, 1877-08-17
One Of His Worst Eccentricitses
10 Be Effactually Cor
rected.
Completion OF the Government
Canal Around tho Des
M0lncs Rapids.
Keokuk Rejoices at tho Certainty Of
Enjoying Improved Navigation.
Arrangements for Celebrating the EEcnt
In q Suitable Manner
Description Of Ono Of the Most Important
Works Aboye New Orleans.

Works Above Now Orleans.
6oecto, ntsputcA "a 7as Tribune. |
KgoKrE, IL, Aug. 1G.-The canal which the
Government has constructed to overcome the =!
obstruction to navigation caused by the Dea |
Nolncs f,aplds In tho Mississippi at this point
wlll be formally opened with snlsabse cerc'no-
uies Of, Wednesday Ut next week, Aug. q. The
canal extends along the Iowa sl,orc from keo-
kuk to Nashville, distance IT sorcn md six.
tcntl,s miles, Is 300 feet wide in cmbankn,eut
aud $50 feet Wide In excavation; minimum
depth Of water five feet; maximum depth, eight
feet, which tssuI1c!cnt to 0oat tho largest stcana-
ers that ply tho waters Of the Upper Mississippi
The emhankmcnt tucloslnr the canal Is ten feet
In width on top, with rIp.rap covering Two feet
thick and carried two feet above extreme high.
watcr mark. Tho fall III tho entire distance
which tho canal extends is 1,S75 feet.
TIE LOCKS.
Thcre are two tlfs-lock6 aud cue guartl.1uck,
each $50 feet long and Eighty feet wfdc Oh top.
These arc built Of solid cut-stonc masonry, and
are pronounced by exports who haye examined
them 10 be very substantial, arl highly
erclttab1e specimens Of engineering skill.
Suices Of sufficient capacity TO control tho sur.
plus water carried Into tho cnnal by tho nu-
1netpus a'TcaiHs eAtpt3i"E tH1telH Uut'uh A+s"
frc4ucnt Hoods, arc bui't afoind thc locks.
These were not Included III the original est1.
mate. and have materially Increased tho cost Of
| the work.
THE MACHINERY
for nncrnt;np tbc ,eL.ratcs nt,tl wtcketa IL n1a1e
| from au original design Of Maj. Amos
| Htickney, tho officer In local Charge
Of tho improvement. Thls plan
| rnnstska pf d sgktet of ptllre clait,s mud wire
| s" .. ...s:5 ~ -. .,ss. -.. ,..r,.s t,sats,r ~
water Tito hydraulic eyl'nder. in stink behind the
walls back of cac', gate, connected by means Of
Iron ppes viii, IN engine situated near tho flcad
=; ,hc Ink an tha, onc man Al thu cuplur can
handle the massive g"tcs aud "lekcts Will caso
md prcclaion.
THE COST.
Tho or,cioa1 e,titnato fur tats tu1nroycucnt
~ - " ,,aa M ,rh,";. o..s,,s,a naa Convrrss
was tao''"o, "nen esI''na1e' nao eo''eisss
promptly appropriated tho dcsrcl sun's aud
not pottcred along with tho INADEQUATE aud
ncttr nronortioua of tho amount of money
Ano"h " W te'uneu' "ea'u ] na'u use" ..t.I a"p.s
sufficient. But through tlie pfaettce VI cutting
to Is per cent eaeh year. tho work has
.a u.sn as's1 ~, s ,,t~,, ro.ar ovo,eows
incurred from hleA wafer o'efho"s'
aud Natural waste 80 that the canal ias coat tne
Government 10 far 44,9tl, ,000. It ts cstl'
mated that 800 600 will ret 10 rcourct! to lin.
~, 49, 49, ,~as,, mi Cnn1,c.* wf,, hc oske,, +.
ish tan "osHs a"s. ce"essss WIZ ~ aaHea ~
make an appropriation OF thts amount at thu
| next srsstpu,
Thu work t,as been performed partially by
Nv .,., ...,ms,, II. ,ats, o,,,,,,n-o, h. ~
eoastaes e''u Pait'ans ~ 'apo' s'lp'o3eo ~ '"e
!" "|eiovcrnmcnt. ..,...--..
4 coafARs8oS
OF tho cost Of different kinds Of work shows q
| 1arre ha1nptc in flvor Of the labor hired bY the
1Jnjted States, aud an extract from the report
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