Collection Name
Collection Name
About
About
The canal in the newspapers
Media Items
ItemID
wcco198
IDEntry
6004
Creator
Hagerstown Mail
Rights
Public domain
Date
1889-04-30
Collection Location
Washington County Free Library
Coverage
Maryland, 1824-1938
Body
THE CANAL TO BE REPAIRED.—The President, and Directors of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, at a recent meeting, determined to issue $100,000 of Repair Bonds; to restore the dam No. 6 and repair damages.— It is also stated that Messrs. Mertens’ Sons, of Cumberland have offered to erect the dam for $60,000 payable, in the bonds. -The water was let into the canal below Dam No. 4, and it is now navigable from that point to Georgetown.