Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-09-22
The Ship Canal from Newark TO New
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YORK.
A meeting of the company recently or
ganized for the purpose of constructing a
ship canal between Newark and New York,
is to be held in few days in the city of
Newark, to elect a Board of Directors,
$3.50, 900 worth of stock having been sub
scribed. The capital stock was originally
fixed at 1000, 900, in shares Of $50, but,
as it was enacted, in 1868, to supplement
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 should be necessary,
the capital is now fixed at $4,000. 200.
The line will run from Dawson street, New
ark, extending to Oyster island, in Newark
Bay. Thus it will bo almost parallel 30
that Of The Newark and New York Rail
road. which is an air line. The total
length of the canal will be nine miles. Tt
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 900
feet wide at Bergen Neck. There will be a
line of docks on both sides of the canal
200 feet wide, extending the whole length.
In Newark there will be piers 800 feet
wide, the depth of water being mt low tide
16 feet, and ~ feet at high tide, but at the
Passaic channel bank the depth is only 81
feet Mt low tide. There are difficulties to
be overcome in this undertaking, the prin-
er one oI,5 that o9 of Ttst the the
canal of low tide. The cutting
viii be deepest at Bergen Neck, whore
it is to be As feet for distance of IL 900
r.. fQt,o oo.lb frn,,, lt.t- ouff,nn NJ, N l,a
removed to fill up tho piers in New York
Bay, and theso piers II is said will be bet
ter adapted for commercial purposes than
those on the eastern shores. 1t is intended
to run n ferry on the canal between Newark
and New York, the distance 10 be done in
40 minutes. II is thought that n largo num-
ber of passengers will patronize the route,
and small freight will go by this line. 1t
is also expected that, as q source of rovenue,
the amount of tolls collected will be very
large. Owners Of sohooners have ex-
pressed their desire to SEQ the project an
accomplished fact. The amount of freigh!
which arrives at Newark annually is from
3, ZOO, 600 to 1000, 600 tons, and il is pre-
sumed that two thirds would be sent 10y
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
i il. 1t is estimated that, valuing the lands
along tho west end of tho canal, there arc
81, 900, 600 worth of lande from Newark to
the channel. That along the piers in New
York Bay he estimated nj 800 foot
which would show valuo there OF 50, ,000,.
600. 1t would thus appear that the banks
of the canal would be worth Sl2, 900, coo
The proposed canal, if the programme j.
carried out, will have no bends. no creeks
and no cbstructions.-N 7. YSiL,me, 14th
A Jumping Match.
From the Boston Herald. Sept. sth.
Several weeks ago number of the young
people who reside in the neighborliood o
Savin Hill, in Dorchester, came togetho
and on the spur of the moment inproyise,
a jumping match for small purse between
Mike Flynn and a young man named Muir
ply. In this match Murphy was badl.
worsted, whereupon his sister Kate,
bright, strong and sprightly girl of abou
twenty summers, became very indignant
and gave out to her companions that sh
could cut-jump Mike Flynn if her brothe
could not. Kate became very earnest il
1 her asservations, and to satisfy her mattel
WAS made for pusse of seventy five dol
| lars, and, greatly TO the surprise OF lie
friends, when the match came off she won il
This greatly shamed the Flynn Jumps
and his friends. so Miss Kate was clal
lenged to another contest, for $500 side
which came off "a. Savin Hill yesterday a.
ternoOn. The affair attracted quite q crow,
to witness the sport, not less than 400 pee
! pie being present. Kate made her appear
, ance dressed in flowing red flannel draw
ers, q la Bioomer, with white merino shin
and pair of pretty CATERS, tightly lace
to her feet. Mr.. Flynn WAS dressed neatl
in the same manner. The arrangement
being oil completed, the exercises began
Flynn leading off with leap of ten fec
and three inches. Kate then took her DC
sihon, cheered on by her friends, and mad
the leap, clearing distance of ten fee
four and o half inches. This created grea
excitement in the crowd. and neryed "a
Katie for something still better The sec
ond leap was called for, when Flynn cam
fup to the scratch ard cleared 10 feet and
inches. This was q very long Jump. an
Flynn felt greatly encouraged. But Kat
was again introduced, her friends cheerin
aad feeling confident that she would bea
: Carefully she placed her little CATERS o
the line, and, straining every muscle i'm h,
, wcll-knit frame, made the leap clearing !
feet % inches. This was too much for ht
competition, and amid the plaudits of ii
whole company. Katie retired with n,
. purse of S400. AS the affair created muc
excitement in the neighborhood, il is 30
sibie that Katie may have started for anotl
. er match.