The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-09-22

aAead, With 2 80 pat them on earh side !:
With pat behind with 4 put = behind !;
l have psssed up and down; with bsrges
the length would hc over 700 feet width
20 tset. The bargcs going up were loaded
with coal. ] once stopped 20 tighten che
ropes on tho harges. barge in TOW extends
" ieet ahead; never saw any Cross cur
rent in the draw from the big TO the short
pier. have been through tho draw oitcn-
er than any other beats except the Galcna
packets. | once towcd the Zen Coursin
through. She was dashed to oar larboard
side, extending ahead. We have never had
any damage, since We have bern running
through the draw, happen to our boat.
was never through on any other boat since
ehe completion u the draw. The Lightfo.t
y side wheel boat, l5I feet long. | have
been through all the other spans, and two
or three times through the draw span.
Never received any damage. Water has
boon petty high this season. We never
have been loaded over three feet with four
bArges averAg, depth two feet
John Lasf-dcposition readily age j.
81 live at Rock Island, anil run the steam
ferry boat ut Rock Island. | have witness.
ell aud made experiments on tine currents in
tho draw, and there Is ne cross current or
eddy 10 vary the course Of an ol,ice, passing
through have seen drift come irom rs much
- thirty rods above, pass straight through
saw the steamer Flora pass through without
difficulty The ferry crossing is tLrec-ouar.
tcrs q mile below the bridge, and com
msnds null view II boats passing, and
think u no obstruction a. navigation.
have been there thirteen years. know
boats have been compelled Ia lay up for the
rapids in winds or low water. have RATED
some. Ny occupation cn the ferry bnat was
~ collector. and had Ia b. there every day.
] know Of two slight accidents that have
occurred ~ the bridge lately. act a. pilot
now, and did little last summer; the boat
i first class steam ferry boat. was one
day in the draw with the boat, with two
hats in tow, anchored there, and saw no
difficulty. Stagr of water Was low.
Deposition ofCALviN TRrsspaLr.-I.ives
in Rock Island. Has been ON the bridge
frequently. Thinks the current runs through
the draw parallel with the piers; Heated
through with skif. Has frequently gone
ON tho bridge when boats were passing il
was matter exciting considerable interest
in the city. Was on the lcyee last spring
when the ice broke up. The largest sheet
Of ice was thrown out On a line with the
draw pier. Thinks there is no cross current.
Don't think the bridge material oi,struc-
ton, from what he has seen. Has never
passed through in steamboat. The Rescue
was the emily beat he saw Injured; there was
strong wind from the northeast. Has
travelled ON boats that had IL lay by in les,
wind.
Deposition Of pHIiir SxirrR.--Is farm
cr and has been pilot eighteen years has
averaged fifty trips per season the draw oi
the bridge Is about where boats used Ia pass
Thinks he has seen no more than six boats
20 through the draw; has thought the
bridge would be not much in the way in
good weather; thinks Smiths, Sycamore.
Campbcll's and Duck Greek Chains, more
difficult than the bridge