, 1873-11-28
BRIDGING Tile DETROIT RIVER.

!, ,037 nsatea, 8,Ba6 pilots, and 0,3G8 engineers"
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Pamphlet by Mr. james r. Joy in
Iatlfocncy Of tho rrojrct.
1,.ar % ~. ~' n.aa;aaat -, ..,s 1,Uu. as,.,;
1I'un - IVY iAea.tou' " '1o sa1on.s*a eea'
.ra' Nanroaa' has aadfesaod pamphlet to tho
board OF Engineers appointed to investigate and
ho prcg ontn lja reneona wly n bridge abon)5 ha
,,!;,t w.. ~, 9a' 4e1'e. ,,." "n' ~. D ou 10
"''' ".i' IVY eh5n 'nelo 40 tn'es'eu ~ lalt-
roa o6 whose ous!otting point III Detroit and
from tho uoet, xo5. .ooo ooo Tha NJ amount t pn, noy
irvcuto1 IN tn ff~o.t lves.n s,s es ~ 49, -.
sor noo mn uM NV uieas Hestotu ana 70 50 10 ~
Tooooo, . wv, tnahing INC total sloo'oooouo. Mr.
10Y nays: "Ih'1 Investment hns buen made N
,nuat continuo tolncreaae "a tho county bcoomos
popnloun and expands, aud mono cal, eatinnte
tho limit which it will reach, provided passage
Of tho rlVor by means Of brilgo eau lo cirocl-
od.' 11o rolor1 to tho damage and loss to wllicn
Hol Of tho annual stopFago of transportation
facilities, n,ld thinks 1t is not difficult to SEQ that
iii tho >.,"o ~ ~ ,a st,;'t'," % ~
tI,o i,t.sa trio t,;n.ra -.i,ini t,.fi .n a'o,
tror eirn tn naanot % .sys WI" asa y si,
measured at oil by tho past, Thcu 1t could not
move sometimes at all, and mover with facility,
tho doublc.traci % road botwoeYn n Gb,cnro G 'a and
Nav Enoloni nrd No,v Wi. 9,n,,,,,r. .non, H.
river by hriJso. md tloref1nro nnt s,bicrl to
iutcrruntiou, uDon Which road mi trainn innv ho
moving, as tucy arc now on thu Nav York Uou-
traI. both uays at tho nnmn timc. md mt mnra
than two,,ty iainu,en anart from oac altar. It ID
inaistod that tho relief giyon by Dronerty rcari,-
Ing market and sales, BY saving of iutorout, cost
iny viii bs Of inoalculabo Wi yauo % t., ali tIo Z VAT.
Another effect Of incroasod tr,ns,,ortatom 1. fm.
oilities during winter, 1t is thought, would bo to
preyo1,t euoh m accumulntion M thnro now il
each winter, and therefore to chcarcn froig,ts'
i,;rbcst cstmnta Of tho valno of t',c sh;nn;nv
OH tie lrkoa ia s50. .00O. DO. wbijo ti1aTra ;s
;sloo, coo Of property Interested IN tho crosg-
AL III oo coo moro At Trontou anu tot.i nf
sl5o09U 0Oo. IIo does not thin1; liz ioancr in
torest slouid olltwoIeh tho iarear ma 'S"'0@
Tho question noxt discussed 10. low the caso
will etad ii tho interests Of tho nublio s-o ajono
TO bo tho critoriou. In ordor to tnst thia ouou.
tim. bfr. Iov uaya.
~ -, srnnosa suoh i. ,,,,ao .h,un .,.,,.
ut tic foot !! Second sroot bu scrosa ta rysr VIII
ono eren two, draws by means of b.iige. re,t!nR
clear each slae Of tho Pvot and thore being four
saeh open,nEs lor tno passage e. or vcaxes aud tho
ntage @ o. spans aay ~ 1eet long oherW,ss
say from teu to twcnty fces aboso tho yasr ot Il:
the eYilg which the 1uiftinuH
tho ivea viii suffer by reason Of snrll hridgc, aud
those which they now sufEor and must continue to
snucf 1or tAo want OF II.
It is claimed that in this case there would lie
no poroeptblo Inconvenience to any or all yes-
solH going up stroa.n, and no increase Of ex-
ponae Of navigation in thnt direction. 1t 10
furthor caimod that "the only contingency in
which thore could posaloiy4b'e any Inconvenience
would 10 when up aud down tugs might moot
time with their yoeaoIe In tow. In Stormy wosth-
ar there uipht pogsibiy bo aomo di1icnltv in
potn pasialng tno sane opening' Inefo "onla
10 mono IN any oshcf "eatnof' IL ID held tnat
tuga need mover meet II tho aamo opening, bit
Tho claim that there would ba difficulty
In going down with q line OF tugs
won1d be u no onItv rhnn tba a. INV 'ne.s wcs
opon. It is admitted that, in going down, il 4
could not stop, and TINT, it 40 noar that it
could not continue its courHe, it might DO cont
This would be only the work Of Tow mi A;ltos Il
IL estimated that tho draw would bo closed thirty
times day, ton miuutes at time, at regular
stated periods Of the day, 10 that only five houls
will DO consumed, leaving ninetoeu hours for
there wou1d bo auy difficulty or roal substantial
incouvonienco to any interest moro than thnro il
A. Chicago, and that not ono out Of 1ifsy tugs
will bo required to round to at ali Or slack up On
direct COURSE: It il declared that 81 ia safe
to say thAt il there wero twenty euch brideea
across tho river botwoon Iakes Huron and Eric
the injury to tho agricultural community OF tho
g gs9at Wost, whose II intorssts arc principally In
ha 1.t ~ aas.u' ns ssees ~
~ !utnttup1!on ot la4"ey pAssaGe ~ lce !or
s!heio month III any ono "lhter would occasion.'
Mr.. Joy adds:
Lit It ue boruo in tud oIso that tero IA m cban1o
dooIs there. rhe dow Of tic current il aentIs ard
uniform, and always alike Thoro !s no riTor il tho
1itte iterrluion to aaytaaion. Thers are no elles
or side currents to take vesso out Of a cor,e and
drive It aueinst 4 pier Eyorythu1 faYofs tho essy
aud perfectIy safe nassaro Of Ystseis Of iii kinia
throurn dr3v. fA' ~ 1A''>''
rbia = ro,m.nt han Al, hoor h,,., MN, .,,n,.
narartion MT A. mrtro,t e ~ nr2nosa tsoat
annaiiv convan"nt for n"1,ast'r sI on mar ~
DoIut aao Wlt!e ~ otusF sa6u!a % IN Inc tofaau