, 1881-03-16
Manitowoc Threatened with n Dis.
astrous Flood When the Snow
Leaves the Ground.
SEipllnil,ling Mt Nlanltowoc Embraces
Nine Now Craft nnd Lnrge lie.
pairs 10 Old Ones.
Tho Iron Steamer City Of Milwaukee to
Be d Floating Art-Gallory,
Superiority of Treo-Nails for Vessol
Fastening-Pcrsonal and
General Notus.

a nfS4ASTROUS FKES11ET FEARED.
sptetar Ih,pafeh 10 ne Chicago 7'ribu".,
MAS1rnw0c, Mnrch 11.-rhu catEinr aprlng
frcstct II CAUSING snllu ecrlous tllIpychensfntls
ali.ung ali OF o,tr khtrhul1slcrs md vrsael-meM
for tho safety OF theIr Inseresss. The thryurts
arn built Oh 10y, iut grnund+ scnrec!y three feet
al oyo tho rvCr ut IT'S medium hight, md 1t
seems rs thul1uh when tho imtllrnse amount Ut
snt'w now TN tho Hs01nh Dlclts awny, thoy must
he ilotnled ind Rrcnt l1ss Inevitable. 1t Is csti-
1nusef that isanh Il lIcrecr nIonc have fully
StNND wnrth ut RtIp.iimhrr piled in their yNrsl.
and each Of tho othcr builders hhs II consiter-
able amount also. III addition to this. each OF
the partially finished teascls on tito stocks Is
tsircntcnrd with destruction, md every Hian
who Gun usG cnking. .tr alltl n'nl1ct Is Et work
On thu hottoils Of thpso which hAre received
their plnnkiix, to get tholn rr.tty tO inut. Hut
tho stcan,-barRo brlstg buist by Mr. Nlchards
MID tho Snnlt schooner r. Hook Is Dtsf'sllnE, cnn
lurlIy be got In readiness before the frcshet
c1nlcs own.
1t IL and that considerable tfncastnesa Is felt
BY the nwncsa and lessccs Of tho .'ry-dock. he.
cause Il ias bcrn IN poor conditions for sntliu
tne: nt,tl II Is now fcare,t that 1t niay cave In.
Hut this fear. 1t wn,,'l scum. Ia irnln over.
anxiety, rs its outward appearance. to casual
observer. Is E!nl a,id stltsiHntlal.
lnK craft:. sellnoncrs e. lMitng, Uno i'lster,
Tempest, Il. n. Fortch, tlty Of Wootlstuek, Ellen
Stevuuso and 0her st.,!s't ni!cs; also tho scuwA
tEtVlNnt5s CHEEGS3s NPillc HHA LtHRl!'. huu
the AtcIII!Cra CIriI1H ShGl,uyKAll. id the United
States revenue Glitter Andrew .fnhnsOl MIcn tho
drlnkp comes iHny ut tlotD vtssi,ls Will prDl-
lily II. Wrtnchell from their ntnrtpRs anu CTR
rted down the river To tho rtlHes Aclnw. What
The result wnnjd !n IF a Jam ur vessels lodged
against the strong HlAiltments Of stuh Rtrecl
bridge. with nHs. Wptoptcd trees, ship. tmher.
pnrts nf country bridges, nrd arEo blocks Ut leo
iul,r feet moro In thtckness. rushing down tho
atrenu anu striking item with all tho f1rcn tfint
en,l u, given hy boiling, seethinA torrent Gull
1Wrhaps hG t,ctter inngfnrtl thuu suscrIbetl.
1t H suf'i that linnu Il liHrger prupusc seuttlng
| tho schooner itstcr ln.l 1rtitpE her sink tn tho
| hultNui Df tho river Into more comparative
sMrety. She nov lies right In the 1nIdtitG Of tho
ctnnel, III II prstion Ii, receive tho full I0rr.
of The torrent 1t Is proposed that tho city anl
| vcEscl.nen Ion together and cut a. ehtnltel up
| the rlyrr 81 t,ut tho VESSELS lnay 10 brought
tlnwn tho furlner fnr tic slfcty Dt tho bridges.
| which Gertnt1y stand In great lnnKer from tho
vessels alm,ye, ltid tho hitter for tho Hnfety Of
| their respective craft. Hut this would he no
aMn unrrtnksr{. as tho ice Is still snittl and of
unusual thickness. The snow Is now fully five
feet ,lcp1, Utl II level, and when converted lniu
winter will bu c,i,,nl III FROM fourteen to sixteen
| inches Of rntnruiI. This Immense amount OK
wnler will nl lind It's why directly tn our AsrcAtna
M the ground wns 10 thoroughly SATURATED with
rnn urltI frnzrn 80 suitiIy before n.!y siOw folt
last fall lint IT asorh very little, any, Of
Il; a,iti It tcs not pnsslUlu that 1t Cntl be
carried uIr without tlNtHKp,