to the city front. Presuming, however, this augmentation of distance to have no pre- judicial effect, the large commerce which may be ex- pected to settle north of Callowhill street, would be made unnecessarily to cross this street, and Vine street, instead of being conducted, as it might be, by a line al- together north of them, to the Delaware. When it is recollected, that the former street must always consti- tute a leading avenue to the city, the advantage of dimi- nishing the necessity for passing it with trains of Rail road cars, will be at once perceived.
Fourthly, "As to the practicability, expediency and cost of carrying the main line after crossing the Schuyl- kill near Peters' Island, down that river so as to termin- ate on the tide water, at a point either below the perma- nent Bridge, or between it and the bridge at Harding's."
It has been observed above, that in the event of the execution of the line recommended by Major Wilson, it will be advisable so to modify its graduation, as to attain 48 chs before reaching picket No. 42; an elevation of 37 feet above high tide. From this point and level, a line was carried along Schuylkill Second street to the river at the end of Chesnut street. The connection with the shipping may be advantageously made by this line, a long embankment, but not heavy, will be required, and some of the streets intersected must be passed by bridges. These results will not it is believed be pro-
Embankment on 33 chs , greatest depth 7.3 ft .; 464 cubic yds at 12 cts 55 68 43 56 124 00
1829.]
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125
ductive of material inconveniences. At any rate no oth- er line appears to present less; and a rail road to the shipping of the Schuylkill on the east side of the river, to be executed cither by the state, or a company, can- not in our opinion be dispensed with.
Having answered so far as appeared to us necessary, the several questions presented by you, we now proceed to compare the lines proposed for the continuation of the public road, or as leading lines, with that reported by Major Wilson.
The plan of crossing between the two bridges has in our opinion nothing to recommend it, but the facility of connecting with shipping west of the Schuylkill. -- It increases materially the distance to the Northern Lib- erties; and some what increases that to the City front on the Delaware. It will be more expensive than any plan which has been proposed and presents greater incon- veniences than any other, from an interference with streets.
A line crossing at Fair Mount offers equal advantages for connecting with it, to every part of the city and its dependences, between the Delaware'and Schuylkill,and reduces the length of the branch recommended by the commissioners, about two miles. This advantage how- ever would in our opinion, be too dearly purchased by the increased cost of this location, ($97,433 21) the in- creased length of the leading line (13 chs) and the last- ing inconveniences of the tunnel.
It remains to discuss the relative advantages of con- ducting the line reported by Maj. Wilson to the Schuyl- kill wharves, or of terminating it at or near the dividing ground between the Delaware and Schuylkill.
There can be, it is believed, no question that as soon as the termination of the rail road by the common- wealth is definitely settled, individuals or companies. will present themselves to undertake the execution of this and other eligible connections with both rivers .- There is therefore in our opinion no sort of necessity for the execution of this or any similar line by the com- monwealth. The same however cannot be said of the proposed continuation of the line to Broad street. So far at least, it seems to us it should be executed by the state, because so far it is necessarily the stem of all the connections with the Delaware, and were the line oc- cupied by a company, embarrassing difficulties might be presented in the way of valuable & eligible branch lines.
It is asked in your letter of instruction of the 7th inst. "Supposing the bridge located by Mr. Hopkins across the Schuylkill near Fair Mount, to be reduced to the least elevation consistent with its safety, what would be the effect of such a change upon the cost of his line ?_ What advantages would a bridge so constructed have for the purposes, of a communication with the Schuylkill on the east side, over that proposed by Mr. Hopkins, or over the line adopted by the canal commissioners on the recommendation of Major Wilson? Would it be practi- cable to attain the same, or nearly the same advantage by so graduating Major Wilson's line, as to reduce its elevation where it approaches nearest the tide water?"
It appears, however, from the statement of Major Wilson herewith submitted, that a branch line may be taken from the line reported by him, at such a point as to admit of its attaining immediately north of Front street, where it would diverge from his located line, a level three feet more depressed than that of his point of termination in Broad street; and that branch may after- wards be conducted either along Front or Ashton streets to Market street, or to tide water below Chesnut-street.
We conclude by stating, what we presume has been already inferred, that the line adopted by the Board of Canal Commissioners, crossing opposite Judge Peters', and following the bed of the old Union Canal, with the change in its graduation proposed, presents in our opin- ion the most eligible and least expensive route to the city, and at, and near its point of termination, offers as many facilities for an extensive distribution of, and con- sequently a full and free competition for the trade of the Columbia Rail-Road, by hranch rail-roads, as any one lo- cality can combine.
We have the honor to be, Sir, your most ob't serv'ts, MONCURE ROBINSON, JOHN WILSON, WM. R. HOPKINS.
I have signed the foregoing report, because in all im- . portant particulars it corresponds with my opinion .- There is one point, however, upon which I beg leave to explain my views, for fear I may be misunderstood. In speaking of a branch line from Judge Peters' on the west margin of Schuylkill, the necessity of incurring greater curves than are allowed on the main line is spoken of, and it might be inferred that the branch from this cause would be exposed to serious inconveniences. I there- fore state, that having surveyed such a line, I am sat- isfied that in one point only would any curvature more abrupt than in the main line be necessary, viz: at Rundel's Point; and even there it might with no impor- tant increase of expense, be kept within the limit of 400 feet, allowed in the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-way. Ano- ther expression I find it necessary to qualify :- that a double branch on the west side would be very expen- sive: from the notes taken of the survey for the single branch, I am satisfied that a double line having the same curvatures as the main line, excepting at Rundel's Point, where it must be reduced to 400 feet radius, may be constructed all the way from Judge Peters' to the posi- tion below the Permanent bridge for 65,000 dollars.
JOHN WILSON.
Statement of Major Wilson, referred to in the forego- ing report:
With a view to ascertain the practicability of locating a branch line from the trace of the Rail-way in the bed of the old Union Canal, along the eastern margin of Schuyl- kill river, a level was assumed which would coincide with the head of the east abutment of the bridge at Fair Mount, and which was ascertained to be about 27 feet above high water at common tide.
This level will reach a position in Callowhill street, about one chain below its intersection with Schuylkill Front street, and is traced northerly to the old location at an ascending graduation of 30 feet per mile, and dis- tance 26 chains. The point where the branch will di- verge from the Union Canal, will require a depression from its former location of only 3 feet below what that location is at Broad street.
It was deemed unadvisable to cross at Fair Mount at a less elevation than 37 feet above high tide, because it was proposed at this elevation to pass the dividing ground between the Delaware and Schuylkill; and it was ascertained that a horizontal plane might be pre- served from the foot of the stationary engine without a- ny material augmentation of expense. The same con- From Callowhill street the branch may be conducted either through Schuylkill Front to Market street, or through Ashton street from its intersection with Vine-st. thence to tide water below Chesnut-street. In grading down from Callowhill-st. through Schuylkill Front. at a rate of 30 feet per mile, it was ascertained that this slope would pass 9 feet under Market-st., whence it is infer- red that from the located line in the old Union Canal, a branch of the rail-way may be conducted on the eastern margin of Schuylkill river, convenient to the commerce of that river, and accommodating itself to the regula- in the city of Philadelphia. JOHN WILSON, Eng'r. siderations recommend in our opinion, that the line re- ported by Major Wilson should not be graduated to a lower level at the point where it approaches nearest the tide water of the Schuylkill. Undoubtedly a bridge 5 or 6 feet lower than that located at Fair Mount might be constructed with safety, and the line reported by Major Wilson could be likewise depressed to the same extent below the level we have contemplated. It is not how- ever thought that this reduction in the level of either line would be justified by any increased facilities it would present for a connection with the east side of tions of streets, both in the streets of Spring Garden, and the Schuylkill.
[FEBRUARY
DEATHS.
126
STATEMENT OF DEATHS
WITH THE DISEASES AND AGES,
In the City and Liberties of Philadelphia, from the 1st of January 1828, to the 1st of January 1829.
From 100
From 110
From 90
From 80
From 60
From 70
From 50
From 40
to 120.
to 110.
Total.
to 100.
From 30
From 15
From 20
to 90.
to 80.
From 10
to 70.
to 60.
to 50.
to 40.
to 30.
to 20.
Under 1
to 15.
From 5
From 1.
From 2
to 10.
year.
to 5.
to 2.
DISEASES.
0
0
5
Apthưa
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
38
-
-
Atrophy
16
5
7
1
1
1
0
0
2
1
1
2
1
0
-
-
1
0
1
0
0
0
22
Abscess
1
1
0
0
1
3
2
7
3
2
0
2
1
8
13
8
8
3
1
0
0
0
46
Apoplexy
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
5
Angina Pectoris
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
4
4
1
2
0
0
0
13
Asthma
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
7
Aneurism
0
7
6
1
0
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
21
Burns
0
2
9
6
2
0
0
1
0
0
3
1
1
3
1
0
0
0
27
Bronchitis
17
11
15
9
33
164
133
92
46
31
18
2
0
0
0
581
Consumption
10
0
169
56
17
2
0
315
49
2
6
4
5
1
3
0
1
0
Convulsions
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
49
Catarrh
32
8
7
3
0
0
0
2
2
4
3
3
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
19
Casualties
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
6
Contusion
0
0
0
C
2
2
1
0
1
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
291
Cholera
180
92
10
0
1
1
2
3
4
6
0
0
0
0
0
18
Cancer -
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Compression of Brain
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Caries
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Chorea Sancti Viti
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
6
Cholic -
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
Cachexy
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
Coup de Soleil
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
-
Childbed
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
131
33
26
5
5
1
7
6
9
10
16
30
7
0
0
0
286
Debility
16
-
Decay
1
0
0
1
0
1
2
2
2
1
2
3
0
1
0
0
2
1
3
11
15
22
17
4
10
5
0
0
0
97
Dropsy -
2
2
3
.
7
1
0
0
0
0
4.6
of the Breast
1
0
1
0
0
1
11
7
10
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
110
in the Head
45
24
29
10
0
0
2
0
0
0
14
6
6
3
0
1
5
2
4
1
3
3
2
0
0
0
50
Dysentery
29
10
2
0
0
2
4
5
5
6
6
3
0
0
0
89
Diarrhea
17
2
9
12
16
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
53
Drowned
0
0
1
5
3
-
0
0
0
2
11
12
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
30
Drunkenness
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
Dyspepsia
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
Drinking Cold Water
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
Diabetes
0
0
0
0
2
5
0
5
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
20
Disease of the Heart
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
of Hip-Joint
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
of the Spine
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
17
Epilepsy
1
0
1
1
2
1
1
4
3
1
0
2
0
0
0
6
5
1
0
0
(
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Eruptions
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
4
Erysipelas
0
9
Fracture
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
13
0
0
0
0
0
2
6
5
3
0
0
0
0
1
0
29
Found Dead -
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
4
Fungus Iomatodes
0
0
0
0
0
1
8
6
9
7
6
8
22
21
11
11
7
0
2
0
0
0
118
Fever
-
4
7
5
5
27
20
9
5
9
6
1
0
0
0
105
Bilious -
3
4.
4
10
5
5
4
0
1
0
0
0
46
-
Typhus
0
0
0
2
4
11
0
0
21
Intermittent -
4
2
2
2
0
0
4
2
2
1
0
0
2
0
Remittent
7
5
6
1
3
5
20
9
5
2
2
1
2
0
0
0
68
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Inflammatory
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Hectic -
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
Puerperal
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
6
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
13
Nervous
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
6
Gout
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
11
Gangrene
1
1
6
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Gun Shot Wound
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
Hernia .
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
71
Hives
28
11
25
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
57
Hooping Cough
29
13
11
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
23
Hæmorrhage -
0
0
0
0
0
1
8
9
3
1
1
0
3
8
1
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
17
Insanity
0
0
0
1829.]
DEATHS-CONTINUED.
127
DISEASES.
year.
Under 1
From 1
to 5.
From 2
to 10.
From 5
to 15.
From 10
to 20.
From 15
From 20
From 30
From 40
From 50
From 60
From 70
From 80
From 90
to 110.
to 120.
From 110
Total.
Inflammation of Breast
7
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
13
Lungs,
37
8
16
8
3
3
15
17
6
7.
5
4
4
0
0
0
36
Brain,
6
6
5
7
3
5
12
10
6
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
68
Bowels,
24
8
6
3
5
3
7
10
8
7
4
2
1
0
0
0
88
Liver.
1
2
5
1
1
1
8
10
4
2
1
1
2
0
0
0
39
Peritonœum
0
0
1
1
0
2
5
3
1
0
3
1
2
0
0
0
Kidneys,
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
4
Bladder,
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Heart,
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Knee Joint,
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Uterus,
0
0
0 0
0
0
0
1
2
0
1
2
2
0
0
0 0
11
Locked Jaw
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0 0
0
0
0
9
Measles
12
21
21
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
58
Mortification -
2
1
0
2
0
0
0
3
0
1
1 3
2
0
0
0
G
12
Mania a Potu -
0
0
0
0
0
0
18
29
24
8
2
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
Phlegmasia Dolens Rheumatism
0
0
0
0
1 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
321
Sudden
4
1
1
1
0
1
3
12
16
2
10
2
1
1
0
0
55
Suffocation
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Suicide
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
1
1
0
0
0
0 0
0
7
Stone
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Scrofula
6
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2 14 107
Sore Throat
3
2
1
1
0
0
1
3
3
1
1
2 0 0
0 0
0
0
0
3
Stricture
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Syphilis
3
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
Tubercles of the brain
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Tumors
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
2
5
1
0
0
1 0
0 0
7
Ulcers -
1
1
0
2
0
1
4
5
2
0
0
0
0
0
19
Violence
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
Varioloid
5
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7 1
Worms -
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
Wounds
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
Unknown
26
22
1
1
0
1
6
5
4
0
2
0
3
0
0
0
71
1254 395
1329
148
70
113
498
459
372
206
191
150
90
12
2
3
4292
NOTE-Of the foregoing there were Males of twenty years and upwards, 1166; 1204 under twenty years; 855 Females of twenty years and upwards; and 1067 under twenty years.
There were 356 returns received at the Health Office of persons who died in the Alms House of the City during the year; and 706 people of Colour are included in the statement of interments.
Agreeably to returns made to the Health Office, and collected from 137 Practitioners of Midwifery, there have been born in the City and Liberties, from the 1st of January, 1828, to the 31st December, 1828, 3694 Male, and 3506 Female Children; making the total number of births, 7200: leaving a difference between the births and in- terments of 2908.
Deaths in each month of the within period.
Adults. Children.
Total.
Adults. Children. Total.
January
200
161
361
August
168
247
415
February
143
129
272
September
253
228
481
March -
141
151
292
October
-
195
195
390
April
-
185
133
318
November
139
160
299
May
123
129
252
December
144
156
300
June
140
203
343
July 1
184
385
569
2015
2277
4292
0
1
0
0
0
4
1
3
0
0
0
0 14 13
0
0
0
0 3 0
64 41
Pleurisy
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
0
0
0 1
0 0 1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Still Born
321
0
0
0
5
1
7
38
8
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
16
Spina Bifida -
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Teething
1
5
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vomiting
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
By order of the Board of IIcalth,
Health Office, Philadelphia, January 1, 1829.
JOSEPH PRYOR, CLERK.
0
130
Stomach,
7
2
1
1
0
1
5
3
7
2
to 50.
to 60.
to 70.
to 80.
to 90.
to 100.
From 100
0
1
Jaundice
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0 0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
Old Age
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Palsy
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
6
2
6
1
1
1
1
0
0
8
Small Pox
17
3
18
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1 5
0 0 3
0 0
36 4
8
0
1 0
0 0
0
0
11
Laudanum to excess
0
82
0
to 2.
to 30.
to 40.
3
19
128
DEATHS-CONTINUED.
[FEBRUARY
Remarks.
1825
519
3539
1828
581
3971
1826
587
3845
1827
523
3659
Total, 9,101
60,634
Of Small-Pox, 107 died.
From drunkenness there were 30 deaths, and from mania potu 82: making together 112-admitted to be from that cause. How many concealed under other names!
It is remarkable that in so populous a city where per- sons of every age are so much exposed to dangers of ev- ery kind, that there should be so few deaths from casu- alties as 19-although under this head might properly be placed, drowning, from which there were 53 deaths, (a larger number than usual, ) making 72. Of Suicide, there were 7 cases.
There were in 1828, 7200 Births, viz: 3694 Males, and 3506 Females: or an addition to the population from this source, of (deducting still-born, ) 2587 beyond the deaths, or in the proportion of 72 births to about 43 deaths.
There were 321 children Still Born or 1 of every 22 births.
It implies an improved state of obstetrie practice that only three cases out of 7200 proved fatal.
There were about 20 Births in cach 24 hours; or about one in every hour and twelve minutes; while the deaths as above stated, were one in about 2 hours and 11 minutes.
Births in different Years.
Male
Female
Total.
Practi- tioners
Total DEATHS
1820
1709
1501
3210*
78
3374
1821
2630
2417
5047
99
3172
1822
3021
2701
5722
107
3591
1823
2977
2836
5813
111
4600
1824
3062
2771
5833
117
4399
1825
3444
3182
6626
129
3812
1826
3526
3214
6740
126
4151
1827
3581
3452
7033
127
3945
1828
3694
3506
7200
137
4292
Of Consumption,
581
Convulsions,
315
Cholera,
291
Debility,
286
Dropsy in the head,
110
Fevers of different kinds,
382
1965
Of those which died of Convulsions, Cholera, Debility, and Dropsy in the head, more than one-half were chil- dren under one-year of age, or nearly three-fourths under two years.
More persons died of Consumption than of any other disease, viz: 581; being a greater number than in any former year, excepting 1826, when 587 died. The fol- lowing table shews the numbers by that disease, and the Total deaths (excluding still-born, ) for every year since the Bills of Mortality were commenced. The propor- tion to the whole number of deaths (rejecting still- born) is ahout 1 in 63.
1807
306
1961
1816
434
2225
1808
301
2145
1817
349
1809
311
1884
1818
396
1810
306
1897
1819
459
1811
369
2249
1820
446
1812
339
2017
1821
438
1813
216
2223
1822
1.88
1814
274
2041
1823
536
1815
347
1943
1824
576
862
Summer do
492
835
1327
Autumnal do
587
583
1170
Winter do
487
446
933
2015
2277
4292
The greatestest number of deaths was in July.
The smallest
do
do
May.
The greatest number of adults died in
September.
The smallest
do
do
May.
The greatest
do children do
July.
The smallest do
do
Feb'y & May.
The number of paupers who died under the care of the guardians of the poor was 356: or 1 in 12 of the whole number of deaths (deducting the still-born;) of these 356, it appears by the alms-house table, in Register page 90, 271 died in the house, leaving for out-door paupers 85; of these 271, 44 died in the cells, being about one- eighth of 349, the whole number admitted into them during the year-and the most of them for "mania a potu."
About 11 deaths (exclusive of still-born, ) occur in this city and districts every 24 hours: or, one death in every two hours and eleven minutes.
About one-half of the deaths were occasioned by the following six diseases, viz:
* From 1st April to 31st December.
A fine live wild deer was run down last week, in the borough of Columbia, Lancaster county. It is supposed that it was driven in by some of the neighboring dogs. It was much exhausted when taken.
Recapitulation of the sums which the holders of a bill of Exchange of 1000/. sterling, drawn in the United States on Europe, and returned under protest, is entit- led to receive in the principal cities of the UnitedStates on presentation for payment.
Philadelphia,
$5764 79 | New Orleans,
$5511 11
Baltimore,
5562 13 | Savannah,
5340 63
Virginia,
5560 06
New York,
6230 00
Charleston,
5522 96 [ Boston,
5051 80
Friday, Feb. 20th,
The severity of the weather has continued through- out the week. During the last night a heavy fall of snow commenced, and this morning it is already 8 or 9 inches decp, and continues to fall with great rapidity -- prospects of a very deep snow -- rivers of course obstruct- ed.
2107 Printed every Saturday morning by William F. Ged- 2609 des, No. 59 Locust street, Philadelphia ; where, and at 2979 the PUBLICATION OFFICE in Franklin place, 2d, door 3189 back of the Post Office (back room) subscriptions will 2161 3334 he thankfully received. Price $5 per annum payable in six months after commencement-and annually by 4372 | subscribers residing in or near the city, or where there 4284 is an agent. Other subscribers pay in advance,
The whole number of deaths is 4292, viz : Males 2370; Females 1922-whites 3586, colored 706: or 1 in 6 of the whole.
Died under the age of 15, 2196, or more than one-balf.
from
15 to 40, 1070, about one-fourth.
3266, or more than three- fourths under age of 40.
40 to 70,
397, or 1 'in 11.
70 to 80,
150, or 1 in about 28.
80 to 90, 90, or 1 in 48.
90 to 120, 17, or 1 in 252.
Adults. Child'n. Total.
During Spring months,
449
413
THE
REGISTER OF PENNSYLVANIA. I
DEVOTED TO THE PRESERVATION OF EVERY KIND OF USEFUL INFORMATION RESPECTING THE STATE.
EDITED BY SAMUEL HAZARD.
VOL. III .- NO. 9.
PHILADELPHIA, FEB. 28, 1829. NO. 61
HARRISBURG AND CHAMBERSBURG RAIL ROAD.
REPORT OF WM. R. HOPKINS, ENGINEER. To the Canal Commissioners of the State of Pennsylvania.
Gentlemen-I have the honor to report to you the result of my examinations and surveys with reference to the construction of a rail-ruad, from near the west end of the Susquehanna bridge at Harrisburg, through Car- lisle to Chambersburg
On the first view of the country between these two points, it was not determined whether the best line for a rail-way would pass along near the Conodogwinnet creek and the Letart spring run to Carlisle, up the val- ley of the Yellow Breeches ereek, or on or near the di- viding ridge, between the waters above mentioned.
After some examination, the route up the Conodo- gwinnet was given up. A line passing near this stream would be confined by the hills to near its margin, and would not only be very expensive, but extremely indirect.
The valley of the Yellow Breeches creek was not ex- amined at an early period of the survey, but on explor- ing the country near Carlisle, it was seen that a line could not be brought to that place after following this creek any considerable distance.
From Station 0 to Station 16 .- The line adopted, passes from the Harrisburg bridge down along the bank of the river 1 1-5 miles, till the descent of the country toward the Yellow Breeches creek, allows the line to be curved to the west.
The road-way along the river must be made by cut- ting down the lime stone bluff that forms the bank from its top nearly half way, or by building up to the neces- sary height a very heavy wall from the bed of the river. The first part of this section of the line will be least ex- pensive, if the road-way is formed by walling up from the river bed, but the rise of the line with a constant grade of 273 feet per mile, brings it at least so near the top of the bluff that the best mode of construction will be to excavate enough of the bank to form, a road-way entirely upon rock; without being obliged to resort at all to wall.
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