Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-07-28
About That Mismanagcment.

ABOUT Ih0t miSmanaRcments
The Chicago Times and Inter- Ocean OF
the 1lth inst. contains a clrd purporting
to be from a Citizen of Sault st. Marie"
making serious charges of mismanagt-
ment against the Superintendent OF the
ly word of truth, nor had il even
foundation i'm fact. anil as published w;ls
il tissue ut misrepresentation and false
hoods from first to last. On the day i'm
question there was blockade in the
canal caused by one of those periodical
'stidal waves" Three Or four times dur
canal from four to five feet, which left all
the vessels i'm the canal OH the bottom.
The rapidity with which the water fell
caused such Il current rs to render YES
sells comparatively unmanageable. This
Of course was the cause of great deal OF
trouble all day. In the afternoon the
Adams, the largest schooner running
in these waters, came in the canal. She
was left on the ground across the canal.
While III this condition and before the
water had risen sufficiently to float her,
the City OF Duluth came in, and of course
was desirOus of passing down the river
that night. Under the circumstances she
could not pass the Adams, and the
Adams could not be novel until the
water rose enough to float her. As soon
as was possible she was taken out of the
channel but it was not until it was
too late for the Duluth to pass down the
river that night. The Duluth was then
requested to pass into the locks but the
captain declined to pass, rs the Adams
was so large that there was some risk,
and as he could not get down the river
that night he was in no hurry. The Ad
ans was therefore taken i'm the locks and
passed down. The statement that the
Chamberlain waited for other vessels to
pass may be true to a certain extent, but
it was with her consent. The blockade
could be raised sooner that way, and
Capt. Judson cheerfully consented that
the change in order should be, made.
Capt. Judson, of the Chamberlain, is
highly indignant. the way he has
been mentioned in this connection, and
will probably express as much in the pa.
pers making the charge.
The charge about the Superintendent
and deputy not being OH the ground is
false. Both were doing their utmost to
facilitate the passage of vessels, although
the deputy's duties only require him to
be on hand at night. These are the facts
i'm the case as can be substantiated by the
captains who were there during that
day. fT -~,-- r
If the Superintendent is responsible
for the rise and fall of the water in the
canal, as it does to some extent every day
and several times to the extent that it is
called sstidal waves" then he may be re-
spousible for the blockade on the 30th OF
June, and of the Duluth not getting
down the river as she desired to do. II
the canal is mismanaged because the Su-
perintendent does not hold these tidal
waves i'm check, then the canal has been
mismanaged in the past and probably
will be in the future.
Since the above was in type, we have
received the following card, which has
been furnished to the Chicago Times and
Inter-Ocean for publication, and which
explains itself:
| TO THE PUBLIC.
We, the undersigned citizens OF Sault
Ste. Marie, Mich, having had our atten
ton called 10 an article published in the
Chicago Times and Inter-Ocean OF the
11th of July, rejecting upon the man
agement of the st. Mary's Falls Ship
Canal, signed "A Citizen of Sault Ste