The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1900-04-07
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ANOTHER SEASON OF EXTENSIVE
HARHOR IMPROyEMENTs.S
Large Crews OF Men at Work Pre-
pairing Dredgen--for Seasons OPP
erations-Expect To BeEin Dig
cling by Twentieth Of Month and
Possibly, by Fifteenth-Much Pub
lie Work. sS, 4.

<1AOluci SEASON OF eXLeIiSlvc udIUO1
improvement is almost at hand for the
uluth-Superior harbor. Ten dredges
will begin the season this year and
others will be added later when some
OF the private contracts that are in
lsight have bedn disposed of. The dredge
companies have large crews Of men at
work fitting out their plants for the
seasons operations The dredgemen
expect to get their dredges at work be-
fore the goth Of the present month, pos
stbly by the 18th. At the rate the ice
has been going lately they have been
encouraged to believe that they will
get an early start Il t Il
Work on the harbor improvement will
begin in district No. 3 this year. This
district extends from the st. Paul &
Duluth railroad bridge to the old city
limits. The dredging in that part Of
the harbOr will be of direct benefit to
the Duluth Furnace company, struct-
ural steel plant and several lumber
docks. z...f s
In districts Nos i and there is deep
water in front Of all docks and the
work to be done in these divisions of
the harbor in future is merely in the
way of widening the channels. The
Rice's point channel! will be completed
this season. 1t is now 400 feet wide,
but will be 500 feet wide when COM
pleted. This will afford d splendid
highway for boats of all classes be-
tween Duluth and Superior. It is
scarcely probable that channel of that
width, where the current is slight, will
ever become blocked through accident
to vessels, or groundings. Five hundred
| foot vessels will traverse this channel
this year for the first time for boats
tof that length are being turned out for
operation this season. When the
Rice's point channel was first scheduled
for permanent deepening and widening,
the 50O-foot vessels for the lakes were
not considered probable.
The channel between the gate and
the natural entry, traversing the length
of Superior bay, will receive large
amount of work this year. The channel
is dredged to darth Of 20 feet and is
100 feet wide n ii /, Y narrowest part.
This t.sannei ts to r.. 100 feet wide. The
channeisto tl,eor {" KS at Oneota will
be. complet 81 this IT., !. The width Of
/ tAlS CMA1A4$ssI MI LII U4leeI.&E- :$A&
| It is rsJs3rted Il s!a7 /. y Northwestern
Coal Railwa SON /, an. Isl going to build
the other aormous dock
that It has iaiir Allouez bay.
THE preseuh M, III represents one
half OF Il &C. i IS one Of the
Largest COIL united States.
It is said, hos asf coal rail-
lway compan ia d Il i. q: as build for
Its own uses sssssss, speculat-
ing on the ma ali ssagn ~ opinion
that the new dg hi be used
by the Milwauls learned
that the coal t4ils Hf4fake.
its big dredge % ne ii, has
been doing for and
put it at work on pr TIT pro-
posed enlargement Arty.
Among the ;5It.s Id the
dredging line fss. taxes
the coming 81 ssssaagai,s I he
Islip for the. d. X. q
slip for the saDer souilt Iii
conned Son ittl, he cR sar
Lurl ter coiapa slss q an i fproasi, It, III,
new III. DOCK, 5et There VsiR be con-
!!si1eraDle Ei!vata y 9rk On -alionez bay
! this year "a lS
| The Duluth-sIperior dredging sea-
son Of 1900 wiz be fully AZ busy as that
of 1853, " hel! about 4.70o. 200 cubic yards
were !. slsA out under the continuous
contract system. .ssss (; ..s Ell.