, 1866-10-16

c4natd James He1Ey, deck hand on ths pfuptl~
Tsr Eelipsr. t:rptatn Cundou. vas t4kea Wiz
essurA md cpcvula1ona Aho{tly xiser laasipk tall
city. md died be.ore reaching Msckinax,whnr ts
was buried Ha xaa middle aged MA, withA
family. s1d Ind followed The lakes for several :
Jea1-
VDaKLs PAM1N1 III WK1tA1D CA3A--BouM
Eastw1sa, on tho 18th inst bark IT. Lawrence.
vEsst1a DucuA1otao At 1ns ElEEAron.-Prc-
reI1er Bradbury.
rnnr OF, BUYrAzo.-The propeller Bradbury
md bark Estc DasIey ar1ired on uo 19:h instant.
The propeller St Louls and bark Cream City
j. cleared tho same day. E..
RAcx,-A match r.ee was nsdo Friday, 1t
| Bualo, between tao brig Concord, Caatatn Lohs,
and Tho Schooner AtE1nd2, CsPsx1n Morgan, tAs
stake being 11oo side, to ba wu1 hy tho a11t ves
sel reaching Bar Point Both vcssaks cleared Pri-
day night each laden with 6U barrels Of salt
They had m even stast, being pac-d aide BY Aiae
about mills and llaH outaids OF The hdbos.
IA1noyEHxxr Or 81. CIlfR fLA1e.-on Satn,
day morning tho sth inst, General Cram submile..
\ report to the Detroit Roard Of Trade, wherein
| he ret tastt the necessity Of rendering the st.
Clair Flats adequate tn the great and growing
trade passing oves them. Other Boards Of Trade
wete invited to cooperate With thxt Of Detroit t.
order to bring about tho desired Improvement
The following resolutions were nn2almously
Aaop,cd few days since BY The BuGa1o Boafd Of
Trade:
The Detsott Board ol Trade, With Reference 10 the
proposition Of widening, deepening. and straighi-
sDSed GnDS aeaeis c as Jad sac.
Typographical Engineers, fbelns Of great inpo.-
lance to the commerce Of the hkes] Aas our
R,soittd That tho members Of this Board Of
1tade VIII, BY all meAus IN their power, use their
Influence to obtaln from Congress- An approprla-
st. Clair Chdunel SO n to render X Adehuate to
the great growing trade passing to and from The
RssoIo<d, That this Board Of Trade extend =
cordial Invitation To General Cram to visit this
poIt I'D address or members and citizens on the
sTEA1 or TIE cAsAl--A correspondent OF the
New York Ertndng fost, advocating tho u.a 0.
s.eam on lhe Erie Canal, Rivcs the following IN.
terest1ng statistics Of the trade thereon:
From the State EuEtosers report Of 1873 We
upou ihe enlarged canals, and that ibis morenacui
ase1aged one and three quarter mile. per hopr,
Ths ss 'Ha as in 9. a,,,
and 10, 6U0 900 miles of il upon tho Erie, which
g1ves 70 this canal Is h miles per day. Ke faEth-
one.half days for he 81 miles, making fosty-ons
and cns.top1ta miles PET day tor twenty four
sourr per- bos sd menss ne ss per d.
l,1s2 boats In constant motion: and as these AZ
ernse eight and oneelshth daya each, 1t gives II
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each terminus. Therefore, hofreboat has si1t5.
| eix aud one-half meetings with other boats per
day, or one every twenty one and two-thfrds min
nses for esshl and aaH da,s-makias SIS per
| IN the ting eystem the tows OF trains win not
I average lese than i've or more than seven boats;
10 the 133 boats q 1G trains or 1iH each way Dor
Day. neettnT each other only II i.ls Dimes per
TIT. II nSssa e. ssoEp e s:3 ap % III
| whenever It IL made mechanically useful 10 re-
spec.able part Of ia power, it can be relied upon
nd bsn q
days, as II can make the mp trips in ~ to ~
and brsts ans m y fq, to az
meeting tfalns II liz times per day for ~ d1ya
make fosty-scren meetings per trip:
HoEschoats hare to slow and turnout to
pass each other SIS times per trip; it would
be great drawback to steamers, both Ia
their speed and safety, to have to slow and
turnout so frequently and this has been q
tangible objection to steam rs heretofore
tried. Hence the tug system, when there
viii be but torty.seyen meetings instead O.
the f3se hundred and sixty-hy single horse
boat meetings, will be adopted to the aban
d0nmcnt Of the toWpath.
All the practical objections or dangers And din
Sa1'es snst oeeas e the meeting of two tfsn
@5 times per 7E1, since the trzins, when properly
hitehed 10 thc tug. and the boats to caeh othet
arc under No:r perfect control By the ting thar
BY the horsts, Is The tug has slowing, stop
ping and backing ability, snieh ,he hosse-bos
Under the trials with tuss on the Rfic Cans
they hliehed the train Of boats IRON stern 10 bow
! BY long lines; the pulling rendered than uneou
ss1:. s.s:.s;cs by thsiE .ader., sna. hcace. ~
hisched separately to uzv ":-<@-r,ive by lon
ropes
This practice has rendered tbem not only M
low shsa L ths disp1seensst current a.ue< o. eoH
swell Of one followed In the replacement cus1cn.
or suction OF the other; Aul for the same seaypp
that 1t Il much harder 10 hold halr 3 dozen cana
boats abreast against thr current Of river thai
| one takes the tail force OF the currcat.
Again, in towing bJ steam, boat IL liabfe 4
onlJ half the extra or unavoidable delenuon3, b.
obstEuctlonB breaknses, failure OF locks. &c, be
cause only half 70 long upon the canal. Ais
making The transit n half time, there will he onl
given nn1e. With horses there arc l,1as Ia con
! boats 10 the same work.
In case Of the detention OF large number Q
boats Al any polnt by bseaksees Or other esnses
moving down-under the horse system there ar
gathered 4oO teams two per boat, or 200 horse
and t0u ds1Tcrs in one plRce; With steam sher
) would be gathered thtEtyfou 1ugs, tho crews q
| which will aot exceed two-thirds to thEee-1uArtes
Of The drivers, the fnss consuming nothing whit
the eea horses arc 4 heavy expense.
d The ], ,13a boats In constant motion (everJ boa
Of the 81 day1) require ,s6t teams Tor S.
horscB) In constant work of twelve tonrs each pc
day. md 4, ,2A drivers EGG boals toxcd by a:aat
, would require nineiy-tTe tuGt In constant wosl
OF The dFfvers.
Thcss arc some Of the tacts which show Ii:
( | etcam, II sncttssfully employed on the canal!
would greatly help and chcsrea inland tran