, 1873-04-28
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cn1cAoo Apr 21-A aspateh Re- received horo Inst
to tho 10 westward yesterday This maEcs tho opening
eassn S g @
thrco daysyct .- ,., m mn ~ ~ ,rho.+
and esessl sreia Han1s eushng
milwaukee, to receive the remainder q hor cargo.
This the first vessel to loavo this port this season ZOE
Several sail vessels intond leaving for Buffalo to-
morrow, and probably large part Of the grain nees
The Schooner American Union was pulled of thebed
Of tho river yesterday by tho untod eGora OF three
gentleman who arrived horo th,a morning from
tae ri 1yan was n w svoa or e o.
board waa out inspecting tue ict at buffalo, and they
n II an to ohceo
reported lrn. ut Il c0@1 TO- The TAswatcr and aey.
ener ays t no a ya or has%
Tho schooner guiding star from oawego has arrived
at and w Load a9F s s FEE no main
top1ast Of the schooner Thonan II; Mott Ut Buffalo,
last Thursday, and was 80 aoyorey injured thato -
Michigan md is thought that cannot much longer
narTow aud rs il rifts out into tho lako will gradu-
ally break up and lsappear. The bos.a o. ths aood.
VII to Do ~ fo days Aayses =; vfsee fso%
s'1ss Te soSoonsr aSeS Fsson which left this port for
sho ush'aen = sppossa ' to 5o s III tic
Fiyo schooner aro reported to DO IN tic aeo near
letter received hero from Captain who recently
raao Trip on Lake Erie, sayB That there IL more lso
In tho ake than he ever eW ou a Ii
Hne depth of water at he mouth o' naea Rgef T.
Changing tho conformation OF tho bottom both aboFe
s T1 s, ay s so ss Ssy Sss sysa iii
oftenttmea aave hundreds of dollars thereos'-A''-
Tho oeonto pior according to tho Reporter has been
destroyed 5y thoieo Tho pt0r 'na road cost tho city
'1r Thc H1,chor limo Of steamers will ply betweon Chica.
20 und buffalo. It has beon orroneouay ropoFed that
so,no Of .lon, would run hetwcen ohcag9 ana Dautn.
Tho acow Vampire Ina been got OIL Chlckano'a
Reef by Tho tug Mystic. ~. n, ,n.
Tho now Hteanl-bargo built by Capt G. ". Jonoa nt
springwels was launched on Thursday, aud was uaned
Marine wrcckiug the lakes hns assumed such mag
uttudo Of late yeara to demand largo bhare OF a.
| to,iion during tho season Of navigation, and may be
considered nov ns reduced to science: :. 49,
to Detour sho found tho canada sido Of Lake Huron
Gnp Dickson, of tho propeller China e ce is
fcet thick aiongalo propeller IN tho arbor pf alar-
quoe, and ho thinks navigation will not open beforo
III The o. rropelers Fak Java. md Colorado, ot tho
union Limo left Cleveland Oh The 24th inst for chca-
60 rba sua pro~elier caldwell starts from Cleveland for
Chicago Sunday uisat, to run on Tho Chicago ana
Tho schooner sontauk, which left tho welland Canal
on tho elHt nst arrived here ycatorday q O'Clock:
after hazardors oxperieneo through ico helda nearly
tho entire distance. sho found no aAlculty until West
ii Long Point, whcre Eho beca,nc cnnngod ~ the ice,
which drove her from her coulse nna caused hor con-
siderable etcntton Tese o1es ,a aatoa caa, S. sue
Rtgo was found for tho remainder of tho VOYAGE oap
barry eayB b would not agan rln tho hazard 81 such
o value Of hs yssse1 % anu eafG. ags caeo e y liz
navsago to tho cana for the next two Wecha hld tAas
from tho upper end of Long Point re ise "a 20 ~
inclcs Thick covers the entire ake: Aer anost w
sy ttyy,i ai's isst tue n'aa"A 'esss"s4 a w. ss
contrae9 dor Tug "on Of sn tIo Ieai o fos
10 wlch il aireay il. Tho vessel has length over all
Of ia fect a3 fet breadth OF hcan and u tees depth
burden, Or In otlcs words ave tonnage capscity of
bu of corn. The crnft a to 10 a1oat by tho 10th
Of July aud will coat, wlsn full rigge ~ the vicinity
g. one oi Tho buiders md fnlta!zcd canal schooner
j. au pccl, commenced for Mcssrs. Curtia Aten The
cra win e l4s feet III length 60 feSt breadth Ct BEAM
thu lat Of August. 4 tug aud Iurgo arc aso to *
ko launched from this yard AT present Las men ar'
c. employed by ele abovo tirn ...
Mr. Webster, foreman Of hnrbor 1tnproEfmGnt ~orks
r took aountltngH of tho channel ut Two sVeFs ~
woek with Tho following result -Four feet from ,ahia
wntcr III tho channel to DO 4-l0 feet; maximum. y
foot tho gruatost depth commanding ~ feet !r11.
ID shore end, aang for noout lo9 fcot taen ~ a
n from ahoro, whon it gradually increases ~ neasy "a ~
maximum ~ again nttnined ut he o1tcno aae ~ e oa
er which, u saf one ass o 'eSs %cst M par IL
minimum depth ~ 6.10 fert the maximum, -
r. feet Tho above sa,.lfugs wero taken At intervals
foot %h tho ,Hah o. .esons Il
1e Whole lengt. Mr. Weber also reports tho water
tho lake two inros lower than ths aye'
he no lsss apaaou Ut tlla plsce-cAsoNet&