The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-11-14
RAILROAD MATTERS.

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! bridge and the first cut was Is feet deep
and 80 feet wide. The dredge worked
RAPIDLY and by Saturday night there was
1 breastwork Of clay on the dock. Near
/ the bend, the dock was unable to with
stand the pressure and it sagged out.
| The dredgings were then taken out into
| the lake on q scOW.
| On Tuesday the work of grading the
| terminal was begun. Wheel scTapers
are used to transfer the matter dredged
1 to the road bed. The dredglngs from
| the slip aud the 2l-fCot channel Will be
sufficient to bring The road bed to grrde.
| Seven teams are at work az this place
and 16 viii soon be put on. The dredge
will this week begin work on the slip
proper. 1t will make a cut o. = feet
along the inner line OF the sir, throwing
| the dirt On both sides. This Is done To
enable tie parties who have the contract
| for putting n the slip 20 begin work on
the new deck. The dTedge removed
part Of the ola dock this week. The fill
in the terminal averages little over three
| fest. Quite bit Of road bed is already
| II hded there.
IT is now definitely known that the
| car ferry for which the L. q Z. NJ. Ry.
Co. has submitted plans is for service be-
| tween Manitowoc and LudingtOn. The
plans call for boat suited to the service
| between ManItowoc and Ludington. At
| the latter lace preparations are making
| for terminals as well as at Manitowoc.
The designs were prepared by Robert
| Logan of Cleveland ana call for vessel
with four tracks capable Of carrying
| thirty loaded cars. The dimensions are
| TO be $50 feet keel, 30 feet beam and 70
| teeth depth. She will be entirely housed
IN with no open space aft IS is the case
with other ferry bolts on the lakes.
| Frames and other parts will 10 some
| cases be double the weight OF similar
| parts IN ordinary stael freight steamers.
| She will have three compound engines,
| two aft and one forward, each having
| cylinders a ana IS by SO inches. There
will be four single-ended boilers each II
| feet in length and - feet 6 inches in d.
ameter. The boilers are to be Of l4O
| pounds working pressure. The machinery
| will develop 5000 horse power. She will
| cost $4,000. L. W. Wheeler & Co, the
| Globe Iron Works Co. and the Detroit
| Dry Dock Co. are all looking for the con-
| tract It is understood that the COM
pany intends TO build two ferries, but
are waiting for bids on the first before
! taking steps toward plans for the second.
| It is the intention, no doubt, to have
these ferries completed Ia season to begin
| operations as soon as the new road q
! built.
AN informal meeting Of tho city council
was held Tuesday evening" to hear sug-
| gasli0ns from General Abbott and Chief
| Engineer Tweedy. Genera! Abbott first
addressed the council and spoke OF the
| immediate need of dredging above Main
street bridge so that car ferries and other
| boats may make the slip. TIE govern
ment should be petltiOned as once to
make an appropriation for dredging a 20
! foot channel between the piers. Appro-
| priatiUn5 for harboT improvements are
| made every second year and the next
| session OF congress is the one at which
| these appropriations will be made. Con-
gress must be asked as it volunteers
.nothlng. He instluc6d the case OF a port
on Lake Erie where nothing hal been
| done sor years until the people became
| active and then the government con
structed fine harbor for then. What
is known as the 20-foot channel means
| now depth of IS feet GA account Of the
low stage OF water. The south pier
should be extended 500 feet The break
| water on the line Of the north pier makes
extension Of this unnecessary. An appro-
priatIon of 100000 by the general
government would complete these needed
Improvements. The city should work
! simultaneously with the government IN
deepening the channel inshOTe. In fact,
the railway company, the Guy ana the
| government should move together, each
IN doing its share toward perfectIng this
transportation line. The railway com
pany is vigorously at work, and activity
on Tue part VI LIE ciVS VIII insure pIoLlI,O
aG1loa ~ on Uhe par pl Tie govern en T.
ne ~ lo'U cLaLloi u"s sie"Iil IN ~,
3o Iue SIS u ooaIS p7ihS GUM n ne
EarDof must De put IL po'lIioh 70 hoa1
Doao5 3ou Feet III i7hs u:
Be!o" Main street bFid2e Guam hg 81, Is
al IGa' IS necessary 10 % ~ 1ieeSeu' Ii7
shonld BE IRON ~ 10 lzO IeeG 40 l1e
bottom; 1ne r9i9 Is o5o 9unaFea-l olI
Chahaei LOT "lool ol ~ ieeV between
docks.
General Abbott spoke Of the great
Commercial advantage TO tie city OF beiEt /.
one Of tie Lrst TO have Its harbor deep
ened to accommodate thsse larger Yes
sells. Ia an early day ManiJowo5 bad
set out TO secure just such line as it Is
offered now without cost.
Mr.. rweedy t1sn addressed the mem
bers of the council showing what is
needed. To put the channel below Main
street bridge 10 desirable shape will
necessitate the dredging Of $4,000 cublc
yards. The amount OF dredging required
between Main street and 18th, that l.,
from Nam street bridge clear up to ard
around the bed to llth street where il
crosses to Luep's inland, is 10000 cubic
yards. Mr.. Tweedy explained that this
last mentioned dredging was necessary
to enable thefQ to reach Their coal docks
which are to be on thu NORTH Of the
tongue OF land on which the terminals
) are located. This must be dredged full
width to within 30 feet of the dock lines
La answer to question as to whether
dredging to this depth would necessitate
the rebuilding of docks, he said he
7hprCht not 4 6aDth of u feet near