The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-08-02
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WORKS AZ HOusE's POINT.

WORKS ~ HOtsE's POINT,
RousF's PoWT, H. s., ~ OH
d.uuoHs o. THE ArLAs.-I suppose Won
ltfs ltcu 40 tte famed "h0use's Point" bur
1Hur lallers have uYr Oh visited ilat plarc,
f. bob. give ileu % brief description Of
"H. ht. Nrlly been done IN this locality
.HI .i4' e nos hsiug done, Any one villa
s...' MOON thF hruii, smooth platform in
fuUl uf thr 'afitiuu nYlsr' ol thc Oglnns-
I.a Udlru1l, auI looks a.ro,i the lake, viii
tHHl'y ,rhim, "Ihis b. a great county"
Soothing -t1U the proHrcss Of the asfl Toe
rHu llNrr aud iruiiGr skill can remove ~
IerirIs nIl urortOnr nl dillcultics. This
iH0n inuHr "a built IN piies, and runs ont
into thc ltke als,ut 400 f'ri g0m high water
rHrk The bnildinq iisclf u 600 feet long
aul about 100 froi wiic. and " iisrd both for
@ puie hpielauha' freight depot The eud
nr,nl -o nlu, nod tho upprr st'Sy Of tho
depot rnNpgic lh' hotel, while there y o
r ..Ire fsu G'rt hong Us roo, which " used ior
COTS 1uf itielt lhis spacious, we'll finish
ri- lil,lr-,f, ...s-s.-. . a hra.l plallpEnl
gr Whari, Oh which yrs5ait lay 90 iakH iu or
discharge thrir wrg1u. Every thing about
the premises d ulRunpd and constructed on a
liree -rBlr, and sith an og' tn thc products
ot the ercht West Here may be- aeon some.
tucs, npur enough 10 feed q small natlUn,And
70 constantly coming 6rom The regions about
W. rhper Lakes, sHch lakes % arc not found
ot,rt hry m 1hc globe,
Bri his building aud wharf large ~ they
p.., comprise but a smlll part orihe wdlf
NJ lis place. Tho bridge Is the great poiut
of nifrirtipn a. The HirnnReT. This work
Challenges fho .dmilsifon Of all WHO behold
g.. Tie lake here r. about 5000 feet wide,
nad thc terminus al the Oglcnsburg railroad
g. on No western shore, and That Of The Yer
ur1ut nrd CHnndn,which Is hn q continuation
al the Vermont Crnirnlis Ou the eastern side
uithu lake. llnre the iron h0rga come, and
whistle answers whistle upon either ahorr
III r0 trri LIN LII how
,h1u they Boz guided across with their 'nlna-
he trains - bridge, n Fidgc" many
cried nut and mnny also said there should ht4
uo bridge 10 oburuct the navigation of fhe
hbc. While this question was being agiia-
tpd among thr people and Discussed IN the
Legislature. Of Vermont and New York, tiov.
Paine, John Smith aud others, were directing
the work a. quietly as through there was no
tfoullc. Tho land was purchased on both
sides Of the lake, and The work Of bridging
commenced Ia good c9rnc-t These shrewd
MANAGER, knew very well that the proprie-
tori ftllc lands on the shorrs &c the lake
owned 20 the channel, ard the exact width
of That channel was question unsettled, Tor
thc books md statutes are silent upon the
subject When reason ceases the law ccafes,
AID a channel uurcnsGplhly wide could ncy;
or be- rlaimcd or IT. claimed by, the sticklor
for free navigation, never could bc sanction.
81 ~ law. The width of the channel must
bu determined by the amounted business done
on the lake, aud by the kind of crah that
d1rs H. Now, long before The Lcolslaturc
of New York granted thcm The privilege of
UTdVing the11bC 30 lar a. 10 lcave tGc Oman
io.l 300 feet wide, (Which net has recently
been passed. the work had been commenced
and Car advanced. Even the boat was built
before the privilege was granted, aud the
work was going ahead, rs ic they. anticipated
what the final result of Legislative delibcrn-
tons might bc upon the subject
am gather inclined 10 the opinion that
'hcy h1rh got from the New York Icgisa-
uirt all THY expected, aud even all they
Wanted EvV4a--lhny might havd asked for
more, hut then that might ho their p0licy.=
j IL always well 10 ask for enough, and some
timcs for moro thnn enough Here the man
hyTIE wCrU asking for 4 rhHrtur to hririur thr
lake. while they were hard NJ work extend
ing their bridges out into the lake. from both
shores and even buildng boat three hum
''red feet !aaF, ia transpart thoir cara over
the channel They concluded a channel rs
vide a. their boat was long, would answer all
purposes, aud satisr, any reasonable court, lot
legislative whims- take whatever course they
might. ! think there has boon more swrcwd-
~.
trrTrniffs e l4.aIla.
cd Of They have gone on in their work and
held ont to the world that they must have a
bridge; n the spuc time, they only wanted
whit they have now obtained. In fact, they
almost completed their work, and then asked
TIE Legislature 30 sanction it. Now, all the
good the act Of the New York Legislature
has donc-is this il has settled the question
with REGARD 10 the width of the chnnncl
ht.l vi.v 10, lp;l a. Al,
not. under old laws and they proceeded ac-
rordingly. Their bridges are now nearly
completed. | call them bridges, because they
are built from both shores BY two companies
and do not connect, except by the long boat,
which will stretch across the channel These
hrldgr> are a mighty work, land are built up
On a forest Of large Canadian pine trees driv-
rn into the bottom of the Lake, where they
will remain until some eonvulsion of nature
shall knock out the bottom and spill thelwa-
ter Each bridge is about 240O feet wide
and whore the slips are, double that width
But how il this LONG boat 10 take the cars over2
When the water is high, will not the boat be
above the level of the bridges? And when
II is low, will il not be below that level p
or course il will; and it cannot be raised a
boyc the water nor sink into it, rs high or
low water mVht require. To remedy the O.
vii, rails with joints or hinges are to be placed
npon the bridges, which can DO raised or
tU7vv-r,.l 40 ccasion may demand end lot the
cars upou the boat There viii be no fucou=
vcnicncc in this arrangement, for there will
I've bnt one or two cars going up or down,
while all the remainder OF the train will Be
upon level, either on the bridge or ON the
boat A stationary engine viii put the boat
IN its proper plart., by means of car, cables
passing round spool When the boat is not
in nso for passing over the train, it will be
run into slips prepared for that purpose -1apd
1.-The chain cables viii sink to ,he bottom of fhe
a Lake, and the passage lcft free for vessels
Such is the ingenious contrivance, and IL
must work we'll. cannot see why il is not
as good as n bridge and draw The freight
---tF-ias -Will Ia lasscd over without breaking
hulk, and passenger ears viii be detained but
few minutes,