Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1830-12-01
SENEX.
From the Louisville Public Advertiser
TO THE PUBLIC.
hapropcmentof the Navigation Of the ono
Piper at the Grand Cham.

Riper at the Grand Cham.
: Tho snoerindent of that work feels much |
aaratifed TO be able to inform the public
hat he has completed his operations at
hat noint. IN a manuer and to an extent
wLcb cannot fail to be satisfactory to eve
~ individual concerned. The rocks have
been all taken ont of the river from the
main reef on the Illinois shore to the hen-
lucky shore, opening channel at extreme
Inv water. from the rocks TO the sand0ar
on the kentucky shore, Of about I%OO Iee'
in yi,Ab and about four feet 10 depth, clear
or every obstruction. Five 5uoys have
been placed IA the stream to shew those
nnac9u4,n,cd with the place, the best aud
safest tracl, through the chain. The hrst
05Der buoy Is placed at the extreme out.
ward rocks CT the reel, which project out
from the Illinois shore at WllklnsonviIle or
Cedar Bluff The second buoy IS situated
on the leit SIDE OF the middle reef Of rocks
that form what Is commonly the middle bar,
-, the head Of the chain. The third buoy
IS fixed opposite 10 the upper large rocks
on the illinois shore and ON the outward
mint Of that reef The fourth buoy is fa5-
tened 10 he outterm0st rock on the mlddle
reef The fifth and last buoy les at the
extreme end Of the lower reef and foot oil
the chain. The deepest water through the
channel at It's lowest stage IS close TO The
buoys on the left as you descend the river;
however, any boat that can cross the bars
either above or below the Grand Chain,
may PASS with safety, and an abundance OF
water within several hundred feet Of the
buoys, between them and the Kentucky
shore, at all stages of the water. A boat
shoald pass between the buoys and the Ken
lucky shore, and unless the river should
be very hlgh she would run extreme hazard
TO pass between the buoys and the Illinois
shore, as the rocks on the two lower reefs
are from ten to twelve feet above the water
at its extreme low stage, and wthIa few
rods Of the buoys OF that side.
The rocks that have been removed out
OF the channel were carried over & thrown
into the channels that passed down through
tho rocks on the Illinois shore, IN such 4
manner as to form q complete dam lby
ADDING scmo rocks boated from shore, )
from the rock bar on the Illinois shore to
the oater point Of the main reef by that
dan the whole of the water, when The river
Is at "A low stage IS forced to pass down
the channel that has been opened and freed
from rocks. The above described dam
was buut for the purpose of removing the
sand bar which was situated between the
two lower rect ofrocks and frequently as
drtislt 10 pass as any bar on the river,
there beng not more than y inches water
90 a., and mas had The desired effect. The
additional quantity Of water thrown into
The cnan ,ci, increased the current to such
an extent, that the bar disappeared, some
days before the dam vas completed.
The large rock in the Llue Chain has
been taken OF two feet on the top, which
affords sufficient water over il; buoy has
been placed on rock to the left oft. The
channel is good on either side or the buoy
The right IS the best and deepest. AGo
Their buoy has been placed on a large rock
~ the middle ofthe river, between the dry
bar and the Illinois shore, three quarters
of a mile above the Little Chain. The
best water Is also to the right Of that buoy.
The sand bars in the Ohio river may be
improved, by running out dams at certain
places on them, in The same manner as the'
dam above described; 50 as 10 uiiofd al
least 3 , feet wafer at The lowest stare
OF the river. No impeachment would bel
thrown in the way Of the navigation at a
higher stage Of water, by the dams, as per
mancnt buoys could be placed OF the cuts.
points ofJhe dams. TIE navigator would
be able 10 sec how far the work extended
INTO the river. \ Alt bouomei boat would
never aoat on TO the dams, until there was
water sciiciont for her 10 pass over. TheI
expense of such an improvement would be
Tlaing; compared with the immense advan
, e ofd doubling The depth of water in 1.e
uvor at KS lowest stage.
HENRY NJ SHREVE.
Superintendent, sc
We. whose names are hereunto sub !
scrbed, DO certify that the above statement
20 felato' TO The improvement Of the Ohio
River, At ihe Grand Chain, made by CAPT
iieary n. Shreve, the Superintendent ua-
der the Engineer department. is s,ric,ly
correct We have been emploved nv him
as officers 70 assist in the execution oC lba
work, and are particularly acquainted with
I'D the fees stated, and know them to be
rue.
JAO. X. DILLINGHAM;. /
MADISON EVANS.
WM. L. EVANS. /
WIDOWED PUNTNEY