New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-20

Skip and as swiftly brings the empty receptacle
Another SI good conyeytr has been the Lldgerwo9d
cabieway. Two wooden towers. about % feet high high
stand about 100 feet apart. spanning The chanmei
and the spoil area. Between them is stf eh
cage to which the loaded skips or hods are at
pGhe to be run out to Sa Se bd S IN use on the
works along the banks on railroad tracE The n
both may n pan and operation is much than
that of the canteyer: anotner a a,nns ~ thc
builders IS the high power derrick and conveysr
which IS essentially derrick mounted on t turn
Ing exccedinely heavy loads. which are discharged
into cars running on tracks to the summit , 81 no
BANK BANK ''''''''' "''N'V '' 49,
SOME OF THE EARTH EXCAVATORs.
For excavation on the earth and glacial drift Sec
lions several types OF steam shovels have been en-
ployed ard a number Of these contrivances are still
at work burrowlng into the bank and dscharEing
their contents into a never-endng succession OF rail-
road drt-cars. which are hauled by dngy ana diidP-
dato1-ookng locomotives mp the bank to dui'p tner
In some places the backhlling IS Of a thickness OF
twenty feet. beyond 1t being tho old Limos ana
dreGse cuts, and these the ordinary lake dredse;
used the material being loaded on sS1ws ana
towed 10 the dump.ng-grOund In Lake nichean
1 bsnaines Rivcr drained by the River
Diversion Channel and here the conditions wefo
such that hydraulic dredges had 70 be used. -. o,.,,
The favorite form o. conveyer in use II me cartn
sections has be, n an incllaed trcse. with two tracks
un and down which cars for alternate loading and
dumping were hauled by cables. the TOP section OF
each track for a length Of about ten feet being
tippc. over the spoil bank These conveyers, 10 TO-
moved on tracks. Laid IN ne ireciIon oi w
channel and at right angles with the Iongitud ,
section o. ne nc,nc TIE Mason Nil Sanfiyer
arms reaching out over the SPOIL area, - "'o'"e
on some of the sections kind II clay OF pecu'a,
tourhness is encountered. The eng 'tn eau, !,
can crna, djficnlfy be removed The best appara-
tus for getting ont this hothSrsome sun ana ",
hv Tindon " Ratcs wh!ch consists Of roller belt.
driven by steam. which passes undcr - no
steam shovel and in which &. into lit;le chunks
nv pair o, cylinders set win great steel knN',,
carried thence 20 bridge which spans the spoil area
THE CHANNEL AS \ SHIP CANAL.
As has been noted already. the idea o, the uti'-
cation Of the new drainage canal as also INK %
\ shin canal connecting Lake Michigan with me
Mississippi has been present IN all the c"''u'a'
lions Of the engineers in charre Of ,h1 E'r't I re-
dortak,nc. Says chief Engineer Randolph III IT,
cent report: -. ,,, droinae. channel
viii be A free waterway. navlsapic ior any cr Tax
drawing less than twenty-five reg "i ",s,i.,,,es
nearly ,wo-ihirds OF the oire CO.. or .fr",,itT ,h
channel from Chicago 20 me NJ ',,i,' Nil
ZOE able 10 ply between S. Louis and NewvI,,ssnns
after the present lans for 'ns nn"'7... ''''" "
re ronnGrmt expectation Is That the nltr"
States Government VIII ultimately MIR "a illinois
sary '"iT ,n,ai distance from the end 81 -"
drainage cara. az LockpoFi, TO Inc "'o"'' -
Illinois River i about 20 mile. .,,,
i' Mr Rnndolpns estimate for improving ms
stretch OF waterway. two-tiIrs OF VI" IMAM
sanitary cana! would be Hhout f-9''l''- -
J., Cooley ono OF Mr. Kandoiphs pc, ,p.,,,a
chief engineer. as the rr.. %. Inc cot,ro cost Of
'.u forie.n feet Of water from mo .nd 81 ne
sanitary canal to the ~ pP' M ,,nnroyeinenis
o h LATER river would insure d"iih OF Yen
.., ~, rxtrena Low water from s. LOUIS 10 ~, Wv
4p,a.
some TIM. ago discussing The pracilcAo.!'y o. @
so, nse.,nd Tin canal route said ia pari Ni'h.n
r., ,,,rons Of Chicago "A rainfrop con.d .p.t '
a blad, OF grass and part run eA,h S.,,n, 80
vide between ine "Gsa, ,o, Sc, above the cy, OK
Lake Michigan. and CHICAGO - 'o :, e., nm inc
e~act level of the Niagara River AT buila..
miles away 50 YOU can see ny wnat Il nn ~, -
rim me geological formation Of the con,'ne1n -,
s En- inc s. Lawrence route rathor man ma ~, ~
the Gulf OF Mexico The idea W.. , W. atorway
rs,abnsning circuit through ne mar ., ay d,ylG
ttnrnt Chicago is cutting tn summit VI NV ~
in order to establish tins cfcu'"
r,,, ILLINOIS VALLEY RISES TO REMARK
| nh. discharge Of sewage into any river Is pad
enough AT best but the people OF the Illinois h'nr'
| ,,., had their uneaslncss over receiving 'H'-
| ,-o;s sewage into their stream quictcd by aTsu-
ments showing the extreme dNuton OF TINT '''
rse when carried IN volume OF water T., VIZ, con,
nov I ia he project on condition that they shoh1
receive a compensating advanlnte ~ my Soy how
ever they are growing suspicious OK NhIds0 ~ ,h,
brainare Board for fixed bridge over 'he nc'
c.sai whereas the unders iandink mao p,cn ~
s~lrs ,". ara afraid that that is an indication
that Chicago Is going 10 hr .o.umu -, .y,sc, ,he
rid OF It's sewage ana wiii not stivo - 10 rpe river
nrniectcd improvements below Lockport u" ~ n,
iiovns are also worked up over rdinot VIA, az ~ -,
is 10 be introduced IN the Iihois ,i,acn chan
- H., ,hc flow Of water through the drai,age c,"'
mel at only 1000 cubic fet in nsssd from Gt ncary
twenty cities and towns IN the vaiey me- no
r.. n ,h hess pons and also urging the general Gov
.rnmrnt 70 begin at once me desired ,ihplor ,v.
eyer hat their concerning dminishe D ' ,hs
through the new canal are d,rlng into the CHI
sago R,ver from the Lake the greater the hs,uI
ance that the city drf shai Dr. Frank W Reilly
ts may NE Health Commissioners OF this city has
Ass d MANY analyses of Chicago sewage In us
nrorress down the Illinois River the conclusion r.
in,ion has disappeared before tho sewage se'S 10
project which has long Sesn Is IN now %e mns
OF ,n,e man for converting the gigantic force OF
t ne id " which may be carried by wires 10 chi
oo IND used in lighting the streets supplying
street o1 s. lraS c is estimated electricity be
from " %hG ro ha ey to wCuS sSe or M
n "m nS Frank " Hawiey, vIcepresdent Of the
General esre mopaf qyy IN Win chef
Engineer Isham Randolph ard assistant EnSin ,s
II Johnson mis- OF pla ,ne is ' entTey feasible There
oPsniT fher rapids too below Joliet which may be
uutuized nv the river towns themselves In n SINH
lar way for producing electrical power 49, -
Tberc has been a great deal OF discussion Is 70
,ha efect of the canal on the lax" level fears
having been expressed that the withdtawal OF 3D.
fna mite feet n minute from Lake Michigan might
have an Injurious effect upon navigation; The
cSanrn cannot he accurately calculated IN advance
b,, Inc hest opinion Is that the fall would probably
be nj least three inches and could not exceed six
inches.
FINANCES OF THE UNDERTAKING
The total expenditure on the drainage canal to
December l. 1896 has been S2621.l3 and the work
y, complction will probably bring the cost up 10
$50 10000 The earth excavation has cost from 2.
to 80 cents a cubic yard with one contract at IL
CENTS The average price of glacial drift
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