Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-04-27


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a cham af iion tsgcket- xerked by haDd
aud by h"r>-s. hut =iiersar by steam
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r-ck- and hOuider-, and these
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diving bells and blasting. For long
time the engineers were unasare at re-
markable bed of dyke of whinsione rock
ut the bottom Of the river, near Eiderslir,
about four miles from Glasgow. This
bed Of rock, which was only
discovered by the grounding Of large
steamer in 1874, extended nine hundred
feet in length by about three hundred
feet in breadth. 1t was blown up by
the charges being fired by
yalvanic battery. The cost Of these
blasting operations was upward OF
$4,000. Much, We are told, remains to
be done; but the northern half OF the
rocky area has been lowered eO as to give
q channel of fourteen feet at low water,
The other half having an available depth
nf eight feet. Ultimately, as is expected,
there will DO a depth throughout OF
twenty feet at low water. The cost OF
The sundry operations'on the Clyde has,
from first TO last, in virtue of acts of Par
lament, been borne by levying rates on
The tonnage of vessels using the river.
The administration throughout has been
marked by great prudence. With some
failures, whatever has been
lone has been done we'll. The total ex-
penditure of the Clyde Trust from the
year ITO to June, 1875, amounted to
e6,744,ooo:
At present the minimum depth of the
navigable channel may be stated at ff-
teen feet at low water, and about twenty
i've feet at high water. Vessels drawing
twenty. three feet three inches have within
the last few months come to Glasgow III
one tide from Greenock. Ship-building
On the Clyde has advanced in remarka-
Bile manner. In 1875 there were built on
it three war vessels, thirteen paddle and
hundred and thirteen screw steamers.
Including other kinds of craft, there were
built on it total of 276 vessels. For
the year ending 30,h June, 1875, the
revenue of the Clyde Trust was e196,326.
A survey Of the shipping at the harbor
and docks of Glasgow would communi.
cate feeling of an enormous trade with
all parts of the world. The truth is, the
rise of Glasgow is one of the wonders in
The modern history Of Great Britain-a
greater wonder considering the poor and
backward state of Scotland at the Union.
From ,hirty-five thousand in 1771, the
population of Glasgow has swollen to
half million, and it has become the
second city of the Empire, with appar'
entity no limit to its wealth and i'm
portance. AS centre of manufacturing
industry it has several advantages, but all
would have been unavailing without the
CLYDE and its marvellous Improvements.
Chambers Journal.
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