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D D D D D Colourad covars/ Couvartura da coulaur I I Covars damagad/ Couvartura andommagia Covars rastorad and/or laminatad/ Couvartura rastaurta at/ou palliculte |~~| Covar titia missing/ La titra da couvartura manqua I I Colourad maps/ Cartas gAographiquas an coulaur □ Colourad ink (i.a. othar than blua or black)/ Encra da coulaur (i.a. autra qua blaua ou noira) I I Colourad platas and/or illustrations/ D Planchas at/ou illustrations an coulaur Bound with othar matarial/ RaliA avac d'autras documants Tight binding may causa shadows or distortion along intarior margin/ La re liura sarr6e paut causar da I'ombra ou da la distortion la long da la marga IntAriaura Blank laavas addad during rastoration may appaar within tha taxt. Whanavar possibiS: thasa hava baan omittad from filming/ II sa paut qua cartainas pagas blanchas aJoutAas lors d'una rastauration apnaraissant dans la taxta, maia, lorsqua cala Atait possibia, cas pagas n'ont pas itA filmAas. 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Ths tot Thi pot ofl filnr Ori| bafl tha slot oth firs sioi ori Thi sha TIN whi Mai diff antj bad rigl raq ma Thia itam is flimad at tha raduction ratio chackad balow/ Ca documant ast film* au taux da reduction indiqui ci-daaaous. 10X 14X 18X 22X 2SX aox A n 12X 16X aox 24X 28X 32X Th« copy fllmad hart hat b—n raproduoad thanks to tha ganaroslty of: Library of tha Public Archivas of Canada L'axamplalra film* fut raproduit grAca i la g4n4roslti da: La bibiiothdqua das Archivas publiquas du Canada Tha Imagaa appaaring hara ara tha bast quality possibia eonsldaring tha condition and laglbillty of tha original copy and In kaaping with tha filming contract spaciflcations. Las imagas suivantas ont At* raproduitas avac la plus grand soin, compta tanu da la condition at da la nattat* da raxampiaira fiimA, at an conformity avac las conditions du contrat da filmaga. Original coplas In printad papar covars ara fllmad baglnning with tha front covar and anding on tha last pa^ia with a printad or llluatratad Impras- slon. or tha back covar whan appropriata. Ail othar original coplas ara fllmad baglnning on tha first paga with a printad or llluatratad impras- sion, and anding on tha last paga with a printad or iiiustratad imprasslon. Tha iaat racordad frama on aach microflcha shall contain tha symbol — »- (moaning "CON- TINUED"), or tha symbol y (moaning "END"), whichavar appllaa. Las axampiairas originaux dont la couvartura an paplar ast ImprlmAa sont filmte on commanpant par la pramiar plat at an tarminant soit par la darnlAra paga qui comporta una amprainta d'imprassion ou d'iilustration. soit par la second plat, salon la cas. Tous las autras axampiairas originaux sont filmfo an commandant par la pramldra paga qui comporta una amprainta d'imprassion ou d'iilustration at an tarminant par la darniAre paga qui comporta una teiia amprainta. Un das symbolas sulvants apparattra sur la darnlAra imaga da chaqua microfiche, salon la cas: la symbols — ► signifia "A SUIVRE", Is symbols V signifia "FIN". Maps, platas, charts, ate. may ba fllmad at different reduction ratios. Those too large to be entirely Included in one exposure are filmed beginning In the upper left hand corner, left to right and top to bottom, as many framea as required. The following diagrams illustrate the method: Les cartas, planches, tableaux, etc., peuvent Atre filmAs A des taux da rAduction diff Arents. Lorsque ie document est trop grand pour Atre reproduit en un ssui clichA, 11 est filmA A partir da Tangle supArieur gauche, de gauche A droite, et de haut en bas, en prenant ie nombre d'images nAcessalre. Les diagrammes sulvants illustrent la mAthode. 1 2 3 32X 1 2 3 4 5 6 s UEI»ORT ON I'lOl'OSll) DOCKS, AND H^ O W T XI. E .A. Xj . BY G. F. COCKBURN, i>9 CivU Fngineor. -.,>«,A_*--x-"' *A."^^ .-yy^"y^ "'"-'■ ' JUNE 1854. / s t>RlMED BV SE.NECAL & DANIEL, 70 NOTRE DAME STREKt- 1854. .::P'-^ - • » » t I J 1 I- t ;. ; / ., ^ . . 1 . • • • • / ;* 4 ^- «^ f r V ■ ) ^« , » • • » • /S'S'V »T '.if 1 f • « : • t • • • • • • • » • • • • • • •»• **^* V • 4 'tiiiWiw A' ^mtimmmtm'- w- - , ' .11 '>!<•,•, ,' i; ; !.« MuiDi. al, tUili .luiK'. 1854. To the Chairman of Suh-Cnmmiilee to consider of Harbour. Dock and other City [mprovements. i'..l! .•(11,-- .3, Having been lequcstod on the )33rd ult., to take charge of the Plans in course of preparation by your Cominittce, and to make such report on the subject, as could be prepared in the short time thai would elapse, before tiieir intended ap- plication to Parliament for a Charter, I beg to state, that 1 have examined the site for New Docks suggested by Messrs. Gzowski & Keefer, in their Report to the Harbour Commis- sioners, under date 28th January 1853, below the Victoria Hpacl, and have also examined the line proposed by them, for the extension of the Lachine Canal llirough the City, to con- nect with the said Docks. The ground below the Victoria Road, i*? by far the most advantageously situated, for the formation of Docks, out of the reach of the winter Hoods of the St. Lawrence, and for the admission of vessels into them, by Locks from Hochelaga Bay, below the Current St. Mary. It appears to me, that an area of about 23 acres will afford ample accommodation for the increased number, and larger class of vessels, which may be expected to come to Montreal, upon the thorough deepen- ing of Lake St. Peter, and that this area should be divided into two Basins, one to be formed near Vigcr Square, and the other below the Victoria Road, to be connected together by a broad roach, which will be in extent about 7 acres. According to the opinions brought forward, in the papers lately submitted to the Board of Trade, large accommodation for shipping will be required at Hochelaga Bay, upon the completion of the Montreal and Bytown Raihvav, to meet the 1 \\ y ill — 4 wants of llic lumber Hade, which i.> ccilaiii to ?*i>riiig up from italocation in thai vieinily, antl that undertaking is sufficient- ly far advanced, to warrant taking stops to have tiie accommodation ready, when it will be wanted, and the ground between the Victoria Road and the RuisseauMigeon, affords the necessary facilities to the above Railway, and also to the North Shore Railway from Quebec, for the delivery and storing of lumber and general merchandizein any quantity; and if the Docks are extended as far as Viger Square, there is no other position within the limits of the City, where the power of ministering to its wants, could be more easily or more economically applied, or which would prove more at- tractive to shipping, and I may say that there is no other position, where Docks could bo placed, whence they would better stimulate the activity of the City, or impait more efliect- ually a vital impulse to its prosperity. The ground above indicated, also ailbrds ample space, and facility, for carrying on the trade of shipbuilding, which once belonged to that quarter of the City, but which has been lost to it, from the greater facilities, ailbvded by the Lachine Canal. Many vessels are now annually built in the upper waters of the St. Lawrence, and sent to England for sale, and an increasing demand for such vessels having sprung up, there is every reason to believe that shij) building yards of immense capacity, would be rapidly formed in the vicinity of these New Docks, as vessels of the largest tonnage could be more cheaply built here, and as easily launched, as where they are now constructed. At the entrance to the Docks from Hochelaga Bay, Breast wharves, should be constructed for a considetable distance, and the excavation for the Docks will supply an abundance of material for their construction, on an ample scale, although in the first instance, I would limit the ex]ienditure upon them, to a small sum. I am aware that the Harbour Commis- sioners, are about to extend the present wharf accommodation, by constructing another wharf, at the foot of Jacques Cartier Square, and one at the foot of Monarque Street, but the addi- tional accommodation to be thus afforded, is not of the exact kind aimed at by the j^roposcd N(nv Dock Company, which is to afford facilities 1o iho largest olass of vessels, and also to "^iaiJ^L,. b- llieir repair unti eon^*lru(Mi(>n undrr cimimslanrcs pcculiiuils favourable and during winter. Presuming the New Docks to be (tonstrueted, in the al/ovi- locality, })rovision must be made I'or supplying them Avith water. This can be done as indicated in the above report by Pipes laid from St. Paul's lock, or from St. Gabriel lock ; The former will give a head ol 18 feet, the latter of 9 feet. In the latter case the length of Pipe will be less, but from th<^ lesser head, the size of the Pipe will require to be greater, and thus thedifl'erence of expence between the two, inconsiderable. It can also be done by the formation of a Feed Reservoir ; an attentive examination of the topographical features of the Country east of Montreal, has confirmed me in the opinion, that a Feed Reservoir sufficiently elevated, can be formed at a less expence, and greater power of supply, than can be obtained from pipes, at any reasonable cost. The supply of water for lockage should not be less than 800 gallons per minute, and a pipe to supply this quantity, would require to be not less than 15 inches in Diameter. The cost of procur- ing and laying which will be considerable, and it is very desirable that the power to form a reservoir, to the extent of 50 acres, should be obtained from the legislature ; as well as authority to lay pipes, should a further, and more accurate ex- amination, prove them to be necessary. It can also be best done, by direct extension of the piesent Lachino Canal to the New Docks, either at the level of the upper or under reach of St. Paul's Lock, or at the level of the under reach of St, Gabriel's Look. The last is the level recommended in the above report, but there are various re ':-ons for adopting the level of the upper reach of the St. Gabnel Lock, which appear to me to be paramount ; however it is not necessary now to enter into the details of the exact level, which cannot properly be fixed, until a minute survey of the exact line to be adopted in cither case, has furnished the DATA upon which either of them may be safely pronounced the more eligible. There need be no fear that the flooding of any portion of the city, may result from the adoption of a higher level. The i)resent Canal is elevated above a large portion of the city, without any such fear being - i|lH »i J i^ w i ] >» f ■ ■■ WJ I'll H I — G - cnU'itainetl^ ami lli<' ^mrplu.nxc.'ivrUion ( .'in U- tlis))osecl cil, so as lo cnr-inro absolnto IVoihIoiii Irom any yn(;]uu)nlingency. Tlio ext(Misimprc- ngthe le city Canal repair squired f large ► swing m more a num- cx to be nove on ssage of )lay and a mini- rence to ^rbrooke J is open ?, and if It would at large. jso occur ;jfj laying down of pipes, and a variety of perpetually recurring obai- Iructions, to the llioroui^lifare in yome quarter or olhev. At the suggestion of Kome members of your Committee, I have caused a line to be run from St. Paul's Lock, so as to strike the deep ravine running belwen St. Catherine street and Shcrbrooke street, and crossed by Bleury street. The distance on this lino will be 6 2/5 miles, and the amount of excavation about 2,600,000 cubic yards. The distance from the Seminary Hasin, will be about 3S miles to Hochelaga Bay, and the amount of excavation about 800,000 c. yds. taking the level of the under reach of St. Ga- briel Lock as the level of extension ; if a higher level is taken, this will be lessened considerably, but there will be the cost of another lock. There has not been lime to make any calcu- lations perfectly accurate, but the approximate estimate here given, may be relied on, as not in excess, of that required. By selecting the line along Craig street, and the level of the present Canal at the Seminary Basin, the least lockage at the entrance to the Docks will be required. The quantity of land necessary for the two Docks, and their connection as proposed will be about CO acres, and a little more than that quantity will be required for the Canal. Obtaining possession of so largeaquantity of valuable land, especially that portion required for the Canal, will of course involve a large outlay ; but the land so acquired, will be increased in value, by the cons- truction of the Canal, and this calculation supposes an ave- rage breadth of 400 feet to be taken, which will give the ne- cessary room for warehouses, and thoroughfares, and when the Docks and Canal are finished, the whole purchase mo- ney may be recovered back with a handsone surplus, and it will be admitted, that the construction of the Canal, will raise the value of all other landed property in the City, both directly and indirectly. We see at Point St. Charles, the commencement of a costly work, which will advance the reputation of Canada, and of this City in no small degree. This work is estimated to cost £1,400,000 str. The whole of these [)rojeeted Docks and Canal, with a long line of warehouses, will cost not one half of the above sum, and when the land is resold, not one quar- ^£!lb-^^^ — ft — tor of it, and I ask any ctitizon of Monliral, to nav wliicli of \\\c Uvo wnrkH will more largely and directly bcnont the City. The plans which liavc been prepared, are presented with this report, and others arc in course of preparation which will shew how the ground to be taken up by the Docks and Canal, is at present occuj)icd and from which it will be observed, how comparatively easy and economical these works will be, if commenced immediately ; each years delay will ackl to their cost, as those portions ot the City vvhieh were laid waste by tli,> disastrous fire of 1853, are being rapidly rebuilt. ' ! J. ) ; (Signed,) G. F. COCKBURN. 'U' ,w, t;.i Uru - i> . ' .1 >. ■i . ■ i 'JM- f»;' ri'.-j', lii r.i! it.) ij^< \ ,/. 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