, 1881-08-28

The Union Dry Dock Company OF Buffalo re-
ccivec the contract for and will commence i'm
mediatcly the building OF large iron propeller
for the Union Steamboat Company. The boat
vii! be Il very large carrier, with an estimated
capacity OF $500 tons. The craft will be os4 feet
over ALL :G6 feet keel, 30 feet inches boam.with
depth Of o5 feet inches; the depth from the
base to the mnin deck being II feet The keel
sheets will be L. 16 OF an inch thick and tho gur-
board strakcs l0-16 OF an inch, extending to the
biIge; from the bilge to the main deck the sheets
will be E. liz Of m inch thick; from there to the
main-leck shear strake 10~16 Of an inch; to the
upper deck G-f6 Of an inch; the upper-deck
shear strake will be 9-l6 Of all inch and double.
The vessel will hare six wing keelsoms GIG OF
an Inch thick, und water bottom 5 feet deep Of
iron GIG Of an inch thick. She will have
water-tight bulkhead forward, and four other
bulkheals- The angie iron for the outside form
l. will be :x4 inches, and the reversed frames Will
he 3xs inches. 1t is calculated that she will draw
when light two feet OF water forward and six
feet att
AID LAWYERS PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
BRIDGE ORDINANCE.
We have received the following comHunica-
ton from gentleman very largely Interested
IL f f Of yeeses ia
the river by the city authorities 1t explains It,
self:
CHICAGO, Aug. I'll Esaw in your paper
this morning that Aid. I.awlcr proposes to in
trotlucc ordinance to put the brakes down. u
closing the brd1es IL little more e1ectuaIy
against vessels by shutting them :aftef 6:au p.
IN. every ten minutes without regs!d to me
number uf vessels that 1nny accumulate while
the bridges arc closed during the e. entng. Akt
o'clock last Wednesday night the propeller
Arson".t sae ,n ;Gsd W.T. l1h E9nofs, sc 1ona
on the South Branch. She got as Tar as Anutson
street aud there mot such = mrge number OF
6fats fbo ueesmIeson enn eSte Of The evening hour
that that It took until ! O'clock, in in. the
morning to get them cleared :st.he out ;,q 80
the same hnur, the propeller Escanaba bound
to the same dock, met with the same expert
ind lost Tow foxr 4ous
would not have been free for navigation up
Would have shut the bridges against these bonts,
nj large loss Of both time and money. This Is
only tHr simple OF tho wy the 5oar sysTem ia
1sn very dull tiule fur vessels. When business
..bootns - how will it. be: Tho hour ordinance
is working great injury to navg.n1n 9i espega r
While the people, having flushed their day s IN
hor would lose simply ts III a ~
it,se u great many thousands OF dollars during
The seasons Of navigation o1 ss9G5 S1 inc
-~-.5o:s:*. DocK NOTES.
! Frank Buffers condition yesterday
. ID but very slight Improvement
,,e propeller Sky1ark and steam-barge Alfred
sopcr urc III Miller brothers' docks receiving
new wheels.
There will he Sabbath services to-day at 3
O'Clock on tho lumber market for the benefit OF
sailors and tugmeu.
Tho stea,n- barge 3. ], Moore is in the docks OF
the Chicago Dry,Dock Company nae1ne repairs
made In her holt: and to be calked.
Cant, Robert Robertson has been put In tenn
nor,,rv command Of the schooner Lille Pratt.
Capt Sullivan, her commander oe!ns very III
at present
vessels loading at Marquette recently have
been delayed by u strike among tne ranIoau r,t
empluyGs, which for time stopped the supply
Of iron-ore.
A workman, Swedc, whose name could NOT
be learned fell to the bottom OF Miller Hrothers
ana 3 ses # tati 1h sten
barge Soper ut the time of the accident
Thomas Murphy yesterday morning recovered
tha hody OF William Quincy, who jumped over
sra S% The ,na + to ST.
late residence, No. liz Green street: os. MuE-
pby says mat he has known Nj: Gafnsy for over
tiuence Of LIQUOR. he thinks he must have been
affected with temporary Insanity.
Vessels which passed Port Huron ten days ago
bound for this port have NOT as yet put ~ an l ap
G 1 1l tee ouFns the last
four or i've days the wind has been light IRON
the southeast and the sail arrivals at this port
FOR that period have been very fow- CAPTAINS
arriving in port state that they have been four
dnys in coming from the cast shore.
Commodore William Harman, owner OF me
tug Tom Brown, was yesterday served WIN
summons by Officer Florence nonahue to . ap.
near before Justice Wallace on the 10Th jpst- ana
answer to a charge of violating the whistle or.i-
nance By having larger Wn1ste % IN 9ls LUZ than