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Alexandria Gazette & Advertiser
Alexandria, Virginia
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General Swift and Col. Renwick reported to the Canal Commissioners at Morristown that a canal uniting the Delaware & Hudson via the Musconetong and Passaic rivers is feasible without serious obstacles, offering benefits to New Jersey iron works, low-price coal supply to New York from Pennsylvania's Lehigh mines, and easier transport of East Jersey agricultural products to New York market.
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General Swift and Col. Renwick, have reported to the Canal Commissioners at Morristown, that the plan of uniting the Delaware & Hudson by the Musconetong and Passaic rivers, may be accomplished without serious obstacles, that its completion would be attended with immense advantage to the iron works in New Jersey, and supply the city of New York with coal from the mines of the Lehigh river in Pennsylvania, at low price. It would also furnish the citizens of East Jersey with a more ready conveyance of their agricultural products to the New York market.
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plan feasible without serious obstacles; benefits include advantages to iron works, low-price coal to new york, and improved agricultural transport for east jersey.
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General Swift and Col. Renwick reported to the Canal Commissioners at Morristown that the plan of uniting the Delaware & Hudson by the Musconetong and Passaic rivers may be accomplished without serious obstacles, with immense advantage to the iron works in New Jersey, supply of coal from Lehigh river mines in Pennsylvania to New York at low price, and more ready conveyance of East Jersey agricultural products to the New York market.