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Canals committee to memorialize Congress in behalf of, 74; incorporated, 76; Potomac Company's shares exchanged for stock in, 77; divisions of, 77; Congress provides for survey of, 78; General Bernard surveys, 78; reports on, 78–87; map of, 81; estimated cost, 86; Baltimore disappointed at expensive estimates for, 87–88; rivaled by Baltimore and Ohio Railway, 98–102; ground broken for, 103–106; advertise for bids, 111; shares held by, 112; United States buys stock in, 112; right of way owned by, 115–116; dispute with Baltimore and Ohio Railway over right of way, 116–119; Cactocin Aqueduct, view of, 117; difficulties in building, 119–121; aided by "Eight Million Dollar Bill," 122; portion completed in 1835, 123; compelled to give Baltimore and Ohio Railway right of way in Potomac Valley, 123; financial history of, 135–160; scrip issued by, photograph of, 147; completed, 160; cost of, 161; later history of, 163–168; view of, near Cumberland, Maryland, 165; Senator Gorman president of, 163; injured by flood, 164; political manipulations of, 164–167; operated by trustees for the bondholders of 1848, 167–168; act incorporating, quoted in part, 225–231.