[ 32 3 SO 
of (!»e Yoiigiiiogcny, 41 miles 718 yards. \Vitii one tunnel Ij mile in 
)ei)i;ili, and the height of the ridge above it '227 feet. We sl»all call 
this route Deep Creek route, in ojipositii;^ to the Youp;hiogeny route. 
'.Vo decide between tlie.se two routes, which ahnie can enter in coju- 
})etition, wc nuist compare their k*,n^-tiu and the time, expense, diliicul- 
ties, and trouble of their constiuclion, viewed in a general manner. 
The ien,^'th of the Deep Creek route is 41 miles 718 yards; that 
of the Youffhioef^ny route 50 utiles 1172 yards; the former is there- 
lure shorter by nine miles than Ihe other. 
The tunnel from Dewickman's Arm on the Deep Creek route is 
1 mile 6834 yards in length, and t!ie heia;!it of the ridi^c above its 
bed is 237 feet. The tunnel betwixt Cralsby's Arm and the Little 
You^hiogeny on the Youghioi^eny route, is 3 miles 1533 yards iu 
len.^th, and the height of the ridi^c above its bed is 464 feet. The 
foruier rcfjuires 2 miles 855| yards less of tunnelHne,. and the height 
of the ridge above the bed of its tunnel is 237 feet less. With re- 
spect to the ex[)ense of tunnelling, tlie rotste by Deep Creek is there- 
fujo preferable to tl:e othci'. 
As to tlie deep cuts at each extremity of these lunjiels. the deep 
cut at the western extremity of the tunnel towards the Little Youg- 
hiogeny, is 2 miles 930 yai-ds in length. The deep cut, at its east- 
ern extremity, towards Crabby's arm is 900 yards. The whole 
deep cutting on the Yougiiiogeny route is thus 3 miles 70 yards. i 
The deep cut at the western extremity of tite other tunnel towaj'da 
Deej) Creek extends 5 miles 1096 yards. I'he deep cut at its east- 
ern extremity towai'ds Dewickuian's Arm, 572 yards. Total 5 
miles 1668 yards. 
The Yougiiiogeny route will therefore require 2 miles 1598 yards 
Ie«s of deep cutting, than the other, at the extremities of its tunnels. 
15 ut this advantage is not to be weiglied with the expense of 2 miles 
855 yards more of tunnelling. 
in com[)aring the natui-e of the soil on each of these routes, and 
the obstacles which it niay present, it must be remembered that their 
/^astern portion, from Savage River to Crabby's Arm, and their 
wcstei-n portion from the mouth of Deej) Creek to that of liear 
Cicek are the same. In the intermediate space the ground is equally 
favorable and easy to work on both routes. 
On the whole comparison of their respective lengths — of the time 
necessary to pass through the one or the other of the obstacles which 
they meet, and the expense and probable trouble of their construction, 
"wc believe the Deep Creek route preferable to the route by the Youg- 
hiogcny. 
Our next task must be to compare the supplies of water which the 
car.al may receive on either of these routes, and this will lead us to a 
detailed investigation of the resources which are otFercd by the water 
courses nf tlie country, to feed the middle section, and summit level of 
the pi o[)osed canal. 
Savage river and its ti-ibiitary, Crabtrce Creek, may feed the east- 
ern braijcli of the middle section, and tlie great Youghiogcny it^ 
