St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-10
SUPERIOR TO ST. PAUL BY WATER.

Nooee lake; thence to Hanging Horns
axe across divide to Left Hand river,
md down to Lake Superior.
Fourth-The st. Louis river via the
Savannahs to the Mississippi river at
Sandy lake.
The following extracts from the re-
port of the commissioners gives gen
bral idea of the routes examined:
The Namekagon Route.
From the Dales at TayIor's Falls to
the head Of the rapids there is dis
tance of six miles and fall at forty
feet From the foot of Taylor's falls to
the head of St. Croix falls canal could
be built along the west bank of the
river. A large dam would be wanted at
the head of st. CrOiX falls. and one or
two locks at the foot of Taylor's Falls;
also lock and dam at Big Rock rap
ids. From the head of Doburv rapids
TO Yellow Pine rapids. a distance OF
u miles, the river has width OF from
$50 to 200 yards. and could be made nav
lgable at small expense. A dam and
lock would be required at Yellow Pine
rapids, and another at Baltimore rapids
would make good water to the
mouth of Snake river. and thence
up to foot of Kettle River rapids.
These are six miles long, with fall of
four feet to the mile. Here would be
required three dams and locks. The
bed Of the stream is solid trap rock.
Then comes good river to State Line
rapids, distance twenty miles. Here
dam and lock would afford navigable
water to the Namekagon. Up this river
for ninety miles to Namekagon lake,
nine CT ten locks with dams would be
required. This lake is at summit level.
1t has shore line of forty miles. One
milo Of aaual than hrir7 m 10, 1oa
lake. between foot of which and White
river several dams would be required in
distance of twelve miles. For fifteen
miles the White river affords good water
for navigation, ard then it falls over
solid rock bottom ten feet per mile over
distance of twelve miles. From foot
of Twelve-Mile rapids to head of Cog
eOgin slough the river is navigable. At
ibis point, by placing dam in the river
and turning it into the slough.w we would
have a good river for ten miles to Ash
land harbor. Total distance from Tay-
ior's Falls to Lake Superior, $50 miles.
The Bots de BruIe Route.
Up the st. Croix river from the Name
kagOn TO Coppermine rapids is q good
river for twelve miles Some dams
would be required to flow out these
rapids. and then by raising the ST.
CrOiX dam six feet slack water would
be created into upper St. Croix lake.
Thence canal one mile long would
carry across the divide to the Bots de
Brule river. From here the river falls
400 feet to Lake Superior over a dis
tancP of forty-five miles There is no
lake harbor at the mouth of this river.
The distance from Tayl0r's Falls is 165
miles.
Kettle River Route.
Up the west slough of Kettle river
dams would be required to overcome
forty-fve feet of fall in nine miles.
From the head of the rapids one dam
would be needed in a distance of six
teen miles. Then a dam and lock at
Pine Island rapids would make slack
water to the falls of Kettle river. Here
is fail of eighteen feet, and total fall
Of twenty-five feet over a distance of
four and half miles. The river bed is
sand rock. From the hsad of the rap
Ids to the crossing of the military road
one dam would make good water TO the
mouth of Moose river. Up this stream
TO Moose lake there should be three
dams and locks. From thence to Hang
Ing Horns lake two dams, and two more
10 where the L. S. Il NJ. railroad crosses
the Moose Horn river. From here canal
Blk and half miles long cut through
tamarac swamp brings us to the Black
Hoof, tributary of Left Hand river.
The waters Of the Moose Horn and
Black Hoof are nearly at the same
level. The latter is small stream, very
eortuous, supplied mostly by springs,
but has good bottom with gravelly, we'll
hmbered shores. Left Hand river is
somewhat similar, but it has a steep
slope with bottom and slopes of cIay
and quicksand. Frequent landslides
occur, which dam up the river. From