Imfihlo Yempumelelo KaBaltimore

"Ucabanga ukuthi kungani iBaltimore yaphumelela kangaka njengetheku?" Kubuza uBurt Kummerow, umongameli weMaryland Historical Society. Indawo yayo eduzane neChesapeake Bay? Isimo sezulu sayo esilinganiselayo? “Cha,” kusho uKummerow. "Kungenxa yomshini wodaka ongafi."

Huh?

Ah, umshini wodaka ongafi. Njengamatheku amaningi ase-East Coast, iBaltimore's has- futhi isenezinkinga ezinkulu mayelana nokwakhiwa kukadaka. Sibe nenhlanhla ngathi, sibe nenzuzo ebalulekile: i-dredge yasungulwa khona lapha.

Abathengisi bakafulawa uJohn no-Andrew Ellicott, imikhumbi yabo eyayidinga amachweba ajulile ukuhambisa imithwalo yabo, ngokuvamile kuthiwa bayaba ngabokuqala ukusebenzisa isikebhe esingahlanzekile ukumba itheku, kusukela ngo-1783. (Futhi empeleni, i-Ellicott Dredges ezinze eBaltimore namanje ikhiqiza imishini namuhla.) Kodwa kwakunguCapt. Stephen Colver kanye nomklamo ayenawo ilungelo lobunikazi ngo-1798 okwalithuthukisa ngempela itheku. Ngokusho kukaKummerow, isikebhe sikaColver, ngokuyinhloko isikebhe esintantayo esine “scoop” esinikwa amahhashi noma amadoda aphendulela isibuko somoya, sasingadonsa amamitha angama-25 odaka kuyo yonke indawo. UColver wakhokhelwa isenti eli-1 ngonyawo lobulebhoti ngamunye iqembu lakhe elikhuphule, wahola ukaputeni imali engenayo engaphezu kwama- $ 5,800 ngonyaka.

Kubasebenzi bakhe, kwakuwumsebenzi ocishe ube mnandi nganoma iyiphi indlela, “Ngubani owayengabekezelela iphunga lodaka olwaluphonswa yizulu lapho kufudumele khona?” kukhethwe umhleli wephephandaba. Ngesikhathi sasebusika, uColver ubesebenzisa abasebenzi bakhe ngotshwala obuningi ukuze abagcine besebenza futhi befudumele.

Ngo-1806, ngomzamo wokonga imali, idolobha lathenga iColver lafaka “umphathi womshini wodaka” owengamela umsebenzi. Umzamo usindise abakhokhi bentela ama- $ 3,141 ngonyaka futhi itheku, ngokusebenzisa “imishini yodaka” eqhubeka phambili, ligcine ichweba lihamba ngolwandle – futhi laphumelela – kusukela lapho.

Source: Baltimorestyle.com