or welcomed so loudly as that to "Thomas Swann:[1] Standing upon the banks of the Ohio, and looking back upon the mighty peaks of the Alleghanies, surmounted by his efforts, he can proudly exclaim—'Veni, vidi, vici.'"
At the meeting of the Maryland legislature in December, 1838, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company asked further assistance from the state and submitted an estimate of the work yet to be done to finish the canal to Cumberland. This estimate had been prepared by the chief engineer of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company and reported to the board of president and directors January 22, 1839. Since the estimate of January, 1836, this was the first revised estimate, regarding quantities and including the extent of the whole line from Dam No. 5 to Cumberland, that had been made. Including a dam at the great Cacapon—now known as Dam No. 6—but excluding the dam designated
- ↑ Mr. Swann was elected president of the rail road in 1848 and had ably conducted its affairs during the past five critical years, a worthy successor of Thomas and McLane.—Id., p. 156.
