The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-01-21
CARNEGIE LAKE
ADVANCES
Workmen Busy on the Body
of Water Which VIII
Give Princeton d
Boat Crew.
BOULEVARD TO BE BUILT
Lake Will Be Stocked With
Game Fish-Sluics Will
Join It to the Canal.

special to The Jersey City Nswsp
PRINCETON, Jan. q, 1905. Whas
for the past six months had appeared
like phantom IS now assuming . more
tangible form, and it is but question oE
a ye;r or 50 before Princeton viii be the
proud possessor of one Of Americas 5 most
picturesque artificial lakes. This water
course, the gift Of Andrew Carnegie, is
to be constructed between Princeton and
Kingston, and is intended to make and
also to furnish means of developing
carsmen for crews for the university.
The contract for the entire construc-
tion has been awarded BY Howard Rus
sell Butter, who acts for Mr.. Carnegie,
to the Hudson Engineering and Com
struction Company Of New York city.
Work has already been started upon
clearing the trees and brush from the
lake basin. About 80 men are at pres
ent employed, and the number will be IN
creased to 200 as soon as the frost leares
the ground.
A number of years ago the Tigers
tried the experiment of scull racing with
some degree Of success, but the difHeulty
of obtaining the proper sort Of practice
Off the men rendered it necessary 10
abandon this branch of sport Al that
time The only available sssater eenrses as
tie Delaware and Raritan Canal. which
runs about a mile below the university
campus. Here a club house was con-
structed and seull practice instituted.
This course was too narrow and the
crews were not as successful as had been
anticipated.
But with the present proposed lake
more pleasing results are looked for. The
lake viii be formed by the construction
of dam across the Milestone River.
about eleven hundred feet south Of the
Kingston Mills. This dam viii food tie
country to the south of it, which is adj
jacent to the canal, and the lake will ex-
tend southward to the Princeton branch
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, a distance
of about three and one-half miles.
The land extending from the proposed
dam to the aequeduct is by nature fitted
for a lake, and here the width viii be
from 600 to 1000 feet. From this point
to the railroad considerable excavating
will be necessary, and the width will Be
800 feet. The depth Of the lake win vary
from four to twelve feet.
The dam at Kingston viii be con-
crete reinforced dam of the buttress and
curtain type. The design is a novel one
A siphon or hooded section will be built
at the west end of the dam, giving OPP
portunity for making hydraulic experi-
ments on the flow through the siphons;
also for determining the run-off Of the
167 square miles of watershed tributary
to the lake. The dam will have two 4S-
inch sluiee gates for flooding and also for
drawing off the water in dry wea cher, il
necessary.
A boulevard will be constructed along
the western shore of the lake. extending
from Washington road to the dam. The
drive viii be elevated and shaded by
trees. most of its length being through 4
wooded park. Bridges over the lake will
be constructed at Washington and HaEri-
son streets.
The lake will be bottomed with sort
of dead soil which will render vegetation
impossible. 1t viii be stocked with game
fish. A sluice viii connect it with the ca
nal and light cargo boats may enter the
lake, carrying freight from New York,
Philadelphia and Trenton.