Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-03-14
The Fox and Wisconsin Rivers.

knaD, in answer 10 Cdil LOT IulOI HID
ton concerning the Improvements CT
these rivers.
The appropriation of the two rivers
FOR the current year, is TO be S728, $780,
This is presuGed to be sufficient for
opera ibns this year, and IS in the esti-
mites divided thus--for the Fox River,
$478, 800; for the Wisconsin, Sa50,0O0
Major Houston says that the; effects
Of the works OF Improvement on the
Wisconsin in 1871 aud 1872 warrants
the expectation that, by the system
adopted, four foot navigation can be
secured on that river There lis. no
question as TO the pfacticability of OBJ
taiuis.s E441is on the Fox River.
In the immediate work On the low
. er Fox the engineer recommends the
building Of new works Of much more
substantial character than the present
ores, and their being built in manner
allowing an ultimate. drau2ht of. six
feet, with a width Of channel of from
70 to 100 feet, and the Tightening Of
the locks to any required standard, and
to make available such Of the present
works as are good 1t is thought. that
the canal SO enlarged as TO depth
and width with the present size -of3
locks l60 by IS feet adapted as it is to
The use Of steam alone, presents facili-
ties for an enormous traffic, and. that
it will be economy to construct new
locks of the same dimensions as to the
len. aid Ir2ad,h h, but in such man
nor as to readily and economically
allow of lengthenihg.
At Del there is water enough fer
boats Of four feet draught. For
greater depth a Golfer dam should be
pat in and the rock excavated from
the channel at the foot Of the,lock, and
there should he a deepening Of the
basin above, and some works on the
docks aud banks The estimates are
for AZ. ct Of drart from Depere to 1t
tie Kaukauna, 400, for S feet draft
1850 for G feet $l3, $50.
At Ii tie KaakauLa, the lock needs
retimbering and relignine, and the up
per two miles Of the level, which ex-
tend to Rapida Croche lock, will need
dredging and removal Of boulders.
The estimates are ford feet draft, |
81, 100 for 5 feet, $3.50 for 6 feet
$500.
At. Rapide Croche, the present
works are good, except that the dam
needs strengthening and crawling.
The estimates are-for 1 feet 81, 800 );
for 5 81 500 for feet 3,l5O.
At Kaukauna,. the estimates includes
the five locks and folr levels. They
include a new dam, protection Of
banks by rip-rapping dredging &c. For
1 fees. the estimate is $26, 900 : for 5
feet, $780, ; for feet $67, 600,
At Little Chute, the combined locks
need to be rebuilt, and for deep drafts
stone dam is advised. This level
reaching up the Cedars, is estimated at
for 4 feet $50, 600 for 5 feet, $62,-
500 ; for 6 feet $l05, 600.
From the Cedars to Appleton, the
estimates are, for 4 feet, $50 for 5
feet So $50 for feet $31 $50.
At Appleton, there are four locks
and two dams. One lock should be re-
built, ani other extensive repairs made
in adopting the present basis. The
estimates are for feet, $67, 200 ; for 5
feet so, 800 for 6 feet $4,000.
At Menasha, the estimates are, for
4 feet, $4,000 for feet $18, 100 ; for
6 feet, SIS, 900.
The total of these estimates, between
Green Bay Lake Winncbago, are,
for four-feet navigation, $I67,75O !;
tor 5 feet, $208,750 for feet, $780,
800.
Between Oshkosh and the Wiscon-
sin river at Portage City, the work
consists mainly in dredging. The ma-
tcrial to be exeayated is soft, there is
40 rock, very few boulders and little
gravel. large and powerful dredses,
with high Ing cranes are propo:ed:-I
With these the dredging can, be done
very cheanly and with one throw most
Of the material can properly be deposit
ed. The estimates contemplate
locks and dams at Eureka, White Riv-
CT, Governors Bend, and. the repairs
on the lock at Fort Winnebago. The |
total estimates are for four feet, 1910, |
$40 for feet, $439,G70 for feet.
$3.50, 500.
Engineer Edwards says that in call
ing. for.Sl6f,02O FOR the lower Fox
$50, 1000 for the Upper Fox he finds
these amounts as small rs deeirablc /
for thorough and favorable prosccu-
ton Of work for 1873. He has plan
cd to DO such work as would quickest
put the canal in running order, and
give depth of water that will encour
rage heavy transportation. In trying
for FIVE feet this year, he would only
dredge one cut of about 40 feet for the
channel, and give this quite an excess
Of depth. This would greatly facili-
tate local transportation, Interfering |
little with the progress of the work.
In these estimates he contemplates put
ting all of: the new locks suitable for an |
ultimate depth Of six, and SO built as to |
readily allow Of leugthenipg. He
recommends that on the Lower Fox
materials be procured, prepared and
trans ported t. r0elr various places dur
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ia :A1-A S. $50