Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-08-15
H,vpoe M,rrrRs-The placing Of the

cribs for the extension Of the east pier has
been A work OF considerable care and tact.
The sand has been removed from the sur
face II the rock, some three or four feet in
thickness. and though the rock surface
was tonnd pretty level, impediments were
met with which gave some trouble and
caused some extra expense. One Of these
impediments was bOlder of considerable
size. which could not be raised by the
dredge bncket, aud could only be disposed
Of by pushing it ont of the way to the east
ward Of the line Of the cribs. Another was
a piecr Of timber which stood some two
feet above the level of the rock. This re-
auired the service of diver to ascertain
its nature. and to hitch to it 50 that it
could be drawn out by tug. The dip of
the rock is northward, but so slight as to
leave the work of putting the cribs in posi-
tion. and leveling up comparatively easy.
The extent Of the addition of new cribs
was two hundred feet and in this distance
there was but about foot of failing of.
Thus bedded this new WORK will be more
solid and immovable than anything here
torore done in the pier building, in this
harbor. In no other case, it is understood,
has the sand upon the rock been removed,
and the result was that the cribs were un-
dermined and thrown out OF line by every
freshet. They will now retain sheir places,
and the necessity and expense of repairs
very much lessened in the future. The
engineer in eharge-Mr. EdmundSon-in-
forms US that considerable repairs have
been effected upon the west pier, which
from the policy adhered to in the building,
already alluded to, aud from injury from
collisions and general decay is in bad con-
dition. He has also done, on government
account, much dredging Of the bar beyond
the piers, even to the extent of five hun
dred feet. The depth of water now found
upon entering the harbor ranges from fif-
teen 10 seventeen feet. The David Vance
last week entered-loaded with ore-draw-
ing little less than fifteen feet.
The work upon the piers is drawing to
d close. It will be completed ab ut the
20lh INST.
The coal dock of the L. S. Co.. upon
which the Messrs. M'Kenzies are at work,
it is now believed will also be completed
about the same time as the piers are--the
Goth inst.
The old work upon both the east and
west pier has seen its best days, and the
progress of decay is somewhat rapid. Con-
siderable expense will be called for, at no
distant day, for either radical repairs, or
which is more probable, for rebuilding
them, calling for liberal appropriations
from the public purse.
ARRIVED.
Aug. 6th-Prop. COrmorant, ore, Mar
ouette. Sch'r. Alva Bradley, ore, Mar
ouette. Sch'r. Cos Hawk, ore. Marquette.
Aug. 9th-Steamer Pearl, light, Sandus-
KEY. Steamer Sparta, ore, Marquette.
Sch'r. Frank Peru, ore, Marquette. Sch'r.
NJ. c. Wilcox, ore, L'anse. Steamer Pearl
excursion, Cleveland.
Aug. 11th - Sch'r, Brightie, ore,
MarQucllB. IIOp u ". IONCAos OlC Il
anse, Prop. Annie Smith, ore, Marquette.
Sch'r. Wabash, ore, L'anse. Sch'r. Oneida,
stone. Islands Prop. o. Townsend, ore,
Escanaba. Sch'r Edward Kelley, ore, Es-
canada.
Aug. 12th-Sch'r Helena, ore, Escanaba.
Prop. Havana, ore, Escanaba. Sch'r. Laura
Bell, light, Fairport. Prop. Fletcher, ore,
Marquette.
Aug. 13th-Prop. Jarvis Lord, ore, Mar
quette.
CLEARED.
Aug. 6th-Sch'r. d. Vance, coal, Mil
waukee. Sch'r. Cos Hawk, light Mar
quette Sch'r. Oneida, light, Islands.
Aug. 7th-Prop. Ohio, light, Escanaba.
Sch'r A Bradley, light, Marquette. Sch'r.
Florida, coal, Hamilton.
Aug. Sth-Sch'r. c. G. Breed, coal, Es-
canada.
Aug. 9th.-Steamer, Pearl, excursion,
Cleveland. Sch'r. H. II. Brown, light, Es-
canada. Scow, Ramble, light, Sand Beach.
Sch'r. Frank Perue, light, Marquette.
Steamer Pearl, light, Put-in-Bay.
Aug. 11th-PrOp.Adni Smith, light Mar
quette. Sch'r. Brightie, light, Marquette.
Steamer Sparte, light, Marquette.
Aug 12th-PrOp. Fletcher, light, Mar
uuette. Prop. o. Townsend, light Escan-
aba. Sch'r. E. Kelley, light, Escanaba.
Sch'r. Wabash, light, Toledo. Sch'r. Laura
Bell, coal, Torch Lake
Aug 13th-Schr NJ. L. Wilcox, coal,
Chicago. Prop. D. W. Powers, coal,
Torch Lake Sch'r. Jarvis Lord, light,
Marquette.