, 1874-10-05
Miscellaneous.


fhere wsre about twenty-five lunber-laden vessola
At the docks jay! evening.
The favorable north wtud has brought In tho lu,u-
only about forty vessels remain In tho lumber
carrying business the others that hasa bean n
That intocEsle nuisance, tho steam whistle, which
neht .d hsstons tho stcS to their grnYes. Is being
abolished in nearly all tho lakeports except Chicago
ous ALDERMEN arc so fond Of "b1owiuG" that tiny
rather enjoy It. Tho tugnsu axaort that canuot
abolished in thts city, as thcrn Ia no other way ly
which to Jet tho brlagetcnasrs know TINT they sdoula
~1is schrs s' oo,1Insfora, Robert F.. Campbell and
Parel are Thy latest yessss that Lave gons into winter
--rns snip Alice, Which lcte tnis city about three
weeks ago with a cargo Of boneduss for Aberdeen.
Bcotland, cleared from Montreal rnesda, last, to bs
Alice getting out 10 aca, Will TAXA what Is known AZ
tbs north passags soross tls orsan.
ay With iis7S bIs of AIT for thts ey This s Il lis
largest cargo ol salt that vas aver carried tho
lakos. She laid nine uilcrcut ,aanafactorss under
m hs sse sshr E Eswoo Will S IT. Il
pulled oil, and that sLo ia but slightly damaged,
ELAEwliKuE.
The steau.-bsgga Ketchnm ind eonaort have been
laid up for the acaEou.
--Vha tchsa Aiayo Il Jonea and Willie Ke!,ss hsve
been beled Tor dubt At Buffalo. They both iu tho
Tho stsam-bargo Fletcher, CAPT. Graypa, aud her
con1ort tue setr-barso 1routon. have beca ordered
into winter quarters at Black no1t.
The achr Porter. Which started out from Cleveland
Thursday, IN company with tho echr 3. 8. Osbor, AMI
In tow u ths tug Q. Wilcox, when about midway ut
s e
being well fitted with sails, Ble IL capable OF taxing
care q hersof which will remove all anxicty ls to
THO humber Of craft passing through ths wellaud
Canal during tho mouth Of September, both ways,
sioua by lG1. Ths total number gong East waa a2,
Ut which humber 81 werc soapcts allu 9Jl sail craft,
ths total number from the Derot River being 309.
steamers, u aail craft, 200. OF this number 15u
were destined for tho Detroit piser.-pttrou Fra
Tho sandusky Rtnistcr, In spoaking Of ths a,,o-
utlon Of Tho sean-whiae nuisance In that city 4ays.
h Il a3ns o boSa ens @ w9 d.
upon whistles Will give audusky wi1o borsh. s.,.re
tie Council Of that o!ty have ordained that II ahall
be unlawful fur fny Btean-whHtf1 to 10 blown nEon
pos. xhateyer, vhfI!e yiug Il sny wharf o. hnls in
y ~ asast sa :'s' wien absolutely necessary as 'sn'
-Yostcrdsy Afternoon tls owner Of tho schr Mon.
gragon of this city, received 4ispntti from hY Cap
ain Milwaukea that he WAS ol1ue4 cenla wheat
to buffalo, aud nauislng II 1t should bs uccepted Ths
i'll own juagnuut ta la n4attar. rhs owner wss
sgrceahly surprised to earn few hnra lzor that tho
9s
Uttroft Post, Oct. y.
Tho present atatua Of tbs Lake Ontario improve
menta II 10 follows:
Tue channel at tho entrance to olcott 1asbor ia now
50 feet ia Width. nt hax depth of uater OK Is ieot.
Onuso ternliuus will probably be It Olcott a, II
thought bpss by Col. Wilson to give the channol
dcpth Of water in keeplng with the contemplated
locka.
At Oak Orchard the channel fl 100 foet in uidh With
depth Of water Of IL feet,
Ng soaua III ons ot lilo best narbors on tho who!o
chain o akes and IL really aord shelter 10 sto1u
driven yessols, having depth OF water Of II feel po
tweon tho pisrs aud we'll w INTO tbs bay.
Tho throe hsrlors aoYa spoken Of, sro no harhors
of refuge, aud 1uay 10 euterca by aeepy-laden
vessels, with perfect nafty Eul assuralua Of security
after reaching sMuoth Water
Tbs appropriation llas heen expended st ogdcna-
burg, aud goo1 channel With u fahs Ut water il now
secured.
At 0awego tho work on the oil west pier has been
completed u durable 1ual.tsr, and tha old hroak-
winter gales than # has bson before In many years.
TAs supeysrueura On tie nav breRkvatar IL up to III