The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-05-05
KenOsha HarDOr.
Its Present Condition

of last week we went to the dock to see
propeller come in which was approach
ing the harbor The propeller approach
ed directly and slowly midway between
the piers, but soon after entering, she was
stopped by a oar passing from pier 70
pier. She then backed and tried the
north side of the harbor along side the
pier, and then the south slGe, outbound
there was no place where there was suf-
ticient depth Of water to admit the pass
age Of the vessel.
The propeller was the J. Beltschy,
Captain Monroe, loaded with 315 tons OF
pig iron, shipped from Depere, and
drawing nine and half feet Of water
200 tons were fol Van Arsdale & Co. land
20 tons for r. B. Whitaker Sc Co, of
Kenosha and the remainder for ChIcag
Captain Monroe, by using skiff and
sounding found that the bar was the
narrowest on the north side and the water
the deepest on the south side, but only
nine feet at most. So, to come to the
dock, he was under the necessity of I'M
loading from 80 to 80 tons, which he did
on the south pier. AS consequence OF
too little depth of water, the propeller
was detained from O'clock A. NJ, till 3
p. NJ, and from 30 to so tons of iron for
this place was unloaded on the east end
Of the south pier. 1t will cost about as
much to have this iron brought from the
pier as it would to have it shipped from
Racine
Captain Monroe, in speaking Of the
harbor, said that the south pier was built
farther out in the lake than the north,
whereas in all other harbors on the west
side o. the lake, the north pier is carried
out father than the south. When the
east end Of the sou \ pier was built, there
was contract Cor timber for the north pier,
and it was thought there was money
enough appropriated to carry the north
pier out still farther than the south, but
the contract for the timber was not full,
filled, and the money proved to be mad
eqpate to complete the north pier. Tn
der the circumstances it is unfortunate
that the north pier was not first extend
ed, but that, cannot now be altered. The
only permanent remedy is to complete the
north pier. And this cannot be done
without an appropriation of money, and
Congress is slow in making the appropri-
ation-in making any appropriations tor
the improvement of Rivers and HarbOrs.
In fact, Congress seems to know we'll, i'll
this respect, How not to do it, And
as u consequence, the commercial and
manufacturing interests-all the interests
--of the country have to suffer
A small expenditure would remove the
bar of sand which has been carried into
The harbor, so as to admit vessels draw
ing ten feet of water And this might
be done by the City Council i'll did
Congress- The City Authorities know
too we'll, "How not to do it." 1t is to be
hoped however that they will, for the
time being, forget that knowledge, and
apply themselves to doing it" till they
have brought the harbor into condition
to admit vessels without stopping to I'M
load in part ON the end of the pier.
Van Arsdale g. Co.. use 1000 tons OF
iron in year, and Others use heavy
amounts And other manufacturers
require large amounts of material to be
brought into the harbor. And to
compete with other, manufacturers
in other places they must have the
harbor in condition To admit vessels with
full load. They can not pay extra tor
shipping from Chicago Milwaukee or
Racine and compete successfully with
. manufacturers in those places. And 1t
, is for the interest of all our people. to
build up our manufactures. They give
employmentto mechanics and srtizans
ana directly or indirectly benefit all our
people. And we think it clearly the
duty of the City Council to make haste
In removing the impeachment to the
entrance and exit-arrival and departure
--of loaded vessels, thereby promoting
the commercial, the manufacturing, and
the general interest of che whole COM
munity