Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-06-21

Coal freights are very firm, the supply
being large and vessels scarce. The pre-
vailing rates are: to Chicago (down town.,
$l.4o; dc (up town), $1.55; Milwaukee, ST.
40; Detroit and Wyandotte, zoe; Buffalo,
$1.30. Iron ore from Marquette to Give
land, So &c; do to Erie, $3.50. Coal to To-
ronto, 1925, gold; to Kingston, 1915.
Fog WHISTLE AT WHITE FISH PoINr.-
This place, situated at the southeastern
end OF Lake Superior, is provided with a
10 inch steam fog whistle. 1t gives a
blast of seconds duration, followed by
an interval of ten seconds, then a blast of
seconds, followed by an interval of 40
seconds.-Clece. Her0ld.
IMPROVEMENT OF EXTRAORDINARILY
Wyandotte Enterprise says: 1.-The United
States surveying party is still at work de-
timing the channels of the river. The un-
usual number Of vessels that have run
aground this season, between Amherst
burg and the head of Fighting Island,
shows that the work was undertaken none
too soon. Half Il dozen vessels have been
aground at one time during the past week.
ST. MARY'S RIvER.-This difficult chan
mel connecting Lake Huron and Superior
is 63 miles in length, from Detour to Round
Island light. Its greatest width is in Mud
Lake, 9L miles; its least width is east of
Garden River, where it narrows to 23O
as to require pilot who is familiar with
them. The current in East. Nebish Rap
ids, during nOrtherly gales, runs from five
to six miles per hour. The rapids are $50
the narrowest part 80 yards wide, marked
by three pairs Of barrel buys placed near
ly opposite to each other.
The contract for working out the last ap-
preparation of $500, 900 for the improve
ment Of the St. Mary's Falls Ship Canal
has been let to Messrs. Boyle IL Roach, of
Cincinnati. The work is to be done on
the new lock or locks. The lock will
be 80 feet wide at the coping. and 450 feet
long, and will have lift of IL feet, with a
depth of 15 feet of water on the inter still
at ordinary low water. Each wall will be
of the stairway; 3915 feet high from the
head of the stairway to the breast wall at
the upper end OF the foundation for the
lock timber, and 261s feet high from this
point to the upper end of the wall. The
walls to be feet thick. set of guard
gates Will be placed 100 feet above the up
per lock gates, and another set 6115 feet
below the lower lock gates. The founda
tion is to be built with pine timber 10 in
ches square, laid six inches apart, and
the space between them to be filled up
with concrete. The timbers are to he Sc
cured by bolts and fox wedges. and TO eX-
tend at least five feet under the wall.
The gates are to run on rollers or tracks,
porting the present gates are to be dis
pensed with. The chamber is to be filled
and emptied by tubes entering at the sides
instead of having valves, as the gates of
cavations as follows: Rock. 10000 cubic
yards; gravel, 10000 cubic yards, and the
following materials: Timber-pine, Co.
600 feet; oak, $4,000 cubic feet; pine plank
and scantins, $4,000 feet, board measure;
beside l.300.000 feet, board measure, for
putting in place the timbers, which will
require at least 10000 feet of of drilling.
lron-wrought, 10000 pounds; east ,320,-
900 pounds. Cement, 10000 barrels, of 800
pounds each.
The following important note has been
received:
Office Northern Pacific R'yl
DULUTH, June 4, 1873.
To the Lighthouse Board, Detroit.
l. write to notify you that the light here
tOfore maintained by this railroad compa.
this day been removed to the east end OF
the north pier of the canal entrance.
l suppose it will be maintained there by
some one, perhaps by your board. l write
witeout authority, merely that steamers
and vessels coming on Lake Superior may
know that the light has been changed.
l am. yours truly,
Signed w. G. DICKINSON.
We find the following in the Detroit Post
of a late date.
1t has been said relative to the com
merce Olthe lakes that more
tonnage passes the city of Detroit during
the season of navigation than passes any
| other point on the seaboard on this con-
tinent or any foreign country. From the
| reports of the districts we lind that at the
close of navigation in 1872, there were reg
istered 5,33S vessels. with tonnage o,
| 726, 105 tons. The increase OF tonnage
| since the close of navigation for 1872, ac.
| cording to Captain Gyles's report, Marine
Inspector for the port of Cleveland, is 1874
steam and vessels, with Il capacity of /,
coo tons each. Add this to the 726 iO5 In
commission in 1872 and we have $50, 10.
tons. The carrying capacity for this
amount of tonnage, allowing two-and.a