Report of the Select Committee to whom was referred the petition of sundry citizens of Portage County, relative to the reservoir on the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal / presented by Mr. Powers.

Report of the Select Committee to whom was referred the petition of sundry citizens of Portage County, relative to the reservoir on the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal / presented by Mr. Powers.

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Corporate author / creator:	Ohio. General Assembly. House of Representatives. Select Committee To Whom Was Referred the Petition of Sundry Citizens of Portage County.
Imprint:	[Columbus, Ohio?] : [publisher not identified], [1840]
Description:	1 online resource (6 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Appendix to House journal ; no. 9 Appendix to House journal (Ohio. General Assembly. House of Representatives) ; 1840, no. 9.
Subject:	Canals -- Ohio -- Design and construction. Canals -- Pennsylvania -- Design and construction. Dams -- Pennsylvania -- Design and construction. Reservoirs -- Pennsylvania -- Design and construction. Public works -- Ohio. Political participation -- Ohio -- Portage County. Canals -- Design and construction. Dams -- Design and construction. Political participation. Public works. Reservoirs -- Design and construction. Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal (Ohio and Pa.) Ohio. Ohio -- Portage County. Pennsylvania. United States -- Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13501507

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Notes:	"That, said petitioners represent, that the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal Company was incorporated to construct a canal from Akron, in the State of Ohio, to Beaver, in the State of Pennsylvania, with full and ample powers to use the lands, waters, and other materials, necessary to its construction; that said company has already caused the whole Cuyahoga river to be brought from its original bed, onto the summit at Ravenna; that one of the engineers of said company has declared this stream to be amply sufficient to supply said canal with water; that said company are now taking admeasurments, and making estimates for the erection of a dam to throw the waters of the Breakneck into Muddy and Sandy Lakes, for the ostensible purpose of raising tho level of those Lakes, and using them as reservoirs, in supplying said canal with water, but in reality to create a surplus of water for hydraulic purposes and private speculation; that the waters of said stream and Lakes are proverbially unhealthy, and that the construction of said dam and reservoirs would produce sickness and disease among the inhabitants residing within their influence, and therefore, pray this Legislature to grant no further extension of time or power to said company, and that their present powers may be curtailed and limited to the legitimate objects for which they were granted."--Page 3. "House--February 17, 1840." Online resource; title from PDF title page (LLMC Digital, viewed August 8, 2022).
Summary:	1840 report of the House Select Committee on the petitions of Portage County citizens regarding the reservoir on the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal. Although the petitioners contended that the company was overarching in its power, such application for authority had not occurred. The committee thus concluded the petitioners could withdraw their petition as premature.