The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-09-27
NEWS FROM THE METROPOLIS
Ready for a Rainy Day.

By American Press Association to the STAR.
NEW YORK, Sept. N.-lsaac Smith &
Sons umbrella store, 1908 Broadway,
was robbed by burglars Sunday night of
two hundred and seventy silk UNI
brellas, valued at $4,000.
Statue of w. III. Seward.
Randolph Rogers statue OF the ate
VIM. H. Seward will be unveiled to-da y.
1t will occupy q position in the sou TIL
west corner Of Madison Park, overlook
ing Broadway, Fifth avenue and Tw en-
ty-third streets. 1t cost $35, 900, and will
compare faVorably as work OF art with
any of the well-known statues in the
city.
The Hell Gate Channel.
Sounding operations began at He'll
Gate yesterday at low tide. The water
ut mean low tide was from sixteen to
twenty-one feet deeper than the former
bed of the reef, and this strengthens the
opinion that the reef has been totally
demolished. This would give depth at
high tide ranging from twenty-eight to
thirty or thirty-tive feet, which is fully
up to General Newton's calculations.
After the removal of the debris it may
even much greater than has been ex-
pected.
The Next Grand Explosion
will be on the occasion of the demolition
of Flood Rock, or Middle Rect, eight
hundred feet from HalleRs Point. The
area is about seven acres, or fully twice
the size of He'll Gate Reef. The central
shaft has already been 'sunk and two
tunnels excavated. The shafts are for
ty-one feet below mean low tide. One
tunnel is one hundred and ten feet long,
leading southwest; another is eighty
one feet long, leading northeast. 1t Is
proposed to get twenty-siX feet OF water,
and to do this it will be necessary to re-
move reef of rock nine hundred feet
long and five hundred feet wide. 1t will
be two years, however, ere New York
and vicinity will be excited by this man.
moth explosion. When it is acc )m-
plished the channel will be twelve nun
dred feet wide.
Am Encouraging View of the Busi-
ness Prospects.
The Herald editorially discussing the
business prospects expresses the belief
that setting aside the natural stir and
increase in purchases here and in other
large cities, and putting away all tenn
porary causes there is not only in New
York but all over the country real re.
vival of trade, moderate in its proper
tions and promising to last, and to in
crease and have its effect upon the gen.
eral industry. The evidence Of the busi-
ness revival attracts attention not only
here but in Boston, Chicago, st. Louis.
Cincinnati and all the centers Of trade.
Both Southern and Western trade
10 hrio
can be no doubt of the present
revival of trade. The Herald
believes that it Is not spasmodic
movements; but that unless some unfore-
seen course intervenes il will continue,
and that we are at last on the upward
way. 1t asserts as the cause OF the re-
vival, the improvement Of the people as
a whole since 1878, and the more pru-
dent conduct of every citizen and fed
eral officer, and says that with contin-
ued confidence on the part of business
men, sound and staple currency to
carry on business on business princi-
pies, and revision of the laws affect
ing commerce and production, the recoy-
cry of prosperity will be lasting.
The President at Ithaca.
A special from Ithaca, N. Y, says
President Grant and wife arrived there
last evening from Maunohunk. They
were met at the depot by Jesse r. Grant
and proceeded to the hotel. A large
throng of citizens gathered at the depot
in hope that some address of welcome
would be delivered. A. W. Esty, Presi-
dent OF the village, was presented to the
President by young Grant, but no public
words of welcome were spoken. The
visitors will remain day or two, visit
lug Cornell University, IN which Jesse
is member of the Junior class.
HOnOrs to Gen. Newton.
A complimentary reception to General
Newton, engineer Of the He'll Gate eX-
plosion, has been proposed, and the
first steps toward carrying out the plan
have been taken.
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