Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1864-04-11

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risao6ce q - apssiel - toporeeas fea.
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$50 Of ssnboens lrc1 the 6udson river
, M L,kes. 10 col ,sulted fFequessly With |
he stats ensiueer and surveyor Of New
Iort and nth the .sorps Of aoie and sxps.
1900 engineers in q 70 service Of the state.
nth tho surveys for tho gunboas
~ IN the State CO aals. He also states
h., he haa visited Ill tho principal points
q interest on the works surveyed, and bas
!. .m;ned the most i'm Portsut structures.
rhe .ubiect Of water supply Tor the large
~. ~ h.s .lso been carefully examined, es-
oecis,ly on the eastern ana nseaie avs
iona. where there res been denciency %
lines during the last three years, between
Little Fsl,s and the Seneca river. Inc en.
s,neer Il the State Of New York himself
endorsed the essimsess Of costs ~ the sew
s,sl eos,users who hsd been engaged 10
.nstioe ths invest,gssios cpd believed them
.niIicien Mt TO complete the vor. 20 per-
...nsnt and durable manner, !! put onoe'
contr.ct previous &c May, and two year,
.,inved for the completion. Tie estimates
...nme tb, average prices OF common 'soo'
!, ~. and half dollars day, and Tor ne
.ssn;c.l l.bor three dnlisrs . dsy, sne 'ot
mster,sls Atty per cent. over the - :"
lRGO. Mr.. Stuart recommends the con-
nruction Of stone locks, or Of wood and
stone combined, and also the enlargement
Of oil Of the present locks on the Erie canal
where they are double, except At Lockpoft,
in preference to the construction Of "s1
tier alongside Of the double locks, both 70
ave ono aud Z half millions OF dollars and
no Iockage water. II gunboat locks are
INSTRUCTED on the Erie aud Oswego canal,
Il Is important to have the canal deepened
70 eight feet. On the Erie canal there ere
fifty.seven double end fourteen single locks,
x,th two guard locks. The lit locks are
IS feet in width and Ito in length IN their
chambers, admitting . boat % feet long
and II IL feet wide, drawing 3 IL feet u
water. Toe prism Of the canal IL generally
I52 2 feet wide at tho bottom, with the
exception OF ninety miles between Albany
| and Rochester, where the bottom Is Az leel
n width. One million seven hundred ano
Eighty four thousand one hundred and eigh'
~ We dollars will be required to increase
the width to SO feet.
The estimated cost Of gunboAt locks or
the Erie canal, constructed Of stone. cnlarg
ing where they are double, and building
nav ones where they are s,nlge. with eigh
feet Of water 10 canal, is Sic. 1886, l6O IS.
Tho estimated cost Of new gunboat locks
Of stone, on the Oswego canal, with e,gh
feet o! water 10 the canal, is 81 500, OOO.-
There are eighteen locks, all single.
Tho length OF the Ohamplsln canal
sixty four miles, and the summit level 10
feet above tide water. The ascent frou
. the Erie csnsl is 1875 2 feet, overcome b.
, thirteen locks, and the descent from th
{ summit level to the lake, Sc IL feet, b.
seven single locks. The prism IS general.
30 feet vide 1t bottom aud SO at top. Is
timated cost of gunboat locks. built
stone, with eight feet OF water IN Canal,
Sc 59l 900.
Tue Cayuga and Seneca canal estimat
: is 81, O07, 600.
, Tue estimate OF cost OF feeders and res
ervolrs on the middle division Of the Fri
canal from surrounding streams and lake
. is 1896 III, and on the eastern division
1891 ,l69, to supply oil the water necesssr
G for using the four boat locks to their max
mum capacity.
# Mr.. Stuart then goes into elaborate ca
= culations - to the supply Of water on oil
er divisions, the result Of eli which is, ths
tue needed quantity can be produced.
The total estimate Of costs for all tn
.bove stated improvements is $s22 2o9 Oo;
Deduct cost Of deepening canals, W, 4|4
go; deduct difference between Gil ne
- locks and enlavging double ones when pra'
! ticabie, 81, 522, 1870 deduct cost OF r.
II moving b TEX walls to widen the Erie G.
nal, ST. ,784, 1856 ; total cost, Sic, 7O7 PSI
on national account.
- The water Of the Niagara river descend
s in a voinue OF 90, 600 600 Of tuns per no!
over the Falls Of Niagara. The river.
: thirty two miles long, and averages, abo'
n the falls, . mile in width. From Lake Err
: to Schlosser tue river is navlgable. A mi
= below Schlosser the river falls rapidly, I'll
descent being less than 81 feet in less tba
two miles. The vertical descent Of til
10 American fall is l64 feet, and the river b.
low desCends in series oil rapids an
d. | whirlpools lO3 feet in . distance Of 81
niles.
Il Mr. Stuart gives an interesting accouI
9 Of the several surveys that have been mao
Tia past yearsu aud gives the estimated COS
of canal, with double locks and twev
q feet wa err, from Schiosser to Lewiston
n under survey of 1868, at 81 .3i6,SO7. Il
recommends further accurate surveys
determine the best line for construction.
u The total cost Of the improvement OF "a
n Illinois ship canal, from sle Mississippi rive
TO Chicago, is estimated ct E!3,446 U.s.
By this gunboat $50 feet long by A wid'
It and draught 10 LIZ feet of water, ofd;Dar
ly, can, by the aid Of properly constrlc,e
lighters aud barges, be passed from ,h
8 Mississippi to the Lakes-WaShingto
!. Chr0isicte.
, Dies MONIES, Iowa April 5.
The sold iers OF the Iowa 4th engage
in the hanging OF Carnes, in Adair count
a shoit time since, have been discharge
by the civil authorItics.--on what groun
o. rretence | am not advised. Ih
bank,uy house of Leonard & Mott. Z