Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-09-22
The Ship Canal from Newark to New
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A meeting of the COMPANY recently or
| ganized for the purpose of CONSTRUCTING
chip canal between Newark and New York,
is to be held in few days in the city Of
| Newark, to elect Board of Directors
$3.50, 600 worth of stock having been sub
scrbed. The capital stock was ORIGINALLY
fixed at $1,000,000, in shares of $50 but
as it was enacted, in 1868. to a snnnlement
of incorporation, that it might be lawful
for the Canal Company to extend their
canal from Newark Bay across the marshes
to suitable point in Newark CITY. and to
increase their capital stock to such an
amount as should be necessary,
the capital IS now fixed at Sc, 900, O00
| The line will run from Dawson street, New
ark, extending to Oyster Island, in Newark
Bay. Thus it will be almost parallel to
| that of the Newark and New York Rail
/ road, which is an air line. The total
! length of the canal will be nine miles. 1t
will be 200 feet wide as far as the east side
/ of Newark Bay, where it has an increased
| width of 100 feet making it at least 300
| feet wide at Bergen Neck. There will be q
! line of docks on both sides of the canal
! 200 feet wide, extending the whole length.
In Newark there will be piers 300 feet
wide, the depth of water being at low tide
| 16 feet, and % feetat high tide, but at the
Passaic channel bank the depth is only 81
feet at low tide. There are difficulties to
be overcome i'll this undertaking, the prin-
clpal one that of aseertaining the
canal at low tide. The cutting
will be deepest at Bergen Neck, where
it is to be As feet for distance of II, 900
feet. The earth from this cutting will be
removed to fill up the piers in New York
Bay. and these piers it is said will be bet
ter adapted for commercial purposes than
those on the eastern shores 1t is intended
to run o ferry on the canal between Newark
and New York, the distance TO be done in
40 minutes. 1t is thought that large num-
Der of passengers will patronize the route
and small freight will go by this line.g II
is also expected that, as a source of revenue,
the amount of tolls collected will be verv
large Owners of sehooners haze ex-
pressed their desire to see the project an
accomplished fact. The amount of freight
which arrives at Newark annually is from
8, 900, 900 to 4, 900, 900 tons, and it is pre-
sumed that two thirds would Sc sent by
way of the canal. The practical effect upon
the value of the meadow land along the
line of the canal will be greatly to enhance
IL 1t is estimated that valuing the lands
along the west end of the canal, there are
So, 600, 600 worth of lands from Newark to
the channel. That along the piers in New
York Bay be estimated at S40O a foot,
which would show value there of SO, 0OO,-
000 1t would thus appear that the banks
of the canal would be worth $4,000 900
The proposed canal, if the programme is
carried out, will have no bends, no creeks,
and no distinctions. M Y Tribune, 14th.
. A jumping Match.
From Roatnp Herald
Several weeks ago O number of the young
people who reside in the neighborhood of
Savin Hill, In Dorchester, came together
and on the spur of the moment improyised
q jumping match for small purse between
Mike Flynn and a young man named Muir
ply. In this match Murphy was badly
worsted, whereupon his sister Kate, a
bright, strong and sprightly girl of about
twenty summers, became very indignant,
and gave out 60 her companions that She
could out-jump Mike Flynn if her brother
could not. Kate became very earnest in
her reservations, and to satisfy her match
was made for purse CT seventy-fve dol
lars, and, greatly to the surprise OF her
friends, when the match came off she won it.
This greatly shamed the Flynn iumpist
and his friends, so Miss Kate was chal-
| lenged to another contest for 5000 q side,
ternoon. The affair attracted quite crowd
to witness the sport, not less than 400 peo-
! pie being present. Kate made her appear
ance dressed in flowing red flannel draw
ers, q Ia Bloomer, with white merino shirt
and pair of pretty CATERS, tightly laced
to her feet. Mr.. Flynn was dressed neatly
in the same manner. The arrangements
being all completed, the exercises began,
Flynn leading off with leap of ten feet
and three inches. Kate then took her po-
sitlon, cheered on by her friends, and made
the leap, clearing distance of ten feet
four and half inches. This created great
excitement in the crowd, and nerved up
Katie for something still better. The sec
ond leap was called for, when Flynn came
up to the scratch and cleared 10 feet and 7
inches. This was very long jump. and
Flynn felt greatly encouraged. But Katie
was again introduced, her friends cheering
and feeling confident that she would beat
Carefully she placed her little CATERS on
the line and, straining every muscle in her
well-knit frame, made the leap clearing 10
feet 81 inches. This was too much for her
competitor, and amid the plaudits of the
whole company, Katie retired with her
purse of S400. AS the affair created much
excitement in the neighborhood, it is pos
sible that Katie may have started for anoth-
er match.