Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-08-21
on THE OAIO.
improvements Necessary Requiring
Over Two Million Dollars.
The Official RepOrt.of the Chief Engineer of
Work Done During the Past Year,
Points Requiring Improvement.

The Chief Engineer has prepared his re-
port on the improvement OF the ONO riy,r
for submission to Congress. 1t IS rs tol-
lows
"Tbe River and Harbor Act Of July 8,
1894, contained the following item:
Improving the Ohio river, S6Oo,O0O.
Owing to the late date at which con-
tracts were awarded work of construction on
the new dams could not be commenced I'M
Ill the spring OF 1885, and the rise IN the
river duriog May and June has delayed
work considerably.
The following is a statement OF the
dredging operations:
The Improvement at Licking River Bar
consisted in the removal of the point OF the
rock bar and the loose rock which had been
thrown out by the Licking river. 1t result
ed in widening the channel twenty-five feet
In reehiug second cut to secure an add.
tiopal increase in width the bar was found
to consist OF sohd rock, and the work was
abandoned as too
Destructive TO THE DREDGE MACHINERY
THE improvement at Cullum's Ripple
accomplished the removal of the stony
point on the Ohio side of the channel,
which was widened 80 feet. 1t is not prob
able that any further work will be consid-
er;d % permanent,"
THE work at Rising Sun dixie consisted
in the removal of the river end Of the dixie
in order to give room for the new channel,
to be erected by dixie from the Indiana
shore. The Improvement at Warsaw bar
consisted in dredging q channel through
the bar, thus deepening and strengthening
the crossing. At Center Rock the river
was dredged TO three feet below channel
depth, thus making a permanent improve
ment When the seasons work closed at
BROOKLYN Rock it had been wholly removed
10 a depth oftwo feet below low water, but
there still remained q bar OF cemented
gravel connecting the lower end OF tht
rock with the Illinois shore"
THE JACKSON ROCK,
Grand Chain, is really field OF rocks,
having total area ST about ten acres, Il
hes right in the channel 1t was hoped
mat the powerful Ohio river dredges nigh
remove some of the material without pre-
Iiminsry blasting, but the result did not
Justify anticipations. All the broken ny
material was rapidly removed to depth o.
three feet below the bed of the river, but
the dredges were powerless to handle TIT
res, 1t will be necessary to build special
blasting boats for service at the Grsno
Chain, AMI subsequently to complete the
work with the dredges
The total OF the snsgging work none Oh
the river was as follows:
Snsgs removed, 1904; new wrecks Who
ly or partly removed, 81; old wrecks who'
ly removed, 5; leaning trees felled, )
The seasons work demonstrated very
clearly the necessity of having a snsg'
boat Of lighter drsught than the Woodruff
There were 37S large rocks and LOO
small rocks, weighing SIC tons, removed
from the channel In front Of the Public
Landing of Cincinnati 1906 tons of rock
were taken off the bar. In removing the
masses of rock that obstruct the channel a
Little Chain. at the HeadY rocks and at the
first of the Grand Chain there was handled
T0l tons.
PROMINENT POINTS REQUIRING IMPROVEMENT.
The following table gives a list Of the
more prominent bars of the Ohio river re-
quiring improvement and the estimated cost
Of the necessary work: