BOUND VOLUMES Oct. 24, 2019 200 YEARS AGO During the last week, the first experiment was made on the waters of the Grand Canal. The “Chief Engineer” an “elegant boat for passengers, built by a company of enterprising gentlemen at Rome, has just been completed for the purpose of the first trial. It is neatly finished and has two commodious cabins. On Thursday last about thirty gentlemen of Rome, took passage for Utica. This number was greatly increased on the…