, 1875-07-17
How Canada Is Seeking to Divert the
Grain.Trado from Now York to
Montreal.
Progress Of the Enlargement of
the Canal.
j Work Estimated 10 Cost $9,500, 900,
but Likely 10 Cost Double That
Amount.


tll'h f"ts'ee WAS aes't from mere last Aloaaayt
Ills "ork wilI provo very
DIFFICULT AND Ezrgys,vx.
/ being ali rock excavation un1or wstor, Tbs
contract ootla for ~ fao. nav;o.,or, ho,o,v
,.",, s",u. .". ~ w. 49,. s0' @ .',. r'," %
hfsh-wntof mark. From the mouth OF tho
cana! tho eScasatinE will o1tend out into tho
lato nbont 400 feet. Tho quantity NJ ma.
terla1 In ho ,cmoycd in rarjops1v cstjmate1.
! :, 49,. !. Ill 49,. ~ .,. -.
o.o09 chbio yaFaH. lho contractor fccc1Vos
| $l2 yard for It. To do Tho dtslng dEedge
iuIa will be taken to tho desired points, AMI
tt,cu rair.d upou u,,es No Az 10 bo n,oyc tho
.''s" .' ~" ' ~ 80 ~, Nv
ac1lo., OF iho "hsos' oh ono hhle o1 tho afc'so
railway will be constructed upon which
Eteain.dtiIi will work. the drill shaft being from
II IN a1 fret in ,eus,b. Thn blasting vii, bo
,,,,. u,.t, ,-oo,;. r, t, t.o., .,h T.. =, 49,
.o"' "'e'' ~ - "'' ., ''e" " sn'
thah "ho d'a LUIS "ork III sllo great 1ooaac 1"h'
ncl. After tLe holes arc made iit the rock, cans
nj elveetnr Will. long tubca attached will 10
,.ria ,,at,n ,nr;,. ~, h,a.a ~ 49, Iro,,,-o H.,
a44's u"'''4''e ~ oo"'u VI 'is ".s"Ao' aus
on*H'oo lna1otlat VIII po ta3en np WILL ateoRes'
The present piers, Which arc 400 toet long,
will be extended ont into tito lake 400 feet
furthnr
THE ENLARGEMENT rtAy
,,o,.,aoa t,- ,sa,,;"r .,. "''..1 ., ''.nH
r.o''a'. 49, ~ seuuos wv n"''n cap4' from LAKE
'@tt'' ~ p'.1"us ''a'p - ~ iocA y! tof' col-
borne wiki An 3-fcet Lift. Tho level between this
lock and A'lcnHlnfgh, Is niles. IN supplied will,
| wafer fr,in thu Grand Ryer through u fecdor 20
miles long. Tno change Of plan will do away with
the fender and tic lock asso but viz nccessi-
low tho surface Of tho ground. This lovol hna
nov 10 foet Ut water III It, 10 that nnIy , feet
additional dopth IL required. but thu present
canal is % feet in width at tho surleco Of tho
water and 81 fctt a. t tho ho;ton 20, while tho Gu
ltno III feet " tue botto anti II feet deep. Tho
actal work to 1o done, therefore, on this Iofals
equivalent 10 digging new channel larger tl'an
tho present one, TIM creator pnrt Of the OK
rnt will bo through hard rock. Tho inclination
n1 1 tue bank ss to !, which will giFo slope OF
| 10 feet on eithor sito.
THE F'llsr dAS1 or I.An0HEns -
| on tho route 'sero ticountered at Point about
~ miles north Of Port Colborue. They wero
cnsaEod In widening tho cllannel. Tcan,Bt
tlre:igca, and tlcr'ichs wore cmployod. Tho
dredses would scoop IN tho Garth from tho Btdo
tho rurpose.. These w"uld bo taken up by tho
corf'c!s having 30: feet arms aud their contenta
| were taroppca ls0 fcct snlAhd, slr. Dunbar hns
this section on s1'b'contract, and largo
amount Of work has bean doue. Nokt comes
| THE JOHN BROWN CONTRACT,
which ts very nearly completed. rho channel is
100 feet on TUG water liuo, 100 feet al tho bot
tom, nri IL teot !'oep ltunntog under thu ca.
ma! AZ luis sectaoh 10 creek. WHICH mates dIf-
flcnle job OF IT, new cu1eert must bo con-
sttucted much deeper that tho proseut ono; but
1t caunot be constructed until tho water s drawn
on IN lilo Wf1Ier time. On tho Sinma contract
| noxt below, good force Of men wcre at work
With leans and number Of "elevator scoops."
This scoop - an ingenious machine and sson1s
to work we'll. Dst"aen tbls section md tho Quo
on which ID the "doep cut not 3 great loal has
boon accomnlisled, But at this point which is
Just below Port Robinson, . lnrge amount Of
excayating has boen dona. The ''doep cut " lis
| TIE HEAVIEST rAnTA-woaK
on tho canal: 70 cplargo it to tho required d.
mensons 2. loo. 600 cubic yalda Of Garth must DO
removed. halt Of wlich baa already boon taken
out and = heavy foKcc are still digging. Drodgos
staa1q q-scoopa, stationary epglnen, t1Asnways,
tcatns. ecowa, aud tugs aro al employed lnro.
Tho Garth ia now piled up on either bank. until
1t resembles c1nnll mountains, and still greatnr
quantity has been placed In scowH, and taken
DOM to tho mouth Of Chippewa Crock. mica
distant, mud dumped iuto Niagara l1ivar just
aboyo tho Falls.
NO MORE NEW wtnK