New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-05
GEN. NEWTON on HIS WORK.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE EXPLOSION.
LITTLE DANGiR TEARI D-No WASTE ENERdf-Rt-
SUITS ENPECTED.

LITTLE DANGiR FEARI D-NO WASTE BNEKuf III
SUITS EXPECTED
By looking at the above cut the reader can
get n comprehensive idea Of the immense work that has
been done 10y General Newon's engineers about h'l
Cinc Those parts shown In deep black Iallets Point
She'll Drake Pot Rock Ways Reef Frying Pan and Heel
Tap Rock have already been operated upon ana tue
distractions 10 navigation partially or entirely removed
Flood Rock marked in the cut WITH Ohldue IatclhGs' ~
TO bo blown up THIS week and the possibility Of the same
fate awaits Great and Little Mil Rocks In the near
future The circle whose circumference Il shown In
heavy dotted line approximately the dangerous
region AT the time at the explosion. IL has rho'uS o
ZOO feet and is described about the mouth OF SHAFT "a
a The officers do not expect that the hyng IrHR
ments OF rock will 20 "a greater distance than l,ooo
feet guard will be established, either or Long lslhhu
police or Of men from the engineer corps at Ml'ictS
Point To keep these limits rom being encroachcd upon
1T Is sunccny correct for an practical purposes.
said General newton when proof OF the map was SHOWN
10 hIm yc,crday. " The dangerous section should pe
prolonged little further to the east the reef reaches
out along that line but shall take good care that no
boat. approach from that direction. We shall have one
patrol boat on Negro Point, which Will prevent All
entrance from the soand and one on each side oi th'
upper end OF Blaokwcls Island to head on craft coming
u the Last River Then there Will be line ot Gu's
across from Astoria from point opposite shell Drake
over to the ferry slip tue west sidc ot the n'er
Keeping PEOPLE on Astoria Point viii be no haidrhip
as II isn't n good point Of observation. Wards lsiahd
aud Harlem Will be the best places while those Ia boats
can have fail view from the Harlem River
Don't you expect ;lc fpcctaclar chcct I" DC FreAF
than that Of tho IIallcts o!ut ext lo-ipu' asked The
reporter.
~. bccunsc there e. ave tucs the auount o. eHplo-
iy,- and nlso because portion Of tie reef out OF
water Those pieces not under water VIII n.y. pu' We
don't crpcct any Of the fragments 10 higher than zoo
feet There won't 1e muc" 20 -e' ' ,1''' ,cr
little surplus "uer} To chlchd w ~, N,A i,i ns
NJ have simply udju stcd tue means 10 the derlirl ,u
a, M ~ n1 . nm q" lie lccl All WORK doao scudng
roc 4. and wai,r yug into thn 1I j. lo-hh h- We H"W
usl how much dj mantle f. required 20 break np i" ?i
roci and Just how many on1"i l"cA we nav = u, w.,
ra,e we distributed tue explosives in such way l ~
such quantities that the dcir'i work ~l!I 1c done no
foscc wasted 10 % foulth %. JAY eNhiOIu'n'
How viii the mine bc utt1I'
thai i, by the coueis,on = tie primary cNiio-i"nN
ia tc works Halri'r roli out oi 900 cdIids' "l
Of platinum Sire Leatcd rcd hot Tue MllhS i", l,r
same proportion Of the 1000 tMifdI'' III "ol !.o,A
would De- un enormous lpD. We could 81" ~ bIt hctH
would De- ncrdics-l complicated thereby; ll't 'lH.t
Instituted sci'"' "I 'apei'incul' ~ , ',e,'i ,,
and though "" have LETT moro than fDui hUhs "' u.i
ci,s a. c 0rcd by this uraus ~ are -tl ir within
Tho rr.uts uf Npcrimouis. Ihr'c cartridges WH'H
m arc tSo 20 ~ crr,s the calrcnt f,r each OF Nach VIII
n. ,upplicd los "A battery ou the rock The circuits will
c closed 10y the action "i an electro n1ghct nd" con
ir Of unojAc circuit vch viii cNtcn- over TO A'i"rin
aud which can be closed by q key ~ Tie iaud ~ h,
operator. The acton i- thc familiar "ao OF aHu" Der "i
relay batteries ~ 4 telegraph ONCE ,,,., ,.,..t,
4" Is u possible ilat a.y o t"e ,tUI" i'' A"'' "'''o
gatr n thrg VIII not IloGct
cnunot conceive Il possible rcplied the General
VISTA emphasis. Tho comiuouon Will D, r." great "i'h
to. hundreds thousands ~ pouUdt u dynamite arc
explode lhlt u tl,'c Wa on p'nIy =" 'A - @ "
cartridge. though the easing Shuud hiFr tuNt"d away
and the contents down into the rnch cr"Ncc lt must
be eApodcl i5 the sH"cE Icrldc'. I'Ic H h"l"lh@'
the Kind 10 ra Ia THE case DcchnSn tc hHri 5nH hhy
cartridges tho llallcs 20 Ut works III not Affect the
result though they largely exceeded r number oi tie
icctiyc which We have touni IA THIS work
Are there any effects. such as the smashing "i
Window 10 be- icrcdi
aNo ,o. the e, po-lon Nil be sGbtcirancau and the
the nes bouoi should f-cp the -a!n side by lenyns
their window open. llalle and large rnuns should 10
hi'nN a,U ',r f liz Nor p, .Lrd the rcIortcr
The fr,, efforts Greeted against Pot Rock This
W., ., ' 80 ,. .t,n, ycs.,l From, n 4. nh of rirhtcpu
oul oul o h' &c. ,r r. p s,narr y" sll-r to
height oi ten feet IT, was night W tho middle "I "9
chWnoi' - on ste " @ ,no ,t. ] nna "E THiI' yilc
fcr Il French engineer, began operations by cal lDdpe
cbargcs ~ rrnpowdcr o1 top of il. lie kept az work
two or three AMI shattered IL down to depth OF
eighteen feet. Here the square section cnlcI nn e
rork IcN 80 large that III. mcthoi Wa, ineffective. 1hs
wa. great gam however Few vessels Of tue sound
fleet drew fourteen feet of water a that tine Ia
and plolng charges NJ dS naInc IN them We removed
It 10 dcI III of twenty four feet. Ihe same 3crs1
gave twenty sN feet .of wafer over Way heo' anu
shell Drake. aud removed part ~ the Irjlug au III
the year work was begun at lIallett Point anu IN
tunnel Flood l;uck. Heel Tap Rock has hren blown up
crs M p,rf yiiI not b. t"uchcd ms IL lie, within the
wharf line. Great aud Little MIL Rocks ought to be-
that blowing up Flood Rock Il tho Land Coirmls-
soncrs sc 1t Tor business purposes however t0meboy
Will hnd piers and warehouse, there thar Will bd Crrntcr
distractions than the reefs which We ha'o spent
millions Ia removing. hope to tc Pot Rock down TO
thirty feet at tiuc. hut c great trouhlr !, the
collisions OF passing Vessels with orr scows While Hl
work
Can the channel be used Immediately after the cN
plO-ioui -.
Oh, yes. There VIII he danger for vessels that
keep tn the channel. Ight dHft yHcs that have been
the habit of sailing the lower portions OF The reef
will have cOnlc themselves to tue caIncl uniil We
can make out chart rs the surface or tic reel VIII
be raised and changed by the explosion. IL will take
three years and 100000 To remove the broken rock.
alone" said the General IN conclusion hut the result
will the widening OF the twenty sis foot channel from
to 200 feet. hardly think that the explosion VIII
occur wednesday, thcro Is no hurry about IT, ana
the men have been over worked In tho last month"