The New York herald., 1876-09-10

the rock now es Ways Reef q con,cal projection
with only dve feet o! water over it at low tide, but
there at present depth Of fourteen Feet due to sur
face blasting The She.ldrake Rock another OF the
group which has been graded down by surface blasting
until from only eight feet of It has six.
teen feet over It at mean low tide level
NATURE OF THE ROCK
Tho geological character OF the rocks a He'll Cato
has been fully determined by the Investigations Of
General Newton and others They formed OF shinly
stratiGeo gness with scarcely any variation from tho
perpendicular This substance is very hard and dura-
ble as Is attestcd ressssnce the constant rc
ton Of the tidal Tho direction oil the strait
fcation as presented to the main currents
account OF the bend in tho chanpel that portion be-
tween Now York and Astoria being in the same line
with the flow, and that between Astoria and Wards
Island lying directly across IT, While therefore, the
agitation O. the the latter part OF the channel
is greater than the former, the dangers 10 nnvgs
tion are not IN the same proportion
REMOVAL OF THE ROCKS AND REEFs
This great undera ing becomes imperatively
sary when consider The effect the presence OF these
dangerous obstructions has on the Development and
extension OF commercial interests In their vicinity
With the superior advantages possessed by the upper
portion Of New York, over the lower section In the
Of deep water and available water front, the
time must come when trade will concentrate 10 that
part OF the city. The creation o. o new means OF
outlet for the present manufactures OF this city
Is matter o! much importance 10 The whole com
munity that II furnishes the chief reason Tor the In
terest displayed by the people N the progress
OF :he He'll Gate improvements. We may therefore
look forward with confidence Tor the happest results
from this grand undertaking. ana feel tha, although
New York day enjoys the proud position OF CONNER
cial and financial pre-eminence sho takes by this i'm
p.ovement step forward which VIII give her The lead
OF ali competitors on this continent aud even In the
world
rHK WORK OF PREPARATION.
AS the time draws near Tor the great explosion al
He'll Gate public anxiety Is awakened, and thousands
who until recently permitted many opportunities OF
VISITING the works 10 pass unavaiied OF now throng
eagerly to witness the progress OF the hna prepa:a
lions This curiosity represents remurk kabe increase
Of interest IN the great work and its success.
rHx LAST DAYS or siGnr SEEING AT HELL GATE
Yesterday ana to-day were announced the last
times when visitors would be permitted to descend
into the government excavations at Hell Cate on the
East River The announcement WAS deceptive Tor
the government, ike all paterna governments had SO
arranged IFS machinery and rs eectrc strings that
became necessary 10 issue an order early yesterday
morning that no VISITORS should DO permitted 10 90 III.
side the gate.
PRECAUTIONS.
IAN explosion might take place. said the SARCASTIC
authorizes, aud then council was held In tue ittle
shanty the reel and calculations were made Sew
era Of people not scared by The stories OF dy
Mantle EXPLOSIONS went 30 Astoria during the day and
wandered about the premises. But Newton was
automatically obdurase, and refused all The
Establishments of the beautiful girls who cluug
TO the weathcr-worn railing and vowed with sweet,
sozodont underbreath that they would drown them
selves IN the swift flowing he did not let ,hc.n
IN But he rigicy faithful cs If he had tho
conqueror Of Elaine and had her sai TO her death
mud scow. NO man must 20 inn was the dictrm,
rng VISITORS.
There the yellow ust stood the beaut!u. dan sells
fresh the CITY, LOOKING down into That Yellowstone
Valley, near where ihe dynamite had sent men 10
their death. On two bronzed, broken rocks Two
men sat down. one OF MY anc one o. thirty dscGss
ns the question OF how TO do ap ounces a, shor,
distance stood snree or four girls. WHO. moas-
ses" was mentioned, elappec thei hands
said, MAS ahead {" ana. wlsB sugar was
mentioned. exclaimed "sopnlss so herl'
Meanwhile crowds gathered and the old .acy black
n,s nsstco tia, nolasses was good enough ior hara
xt NIL lsf
sweet uneeonomieas natura
GRIN roRrALa
fhe green Yellowstone Valley eti lay there bo-
ncath wits It's .i,,e orida. vei.s dripping 90 many
pearls thousands Of striGgs the rugged br.nk
tain Merger or the scow. and ,he Captain oace re.
fused TO permit aay one 10 descend "ihers never
has been OFT oi niiro-giycerine orough, on boats
30 this island" SAID ,ne Captain. "except Ihe
pounds that the messenger against ordera
brought nero 70 die u as man. snG here the Cap
Ian wiped his eyes. fer little rGin wus falling "Hs
beyond punishment or H. and the newspapers OF ant
TO let inc subject alone
cEEsxgCs
The Captain subject to no Establishments In
reporter told hun tha, he hac passed between
the piers OF ine Eas, River Bridge those Two
towers Of baDel Tor New YORK one for Brook.
yn, which toward heaven 10 confuse tongues
OF politic.ans who bun 'aeo
DISCUSSION
Here she olc lady With The spi, euris broke IN 81
tell you mo.ssses good enough 'o' ounces tina,
oorn, aud lei. you. sopLic I'm oder's you.
and you'll ruin John with sugar"
Thea we stood on the rock bouas islana the terror
OF seatarng men, as sinoad siooc The back Of tks
whale
The srines are al; ready" SAID the Captain sand
surely you do not to risk al exposon,"
III ,ne works san stand u ca" " said the reporter:
.'for this 70 not ths trsi time newspaper man nas
been 'olOwed up
ixro rHB Dx?ras
Here the reporter giided down ,he slippery stairs
into the corridor OF the works With she b sky tor
dome overhead, white the waterfalls were spashina
wicker bustes OF the iaaies we're Haunting up
Hero the reporter seeing . man eau,iously sooxlna