, 1879-08-09
THE CANAL.
Use OF Steam on That Important
Waterway.
History Of It's Introduction md 1ts
Steady Progress.
Its Superior Economy as Compared with
tho lIorse.Boats.
Interesting statistios Furnished by tho
etoae Men and Others.

Intorosting statistios Furnished by tho
stouo Men and 0thers.
Since the introduction OF steam aa n,otivc
powcr on tho llliuo!s Il Michigan Canal, In 1852.
It's progress has bcen watched with great inter-
ut, and The Tn{nUHa llas, irom time to time,
en,lcavercd To- keen the public posted 90 tho
mattor. A. lato reportorEa, search among those
engaged In canal navg alton hAs developed some
Interesting facts eonccrning the steamboaea and
tho grcat stooo.carsying trado between tbIs city
and the quarrics at 1onont, In particular, and
canal navigation Ia general. The prog
rcss has been gradual, and the
result satisfactory Ia the way OF
ecouomY and utility. Steam has not met
With 80 many drawbacks md 80 much opposi.
t!on from lhu llorse.boatnen on tia Illinois q
Michigan Canul as 1t has on the Erie Canal,
where the washing OF the banks BY tho swell
from The wheels md the Eronter cost OF steam
boats and running c1penscs havo been urged as
]caJjng objections When the two first metz
toned objections wctu ovdrcome on The Erls
Canal by the Introduction Of tho Baxter and The
Raymppl propcilert aud patent couplers, tho
cost Of transportation b. steam power as CON-
pared with thht done By horses or mules
wns seriously brought forward, md bad not,
a. laat accounts, hecu settled. The leading
canal officials Of Now York State have made an
experimental trip on one OF the Baxter steam
ers, with atjsn 10 8nllng out the actunl cost Of
transportation OF freight bctwoen Buffalo and
Nex York, By steam, and thus settltnE tho
ye1ed question, but tho result OF ttie passage
Inns not ret come to hand. When II does Tue
TRlBUaE Will publish 1t,
thh ,,' ,t"si - o4sn% st,', EAN"noi h.Ln
on tue lll'ho's q MlchlEan Caaa' was the OLD
1s54. Tia r. ", 9atea followed the
..,n. rcor ahc vn. h,,lt haro hu,
sas ~, -. . .",, ,,,sas.,,',,,s, a~ ",, n.y. ,,.s
old not "ofA sueeess1ul'g' nor ns wen 10 tl'e
Morning 8sar, klaguoiia, Whale, Atlnn.ic, and
Kinr Rms. emo IN from tha Dhio Canal md
.adod ,,rmoo.o,v ~ III, ,roro..tri n,rodrctf,,,
~ steom IN H. ~ ,'ioois T. sitct~ao rnnai
Thn It. N n.a s anup s,.t.t ~ ntsasau i Suuai. s
ts n vunu nr ,vos io,e ah, Nv, Ksus T1 WY
Is uoM, or ~, was, aown aaoas the Efto tnhal
Ta.co1G ,ne &c F4nmns o. ooats Of 's eoaitrus
which 4 10 M approoriates chslsteed t,e Novelty,
a1 1t IS now running on Tue canal. Two 81 the
uroluaEy rrone'1ee Mnec1s nfd aseo on
{ns fne steanler' asa ,, ana tue stern o.
tllat nc ooH OF shc steamer tlts close Into u,
mn we TWO noass are naoo last bS patent
sonpllng: IL. Instead = a. ot towing hGr eonsort i,'c.
steamer pnsNes u along Although the novelty
Is Blk or seven genfs olis no otheF boata havo
Gcsn Similarly constructed; but there u
COUPLING
which RAYMOND has lettcrs natsnt for. and
which Is simple and convenient TO use, involves
no change In the atcrn Of barge, and cuahlea
propeller to take any ordinarT eaual'boat and
paeh her along the sam6 as tho Novelty
. does ner consoft. ibis coupler IL In gcn-
ernl Use BY nll tho steamboats,. 1t
should bo seen to DC property understood. Two
largo iron staples arc fastened close to tho bluif
Of each steamcr's bow:-upou the wearing
p!ece .br Enara-rati,-and similar staples arc
nlso attacheu to the stefns OF the bargcs To
couple onto barge tue steamers bow la placed
aealnst tho formers stern. md two, long,
heaVy 'fon Ious. Win hooks upon the cnde, arc
SSatSnaca Saa y ltem tno Staples on the steamer aud
hooked TO thdsc on the hnrGc, aud then screwed
up until Tie tWo vessels are coupled close
toeothcr. ~ ADDITION to tint q steamer takes o
oatao II 10" WIN line. ia the old way, md
tuns a. ING rate OF tHo lnaes an tionr, willie
norsespoat fins mile and 1a!t 90 hour. The
1niy ~ +hc rro,n. .nnrr;ar.. tbs "IEt stptso ..1