The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1878-01-15

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Chambers Journal.
A hundred and fifty years ago lbe NJ
bitants Of Glasgow, then only Few
Dusapd in number, resolved on impToF-
tho Clra-, ....A 'nvI hH'e ho'c -"
,rklng ut the idea ever since. j. was
tewd conception. The city Ind greet
liabilities OF advancement. The htlgh-
rhoo. abounled IN iron and coat The
or opened IntOa charnel communicate
with the west coast OF England anc
Atlantic; and the Atlantic was Tie
thway to America. There lay the ele-
nts of wealth, and no doubt wealth
Md be realized In undesirable
lndance If the river could be rendered
figable, Such was the reason"
of these Glasgow people.
ey hardly yet imagined the
ssibility OF bringing the sea UP 10 tiIt
". They would establish Il port near
salt water, and carry on tlaiIia d!
ans OF lighters. Inat was the primary
hon, and it did good service ~ tiiis
?. ia process Vi tune, as Ifaue aiiu
alth increased, the improving OF TIC
Ter on grand scale, aud mihihs
,sgow itselta port, became IL proihIhehI
a In this keeli-wittGd and sell reIlaA.
immunity. 10 shot, the tLial waisl
st br made to flow upward over q
ce of fifteen or eighteen miles, 10 lht
oomielaw, so rs 10 secure the ddyai!'
res OF harbors aud docks WIN q Gear
direct route 10 Tic sea, Mr.. neas
SCENTS narrative OF proceedings 'OI
Lpening, widening and Strengthening
river, which In some places was 50
How that II could be iordeu on 1901.
here sand banks were bare at low water
d plows drawniy horses Wereemploy
10 break I'D the banks 80 that the cur
might carry the sand away where
snnd.banks were under water thfy
re torn up by barrow. attached by
.,r to tie stern ol steam tugs, the
erated debris being swept away by tht
rent aud relax CT Tue tides. 4hei
ran processes OF dredging, at first by .
in at iron Buckets worked by hant
by horses, but Atterward by steam
Ver. Sometimes the dretges encaun'
I'd rocks and bowljers, aud these bat
be mastered by recourse TO diving
= and blasting. FOR long time ht
ineers were unaw4r e OF remarkable
or dyke Oi whlnstone rock AZ lh'
ala ?.
ut four miles FISH tfsF E'-'i vi
nidablc bed OF rock, which was ouly
covered by the grounding OF "a llrg,
AMER in 1854, extended nine hundred
By about three hundred ieci
breadth IL was blown mp by
powder, the chaI ges being fired by &
vanic battery. The cost Of thest
ting operations was upward OF SIX.
thousand pounds. Mach, we are
remains 10 he done, but The north
halt OF the rocky area has heen low
SO AS 10 give channel OF fourteen
at low water, the other hair having
valuable depth OF eight feet. litI-
ely. as is expected. there viii be
h throughout OF twenty feet al low
.r. The cost OF the suudry operations
he Clyde has. from first 10 last, IN
le OF acts OF parliament, been bornt
ewing rates on the tonnage OF Yes
using the river. The administration
ughout has been marked ny greal
hence. With some insignificant tail
whatever has Dren done has been
we'll. The total expenditure OF tn
ie Trust from the year l7IO to june
amounted 10 six million. sever
ired and loFty-four thousand pounds
a
present the minimum Ceph of thu
gable channel may be stated at lii'
feet at low water, and about twenty
feet az high water. Vessels drawlDL
ty-tbre,. feet three inches have with
q last three months come 10 Glasgow
Ne tide 10 Greenock. Ship-building
ne Clyde has advanced In o remark
manner. In 1876. there were bull
three war vessels, thirteen paddl'
hundred and thirteen screw steam
Including other kinds Of craft, ther,
hull, on it tote OF twohundred AM
bty.six vessels, For the year endin!
0th OF June. 1915, the revenue OF tb
10 Trust was enc hundred ana nlnety
ousand three hundred and twenty
bounds sterling. A survey ot liz
bing at the harbor and docks o
gov would communicate aieeling o
ormous trade with MI parts OF In
.. The truth Is, the rise Of Glasgow
Of the wonders In the modern his
BIZ Great Britannia greater wohdc
dering the poor and backward stat
ptland at the union. From thirty
thousand IN I'LL, the population q
row has swollen TO halt a million
has become the sPcold city OF th
re-. with apparently no Limit to il
h and importance. AZ center c
featuring. industry 1t has severe
IMAGES. but all would have been una
o without the Clyde aud us mar
Improvements.
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