Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-11
HE'LL GATE OPENED.
Man Achieves His Second Great Tri-
umph Over Mother Naturein
the East River
Thousands of rconlc Assemble TO sec
The Great flood.Rock smashed
to Smithcrceus.
rh" M""n'oi" of HecI, Is tinted nut ~ Tho
Son aud Crushed ln,e q Nniion
iieRmvns
rIe Ile.ull aL Nen,. N I.nl.nr.

NhW iNhhs wv us Tho removal vi
I FLOOD Raek y The crownlng act of thltiy
nfv wears work, concentrating tho Ton.
mluahlv undertaking. of clearing The Hell
pain channel oi those distractions which
IN years pusf have hcpn seen Ia te "a
ialai 70 shipping entering the port OF New
lofk from the east 10y way al the same.
,latinp back TO The div when tho nuSsar'
laden With BRUSH gold, IN trying To mss
through The gate struck oh 10 Rock ANA
sunk f'
The INITIAL Step In the work OF ecafna
iieil tair VI vs. many distractions was
RkVn ~ SIS, ny the removal Of Flood
h0ek and tho reduction Oi llnnct's
Iolnt reef 20 depth of twmty,slx ioet
~ mean low water The channel a no,y
estimated 20 Do from la,0u0 to ia,n O0 leet
wide' NnVinailon ~ safe Tor shlps ana
ocean vessels Of the largest class, many
OF which, v ~ expected, win avail them.
selves oi this saving of fnrty miles which
the sonnd route offers over that by NtN
lork bay. by tho aid Of The Immense
electric Hight on llAlct's Point Whiel,
throws rs powerful rays nynr tho Whale
lleu Gate channel passage ihm,nfi
TINS once dangerous waterway VIII ba
practically safe day and night The cost
ol thc work elosply ~ .Oun,
nee. Frnm 500 60 1879 The umnunt "a
pended was sAao,no0 and since tho latter
date uongress has appropriated over as6D,
200. rms sun has not an boen expended
on Flood Rock, the appropriations helnp
lof improvements in The l,nst river ucn
@hllN. The work was delayed hp several
occasions lH the exhaustion Of the apprn.
priauons, Otherwise the cyplositn would
hive occurred yearH Rgo
The engineers WIN tt.r. Ia, ,tlnr,e
this work at the tlmo OF l,s completion
were john Newton, lieutenant colonel of
mRlncciN and broret malorgenoral, ana
y McH Derby ffth lioWcnam al on
glnuers
= riVlitrR IS p,NAMifr.
Nfw loRK, oct ln.- llii8t,M The
.ehit0o pounds OF dynamite under Flood
Rock llcll Gate, have iust been oXplnaed.
The shock was plainly ipit of tho lower
end Of Manhattan island.
lilE rHE,AtrioNs rAafN.
~ order to protect lie and piupprtv AZ
the llpod Rock explosion 10 ilay thn post
careful aud adequate police arrangements
had boon poriovtd. 4 iurct oi 500 police.
mcn ln addition "a The harbor police we've
detailed near The seems Of nction. l0n "a
whom were l0raled on the East river
IRON, lllaekMeJEs lsiajia qliplDoasa d..
aeliu"hl ~ iVe men, While illiy wHfp On
uniy at Wards island. Niithe buildings
on the nortil end of lilnckWpliia island
were rlentcd Of their inmates, Including
me alins'houNc, Notk.hpu8c nnd lnntle
asylum, whose Inmates were maAsnd ON
me lawns az q safe distance from the rN-
pluslon aud guarded IN the penliontiary
The coll doors were thrown open and m,
prisoners were conducted 10 tho hnlls 4
The prison was surrounded by police
while a large force was stationed among
HE conyicis 10 prevent escape 0f riot and
to give aid IN case Il was necessary to
reach the building
woitn Anott InE Okrn 40 uEif.
The Important relation which the East
river holds Ia tllo commercial pfosperiy
Of The city Of Nuw York has always beon
50 evident that every effort which pronh
lsed 90 remove the obAtructiuns 10 Ia
navigation has promptly received public
Intention aud appreciation Tho fncts Of
the East river connecting tho wnierA ~ ,
Tue Hudson and of Long Island sunnd
ma o. forming at the same tlinr u large
lortion 81 the wliarl front Of flit ciilas of
New YORK mud brooklyn, constitute the
'ansc 81 tho Interest manifested IN
he Projects Tor ~ improvement.
w Of the distinctions Of moment Ok
sung Ia he Eust river afe 10 be found Ia /,
bar portion which paescs under The
NINE Of Hell Gate and are due 70 !,
reefs 81 rocks rncruAchiDg
IpoH me channels and - the violent !
utrepta chueod by them The hrft sur. \
ey 81 Hon Gate Nas n,a,le ~ 1870 bui \
othinR wax done 10 diminish lho
angers 20 navigation imtil 1901, whom
be- process Of Agfiacp.llusllng Intro.
uced by Mr. MHliioieri Nas applied. ,
ms process WAS very simple ana very n
low
These distractions Ia EhW river Ia +,
ithlh me corporate iIHll Ci Acw n
0rkl and ne iuulcnsc expense n
removing tflrm Is being borne h
iosily by the cililcns of New York n
J ls52 congress niadr an appropriation
I $50, 900 ipr Me removal u rocks ai
cll Cats. IN 1868 fmuellpg was Aue
aeied as means ~ removing thcsi -,
icky obsirncilona, and siuce tint tlnc
oik by this new process Inns RouG 0n
ON year 10 year Ihr first sUercssiul
,pl0sion ty tHnueliDa 90 d large scale az
lOk place sept q 1915 stacy moro ~
mrs u work van lufe q be Expended "
} lioil 'Hip lmi0e ne great imprdtnchts NJ
navigation no removed 81 viii take ~
Dntha ~ remove the debris resulting
pio it1iNt p t#lilNntINs
ASOfnER atGurNT. VI
AEW yong, Oct 10. 50 point. 80 flia =
ore from which Flood Rock could be ~
cn were 9ensely packed with people ~
~ morning. The police were iDsy ~
eping the crowd ontsdc u The danger ~
ie, Rope hbd been stretched acr0s.
g fiyef above and below the place Of ial
g explosion, md launches from The %
fy.gafd paifOiled Tie riser 70 NO plai ~
fce4cis
AITENrilp 20 rAAs rnGOtiun
The pcli III the tower ~
AIMS school building struck sal
g hour 81 IA and 10, 900 people
litea expcetsniiy foY the explosion, 81
lch VAS advertised 10 be on hand az
% hour, brt NJ thaf moment there werg No
number u people on Hood Rock 4 tbe
" minutes later, however, tnS took arr
en- on and then tho spectators prepared or
eiD6eiycs Tor the expected shock Ia. gQs
" and gPailtsncu IN carriages stood
on DE cushions and leyeifd their ~
TOWARD the island Ny
Hren ~ fxri.fTANcy asl
! upon The vast crowd, who seemed 60,
most afraid "a breathe fof fear they Ken
,uId disturb their View 81 ne explOsl0u / y
0uii i Ocenr az that moment The Ion