Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-29

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Submitted IN report 90 Washington
in September. 1877. The location
selected was approved, and some mi
nor changes made in the dimensions
of the locks. This report was ap-
proved by the chief engineers and
the Secretary of War, and negotia-
tons are now in progress to obtain
possession of the land.
The line of the proposed canal COM
mences on the Oregon side of the
river, just above the main rapid. runs
through a plateau covered with
heavy powders. mingled with sand
and gravel resting upon bedrock and
closely hugging the Oregon shore, is
continued after the fall is made in the
river proper by a crib-work break
water about $3.50 feet long.
The excavation through the pla-
teau will be upon line 8 $50 feet in
length, including the guard-gate and
two locks, and after the fall is made
it will continue where necessary for
1850 feet farther within the line of
crib-work. The dimensions of the
canal will be as follows:
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Width in cutting At surface At low water -. 5sft
Width In cutting 1t bottom At low watsr..!. son.
Depth at high water over mitre sill. ....... est.
Derth at low water over mtre sill. ......... Sft.
The total fall from the upper to
the lower landing, q distance of
about So miles, is tbirty-eight and
four-tenths feet; 26 feet Of this is in
the first mile and third, the rest
being distributed over distance of
four and one-third miles. The fall
of e Feet at low water will be over
come by two locks, of lifts of twelve
and fourteen feet respectively; these
locks will be 300 feet long by so wide,
the walls of solid masonry, the
lower lock seventy-two feet high. At
the upper end OF the canal will be q
guard-gate, and it will he connected
with the locks by cribwork filed
with stone, carried up to the high
water mark. The breakwater run
ming below the locks will also. be q
cribwork filed with stone and carried
to high wstor mark. The canal will
be constructed SO as to pass steamers
ct Ill stages of the river, except when
closed by ice. As soon as the title
to the land il vested in the United
States operations upon the construc-
ton Of tho canal will b commenced.
LAND Ann WArER FkEszr Cost
Our inland commerce amousts 70
q. 0o0. go tons annually; and vhils
the sverage cost 81 carrying freight
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