Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-09-07

. tow ei.her way. The oren chute or lock
. will sid iu keeping the dam up until ex-
trsmo high water, when The dam may be
lowered, OF only partially, still retaining
The q 1w cd water, giving a greater depth
f fr large steamers end the assurance of a
roiiab's navigation of from s feet 20 20
t.et OF Waler, thus making the Ohio river
equal 20 the Huis0a river. where irst-
Clsss steamers make IL miles per hour
agaiust wi1d ard tide includi1g stops.
Now, 90 this system OF navigation the
dam gives $50 the lowest stage of water IA
feet, which csu be increased to - feet
without ldcii'clal coos .l cqlstruc. iou aud
q coupic-1 dam sld Loeb, iu.iuding
clutGs, usg b1 built Tor one-tuird the cost
CT ine Da7,- lslaud dam ana lock. which
does ro- accomplish -eisb,e NAVIGATION Of
SIX ie1t This costly and clnbl0us dam
calu1- Dee sep. up when theye is a depth Of
nom t1| 90 four feet OF ustsrHltha nar-
ket street etayG Pit.sblrg. The lock or
chute 4 propose does Tot require cclIer
dam -0 c0seits gates. The lock and chute
consist OF tw0 VALE net Sis walls; nor
does ltrquiIe steam power 90 operate It's
gates, blt natures best giit-watsl-d
rec', ior raising The dam and gates on .he
lock. sdorl,ng tie greatest facilities for
passing through.
I1is system of dams, Lexis and clu'es.
ius1res navigation tbst viii gcc0mm0.
date Goa. ,rsde ca the Ohio river Tor such
steamers ss ply between New York and
Albany on the Hudson river. The d5ms
viii afford a sufficient depth of water at
the lowest st7ge OF Che river for an classes
0,vCsse.s. the means fer passing through
tie lock being ample q. an stages Of the
wlie- either cs q lock OF chute, the lCck
rel1iucg three minutes TO pass through,
The chute OBJ be- passed al fan speed with
ont detection either way. Whea the dams
are ED down 10 time of high water, aud
tue water has reced1d until only 10 or ID
feet remain in the channel. the dams Can
be RAISED by the means heretofore described
in ten minutes. increasing Toe depth OF
water DO OBJ % feet, tnu7 making navFa-
zion II the largest sea-g2Iug steamer from
pIttsb1Tg to an parts OF RE world. An
other important advantage in This system
is that tia dams need nos De lowered on
accoun, Of "a rise iu auy of the tributary
streams. as they 90 NOT require to be low
cred afs small rise iu the river, bnl re-
msin iat1ct, securing a greater depth CT
water. N05 80 at the Cla10ine wicket
dams Az Davis Island below Plttsburg,
which .inlot remain up with three feet
oil riss IN lhs river, thus falling % in-
crease the dep.n of water, because lt must
be put down. All dams Of the same cone
s.-ucuon beloH must also he put down
and not raised aglin until Che water has
receIsi to dsp.h Of three feat, virtually
leaving Che rlvlr in Che came state as 10
dams had no. been Constructed, or, 10
other words. the navigation ls totally de-
stored until the dams are raised, which
tsk-s from five to six days, aud q Golfer
dam b8s .o Pc put in 81 the head CT lock
sore The raising of the dam.
"Ths constrac i01 of Clag0ine wicket
dam Oh the OHIO river, with sll the lm-
movements nj ten yelrs experimenting
lss resulted in q stuperdJus failure. IL
was iol5 to commence, BE- would he mad
meas DO continue Che construction Of such
a.aam and lccx ls the result of the 5Xper-
iment no Davis Island shows. The lam
COST ti5- pec initl .Joi; tia lock cost
$500 2U-; total cost on tsm sind lock,
e|lls oo', aul Se- pc we --' ''1' ID '''u
even gem 2oI-iJ law ''o-'
"u'g ,- ~ '.''. ~ ' 'o .-..,. 49,
clu'7 - $50 800, .,.' .t, - ~.
liar features of the locs IS that 10 increases
the length OF lock chamber wilho1t IN
creasirg the length of lock walls, dispeus-
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