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THE CLEVELAND BREAKWATER, Work on the Cleveland breakwater is pro- gressing rapidly, and it is thought the close Of the present season will see it very near complevion. ‘The building of this barrier, which will afford such great protection to lake craft driven here for shelter, was sug- sosied in 1871 by Colonel Harwood (since ead.) who had charge of the government works on lake Erie. Colonel Harwood’s plan was to build a brexkwater to a point some distance from the shore on each side of the piers, the two torun Jatterally trom these points until they come within about three hundred feet of each other opposite the end of the piers. ‘The matter went no further until 1875, when Congress appropriated $50,- 000 with which to begin operations. As Colonel Harwood’s plan was not considered feasible, a board of United States Army En- gineers convened here in June, 1875, anda plan was decided upon, which has been car- ried out with few alterations. Colonel Blunt, who succeeded Coloiel Harwood, immedi- ately set to work putting the plan into exe- cution. Considerable time was spent in perfecting the plans and making the néces- sary surveys. ‘The work was still. further delayed by the difficulty in getting a dona- tion of ground on which to begin the shore arm, but this obstacle was finally removed by 8..S. Stone furnishing the necessary ground at the foot of Gor‘lon avenue, The first uctual work, the construction of a pile pier 1,000 feet in length, and also the lake arm, 4,700 feet long, is composed of cribs 50x32 feet, ranging from 21 to 26 feet in depth, placed upon a loose stone foundation and then filled with stone and the whole surmounted by «a superstructure which is also filled with stone and covered with planks. 000 was obtained, which completed the shore arm. In that year Colonel Blunt was suc- ceeded by Major McFarland, who in turn was displaced by Colonel Wilson, one of the members of the original board of engineers who decided on the plan. Under an ap- propriation of $100,000 « contract was made with Sherwood & Giesendorfer tor the com- pletion of 1,000 feet of the lake arm. John Williams erected 890 teet in 1880, under-an appropriation of $125,000. In 1881 Sher- wood, Striebinger & Giesendorfer coustruct- ed 1,500 feet on a coutract made under a $200,000 appropriation,. The breakwater will be completed. this fall by Je Av and L. P. Smith, who were awarded the contract under an appropriation of $175,000 made in 1882. Mesers, Smith have pushed their por- tion of the work with commendable rapidity, and although encountering the storms of-an exceptionally. bad season, they vill finish the work in six wonths less than the allotted time. Inurder to complete the hazbor-of refuge, one of the piers will need to ‘be lengthened. ‘Ihe original plan was to ex- tend the west pier in order to carry away the sediment which was brought down by the river; but in deference to a petition from the vesselinen for whose benefitis was built, the Secretary of War decided to extend the east pier 1,400 feet. ‘Ihe sediment will then settle within the breakwater, necessitating the frequent dredging of the euclogure. This, however, is considered preferable to the other arrangement, a8 vesselmen claim it would then be impossible to enter the river in rough weather on account of the undertow caused by the reflection of the waves striking the pier. The early completion of this part of the work will depend on the generusity of Con- gress, as $400,000 are needed for that purpose. As soon as this amount is turnished the pres ‘ent engineer, Major Overman, will push the work rapidly forward. ‘The enclosure will include one hundred and eighty acres of an- chorage, with a depth of water ranging from seventeen to twenty-nine feet. ‘The water front included within the structures ix owned by the Lake Shore [ron Company, the Cleveland & Pittsburg, and Shore Lake railroads and Mr. S. 8. Stone. ‘Theve different interests will gain a valuable dock front, as they are entitled to what are called riparian rights, which permits them to build docks out to the navigable depths; the distance iu this case is restricted to 1,000 feet from shore. 1t is estimated that if piers one hundred feet wide are built out 1,000 feet with slips 200 feet wide between over four miles of dovk can be obtained thereby. A light-house will be placed on each side ot the entrance to the harbor. All vessels will be allowed to come to anchor within the enclosure: but only under extreme circumstances will they be permitted to tie tothe breakwater. It is ex- pected that a harbor master will be ap- pointed by the government, as they have been found necessary at all other places. The estimated cost of the breakwater was $1,300,- 000 but the reat cost will be about $1,300,000 as the contract prices fell below the estimate in every instance. ‘lhe cribs under water, are considered a permanent structure but they may settle and careen somewhat, which will necessitate their being replaced, The super- structure, however, will have to be renewed every five or ten years. ‘The value of the breakwater to vessel owners cannot be esti- mated, The harbor will be resorted to by the shipping of the whole chain of lakes, and will probably be the means of saving thousands of dollars’ worth of property and many lives from destruction.— Leader. a —_- The National debt was reduced in Sep- tember $14,707,229. In 1878 an appropriation of $100,-° “Glenore [ THE DISAPPEARANCE OF SALLING CRAFT. The following from the Chicago ‘Times, on the disappearance of sailing craft, will be of interest: **The tendency to build steam sels for traffic on the lakes is growing revery year, and each year marks an increase in the size of vessels turned out. When the Lehigh Valley boats, the Packer and Lehigh, came out several years ago, they were considered monsters, but they have now sunk into comparative oblivion behind the massive proportions ot the Geo. T. Hope, Wallula, Oveanica and Siberia. With this tendency for steam, is also a de- sire to put it to as much uge as possible, and the list of lake barges is consequently get- ting largerevery year. ‘These are towed by the steambarges built and also by tugs. In the meantime the schooners are fast disap- pearing. Their numbers are decreasing each year. With the number lost cach year and the number converted into towbarges, they will soon be gone at the present rate. It has been a matter of comment for some time that when-a schooner is lost nowadays an- other is not built to replace her, but the money from the insurance companies is put into steam craft. The following is a list of sail vessels constructed since 1881, showing that more than half the whole number are barges: . Alice, Manitowoc, 18 Armenia [b], 1882... 150 Burt Barnes, Manitowoc, 1882. 134 R. H. Brown, Marine City, 188]. 44 L. Back [8], Manitowvc, 1884... 70 Mattie C. Bell, [b], Saginaw, 1882 554 E. Bottsford (b]. Stginaw. 188: 563 Cowles, South Haven, 1322. 40 T. H. Cahoon [b] Sagin» 431 A. A, Carpenter [b] 540 Ida Corning [b] Saginaw, 1881........ 444 City of Cleveland, [b] Cleveland, 1882 1538 David Dows, Toled«, 1882... 1,481 8 _M. Drake. Bay City, 1881 456 W. O. Goodman, Manitowo 824 Gipsy, Sheboygan, 1882. 131 606 Galatea, {bh Bav City, 18: ], Kingston, 1882 Golden Age [b], Milan, 1883. C. L. Hutchinson, (b) ‘Cleve N.C. Holland (b), Marine Cuy 188 C. K. Jackson, b,j Marine City, 1882. James, b, Ottawa, 1881. Lalla Rookh, b, Manitowoc, 1881 60 J. L. MeLaren, Manitowoc, 1882... 292 George A. Marsh, Muskegon, 188 170 Charlie Marshall, Chicaro, 188: 224 Jessie Martin, Manitowoc 1881 42 Mentor, Fort Howard, 1881... 23 E. B. Maxwell, Manitowoc, 188: 36L S. E Marvin, b, Toledo. 1881.... 618 Nellie Mason, b, Saginaw, 1882 554 Masyasuit, b, Gibraltar, 1882. 950 Merimas, b, Detroit, 1882. 1,399 J. H. Mills, b, Buitalo, 1881 509 Dolly Morden, b, Dresden, 257 O W Nelson, Sutter’s Bay, 188% 158 | Olga, Manitowoc, 1881. 306 Odd-Fellow, Detroit, 1: 124 F,.L. Parker, Manitowoc, 1881.. 628 Conrad Reld, Lorain, 188! 289 Sea Bird, Trenton, 1381.. 113 W. A. Sherman, b, Butfulo, 1882... 519 Rosa Smith, b, Sagiuaw, 1882 584 Specular, b, Cleveland ... 1,602 Cc. prague, b, Toledo, 188: 316 Teutoaia, b, Marine City, 1881 594 Virginius, b, Mount ( lemens, 188 422 Wayne, b, St. Clair, 1882. 674 oo NEW YORK BAY IN tHE OLD DAYS. In the October Century Richard Grant White writes.of “Old New York and its Houses,” and, with his usual force of praise and invective, praises the oid and criticises the new. Of the upper bay, be says: “Now, within the last thirty or forty years, the beauty of the shores of New York day has been utterly and hopelessly destroyed. Never grand or of a highly distinguished eharacter, it yet bad the charm of a vleasing variety of nature modified by human pres- ence. It has become wholly artificial and mouotonous, and, moreover, thoroughly and basely vulgar,—vulgar beyond the power ot expression in language; because ite very vul- garity is without any individual character, and is simply tame andécommonplace. ‘This charge has been wrought by what is called the prosperity of New York,—prosperity meaning increase in wealth and size. “Before this happened, the traveler who sailed up through the Narrows saw on his right the green shores of Long Island almost in nature’s beautv decorate, witn here and there a farm-house or a villa; on his left, the hills ot Staten Island in like verdure rose from a natural shore-line, broken only by the village of Castleton, with the buildings ot the quarantine, On either side, the peaceful tone was relieved by the emphatic note of the two forts that guarded the harbor. Be- fore him, as he advanced, the bay stretched out, opening. like the mouth ot a trumpet from the narrow strait through which he was passing. As his eye pierced the distance, he saw the verdure of the shores coming down to the watei’s edge, except where it was broken by a house ora rare clump of houses here and there. “Some half a dozen tide-mills, brown with age, and two or three diligent, hard-working windmills, varied the scene with the most picturesque mechani- cal agents of thrift. * * * **At the east stood Brooklyn on its heights, from which it had not yet desvended to spread itself over the sandy acres in all the ugliness of commonplace; becoming thus in size the third city in the Unioh, and remain- ing the leastin importance. ‘lhe effect which Brooklyn Heights then lad upon the beauty of the Bay of New York is, and must re- main, altogether unknown to those who did not see them before their hideous and deplor- able transforination. ‘That they should have been changed from what they were to what they are is a perpetual evidence to coming ages of the absolute control of Philistinism THE MARINE RECORD. and Mammon-worship (o which all things; animate and inanimate in and about New York became then subjected, Some change was necessary for their regulation and or- derly preseryation; but such a change as they underwent would have ehamed’a com: munity of Yahoos,’ a The public have generally supposed that Francisco.” the dock property situated on the north side of the river, extending east almost to the lake, was owned by W. H. Lathrop, as he had cuntrolled the property and had made repeated efforts to compel the fishermen to remove their shanties and get possession, It now transpires that ali the property oppo- site the Goodrich docks was owned by Moses Miller, deceased, some thirty years ago. When the course of the river was changed, it was supposed that the north half of the property had been swallowed up, but it was ufterwards ascertained by a surveyor that there still remained a strip of land some 500 feet long and from two to twenty feet wide. The Miller heirs supposed that the taxes had eaten up the property, and there- fore no steps were taken to claim it. Re- cently it hus been disvovered that the land was never taxed, its existence being un- known to the assessors. ‘lhe result is the heirs secured a deed of the property and a few days ago sold itto Mr. M. A. Knapp, for a consideration which is private. A new dock is now being put ir and land ime proved. 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