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Les cartes, planches, tableaux, etc., peuvent §tre film6s d des taux de reduction diffdrents. Lorsque le document est trop grand pour Stre reproduit en un seul clich6, il est film6 d partir de I'angle supdrieur gauche, de gauche 6 droite, et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre d'images ndcessaire. Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la m6thode. 32X 1 2 3 4 5 6 I BAIE VEKTE CANAL REPORT OP ThK SSL CrilEF ENGINEER OF PUBLIC WORKS ON THK COMSTRUCTION OF A CANAL BET VEEN THE GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE A.N1> TllK BAY OF FUNDV OTTAWA ; l-iUNTHD BY 1. B. TAYLOR, 1-9, 31 * :ij RIDKAU .STIi KKl 1874 m-'-tr,. I t : I)- o < u 'J o o PROFILE of CANAL I BAY OF FUNDV [/' B Bfiq. nn lanul hi^Uo^ V3_0^rt/*i 9000 1000O Horizontal Sc: 'ROFILE of CANAL LI N E GULF OP "Sf LAWRENCE ^ll BAY OF FUJVDY Shewing Ihe RNAL LOCATION of the PROPOSED BAIE VERT ' canal >cw Aceordintf to actual Surt qv ^ ^ BY G.F. B AILLAIRGE Asb'. ChfEnVput *#l8r LAWRENCE ap to Oilol'er 1873. c BA CH CONS P R I N T K Cfi.A. 'fSg ' ''o'9/ BAIE VERTE CANAL. REPORT OF TIIK CHIEF ENGINEER OF PUBLIC WORKS OM TtrKi CONSTRUCTION OF A CANAL BETWEEN THE GULF OF ST. LAWRKNOfi A.NIJ Tiu: HAY or FUNDV. — &^ Jiti^ '^^ '^^ If OTTAWA : fRINTKD BY I. B. TAYLOR, 29. 31 & 33 RTDEAU STREET. 1874 (U Til (Til \o. On i Winks, r AiMi-fss I ( '.lliul to ( llli;,'ilt li;- j inittpil to 'i'li.it to tlio (Jlii '•f-poi'l, tin: ■Tllii ,'^;ii-\-,. iiii(i('i't;i|.:ii: Tl.-,t i iiii'l " .Tamil ' Ill's Di'iiarf ^<'i»ii iis ,miit Mlivcy, ,tc., "IS only ill 'I'llMt ill "siflerec! mlvi iiiii'lo a sjice ; to fxaiiiiiio t Tliat th i^ tlicif (;,.,„ into the siibj Basin. 'J'Imt tli( times of tliu h.-ilf-tide cariH ol' COP\- or A RHI'ORT (III No. ;i.^..'59I.) ;^''"- i-,i., that .,.;.. ..... ..o:,:,.!: ' : :' ;",'^"'^- r "" " • '•'""" ■•- ' ■"'"' to co,.„o.t tl,n w.t.P,s ,f tl.o (Julf „f ^, , • ■" '■'.■';'"^" '"^''- «""Mn,ctio„ „f , '--•• - u. Mi,.ist.. .. p,.,. woH .;: ' .';:: :;:;:::^ '"^ """^^"^•^' -"' -^- Jliiit tlii.s inroiiiiaiii,,, JiflTi'i r I to ti.o ciHcf ,o,.,i..,„. ,, „„: „;;;;;:,;;: '- - p"->>io ci..,,.,. h. .,.0,0 ..„, ...n^,,,, -.-■t, tlu> various ..i„, t,.,, h„n„,„ .^ .;,;;;'^ ^f ^ '-"V--'' ''- '^ -„,,„,,„„,;,, m.,Int,.|.:i„.. '■ "l"'"^' "^"'1 I- ,^'.re. on ,so i.r,^,,,,,,,^ „,, ■4 Tll'it ill Jiilv, l,-i-t„„..., .s ,. ,...„„. ,,,,„,. ,,;. u.;,^ :;:;';;:,?''':''■• '^"^ — ^•■'' -th "IS only i:, April IS?-' tJ,it I>i. nl ''"'o •"'" >f-l o,, „tao, unin,vUnt ,n-virrs it ''"liat (Ik; Niif\c'v.s of Afi- P..;ii„- • i That owing to flio divcrj.it.v of opinions that exists in regard to the rlifl^rprit projects stibmitteil, it is roiisidorcd udvisaLlo that tlio wholo subjrut. more p\rticidiir!y tin; half- tide projects, should bo referred to, and reported u[)i)ii by (be Cliijf Engiiic3r of iiis Department. The JMinister tliernforo rccoinm.-^nds that nl! the doie.mcnts 1)^^ rjferrod to the Chief Engineer, Mr. I'age, in order that ho may investigate the wliole matter, cmI advise tbo Governniei.t as to the course be.st io adopt in regard thereto. The C )inmittee submits the aiiove roconimend:i'')n for Your Excellency's approval. Ccrtilicd. (Signed,) W. A. IIimswortii, „ Clerk Execuiivc Council. To the Honorable. The Minister of Public Works, tfcc, ifcc., (fca Ott.wa, May 10th, 1373, (No. 19,415— Subject 22— Ref. 30,GS5.) Sir,— III compliance with the terms of the .aocom.paiiying copy of an Order in Coun- cil, dated 9th Instant, I have tlie honor to refer to you all the documents and survevs relative to the constructioAi of a camd to connect the wat-ns of the Gulf of St. Lawrence with tliose of the Bay of Fundy, in order that you may investigate the whole subject, (more particularly, the half-tide canal [.rojects) and report advising the Goverumont as to tht' course best to adopt in regard thereto. I have the honor to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, (Signed,) John Page, Esq., Chi*/ Engineer, Departmsnt of Public Works, Ottawa. F. BR.\rN, Secretary, r ' > f ' '; > I ! ( REPORT OF TUB CIIIEx^ EXGIXEER OF PUBLIC WORKS O.V THB BAIE VERTE CANAL. Ottawa, lOtli December, 1873. (In No. 38,591.) The SEcnicTAiiv of Public V^nics. Sir, I duly iccoived vour letter \^n 10.1T> ^n„„n •., «''l<- ll.^- l'.in. Counoil, J,,!.;, 9,,, M .' K- f) ' * "'"' °" "'I" "' "^ Hon,,,. .."^-"ofS';;;:;!';:: ':'::::::::; ;' :'^'C^ "r™"'' """ ^- "■• -" »» ^'«" « ii-.i ,u w.i.tant,, It is not theruiora j deemed r.ecessary to refer .-.gain to the.n, fiutlier than to say ll.Mt li.ev 1,,„1 i„ viow the con.trnctiou of a c.ual of nu.ch ks.s c^i.acity than that uow eo„(.,M|.iute,|, and m.ch .^s would be .juiic i.i:ideiiiuit(! to tlic i-enuireiueiitR of the |)ivwiil time. On the uholc, it was found that tlie documents di.l nut contain Hnllieiont information to enable a rdial.io opinion tu l,e formed of a work of thlHo.vtenl, natnie and ituportanre • sill! It was ch;arly stated that a line between Cumberland itanln and Itaie Verto was tha most favorable route of any tliat could ba seleote 1 f„r the |.ur|MWe. I the:efore recommended that authorily be obtained to m.ihe ,.ueh .snrvcy.s and e.x- aminationsof the isthmus, .l-c., as would enable the whol« ,snbj,rr („ |,o laid full v and clearly before the Goverun, -nt. This was subsequently authorixed, and in dul^ 1.^70, Mr, ( ). h', |lnil|«irge was detailed to the duty of conducting the surveys and examinations ro|uir,d, which fully occupie.l hiui until the early part of June, 1871. In February of that year, :\Ir. .Sanmel Kecfcr, secr..t(vry*tu the Cn.nl Com.mission, made a sp(>cial leport to that body '•on the practicability of tli.> l]aie Verbe (!anal," maldng A-arious suggestions on t!ie subject, which, to-vt!ier wlih the csi inmled e-st ($3,250,00(0 of carrying them out on the scale recommended, are endorrscd by Mr. ( '. (S. Ozowski, one of the Canal Commissioners. In April, 1S7l', Jlr. llailhiirgu submitted a carefully [.repared map of all that .section of the country between Cundieiland Basin and Bale Verte, and for a. width of fully 10 miles, skewing -.Minute soundings of the harbors at both ends, accompanying which weie profiles of .six diHerent survey or trial lin(!s, a,n-ked nn the map, ahcwn on tl„ profil... or r.f.rr,,! to in th, report, II oQ fuet below ordinary low water of Bpring tid«B of th« Bay of Fundy. i I •* I western temiau,, tl,,.,. of iLci to havo a lift of 40.! f.-K, au.l one to be a.-ranqo.l so us to exck.lo tl.e tide after tho lovol readied the eIov..tioa of or.liiiarv Iii,d, «■ -er' or SS feet over (latiuri. Tl.is .suuuuit level he proposes to oxto!i,l eitl.er fo a little al.ovo tho post road lM-i,l.'« ovet- the lliver 'lulnish, a distance of IGJ n.iles, or to about the fnll extent of the canal Ht Iidn.sh Head, where two locks, ouibraeing a lift of abont 2^ feet, are to bo bnilt. TlH.nee outwards into Jiaie Verte, piers of eribwork arc to be e.rri.d fb*- snch a di^- hmce as ,uay be necessa.y f;.r the protection of the channel after it has been dredged to a c epth ot 1 U f;.et at low water. Piers at the western entrance nre also to be budfc, and tlie channel made to a depth of IG feet. An estinnUo of ,p.:n,tities of excavation, pi^work, A:c., required o,. each of the six Imc^^desmbed n. the report is furnished, based upon f .run., a canal accessible to vessels of 1.. a.t draught at all tin.es of the tide ; but no estinr.te is ^Iven of the cost of carrv- iiig out the work on either line. The An-Lae, via Tidnish route, is recommended as the most favorable with respect to access at low water, elevation of the ground, water supply, and drainage of adjoinins lands. • Tt is also stated that the ter,ainns (br a canal accessible to vessels of u like draught at hon half^fde, can be located between An-Lac Point and Sharp's Creek; but '-U.o best entrance tn such case would be between tho otttlet of tho La Planche at.d Sharp's ilio report of Mr. Rullair,. on his survey, to.eth.r with the plans aad other d .cu- men s connected wich it, w .v huuled to u.e i:. tlr- h.tler end of .V;,.! 1S72; bnc b.in. a^ tk, tune unable to give that attention t. the .natfr which i.s ia.portanee dnnande,r ho Muuster nn-itnd Messrs .l.owski and Keef.r t, exaaune the plans, reoort, ^c, an^ to lavoi the C.overnmeiit with their opinion on the subject. These gentlcinea at one,, conM.lied, an 1 alVer ni.kiut; soaie su:i..stiou. rolativ,, to tho location, ..c, prud^-atly intiurtce I th vt n. decisive opini ,n could begiven without a tbnnal oxannnat.on of the locality, and more time to consider the .pi^^stion. in reply to a letter subsequently addressed to tlunn on the snbieet.th.v informed f,e Muuster that one of them was ready, if desired, to go over the grou;,d to ascertain whether the be'it line had been selected. lu ti.e Ltier end of August of that year, after an exa.nination of tho localitv had been n.ade y Mr. S. Keofbr, they pointed ot,t a nun.ber of ol^eetions to the lino .;eo,n- ."en.,eJ, and directed atfntion to what was considered a more favorable and better rot.te a location .ur.oy of whiei, they desizcd to h.ve made under their own pe.sonal direction' 6 H is Mated th«t tliore uro g.vat difficulties (o 1,. on.onntc.- .,1 in tV . • r a can. tUro.,. tUe i.U.u. ; .. ... ,,,, ,.. .„ .^ ,„.,:;;:-| ::::—;--: " La PW,'"'""rr" ""r'"'"^' ""''''' '' '•^-■-^--'-' to bo at. tl. .nouth of tb. River .he.No.thward.andnfte.pass.ngia.winain:; ccu.e through Lon. Luk. .nd certain rSir;r: "- ""^^ " -'^ '- - ^^-^^ -^ --^ - "-- aud ^lll^rlT, "' ^''" ''■""' "'^'^ *'^ '"=^=^ ''"^'' ^'''' ^^-'^ '-!^ - to bo placed, riv..!";;; '" '"'^ ''?■""""• '"" """' ""'^ ^'^^^ -'!-■ in the ruain channel of the r; ^7"-'.;"^'--^;'- - -'''-'^ il-d. and 1,-nv.an. of- a sea o.alanku.ent," Uo. ,„,,,,, .^ ^■^"'"'"^'' =" "'^ -- '--' to the lourU... entrance loa. .situal,.d ,u th. !,ay, atalM.ut 1.000 feet out fron, AVe^Ics' Pom.t. This lock .Hi haw.. . na va,, i„, iVo.u iiv. to /l.teen f..u and i. to be connected MUhthes ore,,va..at..-U,hten>b.uknuaH: and at the Jowcr oud, two parallel piers, 1.800 feet long, are to be built out to a ,leptli of h'fteeu fed at low water. _ At the Western entrance it is proposed to have two lock., both carried to tlie «am^ h 'gh ; the hr.t, situated near the mouth of the La Planch., wdl have a varvin-. lift from to 12 fcet, and the second, about GOO f.et furtlu-r inland, will be a -v,,,;,! lock -ith gaf.s facing both way., and adapted to a lift of n,n. to 10 leet in either direc' li^iu^ilr'^^"^'^^' "^";^''" ^^""^ ''''' ''- "^^ ""'■'' ""-'^-^- '-' ^-^^^^ It is recomn.ended that arrangen,ents should be n.ado to.r the upper reach to have a -.•u.t.n of .X ..t-high wat. r b.in, as.u.ed at ninety-two 1,., al.d h,w ..,er e d^. .. feet over the dat.uu liu. of Baillairge . survey. TU. .pace between tl. .c hei.,:;. L tae pnsm of the canal, and certaiu adjoinin- lake« is in--,.' .If,,,! , f ,-, , ,. U""i'i,:, '■'■'^^^' '•■' m^euued lor the storage of water to> t.iie supjdy of navigation during periods of low tides. Thi,. suunnit level is twelve-and-udialf miles long, and tlie reach between the third iiicisism';!^/"""" " '"''''"" ^'^^^^ ''^^'-- l-twecn the respective outlet i I 'J- \ J' \ AU,e «u,nnut, US foot ov.. ,l.tu,., for a qum-t... of a milo in width. .,ul a nul. ,, ''''' ■ ''/'" " "■ '''' '' ' •' '^^^" ' --"-X n-t ov :..■ I .tant t:, , Holia oKcnv.ti.,u throu-h tuo .siiiina: will ]>■> t-.v-iKv-i-i^'iit i'"t SmII,- t.v , ^>- c, r ■ , " . ' .> -I.:.''- i' M ).iu. , t.\,ii,y loL'o uf muss; Mii'i flio ,suriacos of the u;,;,or ivaoh, G r..t d..;), and 1^^ mil., !„,., ;, aO.GOU 00.) ca=n.^.t; ar.a.f th. a Ijoiaia, 1 .k ., :2 1,7 ISJUO f\vt. wai.h if all drawn dowa «ix teet to feci tho canal, will all'.rd a sui^ply of 1 13, lUU.lOO cabic feot ; total, 218,180,100 cubic The water roinirod foi- lo.ka.^e, &:., daily, when tho can.l is worked to its full capacity, is cstinvu.d at 12,000,000 cubic fo.t, s. that tho storage capacity uill be equal to ilie reqi:ii-onu-nts of ci^-htajn days. Wiiou pi-o;(.v..ling with th.3 works, it is j.-.opos.d first to excavate through the marsh lauu. on tho suuimit level, a channel lifty-fou- feet wide ut surface, ei^rhteen feet wide at bottom. :.,dei,l„,..niVtd.>n. and to use t • material to f,r,n an emVmkm.nt aW the sides. Ouliets oFsimii ..diaiensions are t^, . ; .-at throu-h the nnss at the water-^h^'d to dnun and d:T it, hj th .t it e tn h > barn.vl ; w', .. • :,[, has been done, and a channel cut through the .arrh and rx'k undurneadi, temp ,rary road bridjes put up. ami a suitable outlu provided, the waUu- is to bo admitied into tho out, and allowed to take it. course freelv to IJaie Vcrtc;. Tills, it is s:;,t^d, will hav. theeff-ct of scourin ; out the channel in the most expedi- tious an i economical maun-.r. Tiio lloatin- boj to :: ■ cut into convenient patches, and Ooatod out to .sea. Tlie greater part of the material, it is said, will be tlirown into tlie shallows in Baie Verte; but it is not likely to injure th_" fiddng ground, " as the more valuable Shad fisheries of Cuuiherland Dasin have a boit.rm preciiely similar to that which this material will supply." Cirryin,^,' out the works as p^-opused, including land damages, superintendence, &c., is estimated to cost 80,3 ,, 7,00 J. The Contractor for the works to tako the risk, and havo the benefit of the scouring operations. It has been deemed proper to submit ths foregoing outline of matters relating to thw project ttd cam-J from th* tima a "■'i-yj.r, ..,.«,-- rj-t.,-,,! h- t',. 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"•.«.. !.NU, .,,.1 o„ly ., ,„.( .„,.,. tl,„ .Sk,*,, ,i,|., „r,,,,„|,.r, IKfi., .«"::2r;:s:i;:r "^ ' '— --- The waters (,t' liuie Wiio aiv .,f .,11 t- . .;-::;::;:i:':i::--;Lt:i-;;::-^ :•< -^^ '-^:::::tw:;i::r:::::::::':;;.rr - - Kiii.. ; .. I il„,,„„i, ,i,i, ,., r V,, ; . , '.'■ ' ■■ '"■'"■■■■■'I'" "K" '■>! •■'■ "•■"!;.- ''■■■'■■'.^ IS.uue.s' Jleef to tlie mouth of tlio Vho- \ „ i ^''" '•'-'"■' i'- a depth of tVum 30 to lot-t i ;^ "• ' '"'""" "' '^''"'^ " "'''' ^• JU to lo feet, ami the course i,-, north-easterly. Then.o, 10 npwanl to tlio mouHi of tlio Rlv.n- Tn Vhnch(>, a cmv30 S. In- E. Iixlf K. ; V.w distance is noarV ^ mil,.^. m,m1 Uio ,l,.|,'!i ,!i;ninU:,o; to i,l,„ ,,; nor„!n;.;/.il ..:;tiv,n ■ l.r,v w.t-r, vvliirh is a'loiii -ji r.vl lower lliai, orliuary I,.,v li,l,.^. The i'onrs(> of pivvniiin,!,' \viii,l-; om jlic !!,,y of r.m ly [a IV.rn (!i > S. W. t . W. S, \V. _ thus, a vcssM with a fair win 1 n;. 'Jr. Ii,,v to ii Mr t;i,. m mf.i ol' t!i • Ii:.-,,' A i-I.i., woul.l tlicivhiivoto takcaoi.r.s. wi liiiM r,-,v points , F i.lio -.via 1, i'l oi- 1 ■• t) roiM tli > m >iK.h of tho ItiverLi Plane-..., an I U,:,;, loo ia a o ., n uim^v..),- uuy.'Y ,n v n •!, wli,;, .l,n-!;vnH P'Uchos of rocks au,I stu.nus at n.vcral plac.^i oa th,. loo shora, a-> 1, i , h siii, qairka.uvU at many pkces on tUo othi.T side. The objects proposed to ho -linM hy <'io cmUniol-ion „f (lii> c:)n'prnplato 1 canal hein- to avoid t!u>dan-;Ts of sail In;,' round tlio A'lanMo coa^t of Nova Sotia, and the ul.ortoning of tliL- .so.i voya-v to pla-.s situat-l in tlui 15 iv of Pun ly, .l--., Ar-., it i, natnral to suppose that all euirance oasy of a,:a..s. and app-j.i.^!, w )ull hivo ha -a sM-jtr 1, uul(;s3 sonic f vh.idablo Inirriar in the way of its oonsti'ivjtiou o;- c jst vva^ likdy to h ,- (Mutountorad. instead, lu)w,..v.>r. of this hcin'^ the case, .■\L.ssvs. Koofer and CizowskI, tho ,c;cutlomcn entrusted with tho fust location survey, advise the Hay of Fundy taraiinus to ho at tho n.outh of th,. Iliver l.a Planehe-.--a pla...e. it i. to ho faared, tba! has little Lo r,;oonnnfiud it as an entrance to a line of g.aieral nav i'aiion a^ any .sta;,'e of tho tide. This will he cvidem by a -lane- al the (Jhart of t!ic> l!ay and ul.j-arvin- tjie position of the nvof, and chanu'd to it, when no one «viliin;,' <:o ha convlncad, can fail to fo'.'i see the dilHciilty that must l,e oxparienced l)y a stilin'^ vessul in roachins the outlet of tlie River La Planche during south-westerly windi, which are said to prevail in that section nouWy as steadily as trade Nsinds, except .luring tho .vamuvr months, whe.i they bccomo uioro southorlv. Adverse winds blowin.cr aci-nss t'o cliaaiU'.d, dau;',-rs near t]ie slioro, an 1 foojs, are sonic of the perpl,xin:j-difn,.uhics cert du to bo o:q,eiieneed in makin- or h-vm- tho proposed entrance. 'I'hcse facts, thcrj is good reasju to believe, are pr.,etically known to many wlio have had occasion to navigate that part of the coas". Betwoon Cnmlierland Creek and the mouth of tho Missi;^uash, the stumps nud roots of an underground forest extend for half a mile along the bennh, for a width of fuily 100 fe«t, adjoining which, for at least a liko distanoe, and a width of 4'JO feet, tho beaoh is 11 8 to M,.. , ov.. ,I.„ ,.,u,Hu or a l,nir.;il,. ouul, „,.,, ,.,.„. .,f t!,o ..Ks ,., o M. cons. ...1,,, o... U.at li... .. ,,a ia i. ,....„. .,,Htio,. .hi. .o„M bo . ,„..t ..,.:: pla.of.-v..IseUhe. leaving o.„. ,„,i.abl. ch.nn., on U.. .n.,U sC^Z n.Uv.o,. ,],. outlet, of tho nv... Missi.,ns!, .n 1 La PL.n.l.o tho..„ i, .,.o an unJet- g.-oun ,....t ,.,. a .l,.s..,„... of , C.0,, f..., ,,ong tho i. .eh, and a .i.lth of 200 ,.t • Id ^>. a r,t„ g,..Uo.. .h.stanco tho adjoinin, low., p.. of the bc.ch i,, ooveu-cd with argo masses of «tono for a width of from (JOO to 1,000 foot. ut the depth of . feet above the botton. assuo^.d by Mr, Keofcr for a half-tid. canal isrmiDu j. aro ' 1 ( ) Can.,orland Dasin from Pda.k Point to the n.out:. ; of the rivor.s La Planch, and Au-Lac IS of a tr.an^ular shaj-o. tho sides of whi.h aro about 7, and 3* nuh. ro.pect- .U, oontauuug an aro. of about con .quaro udlos ; ,h„ channel previously .Icscribcd L on 1hc,no,thandc.a.h..rlysil..ofit,and Minudi > Flat, occupy all other pai-ts of it, or 01 £i|nar(! miles. ' ' ■ i The northern ,..t of ^he Hats for .n ar.a of ^ square miles, stands fV.r a luu,ht of Irom 1, to , . foot over low water line, an,l tho other paris conlaiuln^ an area of ^5] stpiarouiiles, is froinTJ^- to 2.3i feet over low water. ' It will thus bo evident that Minudio Point could aflord liitlo or no .d.oltnr whatever to works, or to the entmn.e of a canal situated at tho niouth of the J.a Plancbc at anv tmu; betweeu kaif tid- ;'iRl lii^di water. Xone of tlioso in,i,e,lluK-nts to navigation, or to tho works connected with the construction of a canal, are n,o„iioned by Mr. Kcolbr in any of the numerous reports sent in by hnn beh;c.,.„ May, J ST:! and A'ay, 1S7J. It is, Ihorofbro, only Hur to coacludo ii,at ho did n.t know of their existence, rather th=u| that ho knew and f^uiod to comn.unicUo tin information, o.pe.iaLva. it is nK.„tionod in he spochcatiou snl mitt.d by him, that berths n.r tho orib-work ;f tho pier (stated in his general report to bo 2,r,!:,. feet long) ar. to bo drod.^ed out uniforndv to tho level of 04 foet, an,] clo::o ranges of plh-s aro ropres.nted on his plan to bo driven IS foot into the botcom winch, on f:e shoal that extends ont on tho north side of the river, is roek at the level of cS7 feat foet ^.vor datum. 12 1'aii; Vkuti;. ,,,, ■'■'"■';■'■"""»' ""'I" "■".mmnnl :, Mr. K,..!;,. f,,. ,|,i. „„„,,,„. „„„ „, ■ ' :' : ""■;"■ "" : ■• '" "' "■■■■■ «• -f -'-i. .■..•:. i*.,„„, ,,,.,,.,,,,,::,■:„;■•::,:;:;;;:"-'""■"■- ■'■'■>■■■" < ■ ..r ,™X,Z:!'Tu""''^ '" " '""'"' "^"■'•" • I. '^ ' '"•- :::l ;::::: :':::::;■;;:„;' -r " »' ''•■'"'" '-' '"'"'"' ""^^••'^'•^^•"tioi'.aiv to 1... iv.s.tv.mI f„r lilli,,,, 1 1„. '■'•"'^ "'-^ ^'- -.,.:u,l'^ '-nsi.i<.rin;^ t!,is pa.r of tlK- .,.^.... thore is reason to In.li.^ . :.-_ ''■'• Tl.at ,1.0 ..ost of (1„. ,„.o,„,,<„i ,,,,,,, ,,^.^ ,„,„^, _^^,,^,^ un,luM.s|.iu.af...l J^.ul. 'n,attocanytl,on.out,.ilo,.t,,.,lyiutla.n,am,o,i,u;.,,aN..Wonl,l 1„. k-uW- if i'"( aito,.,.tIj<.r. iiiipracdcaM... i''"u. (o a.iswcr tiio purposo iT.ntoiiiplato.l. i^ -'-t':,H ,t";""""' '"':''r^!'- - •'"■ «-'" -'i- "- ^^■H. .»„„„„, ;;-i.:;r:;;:, ;:::::;:.::::,;:: ■'-'■" •■-■-•- '■— » - 18 III tl.is cnmuMMum. it, HI,.;.- 1,0 ol,s(.rv..,l, tl.af tl.- rutin. • . , • ^-•n- tl.o ouMot looks at U..- IJ.io Vm.- u,.,l I i"" , '"^ "^^''""^•- •''""- "■■^- of "-"-"'.' " si.' 1- .»,.', f,.,,,: ,:;:,:'; '^ ":'' -'■: '■ tl..«-,-(i,,,l ,|,.,l„C.i,„„ ,V„,„ „„|i,„„ ,„„;, ,,,,,„„„„„ '■'■' "■ " "' " "-•- " «ii- .......»r'::;;::'!;;:::i;::::r:;t;r'™''7 ' -'" ■■ - - - IfsocI, «-a.Ma„.,, l„kos|,I,u-ci„,mlhmrv.-,„,N tl,..,,. i. .. , .... '» -ro.'i.-e.i .0 ,»,.„., j„g„, ,;;;;;;:;';;'' " '"■'■'■ '■"""■'"-•■ ■"■" " »-.i,. The inateriiil.s for this l.uik W-iw^ ijitcMl,.,! fo 1 ^ i -'"'^ '™"" '"™ ^" °- "" -™ - « .-.:: "ir,::';:;;;';::;;:,!!:;;' ..uir™::™t"tr:r»:7rT;"-'^ '» '» ™,^- r :'::r;;:::- -z-»--^^^^^^^ :■->■. ^ ^» l"'t ill iuHiiedhihay at its out,.,. p,„1 f)^ . , , '"0^'"'-<^' cxpeu.,., as M,y |u-ot..rtio.i tl.. oll,..r „.»,.I , , ° '" '■ "' ■"■'" " "■'■'• *"'■' '"»'■'"" "' '..l'.".» ..f 14 i l'» "Hrt. ,, „gi, '- uwjwtalntr mi/l <*jflle«)fics connoctotl witli nv^kin;,' a suitil.Iolmnk Minui. -orI{3 nt T'„uo V..!rre w.^-o carri.nl nut as VL'.i-nmnomhd hj Mr. Koefer. i( -^r^^i (iucH,i,.nal.l„ wiiotlirr th.v «'ou!l ,.,,,.;ua in ;{ , al coiulitioa suni- ciently long fur miv,#uion tu derive luiicli UvnvCit from il.cni. It appears ti.at the Hi-hcst \vMt,T observed durin,.,' tho time? of Mr. Jiullair-o'.'. «nrvoy was T7.37fcft over tho i.Bs.med datum, but in Au-mt of tlw pr..H.iU vear it rose to 7'J feet over tho same line ; tliesa hei„-ht.s, it may be staled, were taken at a plaeo beyond tlie inll.u.nce of tho waves. 1 1 may also \.', mcnUionod. t'.at at tho breakin,' up of winter in 1872, It i.« .sai.l that lar-e masses of ice w.-ro .Irivon on to the banks, in tho cove imme- diattdy above Weeks' P.dnt, whieh are from 7 to 10 fc.t above tho hi-hest sprin- ti'it certainty of failure to make water-tight banks in the mamier . lu tile , ■ ,ka connected with them, evo'i if they M'ere made, leads IB The , r.p;„i,,.. n^rtcrs rohtJvo to tfl# entrnnc-.s r,vmnn.on,|or| bv Mo.,r« Kocfor v,d localiuii liiu- I. ■iw.Tii tlioiii' poiutM. 'MMh.. .7U. A„«.,sr, iKi,. Mr. lv..:.a.r .opo.u C.t h. I.a.l ..„.U, nn . .ami,..,tion „,,''';!'': ""f"; '"• '■;';-'Vort!.....u.v,.,,:ovb«,lyau.;....i..l Uv.Uo LWn- meat .f I'uU... U orlcs au.l .tlKT -Incu,,,,.,,,. cnu,...., • i wi.l. J.o p.-oj v'u.l cannl. - " goo.l u,,K„.u,uuy, .V..U wa!..,ut U.e .ulv.uau^o of u .urvov. of form'ng hm J. gr.enta«to U,o ,...,,...■ locuti.m fo. the .anal." „ncl thou nniv.s at tlo concU,,,ion *'^' ""' ""^' '■' ""'-"''■'' '■•^' ^^l'-- I^-"-'«^- i^^ '-t tl. .no natu. ha, ,,oiut.. ou. Via Long L u.u and tin. IJhick Ash Swami., itc, entudy l.ve fro,,, any nuxturo of .uul or .oil," Mas discovcx-a , ,ho summit to tak« advanta,. of .hiei. the U.n, was cHed nun. to th. .astwan, U ,., :::Ti2::^ M thf s st.Uo that Hovnal wc.o cTo.s-d hy iho trial linos then n.n "''"■''"'•''''^■<'^'l'tl"^"u,ss,vfrm..I to. ho-v,.v,T, i.s, a.sahvadv s'U.d l<^r . Thron.-h th. n>,ar:,h. ; th. g.mor.d ,h,pth of cutting will I,, al.ont 22 f.^t. Total rjnantity of oarth excavation on the located line ^'"''''" ''""^'- will 1,0 .. . T^ock excavation',:™;::;;;;;: ''"^" '^^ Moss la;-i„accnnwi..so.curwi(l. rospoct to .1,,. yovU, an,l th,. r.lativ. situati,,,, of thr^ " l(i,icii ami luu laml." •■TI>cdi.n.o,.a,,u.p.sn,v.,,.,o.,tn,Hl.o,n„n..rousH,al it i. a ,,,K.Ktion l,o^r fa- the " IK'oitK. on ^vi.i.l■ ti,o ha J'land.- a,.! Tid.iisl. location lino .alcui.tiou:: arc 1m,,.,[ r.n h. •' rclird on." Tl.i. Mentlem.n, aftof l.avio, nM,lo a fnrti,..,- «ami„aliou of ,hn ..ospe.li v. ..In,.. 'VlK'als tlK.«o ..,;. iM.nh; ia a. f.mtt report, iu wind, otlur .vn.arks of a liko n.Ur.; a.v also l;ivoii. (S^^o Ajipciidix.) TiKTstimah. of o.,.avation al.ovo ,„ot.,l l,avin, l.oa oxa.ain,..! in dotail i,v M,. J-l.ur,., ho pcnnu ont coud,.siv,.ly tha. consi.l.M-a:,!. on.i.siou. hav« ,...,. n.ade m the" calat.fons, a fo. ol wind, n,ay !,o .tatod in onlof Co convey son., ide. of thd. extent. 1st. The estimate does not indu,le any dfed^ioi; at either of th- enh-anee.. -n.l. Xo provision ],asl,ee.t made i. the estin.ate for l,aek .litehes, o:- o.he,.n,eu,. 01 nl |n„...ti,na.e does not en.l.ace any ,p.antities o,- .„n fo. tl,o n.tcki,., .nd '<-."^the.eaUolrhel.nks,nofhas any provision l.een ntade for .ettin. rid ofth. 1: ;:::.f ' °"^" •"^" "" ^"^^ ^ "- •- ^ -- ----- i-'.^'«^..J ni;!: ''- >^'> I'n-vision is n.ade for sh.pe walls ah.n^ the side, of ,ho ennnl ^vl,ieh on i-pl.ane. of steatn tn,s at eaeh end, and others in tho r.aehes 2: !:J::': ^'^ '""'^'•" ^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^_, ,;;;--"-' esttn..te and one that .onhl give a nearly correct statement of ••^■^.■^•ninrirr".^;:- !:;:':; ;"' '"v"-"-^ - -^^ - --^-^"^ o.. u. .... '=-''i'-i. "ther. ].^^n;'!;'r '";""' ^""'^ "''" ^^^-"^ ^''"'"'^ ''^ -- ^'- ..-. per cent., vi. il ' '"'' "' "'^ ^''^''^ ^''«"^^' '^^ ''— '' -^ -or,,, of Ti.e estimate of ^ress,.. Ko,,(V... ,,,M ;,,,.,,,;,,. ^,,^ j,,,_ February, IS?.'!. is . . . . ^.'"•^i-o™,, ,„.„„.,„„,;,:., :,;„:,;;„;:,;;-;; *;'|;.«^;; I' or oniissions ... ' '"'•''■''" 4.')f),(i()() , •?7,()'J6,i'50 l^.obahle.ctualeostof.ork,,ay ^— ( ^ 17 Inrofer«nco to "the method of proceeding wit). IJ.,. work" ^ ' "remove the principal part of the earthwork-it i. ' .m ' '" ''™''°^^'' " *« "means of t^ctidd power of the Bay of FuL^^^ '""'^" ^ ^'^^' ^"^ "'-^'-kv First, a gullet is to be cut in tlie - axis of the ™„.,J " , n banks to serve as dykes to isolate the eanal fCl th i. 'T 'T "•^^^^•'^'' "-'' ^^ ^"- " arc to be cut thron.h the n... at the sun. to 1 • 'I ' '""' "' """"' ^^'^'^ " bo ..nrnod." Afterward, a channel is ^Z^ I.! ri '"' '\ "^" ^ ^'^^ ^^ - Place-cortain bridges and other won- constru t^l-^ 1'^;;"^' i^V"' " ^'^^ ti. ci^rr.:::::::::^ t^^^^^^^^ -—^ts made . . . s... o. n^nce fron. .ort Cnmher.nd and Tort Lawrence .id,:!;:;;;::::^;:::; ^"'^^ ^^^ 1» tlie n.j,ort nl,„vo alliKlcJ to, 0;n,tai„ Cta.lr.- ,n v co„„cc»a wiU, tl,„ s„|,jeei „f „ cl,a „„] „r , ' ''"'"""'B '"""»«<.» <|.w,tio„, " "- i' ^ .... ae.,;,.a,„ .0 p.c;;: :;i'i;!;;:t,:;:':' "- ™-^ '■"-^°-' ^^^ ^^- ^ The abapdonment of the aelieiae how^v,.- . , ■ «.i.iy ye.rs afterwards to clai.n its [.a^r^^'ZX ^^T n 7" "^^ ""^^'^ ''^-'^" ar. IVeely o«ered to the contractor, L hi« ^ ;;i V '^^r^' "" '"^«'^« '"-"^^ ''- it ^vith carrying it ont. ''""""« •" '^"' ''^^^ '"^^ "iu^uses connecK^d It is, however, mucli to be recn-effo,! n, *. ,^ can foresee the ultin.ate succe^ ^^:td 1 i ""'""' '''-"" "' "^^^-^'-^ --"^ t^e places .here,the u>ateri;:I: ^ ^H "r; :" ^ V;'" r'"'^^"' '^"^^ ^^ ^■'■'-- cHain fisheries, *e., should not also be! able o t t ' " "^' ^^^ «-^'^^'— ^W quantity that would be removed, and the. l^n.^tl r ""7 '''°"" °' ■^'"'"•^•"^-^ ^'^e occupy. ' ^''^ '^"^^th or tune tixat the operations would The means of fiirnis]iin<' the snni.lv r.f „• f . , Pomt ta of .^ i, .„ bc'oUai '^: : ""■ '■ ""•■ """"^"' '■" '"'"'■•'■-J «■.»■■.■.■ 2~.^ •'•''' '"'^- ■' ''^ ^^'^ '^wi'ceH of (fte La Wanche. ? A 18 Between low and high-water level of the eaual, ther(< will Im a riin]t,'e of six feet, intended to form the storage for tho wator to he used for navi- gation, which for the twelve and a half nulea of th" miininit level, is estimated at 61),(;Dr),0()0 oiibic feot> The area of Round Lake, Long Lake, and other smaller lakes?, is 24,748,400 square feet, whieh if drawn down six feet. :. 14K,4!IO,400 „ „ Total 'J18,lHfi,400 cubic feet. The above estimate assumes th.it the lakes can ho drawn down six feet, or to the leve'. of eighty-six fett over datum; luit, from Mr. B.iillairge'H report, it appears that the average elevation of the bottom of these lakes is at least HK fi-et. This being the case, there would only !>■> 168,000,000 instead of 218,180,400 cubic feet of water in reserve, when the level ia at nin;ty-two feet over datum. It will readily be admitted that a canal on which the lev(»lH are maintained at an uniform height, will be likely to men the requiiemi^its of navigation to better advantage than one on which the reaches are subject to frequent variation. In the first, there would be little or no perceptible curnMit, and tho surf raised by Tessels in passing through, would act generally «.bout tho Hunie line, thus admitting of the banks being protected by the least height of walling. But when the sapply is furnished at distant intervals, th"re must be a considerable range in the water levels, consequently strong currents will bo nii^t with at times, and to meet the case a greater height of protection walling must be built. When the supply is iul^rmiltent, the more frequent it can bn furnished, the less will be the current, and tho range })etween high and low-wuter Hurfaco* will also be of the least extent. It therefore seems natural, as tho wah.'rs of tho Hay of Fundy have to be used to feed the canal, that levels should be adopwd that would wllow the suiiply to be introduced as often at the tidal iluctuations would admit. Instead, however, of this being the Ciiae, Messrs. Kofifci' and (Iwwski select for the low-w.iter level a hoight to which the tides for part of die time liarely rise, and such as, for long continuous portions of the time, would admit little or no supply, while for the high-water level, an elevation has been adopted that could only, wlam at its height, be at rare intervals supplied by the tide. t t o d n tl St mi mi eoi it .« as 1 tidt It may at once be stated that a daily record of the rise and fall of the tides in Cumberland Baain was kept from the IStli August to the hiHt day of December, 1870, Id and dunng that, time there were between the 13th and 3Kt ^ . tember, two days ; in October, three days- in nJLT ^'\^^"^'"^^' f^'"" ^^^y^ ' i" Sop- that the tid..s did not rise to eight,-six feet "' "' ''' ""' '""' '"" ^^--"'""•. ^'-'^^^•^'e" ^I'e 13th and 31st August ther,> w,.,.« f, , days; in October, sixteen .lays; in Nove.n r t. .1 , '"^ ' " ''^f"""''^'' ^-"•*-" d^^ys. that the tides did not ns^ to oZ^^^f^T ' ''' '''" '' ''^''''''' ^-"^>-^-> J3etweea the 13th and 3lst August there were fift,.,.,. , • . tl'ree days; in October, twontv-five davs • in >^ove h " ' '" •'"-"^-"'-'•. twenty- twenty-five day. that the tid. did no^ ^^ J^r^'^'^^t'"^:'^^^^ ' ^ ^^^-'-^ The new n.oon spring tides in .u.ust 187 . ' '"""^'^' '" ""^-'^ ^et, and in each of the ^..i„, ^^rjhX^::^ r/- ^" ^^ ^^ ^^^ above (latum.* ^ *-'* ^^' "« Jiiy.'; fnjin 9-2 to 9.1,', feet It vvill 1,« eviJeiit tlwt tij,., th.it n,e to S» f. i , ca...l, .!„ ,ow.„...H,v„l of ».l,i„ri ,t„l :"'~"''' '"'" '"• ■""-"«<■ «u a ™e. f„,„ „i,„.e,„ ,„.,,, ,„ ,„.„ J^ ,, '„ ■ :7'' f •■*"»■'• I" fa..t, „„„„ .,„ ,j, «oJ«L:::i;:::rt;L:"^ "- '° ^"^ "-^ --" ■». ^ ........ o,. ,.o . -at™., I,- a,„„i.ti,„ „ ,„„,. ., eo„, J , 1 , ™°" » ""^"^ "^ ""-'.V f»t o„.,. -"-...«. .,t, a,t,.o„,, „.o.,„„.,, ,„ - :r;;::::;::;::r,,:: -"" '■'""'■- If this be correct i+ nr.'ii i • i '"^ -■•^^e „.,.., Of .,; ;:c.:;r:; tt'o,::;:'"'- '■^^""'™ "'-' "^ --'^ '- ".^- In i-ealily, tl,„ 168,000.000 cnl.ic f.rf „„,„■ , It >nav be said that the water c.n . • . , -u;;! ^course be done, ..rovi^: : i:;^ "?' ^ '^^ '-^' ^ «"'"' ^-os : H.i. ^t « ould bo borne in ,nind that this ca , f " " ''^ '''''''' '' '^^ -->' '> ^ • On the 25th October 1S7n """ — -__^ ° ^^^^> an exoeptionably l.ijfh tide of Qc f . ' ~ ,_,j o«ow, ,„, .H, ..,„j..r,i*;^*;;::'-*-;~,, ... „ .,, ,,„ 20 In tlie face of those facts, it is Btraiifje to find tlic deliberate statement that "the " volume of water in the canal ami lakes Ijetween + 8G and + 92 on the sununib level, will " 1).' Kiiilifient to kee]) the canal in full operation with 110 lockages a day, for no less than " eiiditei'u davs, without any addition froiu other sources. ]]ut the spring tides which " oc-ur about every fourteen days will bo sure to render the gupi>ly continuous." — And a few parngraphs further on, it is stated, in relation to the high-water level of ninety-two feet, that '• it must be observed that there would be no means left of di-aining and im- <•' proving tho landi at the bead of these marshes. By keeping th« bottom down to + 70, " and reducing the level of the lakes t« + 90, sufficient drainage will be afforded for this " object ; or they may bo reduced to a still lowtn- level with bc^tter effect," &.c. In fact, ta-st claiming for the scheme a supply suflicient for 18 days, and immediately afterwards admitting the necessity of reducing it one-third. In short, the supply is re- presented to be one-third more tlian it is admitted tiie drainage of the lands in the vicinity would allow, and 2.1 times greater than it could possibly beat any time (except it might be when navigation iirst opened in the spring), and that, too, without having made any provision whatever for the protection of the banks to meet such a variation of level as it would involve. 4 I m In reference to the waters of Cumberland Basin, it is stated that wkile low water is exceedingly muddy " the high water is generally pietty clear, and quite as admissable for canal purposes, as "that taken from the Grand River to feed the Welland Canal. No ex- ception can therefore be taken to the admission of any tide water above the low-water level of the summit." This comparison is rather unfortunate, inasmuch as the Grand River water at Dunn- ville. is as clear as any river water in the Dominion, except the St. Lawrence ; m fact it could scarcely be otherwise, as the large area above the dam forms a settling p»nd, where the water reinains in a great measure stationary for a considerable length of time. At many places along th« feeder it is u,sed for culinary purposes, but in passing through thb canal, which has a descent of fully 330 feet, the currents, action of winds, cutting effects of the waves raised by steam v.sssls, ic, together with the dredging operations that have for n^any years been in progress, render it quite turbid and muddy before reaching the foot of the mountain range of locks. In short, it enters the canal moderately clear but becoMes extremely miuldy before leaving it. There is no doubt whatever that the waters cf Cumberland Basui are generally clearer when at or near th.eir full height than at other stages of the rising tide j still the direction and force of the wind, at the time, affect the purity of the water to a smaller or j{r«ater extent. I 21 mt that " tho ait ](ivel, will I- no leys than g titles which inouR." — Ami of ninety-two nin<^ and iin- (lowo to + 70, brded for tliis \ immediately supply is re- n the vicinity scept it might 'ing niiide any I of level AS it e low water is admissable for ;anal. No cx- the low-water vater at Dunn- ence ; in fact it g p»nd, where L of time. At rig through thb cutting effects tions that have e reaching the ■ately clear but I are generally ; tide ; still the ter to a smaller 4 In calm weather, tho water nn-ir.u ^,.u\ v i , ~ —-^^Ecaa: ■■ fine matoial f..„,„ cvc,,v „,„«, ,,„,,. :„, ,,ii ' '.T, "'* '"■,"« '"'•> '"-P •»-)• tl.» " »»>'. -l-l it .tagn.,0, .. ,,i4 ;, ; ■ ■"' «°""-» - I >-'!. m«.l I 0,,. '.ish..- than t„e ,L'„„ wh" . . « ^ L '"l . ' "'° '"'"-^ """" '" """' '»■<■ '»' cal ad«,„a,e,, „.,„■„, „„,„ „ , , ^ ' ': '' "V"'«^'"-" '■>■ »■' '"'».-' Pra^li- «.--f»«. o„„»,.,e,, „..',,„,, ° 1 ' . ,; '^rr 'f • ■■-"■■"'"■' »""».>■, it ... ....1'""" «l»»l.l Im ™.tia,/a,,,u,,rtV ;:;;:? 7"''' •»',''" '»■'' *i""- ».o„t „r ,„.'. -. » ..c, „„ J.:.;;::: :,;r;r ';z:r^ -' »- - •■»■ -- ^-".e, »,. .,«.„. 32 In onlc- to obtain furtl.or iuformation rdativo to a line leadin. towards the eastern iMt ,ue.l o oxtoud fron. a point about half a n.ile balow Doyle's Mill on the Tidnish ow. 1 ,f „„,,^,,,,, p„,„,„,H„einthiH di.eotion appea.-ec, ,ni. la . )>!o at bo.h e.Kls ; but to.va.-cls the n.iddle it was so^clo^ely .oo' "^ — • -con.modation. or least objectionable. ^""' ^''^ ^''--''-"'' ^^ -r.e b. nude of the place that is the Of eo^l^irr .!r"" '"' '''■'' ^'-' -- '-■ -"^ -.le of the basin. des.rWn. l«t Inside of the n.outh of the River Tintamarro. Basi^^:SXrr :Ld C^^^ - -■- ^^ --^e on Cumberland earlier than within an hour of f„ll .« »n-e„.. W„.„ .te •0 ii.t,e, ti.t it i,,„,i.„ „„.,,,^ .1,;: ,t °; " ' " "":' '• "" '''''°""°' "■ '«»'"". »teri„gi,,v,,,ols,,„„|,|,,,,„,,,,,;;;f'' ''''•' ■^''«"""- II leaving. ., „,„ „ -.»^«""« u' :::: rsi;::"''.r::;i:"- --. " '» «--. .- . «. »„. * canal. '' '"' ''^ '^^""^^ "* P^^^^*^ «« situated for the entrance to Si 9nc]. Irnm.,liatoIy at an.l a»,ovo ('.nnl.erlan.l Creek tho shoal alrrady r^frrred to as cov..., ..,. ,.oek, .0.. e.tou„. fo. . ..usi.,e,.„.,e di.tauoo a.o„, an,, out fro™ « J hat even a cursory oxanunation c.f tho locality cloarly shov.-.s that there is no ja i ' th.3 vicnuty at all suitable for the entranco to a canal. From this cn.k towards Au-Lac Point the shore lino is noa.lv straight and the W generally has less inclination than elsewhere. At a pl.oe al.out U.e :ni d,; ^ th reech the lovv-water hne is nearer to tho shore than it can he found anywhere el«o o he easterly sue ot the hasi... At this place, about 700 feet out fron. ordinary bi.h-.ate narl, an elp.t.on sn.ted to the as.uned botto. lino for a half-tide canal, or'.H eet o. datum, can be obtained. ".ti^ orer The shore i,as a direction nearly parallel to the current .-hen Cho tide is makln. or nn,. and .nuls iron, the south-west are all but at ri,ht angles to it; still it ma; L .d that tho entranc. t. a canal ndght be placed at such an an.Ie to the shore th Jthe a.rrenls won u.er.ere as little as possible with the ingress or .gr.ss of v..Sols. Thi^ ^^ - n.e, could be atten.pted, hut there is reason t. fear witl. no greater prospect of sue'. cess an U.r.- would be on any other straight coast on which th:prevaiLg wind, i.:: 1 and where the channeHscon.paratively narrow and the current Lm opposic (liiections alternatelv stronw. •'^ €« M. u' !/ ' ^""' *'" '■" "^ °''''"'"^ l.igh-water, outwards, the bottom for t'l 7 ■ r; ' '''''"'' ''' '" '"'"••^'^ '^ "^ ''-' ^^■-' '^^^^-- - the first ..00 feet ; fo the next .,.)0 fc.t the .ncliuation is only five feet, and -100 foet further, or V200 fee n.vvigat,on. At tins place an entrance to a canal could be made in a direction W. by ^I; ': t'; ' ^:.f ^.^^-^ -^^^^ ^^ ^^^ — -^ -uth-west winds. Here the volum' iM-'rM ';"r^" "^ "•'^" ^ '''''-'' --- '--'^ ^'-^-'^ '-'' ^^^^^ On the ebbing tide they again nni^e at or near the place where they separated. Bu* h« pom^s of convergence as well a, tlu,.> of divergence are constanti v changing with the -11 and nse ot t e t.des ; n-.erthMes.. there is invariably an e:idy or large'area of c.n,- P at,ve,y s:nonth water behvcen the re,p,ccive places and the sho.e. such a« would enable vessels to en.e. at any tinir that the bay below could b, navigated, and when the height of the water jifrniitted, ° I<^ 1=;^ ''^=", n.vertholo.s, stated that an dntfanco in such a position "would expose "^ds'"\f'r r/'"^ ;'";.' '^^""'^ "' ''' '"' ''''' '''' ^'" ^-- ^' -^'»-•-' wind«, etc., *,-.. h„t „, the hne would be nearly ea.st, and the ranrre of the lock gates nor h..ast, It wdl be evident that the circumstances are not as represented in the above ZrTP T;r '■"' "" ''"'' "'^''"^ '" '" ''''''''' 'y t'- ^^l'--'-t« '"-ting and sefaiafon of the Avaters of the two channels 26 €« T, sl.or^ any w.u.l th.t u-..,.M iutorf^no witl, a v.s.ol oahTin, or loavir.^ . c.n-.l «o townnis tho ,„o,.th of thn Uiv,.,. f., P,,,ehe at any HtaJ of tl.e lidl ' ' ' ' _Ia 11... low wat«.- aucl.o,-a„. above Woo.ly Point, knowu as tl.o "Sackvillo anchor- ^ 1^.er. . good hol.hn, ,..„un,l, .I.ioh ve.sds wore n.^u-utly observe,! to t.Ko wZ- tage of, wIh'ii tlio .survey was in pro},'re.s.s. "-"v., a.i\an- _ Au-Lac Point Jm. the advantage of being n«r thi. au.l.ora.^-is accessible in anv w.n t,.,. „ _, np the bay. ana .onb, b. ,., in ^.y wind' .l::^ nught safely venture -lownwards. There are no foul or aangorou.s roclccovere,! banks Ta the nennty; and .n other respects there is probably no place on Cun.berhuul Basi 1, has .noreadvantagesancl fewer objoctionabie feature, than the southerly ,si,le of I - L Point, for the western tenninus of the contemplated canal. f^et lUrZ ^"^;;''^" "^^ ^''7'--^ -l-l'o-l to construct two parallel pier. 2oO ^11^15 oT'T'"'""';'. 1^^'' '""'°'^^ ''''''''■'^' long,an.rthLontho o« h s ,Ie 1.500 feet loug-the channel to be excavated to the level of 5i f,et over the cL-xUnn hne, and t],e seat for the piers made one foot lower. From he end of the piers inward.s. th. channel, for a distance of 1 8.^0 feet will «^P :.nnd unt. . has a south-easterly direction at about 050 t.et below he .^^ t fir., loc whence .t ,s to b. cont o.ued on a line nearly parallel to the shore. The sid^ t w tn T'^l M "^ '""""' '" ' '°^'^'^^ '' ''''''-' -'" '^^' '-^ ^"^^ ^^ 01 by a wall ot niliUc (uasonij'. ' It h L,li.vod th.t f»,-evei, :, l,„lf.lij. navigation «„.„ rt„„|,| ,„ „,„,„ ,„^^ •""'" ;'r i """'""-■ f" ""P".- of ..„a,pa,i»„iMvi„ fo,.,l, ,1 „ »«,n,ea t„at t.o .iii a„.„x.,. .,„. ,»,,,„., an,, „.a, tl.oy ,),„,„,, ,„ „,„„, c„0 Z folloJ'V"'' "'"'^ T"' '"'' ^""'' '^ •'^'"'^ '-'' '"'^^'■'"" ^^^° •^''''-' *^-- t'le line . .. course w,acd.at.x.st.venthsofa mile further on, cro.e, the Intercolonial luiiUMiy at an angle ot GO <]egr(;e,s. It th.n continues along the v.dley of the MissigUiXsh, crosses the post road between And.erst and ^acksille at about 21 n.iles from the inner end r,f the pie., ,n ] .d n •, and seven-eighths further on, it cesses the Mount Wh.tley 1'2 ' ' ' ^ "^'^ ""^ For seven mih-s fro.n the western terminus, the depth of cutting through the marsh -1. o n.,ke t e bottom of the canal G9 tV-. over datun. .ill be f^m 2. ^^ ^ e ' ^IIJZT '"' '"^ — ^^'i---. ~s the upper and narrow part of l^^^Z se At tl.o ...ul of th. seventh mil., it ent.™ a floating l>og that has a a^pth of frorx, G to 10 feet or luun,-, and ^xtoada fully 5^ milea. Th. r .-face of this ..og i. a Hp.ci,. of livo mo«s. f.-om 10 to 15 incho. docp. uuder -h eh xs a Htratu,.. one fo-.t o.- ...ore in d.ptl. of olosHy .natt.d root. Whoa a ,olo pu« edu.u.u.,sonK.re.si.Un.o. felt at froa. two to thr«e f.. l.low tho su.fa. afj r which It passes uowa .juit. tro.iy, aud whoa withdrawa is coatod with l.lack unv\, the el'rr' *"';", "?'' '""' ''""' '^* ''"'"^^ ""''"" "'" ''"^ -^•^^'■' -'- »« '-I'-to that - , the,..he,,lU throughout will averu^o al.out 'JC, f.et over dat.aa ; t is un«af.. to ^^::r T- '''T " ^"""' "^^^^'* ^'''^'^ ^''^' ^"'•'^-' '^ ^"'^ ^— ^ --• It was - to 11 feot •vor tho contumplutcd bottom hm of tho canal. .Lout Tn ; H '■' '"'""' '" ^'^'•-^"-•t- «f ^^ -'"^ to the sun.mit.or to F^i St" t1 H ' ""'"'"'"^ "^"' '^^' °'^^''^'^" ^^ '■™'" ^°" ^° ^^'^^^ f-t over datum. io.11ust.etd, the upper part consi.sts of mo.ss and black muck, from two to tive feet deep, underneath which, clay and .sand were found for the full depth to canal lottcxn three^Z'"' '7'"' T '""' ""''" """' '" *''^ ^""^'^•'^^•^^' ^"- ^ =^ ^^-tauceof about lev ;' 71" '^ " ' "■""" *'^ '^'^^^'■^^'''^t branch of the Tidni.h River at au elevation of OK feet. The muck on this part of the route varies from three to six feet In depth. curverr" r '!'"'"' "";■" " '""""■' "''' ^""' ^'^^^ ^^^'^^''^^ ^-'^' -h«- the lino Tnd ; : V ''T ' ""' "'""'-'•^ ''° """" ^"'"^ «f the ri.er at about one mile the ^^nral r' "" 7 T' '' ""' "'"^"'^ ''^ ''"•*"-^^°'^* '^•''"'^•^- ^^tween these places the general surface of the ground has a height of from 95 to 83 feet. «earl!li!!rn'" T''' ^T ""'' '"" ^ ^'"' ^''•^^""''^^' '^'"^ '^^^'- -"--§ the fi.t head ad,V^^^^^^^^^^ ""'^'^'^^^ ^^'""^^ "'^*''^^^- --i'^S the post road fiTs hil r "^r: '^^^.^'^'' ^^ -^ ''^^^-- «^ -^^-t one mile and nine- tenths from the nrst intersection of the ni:iin river. The elevation of the ground on this part of the route varies from 71 to 93 foot li nee .Is ; , " ^^ ""'■" '""""' ^"^■'"•'•^ ^''^' ^-'^'^ ^i'^'" "f the river outlet, On thi.. part of the route, tho ground varies in height from 70 to 94 feet • there are from G to I'-'cj), under 1 a {ii>lt) in I'fftoo, iif'tt'r UL-k. ilicato that } and after •nsidenililo ) unsafe to r. It was nateriiil \h yin/i from mit, or to Br datum, liv'e feet ottcm. of about tr at an the line one milo >e places rst hend )st road Tom the ;et. Dok and • outlet, i bay, a -M'e are, I which ar '^» - «» •« «.^. -...,.„ :: :,: ; : :: .::;:;,;';"";" ""-, "• T't appears that this Ji,.,. wv, urrivP,! ,.^ < " ' '""" ''''''"'•'•^'fJ- It the locality D„n„' *]„ ,a . ,'"""«'- ''> "" ^'''S^rvaut person who resides iu ^.ee, ~»:n.;o::^=:;:4.;: ";;;:::;,;:':„!!;; r^ -- ■; .■-«■-- *. These facts, t,.geth,.r with the rooor.led observations of Ad.ni>-.1 Urn . r:r;rt :■:-:-■":;"•": ' -»»-u':i;Xr!r:: y lain, be taken at about lb inches more tiia.. shewn on the map form a .ri.„.„|„r.,h„,.d L* 1 / •"'''"'°'' '° ""■ '•»""' i' « l'"!"^-'' '» also at rida an.rU>, .„ .1,.. 1, '-■'•.'nco w.n u- lOf) feet, and at Us inner end, -11 bo 2,200 fit " '^ ""'' ■'^'''' ^''° "'"^^-^^ '-^--^ the respective piers be ir: ttr ,'fL:i:'"!!' "°"^"^^" »' " ^- « »""- »' -'00 f-. - .0 dredge oVer diitu'-n 38 Tho ..at for tl.o outer one-thir.l ..f tl.„ .s„„th pior is ,l«o to bn nnnk to .^1 feet over datum, nn.l ior tho next 1,400 f..t it n.ay hn cl..,..l«o.| to .'>7 fo.t, ti.-n.. to tho ^hco th« sent for the pier m.»y \m made «1 ftet over .latum. M-lM-a the trad... or for ,1... ,,„r,,os. of sheltoring vo.s.cIh m^^.od in it, or tho,,e f-,uentn.g the port, r.nd.rs it n..o.,,uv, tl.e are. of deep water u,uv bo in<.ro.«ed l.y ilredfe-mg to Midi an extdiit us may l.e reijuiied. By j.Iacin.' the south pier or oreakwuter in tl>o ol.lirpu, ,,o.vti.,u deso^ihed. and allow.nK ,t to o-, ..iq. part of th. channel, the heavy sea« rainod and driver, in 1. easterly .vn,dswdl he earried past, and ve.ssel.s will ,,e ahle to enter the harLor in uuy .cathev iJiit tliey ean safely approach. The pir-r should 1,. carried up to at least .sevn foel over higb-water lino, but a large part of he outer s,de of the .south pier n.ay po.ssibly with advantnge bo made fro,n four to llvt' feot lower tlian the front. This would to .some e.xtenl prevent the .shock of tho waves from injuring tho .super- Htructur., and adnut oC (he .sea rollin, over it during heavy .stonus ^rhic.h probablv nught JiHVo a temloncy to mnko Hmoother water insida. Tl,e outlet luck at thi.s end of the ca.al B.ay bo placed near the shore lin., and haro a .ft of innn live to fourter.i I'eet according to M.o height of tho tide, ami the next lock wd i>e Mtuated COO feet further inland, and have a lift varying fron. seven to fourteen taet, as the suunnit level may be at high or low-w.iter. The distance between the second and third lock«, following tho line ol the canal, will b« about ISA miU.s. ' lo secure a depth of Ui feet in the snnnnit reach throughout, when tho canal i.sdown he assutned low-water line of ,S^, feet, the bottom must of cour.e be nn.do uniformly .;<) feet over datum. This take.i fron, the general elevation of the ground at the points above metitionml w,!l gu-e an idea of the depth of the e.xcav,.tion at the respe^.tive places. For a canal 100 feet wide at bottom, with .slopes of two horizontal to one vertical in ^•lay cutting, an.l in rock of 3 inches to tho foot rise, Mr. Bailiairg^ estimates tho (piantity of mateiiab to bo removed m follows •-- „, ' ( abio Yard.s. Clay and e.'^.rth excavation in i>rirun of canal, lock pits, Ac 1 <» 078 000 [{ock excavation ' ^^^^^ Kemoval of nuick from lino of ch.innel 72G 000 Tho banks on both sides of tho c.nal to be carried up to t^o fe:-t over the highest known tub, or to tho height of 102 feet over .latum ; .seats of all en>bankment« :o bo •nuckoc .or a space of Aon. 12 to 15 foot in wi.lth, comn.encing at a line immediately nn.Ier the top front edge of the .slope, and extending outwards, or the mucking mav be done mider the slope itself as ci.-cumstanco.s may require. 39 ::!!rr '-"' - •■'■ -■■ ■- - -^ "- ■-: :x;:;:j:; MuckiriK «n«l."r H..at ,.f .m,.k„ *'"''''' '^''"•''-• Removing u.uck f, ,.„, f,„„t e.lL',. of bank- ."l.V „' J ". "'''■""" "-'- -^ '""-"" "i. .0 b.o„,„„ of ,,„ ,iv3 ; ' r V"":*"" "" ""I'l"-'' -«'""S ..■4Ui.T,-wl,„t ■■ amoved i,. .,,i, „,,, e™,, ; , ■;, """° ■"'■''' »' """' -"'»' "« "f "■» c»«i if B..^w..,..,e,:■\::;:: :f ;:;;;--' ™;7.-- -^.vt.- «,o .,.„„., „c "«>«o„„t of the ,a„„ .,.,;,., , . , ""* '""l*" 'V'-" »» i,.ll,ul<»i,„al " U>r««, „,,„„ t,„ ,,„j.,, "■• "■''"-■''■ '" ""* "S"" «'.' •'» l».»t, it. 0™ w.t™ J„.v, 30 T WATEH SfPPLY. On Uie first inception of tho nroi.-pf q ,...„, . I .e y ■. ^ ■ rJie solieme was }.oM-ev,H- subsequently referre.l to Thon.-.s Telford F. ,, Captain Crawley afterwanls sui-veved the lor.lif.- n i • i • introduction of the n.uddy wate.s of tlaE ' F .' " "'"" ''''"'"' ^° *''° supply of fresh water could not b f ," '' '"*" ' '"'''' ""^ '" ^^ •^'*"™* inqui,^ further '^""'^ "°* ^« ^-'"^' '- --^--1 i^ unadvi.able to prosecute the water streams." ' ' ' ' *' ''" ''"'^' ladepmulent of the fresh he had observed during the tinfe of his survey "''"' *'" ''^'''' '''^ ^n J::;:^:;;:t:::,rr-^'- ^:r'^ ^"" "^ --'- -^ - --^p ^-^ ^ -rve t^>i3 ran,e he a^un.! l'^ "'";; t:'^''^^'; ^^'^' the drainage of .he .arshes , ments, it was proposed that one or -^n "" "' '""'"^^'"''^ *° '^^^ ^'^ '-^l'"- Basin should L Lverll^il ::::r "^^"^ ^'"^^'^^^ '''"-'''''- ^-"^^^-^ Mr. Reefer, in his general report of February 1871 .... low-water level about 10 feet und r the hi-^hesd,'!. ';."'"'; '^*' "''^^^'^^ «'* afford .' .storage for the water to be used o I , '" ' ''"'"'^ '"''"' "' ^''^ *««* *« With certain lakes, the waters : Lh ou 1 ^V '" "?''" '"' "'^^ ^'"^' ^°°-^'- i^e replenished by the tides '' throul L , ,''"7" ""' "'"" ''"•i""--'' -°"'^l atthebendoftheLaPJancL" ' """' '"'' "-' ^''-gl' the supply gates lakes met wzth, are mamtamed chiefly by the rain-fall, melted n vigablo canal led to muuy ontemplated, , Es(|., who •ing tides in ected to tlio '■ ii Bufiicient rosecuto tlie sed in Maj, lest tides h\ ^ ^ ^-. and .hen at it. height tlj Z^^ ^^ ^II^'^T. T ^^ ^'"^ ' '"' " ^""^^ ten to tu-ont,- .u,,.tes before the water ben, s to f and , T """ ^'''"^ '^^"^ rapidly than it rose. ' '"^ *^'"" '^ S"^' ^own still more ppointed by 1 suggested, 3ar water of f the fresh autliorized igliest tide a reserve i marshes ; he require- umberland iption of ;i six feet to , together -HI, would pply gates d to the 1, melted It is considered proper to remark here that the surface width of th. would be n>ore than double that of both the " secon.i lock " f ^""^"'"'^ """' '' bend of tl. La Plauche," which have been e^ :1^ 1;:^ Ir'f^ ^ " ''' to adnut sufficient water for consumption but also to reple I laV'T "' ''"'^ could do neither the one, nor the other. ''' "'^''^''^ ^''''^ ^. ^. .stU .zi- ^zz-::--;z - r-: Fundy. the waters of which are so h dd ,'"'' "^ "'""^^ '''^"^ ^'^^ ^^^' °f looked upon by most peo le Uo W " ' t^'' "'"' ^'^ *" ^'^^^'^^ ^^'^^ ^^^^s for such a purpose. ' " "''^ *'^"' "^ ''' ^"'^"P^^^''-' o^'J-tion to their u'se there are serious objections to litt nl 1 t . "' "^"^ ^^''"^ "* *'" '''^^'^"^^ '^^^S- oi this plan woul b a 1 b t^^^ V" \'"^ ^"^^^^^^^^ extent silted up • besides t L me ' '" "" '^'""■•" '""'»" ^^'^"^^'^^ *« -me to the requiremeuta ' " °' '^'"^"'"^ ''' ^"^^^^ ^'^'^ »^« -^^^l'/ i-dequato 32 the inward flow will b,, re.strictacl. ' ' '^ ^'"^ ^'''' All tl.e water, jiowcvcr, tliut couM pass i,i tins vviv ovn il„. i' .i i vlceaLle opening, during tl. tin. that L ti.lo. we";! ;;;''' ''^ ^^^^^^^ ■T"'=«»«'l^"''''''gtIiisnu.tterfully,oM,M\s]e,]toconHndMlKH^ la. at least equally a. in,portant as their extent ..speHdlv . ' ' "" ;^^''"-™" ^.enefits that could bo derived iron, lakes situat.V , M '""'""'^'^ Ami, secondly, the objectionable currents that W(.mI,I 1.« .... ■ • . .I»„t «,000:000 of to. " "' '= '■""' "' '■"' ""'■ ''■"•"". »"1 '»'• a^ -- of have an area of 4,700.000 feet. '"'^''"''''^''^ ^vdl, m the lie.yht above mentioned, ling part of (•tioiis. !• tlmn from lo rjfcio.s from uipai'ativeljr uoutly it is e ti3 \vi(jB as ty of water I I't; derived if it be less largest aer- I, would })D ur tlio low reservoirs uestioiiabje te, such as by tlie ti'Jo led in con- ig a theory volume of only occur ireaeuted. the canal, These two reser Area of canal, sav 33 voirs would have an area of., Feet. •10,700,000 • 16,300,000 H o>. the low.wate, liae of tl „ caS I „ TV? " '''■'"'' °' »'»'" °°" f«« »'• ..»« ch»„c,. a „„Ik.„ea„ i, ,„ ,„ .„2 'J XT "" "i "'" """"■ '" ""* "' ""» .Sg.-og.to i„ o»d, c«, „,akc aboot »» fo! , 1 7""°' °^ "'""""S' » »™. '■■ *« 'ho bay, ,v„c„ tI.oy ™'e ^ „,ot*, j/ f:'"" '"'" '»'■ "■° ■"'■"•--" of the wato,, of "i* «.o o..,a>, a ,„„„y „„,, , ' : ,: : — /J-"*'- ■- ^^.,.0 the, oo„„eot ed cannot 1 idea " in ercolonial ween the u urea of uual firat enlioned, -"^In^tr i;X 1" a£"ir °^!- ^ — -e of S5 .et over -ay be briefly stated as follows J "™ "^^^'"'^ °^ ^--% into the canal, l«t. For all the time that a record was kent of il ■ Cumberland Basin, there were only four dvyslrAf/r '"^ '''" ^^ the tides in in October, one in November and noT n D em '" 1 ".f^^ "' '^^^^°'"'^^^' *^"-' ^'^^.^ feet above datun, although there we" w^ ZZ \ ''T !'''-'''' ''' "^^ "^ '« -er ^r> thutit was only fromfive^oseven;en^f:IT^ two-tenths, or 85-2 feet. ^^°*^« «f a foot above 85 feet, and one day in November 2 — 3 34 Tn August them wei-p two days ; in Saptembcr, fi\(i days; in October, four days; in November, four days ; in Docouibor, two days, Miat tlie tides rose to 86 and 869 feet. In Augtist there were two davH ; in S.'ptembor, four days ; in October, four days ; in November, six days; in Doeember, 10 days, that the tides rose to elevations varying from 87 to 87-1) feet. The foregoing stateineuts sliow that tliore are only two days in eacli of the nouths mentioned in wliich no supjily could eater the vesi?rvoirs at a level of 85 faet, .ilt'Uough tlioro would in; oLliL-r two days 'Mch iuuu,h t'lat but little would bo received. But t le wide openings made to admit tiie wjvter into tho reservoirs would allow, between th ■ levels of 86 and 8G'9 feet, as much water to i.nter 'n two tidi-s as would nearly supply the requirements of navigation for a day. For other parts of the month : there is no doubt whatever l)ut the supplv would be so abundant, that both the reser\oirs and canal might lie k(!.)t at any desired height. Tlie fresh water lakes along the route that, could be rendered available, without any- great outlay, might be of service in the summer months when the tides are lowest. In short, the principal reason that has Ud to the low- water level of 85 feet over datum being recommended, is the fart that there is only a very short period in any one month that water for supjdy cannot be introduced fi oiu the seu ; and it may be added, that it has a'tBo led to a variation of three fe i • ' , tl.o western terminus, would . • , "';'rT '"^^ —irs situated at or near -ute, and as nature has alread^ •. L T ^i ''"^ "" '"'^' °^'^-- "°'"^ -^ *'- --- ^" -•^■•'- -anta.i ;;it:: t::! :::;: :r r:;^ ^'^ ^^^ — - years has been employed by th D n^ I , ' 7''.;^"'"'*-* -^-o n.an. who for several retical computation of the , u.ntitv oJ 1 ' ', T '''']' '"^ ''''''' ^' ^ --f"> ^^'eo- nearthef.llmoon,untill,J^: ,^:^:-'^^^^^^^ range of tides has been selected as one of th l T i'f ''"'"''''''' '^"' "°''"- Tin's theyear, for supply at the ole.i: ^ 1^,' ' r "f 7"-^ ^^-^ 1-t of any n.onth in water can bo ..rnished at even Z^I^l i^r ri; ^ T' '''" ^"" ^"'"^'^^ Appendix.) • -^ "'° ''"'^ *'"- l'''»i recommended. (See combmed, a, „,,, be »ub,oq„c„ilv clclcnninej ""'"' " ''•'"' dyke to ,., ;:;,it,ii '::::;? :r:,rr ^ Tr" " "■ •'•»"» "-' '«' »' found „ece.s.,,. ^ "" " "'" '" '""'' '■" ^'l^i'-S «!» canal ,vl,e„ ci.. .pacu, to ad., onbo „t.,,,..., .,.,,, J-;; ::;-^;;3 -J. ^ required. ^'^*' *^'"^'" '^^ such places as may be 2-3i 36 To oiiislnu't n. i';(ii;il siiitt'd to (lie Ii'vols, nii'l on i he liuf iihovc (lo=ifril)B,|. with a twttom wi.lth of 1(H) firt, locks 10 i'cct v.i,l(', and 'J70 t'oct loni; l)ot\vccii tlio ,t,'at,('3, resri-voirs for .suiijily at Uic wosteiu cut i-ancc \-c., ,W:, woiiKl, tlicro is ii a.sou U) l)oJi,,,o, coat as follows : - Cubic Y.irila. TL'G (■.()(» P]xi'i\a(ioii ill prism: — I'aiili, clay, ito Hock Muck (li(|ui(l) Ii. raucc piers, iiaic Vcrtc ami iJay Fiimly Railway anil [lOst roail hridgcs, a ad otlan' moans foi ci'osRini,' canal Foni' lift locks Guard gates east of Missiguasli rcsurvofr. and vvcir and llnnip;-) mouth of Tidnisli Ixivci' Land diniiagos and suporinlcndoncc t 1,800 >!?4,4i;;,17U 7s.'{,ir,o I72,."i00 951,(;00 105,000 4r)0,000 $6,875,482* Dredging at liotii entrances, mucking seats of Imnks, removing muck from face of banks, through liogs ; cutting hack ditches and new channel for Iviver Tidoish ; slope walls, itc, ic yOO OoO Constructing dams ai mouth of the .\u-i,ac ami J\lissiguash llivers cutting channels lo ,uid from r(sc'-voii\s. constructing hulkdieads and regidating weirs, forming dyki s, .\;c 2GO.O00 Culvert for carrying Tiduish River undo- canal 5;') 000 §!7,r)90,4,'52 Sav .$7,700,000 This estimate, it will he srvn. is about $000,000 higher than that f..r the La Plauc.'.o and Weeks' Point Line, whidi is in some measure due to the quantities of work to Ikj done being fully repro.-entcd and estimated at rates sufficient for tluur execution, as well a-s in some measuTc to the contennilated arrangements for the water supi>Iv. It has been prej.ared, as aliove stated, for a canal 100 feet wide at bottom; but it may be observed that a dumnel 80 feet wide would allow vessels tlie full width of tiic locks to pass each other freidy, mider ordinary circumstauces, in the reaches. * This esth-n\to is hasud cm r.-vtus and pricos varyiiii,' ham fifteen to one Intndred-a.ul-ti/tii ^icv vent., or annvL'i-aK'o thiMir^hiat ef L'"; i)irceut. higlun- tluui thoso .if JNfr. Ki'"''.'rs estimate, i.e. if from ;?(),87r),432 twenty per eiiit. is deducted, the sum will lie ?r),500,;{40, or what tlie work would amount t.) at th»t gentleman's vahmtion. 'i« 37 000,000 .o„„;i';:^;:;:;;;:!:;;::,:::;:::'::;:,t "•■• > ■ - - «-»..., . .: ,.,.„, - '— " .' ; «::^:' ::;;::;";n;:r:;::s:::''''"' ■^™'- Atall ovcuts, th.uv is '"•"'■"" "-™g ™ tl,o were incuTOl of <-o,istra,ti„„ , |„,t , ™„ , . , '""'""Sl' H"' "-It »iiO cspraso 38 3r.l The line of canal through the valley of the Tidnish is extremely crooked and the da-nuung of the river would flood the low lands for several mile. By keeping the water in the summit level at the elevation proposed, the drainage of the marsh lands iKween Long Lake and Cun,herland Basin would L ol.ltructed. nnrno !'' f''" "?'''^"" "'• ""'"""' ''" ""''' '^ F""% ^i-ctly into the canal for the pn 3 s„p,.,yu,g a sor.. of lakes situated at least seven miles in the interior, intended to 1 ed the ...na U.sol , would hav-e a tendency not only to silt up the channel, but there would be a certainty of failure to either 1111 the lakes or furnish the supply required for navigation hy the moans ])roposfd. estinnt't!'" ^^'f"" "' T'^'""' "'""''" '' ^"" '' '''''''' ^"^' *^« insuftlciencv of the The Au-Lac and Tidnish lino, as proposed, i. iVe. fron. ail these objections and in its favor u may he said : - l.t. .'hat i^3^vestern terminus would 1,0 ia a po^irioH that oould bo safely approached " 'Mt by ve.s.oh. many wind or woathor that clio Bay of Fundy could bo navigated; ..•0 are no dangor. in tho vicinity ; while it presents ^icilitios ibr being niado avuilablj - ariy stago oi the t.do, and it would bo near what is known to .,e and is described in the hailing (iirecUons as good anchorage. 2nd A capacious harbor will be formed at tlie eastern terminus, the immediate entrance o which is in deep water-remote from shoals, reefs, or other dangers ; no quc.tiona.,1. oxpe;:,;t:\.::;,:'«:™'t';::::r^"'° '"- I bavo tho honor to be, Sir, Your obedient sei-vant, (Signed) JOHN PAGE, Chief Enijineer, Public Work$, 'it APPENDIX TO CHIEF ExVGINEER'S REPORT ON THK BAin VERTE CANAL APPENDIX No. I. REPORT OF O F P irrr ATT.r.t'i PIIOBACLE COST. ^^^^aj., AM) ESTIMATE OF (In No. 29,88'J.) F. Braun, Esq., Secretary of Public Works, Oaiiaila. Sir, J^EPAETilKNT OF PuDLIO WOBKS, Ottawa, 12tJi April, 1873. 111 comparing the oflicial plan of Mv Koofo,'« i r survey, tho uccuru.y of wind, i.s a' *'"' "^'""^ ""''^''^ -.f supply, Keefcr. :- ° ^''''° ^^^''' ^"«'-^'' »" ^he followiug .sdieuio, proi.o.sod by Mr. PlancLe river, nia t riSr L T°I ' '^'"' *'f •'^*"''-"'''" ^^*^ ^'"^ '"""' "*' t''<^ ^^^ elevation of 8Gfm over ckU«^^^^ *'"' ^'''" ''^'^ '^"'""^'^J '"^ those lakes. ""^'' '^ ""^'"''^ ' ^^''^t' '""^ ^u utilise the iresh water from aeheiene, th!L„i,ht oee:t ■;;:';^;S.;;L:;iS^i^ ^^^ thol^i'!!sof'HJ'^'°'-'"'N" '^l')'"-''''^ alik..tothe U Plan.-ho «u,l the Au-7,ac line if Au-Lac near tl,e railway or elsewluMv '"^'^"^"'' '^ '^ ■^^"'-^'■•'t" '^ P'^u'ed on the river these'ih'.'''iEH?'r' ^' "■^""'I'atil.le with the lirst, un,l is inapplieal.le ,o cither of ai.si for tjj M,:;; -.i^'i^i:!;!'^'^''' "^*"-='' ^^ ^i-f-'-- ^o ..oti. hu^sI is lughiy ohje^tio;;. IcvellJtSTJu;^^,^'^;!;*;:;^':;;'^ ;:*''"T , n.iE. ^ u e n: " "^ "'of i ^/''"-n"'""'^ "'"V'^^' "'*'"' ''^*^'^'' ^-^'^^ wlio hases liis enlcni-ition o • 1 , * f •"* / 1" J'""'""' '''" ^'«t'""^t''"l ''.Y ^tr. Keefer, the obseA o ; ";,,Li" :^\? ,°^ r^^'^^'^' "''•■'•"^'« '-^^ o-nprofile/together with average elevatin,i^l,n"MJl'l-"^' "7 ^'T^' «'"'^^- ^oneh,sively that the -h.es t.,eaep.;:Ue\,l::;tS;iS;:;:;;,.t;''''" '^ ^^" ""-^••^ '''^*-" -'^^^^ ch.ri„, ihe' nu'' is^i' 5^a/';;:;2, ^;.,r^;f i;s'''^" '^'^^ -^ ^'"- -^" - ^^'^" -- of olhl-.he u;;?;;:e^i^;;-l,1;'r ""f '"''•;—-•« - ...untaineaat a u elevation 45 TJii. estimate "No. 1 " is ; >llow.s :- HA IE VKRTK CA.VA! . 9,320,000 cubic vards fvfiv.i; , • , '^ ^^s. 640.000 „ ^ '■'' ^•^^■^^'^^^-•1 f'l «u;th, fe .3()ct,s 2,790.000 GO cno.ono „ " !" "";'i ''H.cic,®iOcts. 01,00000 For oinhanknu.ifs, IMe vJi-tc '" ''" '" "^^ '"^^ ^'^'''■•■- '^'"^-OOO 00 s, four locks 208,000 00 ,, one railway and foP.r coniniM," ioaVi h^ihl 793,000 00 „ entrance ,,ier,s at l^^- of P n, v n 1 U K '^''^''^"^ ^0 '. Ti.lnish I)a,n, and wast . voi ' ' . " ^"'"*^'- ' " ' -^^^'''OO 00 e".^'-in,.nd^,-nt^- ^./--^^^ §5,650,000 00 B.vnFV " , '"^;''^ «t^^<^« of tho tide in Caie Veito n 1 f ^ ^ 7 ' "'"^'^ '^ tow-pat!,, B.iY of Inridy, wliore its terniinns can be exLlhTf '^ ''°""'" «»* «*' 24 i, tlic the addition of one lock, and I,v drXin. '^^^'^ T' ^''''''^ '^* ^^^^ ^^-ater Jieroafter 1 v noconiplislied by a furtl^i. e.^i^tn^lt!?^^^ '"> '^ '^^'^^ «f 1^ ^et, wSSil 1;^ At tile ea.stei'n end. the fnll f;,7„ f , . • em-al fi-on, tlie Eay of Fnndv th^S nl'l " "'"'T'^' 1"*^'^"^'' '' ^''^««el onterin. 'J.o '"■I.'s an hour, wo dd reach Ba e vil ^ ' l."''^'^'^'''''"'.^ through it at the rite n^r ;;,'!";,°'' ,'"'"!' ■""'.'"»• ".'(.irUi >);r from •>i i 4-1 i "-"ft^. '"-■'"'■<' gouHf to sea tli. 46 Estimate "No. 2" is as follows :- BATE VEIITE OAlfAf.. EHimateof aUalf4MeCanal by the Au-Lae an.l Ti.iiuHl. 13aillair^'c^-anfv.ssil,lo 16 hours out of 24 :— 12,100,00') ciihi- yards, pxfavalioii in Dam ami day, luid loiifo, n-coin mended by Mr S cts. |.j£s;s-;r-;^-f;:;;,,,,,^ 970,500 4 locks, 2 at eacli ond of canal 1 IJcrinauoiu railway bridge across rivo road 1 1 railway swing bridge, 'across canal 4 road 2 Small m fluid iimck, (a) lOclH 100,000 00 in rock and hlialc, ®^^ SOcLs l.^.'f.^a.'iO 00 • ; •• • 700,000 00 Au-Lac .... across locks 21f),100 00 12,240 00 47,100 00 2!»,i;i() 00 '17,HH0 00 l,8fiO 00 hmalJ l.rm,:^.s ..voss feeders and drains,an.l ferry scow.s Dan, and stoi.-gate.s, rivor Au-Lac an,l 'main feed.., Uasto weir at Chapp.drs Brook, below TidnisI, Hrid'-.. ' ul vert, river Tidnisli ■".!„(., Tide-gates and culverts fer draina""'e New dvkcs. .. " Land and watrr damV-es '^'•^"" '^0 Tiers ,' -aie Verte tenninns: '':!'""^' "^ Piers at Bav of Fnmlv tcnninn; ! "J'""" "» Slope wall lining inne;- f^.ce of canal bank;.";;::;.; i' i'S OO Super.ntendent's,lockiuasters',laborers'andbriclg;ke:,;or«' '-"'""" ^^ uoi'.ses.... " "^*I'""' 14,000 00 Add for snpeiinteudenceandcontinjTsncies, 5 j.ercent.ou , and 10 per cent, on costot otherwo costofexcavation, $7,701,920 00 n otherwoikH fi 15,929 00 8«Jl7^T9~00 and Tiie (juantitics stated in my first report have b^en rcdnc,! i,. 7r~i 1st.. Py making tbe calculations .r^r a h^lf-Ud^in .ea T r l""" f" 2nd. By increasing oniinion of Canada. DEPART.MOT OK PCBMC WoRKS, Ottawa, 17th Novembe;, 1873. "^ pS?vrtS^^^^^^^ "-;: --' - -- o. t. .tb . al^ovo tb : :. ii!i; ;^' r'':^'! i f-nl to be 91 t 'Si /r ° '"' '""« ^-ko,'at probablvfall to f)'{or,' ,'^'^'^« ™e to about 95-29 i„ f). The,se levels and ."'' '" r '" ^'^' *" '^(''Ce. ' '''■°'''"'" '" ^'^^^^ ^bser- ejevauon of the Litl tf h'" '.'^^ *"'^"^'" ''^ '^^^ "'PHu. of 1871 , , report of the I2tl 7 ttT 1"^'' '' ''^""^ '^kkXit f^^^ ' f''''\'^f: the average Mr. Keefer. '"*"' ^1'"'' '-expecting tbo h-vlf-tlde c- , .'. 'i'*'^' "^ my second ,. ^ I endeavored also to a«cer. in tl. r. '"'"''""' ''^ muiucate with otbe.- Int /"' i «"'-face of the expound ° .. , f* ' "°'<^her an in ot According to eve ,1-:"' '^f "f fK^uud streau.: be eatWl" . '''""' ^"' *^'«^ •-•-"- Lake, Patten rdHijl^V P^'' °^ ^''^' ^-^-^t, I ful u" T '''"'' of the l:,ogs. navig^ttion of the cbmnol. '' r '?''' ^°'"' ^^^tention to the oU f *"'"'""" "^ *''« 48 ncioss the l^>^^r T ^ \^^^^^^^ '^^ '^' ^"'^'LPcH's mill brook and Lcin!;; :;;;!;:xj',,:'' ,rs:s,^ r';i;,?'r„ir'f , 'r'-^ t't^ '?^'^ ^'••'^^--' *-^- The result of th. exa.ninations uuu\. n,ay bo I,rieflv do^cribea us follows, vi. :_ T.— As Reoakds thk 8uoke Line. natin,intho.an;..;h,.th;,J^t^;;:CT!:S ^"'^"^ ^''^ '"^ *-•>-- .0 I. solid san,Ish>,u- n.Hc, acconl ^ t; bod^^^ nnJe 'u.^Uh' "' ||hs quantiXy appear surface near the Inuh-vvater lin.> on tl.e shore ° '"■^^^^'•'^•"' *'"' ">'licatioMS ot the rock The leniTth of eribwork reouircd 'if Wi.n]-^' T>x;.,i c li i reduce tlie cost of the work it is .. . v .ir ol ;; '^ f ^ "^".''•'^P*'''«"''l'-- ^h order to for the acn,.nn,odatiuu of coastin':^ amriisld^^^ 'vZ,Z^^ T ''' '^-m™ J'?' <'>^tensive basin time for vessels of 15 feet dmn.'ht ° ' '"^^'I'^'We of being deepened at 'l'Iwi Ivi.Ul. ,^f +;,„,].,„, 1 1 ,1..." 1 , ., -- . _ any 1 he width of the dredi'ed ehiiDiinl •ilmiiY fi,,> \r . i-i \-t7- i botton, but ,„ay be l.erea ter iuc" ^ it^.*^ .n^ ^S T'^i '' '"'"*"^ ^° ^^"^ ^^* '^^^ en.l of the piers', wiu.h teru.inate in a de;t of . "u ^rLt^^^^^^^^^^ f-- the proposed to increase the width of the duumel to 300 ftlZ 7 ''-^*''^"^V "i '^'''^'' '* '^ ut extreme low water. *'''^*' "^ *^"' ^*^ '^ ^M'l of 16 feet The extreme low water h(!re refi rred to, is the same as tiwt wi,; i • , , , , the soundincrs on the oridnal nun. vi/ m'^r .,1. I. TT , ! '^^'' '"* '"oi^'escnted by stated, on ku-al informatl^.n T ^1 "i;! ; : t ,; oZ^^ ""V^/ ^.'^"^^'''' '^« ^^^^^^^-l^ survey, which lasted about 9\ n ont or fro m 1 ?b I ^^l.-n *^"'f °^ ^^'' ^°™^^^- Hue. [See Xote A.] ' ' *"' ^ ' ^ ''^"^'^ ^^^ '^«»">"ed low water iJead " Average minimiua raugo of low wateri taking the fowMt' tide of V ' '• ' " ^'''^ ' : each month 67.85." 49 roof of 1870, lllu'm'S ;;rS;:J';r!;l;''' t*^ ^''« I"'^'«^-'^ ^•''^'' was 77-37 on the ^-OM I, , 11.— Cross Skctions a.m. I!,„ux, s or IT. mi,,,,,. ti,.. i,„j;, ,t; v; 'i':, .". "f".-!......., .v,,„l;: r :';:;^;;^-;»« V""" teiminusisStfeftidmv,., !■...,. M '"' t'l" bottom of Jus I , pi . . , ,,. Ba.sin,are worse tliHn ..'"'^'^'^h' abovo tlie outlet of tli,. I , vi • ^ '- '^■''"''^^^-"'''■ 2—4 i>uui.lera are ji ir-'er 50 Cuobs SiXTio.Vb ANU LoiuxGs oi' Ceacji i;i.T\vr.i:N Tin; JIisskiuasii anu Cl-mderland CliKKK. 'Plic iipiiCT stratum <.f tliis houch is similar h) tluit of (iio i.cjicli i.rccwlincrlv^ (lc.Sfrii>eil e^ccni.tm- tlmt, tlu- ,Himl.er of stumps niu\ iuUvv tnmi<.s of l.r,uid>l<.s.s t.ws" tVmu live to L4iiicli.'Siii(li!imetei-, of tlio uu.i('i-.u.nulfbrMst, ,n-.. mon, lu'.ii.orous, mid tin- stones ultluiugli ot a snmilcr six^ are so closely packed aiul iml,t'a.ie,l in the soil that th« l.ciicU ina;.- lio said to l/o pavt^l with thorn The (loi.tji of tho l.oi-ings made-, varies from five fcot at a distance of 1,G()0 feet from 1 10 shoro, w.^stward, tj 10 feet at a distaueo of ,s()l) fc^t, ; thcs,> lK,rii).r,s wliicli aro oliicflv tlirou':li r.'.l day, stones and gravel, could not ho sunk any .Icpor than indicated owin'- to the compact sIdiiv nature of the suhsoil. ' " The elevation of tiie l.asu line whidi runs south 1!)" 52' east near the niar"in of ordinary liioh water, and through a point 4JVfoot westward from Station 12 on tho umund buiit^duiuig the loruier survey, varies from 88 to 93 feet ahovo datum. The first visil>](^ r«ng« of stumjis of tin uudorgrouud forest croppin- out 1 evond tlie shore is 4()0 t.) 7()(l feet westward from tho hase line, th.! elevation of tl ' k; gi'ound in extends which thny are still llrmly rooted, varying from G;M7 to 7:V.sO ahovo datum. *" 'J he half-thle line of which tho surface elevation is about Td'/ over datum ecimeus I collected on the spot. The bark on some of them still adheres to tho timber, and their roots are imbiidded in hard white sand beneath a black peaty substance at the surface, some of which is still apparent, although ^^•^ shed over by tlic water of the s(\i at every tide with a switt curnint of from live to six ir.iles an hour, and although thev are submerirod twice a day durini^ each succeeding high tide by a depth of water varying from 12 and IG feet at lowest neairtidcs to 2;> and .T.'l feet at f-jiring tides. ' In t!i(> original survey the elevation and position of tho beaches along (.'umberland Basin, from the lower eml of Woody Point up to ,'^iiarp's Creek and 1 ,'ond it, on both sides ot the ehaiiuel, were ascertained In- means of soundings on a series of lines which formed the radii of a circular aro emlu'acing the entire l-av, the centre of tho arc bein-^r at a mast planted for the purpose on tho summit of Fort Cumberland ; this year they have been partly verified, as you requested, by means of levels taken when the Ude wu.s out, as shy wn by the diagrams and {irofiles before referred to. (li in to 51 > CUMOKBLAND ngly ck'scribed, s tVoiii live to 1(1 till! stoueK, that tlio heacli ,000 feet from I'll are fliicfly iliciitod owing tli(s inaigiu of ontlic uiouiul t 1 cyoiid t]i() tljcj ground in n. tuiii, extendH tlui bottom of .0111 tlie liaso s of tivf^s, is lie low water t-tiff adhesive it tornii nates ors ut various lat.s \ii)ou tlio La Plaucho lis A and J3 ; CuiulicrlaVKl ronti! dui'iii'' ;fcriking some letiincs have 10 prevailing of tlio above iiich are yet ell tiiey once cted on the re iiiib(!dded hicli is still wilt current • during each it neaji tides, Cumlierland it, on both ' lines wliieh ii'C being ut • they have was out, aa III. — BaRNKs' Rppp *„ T^ I, """-^==: im .i;^^c:o:;,:;;;!,r^l;x.s;;i,;:';- ZtTf "' ^'"^ '-''' "- ^'- ii' ''--t >f « 1 a er, does not appear to bo advisabl . i '' l'"'';? '''■''"' "'" >'' ^'"'^ 'I'"-n.^ loV ;est course therefore (o adopt in ti,e . ^nt .\ ' i '", -^''"^ ^' "'""■''' "!' "1- <.-ain'- tTI lor vesse s of U, f,,^ ,,,,,,., 1, wait H^, .^'J , i ^^'''" ""^l''': -'"^1 '''■i"K ''e,, i.vd HI ^ as the ude rises from ne.ulv ^ f. 8 W / """" ^" ' '""'i' ^"■^''^■" Lassin,. 1 . ' Barnes- Keet; .. .,„ ^ L^. A^ mJ 'ir' f '''/''"' '"""•• ^ ^ ' ' ,uai^.l Jo, railway .tru;:;:^::;r3-,;:|,:f '^ ^'"'" ^^^^^ -^' ^^-^' ^ ' '^^ ^^^k^^^ «^i^ ..:uU;;d;;S;tS^ '--' ''•- -^^ ""'- ^oody Point eon... of soft ..l -- t. .V. ..ho. Hole^- mS;^SS='S;;-;- ^^ ^ ^ ^^'■' viiat ia fV.— Sgi-ntE Thompson Line. ;-i».a^;™':i's:;™; S'ii":,^t ■;»" ""■■ ""• »- ^««' -^ -^ .: ti. . intersects the located line is ^<- ■ c . '"'" """'" ^''^^y'>< ^lUl JJrook t . ' I to be cut through the fo;;st ~'-^ '" '^'^"'^^ "^ ^'^" ^^^' - &- -iies, izi^i^::^;::.:^ Poiut: :: :rKwr;;: ;^ --« ^^^^^ the located Hue prolonged downward, to .V... located line via NoHh- Wet r,dl,,j of the Thl ■■.;,„ , 'Shore to Shore . ,,., (.„ , ,.„^ iMlIcM. : i: It^: "* '^^^^•'^"- ^— ^-, Bay of •.;„;;{;:::.::.;:. 'i;:^ " -^"•^^^'^^^^ :.::.;■.: '.Jo Total — - 23].] *i'mI line ciil locuifil f :,.« i' 7 1' , "" non,,.son Lii to li^/Jtlf'^ ""'^ '"' '^"'''« Shore to Shore . . ' ^^j.j ''""'^'"■•« ::: i'™ 2—41 Total.. • ■■' • 2:i-43 62 Tlie .•,l„.vc coinpMmnu shows tliut if tlu, omal ronto was tmcwi from tlio A,. Lie If the shortest route hv the Suiiirn 'I'Iioidusou f ii„. fn U'..,>l.i,' P • ^ ■ i Sti'" ;';■,"■",■"'„ """ '" "i'" '■«""'' '"■■• ■«""'.»«»/■.' »,,'Ti",,i,r, 3.:;;:^ in favor of tlje latter is nearly six-tentii.s of a nile. mneienoe The elevations of t!m lan,l on t!,. >„,„iro Thon.pson route from AVoeks' P, mter.iootiou with the lo«atroximateiy aw follows, viz. : oint to its Locality. First Mile, from Wepks' T'oiut nM'"'"!'',?',''''' '" ^■*"''>' "f !-''l'iiiv ()iicv'i<'iiiil!V,r.jok' i liii-U JliK', acro,.s Squiri' ThoiiiiiKuii'.s iiieailim', .fee. i'diirtli Mili^ <|,i ||„ ,|,, I'ifth .Mile, ill viUluv (if 11. Chiii.peir.s iiiill hvoi,k.'. '. bixth .Mik'. across the TiihiiHJi to Junction Vci-t above Datum. Klevatiori. I ,^^''''''iS?e J"wlevation. I Tr> to 1)0 i H". to IL'O 111 t.) ](1L>A 'M tn Ki.-jj; "o to <)\ I 70 t,) i)T I I 84 KlU i;io 8.-) l^epth of Cutting in feat. 1.5 37 61 5(i 11 10 Th. .Ici.th of cutting on tho first six inilcs of this lino is so much -reater th^ui on he con.os,.on,hn, SIX nuh. o tho loo„t...I line terminating uoar Tidnish iF;! s ni " Z B-c-nV,y.heoi«vauon,s marked on the map, that it was not considered ad vis- lo to Jst ^ nanuv ut the material to be excavated on it ; hut there is no do, h j^ I."; ''^.J , ^^ lorniation ol the ground, that the quantity of rock excavation would he consu ^erab e V.—RoiGii Location Lixe kstablished dup.i.vc; the Su.m.mi.:h of 1873. When the ,nvliuunary survey was made in 1870-71, no correct map of anv portion of .ore than .00 s,uare iniles.-and the .m^^riit^tdii^^r^^ir S^M ^S on the L!ay of Faudy, and on the bogs, were of such an unusu il ..ho-M,. . . •. .npossiUe .luring tiie 1)^ uiouths of t^i; survey in ciuSic::i'' ":"! ''utl' ^:iM ^ been required for a iocauo.i survey especially as the field operations were o deed to be discontinued before they were fully completed. uiucita to ,.r.e.f .".f S'll' '':':';!';"'^tion, however, Vas obtained and furnisiied to enable any en-^ineer of piactica skill, a!,,luy and judgment, to determine whetlier or not the project., work i, rracticable, wio.iher it can be supplie.l in the manner proposed or otheitit ^ 1 what direction a locati,-n lino might be sought for. othei\M.se, and ni nf i)^^i' ^^'■'•^'■''" '" ''.^^'-'"'«.*"«^'^^ \"'-"tH ot%he oviginal survey, api.ears to have lost si-ht of the foregoing c.us,d...rati,,ns, and to have ignore.l that it wa.s' tllj Chi.,-f En.-neer ai d tb i V :^ ,f ' "'? r^- '"" ""''■"'■ "^ '" ^•"■"'^'' ^''" Government wxth a° -e o.t o tiij Work, and the cost ot its construction lepoit on ^J:, :Sv'— ;:.^:irL,i™ "[..'^r;::^ 'ij;::';? ti t^^^i r 53 15 37 61 firt 11 10 ---pii^iH-i in „,o .,„..., on::;::!;j'ni;r:;.::;-;-''i'-a«v..i, an ..y ta.., :.;:;::: t - oi,i....tio,..,,.. n..ni„i .';; . ! : ;: ^-^ --7^.., of theVvH,..; ..,(,.';: I lu' w,.Hten> portion of tl„. li ,; 1 ,'" '""■• R'fipo, or from tho vallov of t|. \„ '\ , '"'l'' /" *'"' •'^"""' «i'l- "f (•umho-knl rose of .Ii,..i„i,,,i,., t,,.. ,uan,nv\;^';ik „x;^^^^ the ^lissi.n.sl, chiHly f^n- Th^J "^ of tlH, nn,,...t.;,i w,„.l: to a .nininunn "^"'^■^^•'^". »•"! "f otlun-wiso roducing th. edit llK' tiM'niinus, Imwx.vcr ,,f fl,„ \ r .• The hne throu^'h tlie North- We.t v.,II,v 7'"^'' •«- r.-comnmnded l.v ^h. Keefer respond,,,,, ,,,t „f the /,/„. J' j'^^l^^f ^fj^^^'^''-'^^ 'f^ i-=t shorter "than the cu: lo-.l.ts respecting the relative aclv.u i^ of t r v'' ,'w'^- ^" "'•'''"• *« ^'""ove all a line throng!, eaeh of them wan tran' r^ti^e it ^^'^''^''"^^"^^ '"^'1 J.ittle-We.sfc vall^;, «::s:r L !i:tShS^:-;- rSS- ^^^^^^^^ -Jt^^---;' ii^jt sr ist tnr- - :^^A-t^ss ::;nr; -li-'hT-Sd^^;- ;£ -f^l^^^.;s^^:l.z;r^^ ^^-^^^^^^ to xidni.. n.., y^vliey 01 the main trunk of the T: In wh Ttl^' ''"'' ^''T' ^^ ^* '^-"S i^ 'o ^•^^^Projectiiigpoiius.fiv,,:, its present f.L I !^ it is ju-oposed, should be dix'erted at a mterfcre .Jth the drainage of EL ctn" " a n? tSt" t^"'° ''^ ''^^'^''^ "-' ^ - to -t adoptjngM,-. Keefor-s scheme of raisin, he u.-fJe^ ,^^^^^^^^ "^ ^'^"^^ be the case by ;M>l^.;veaehof thoc^ialn^u^^h/'n , ^p^;^^ ^o tenninat. the t s ar as the shore near Tidnish Head, an'd to eras t ,f p'- /'•'' """ ''••"''"^«'' ^ o.vtoud ^vill be neee.ssa,.y to eonsfuct a culvert nuier tho c ma I ; '"" ''^'' ^" ""*'*'^' ^^'^^^e it li.e eastern te>-nunus, which is tho same ITihl t '"'''f'^ "' *^^o ^''^or wat-^r .on of the basin aft.rwa.-ds reconnne'lj i ,, '^f '^ ^.^'''Smally p.-oposed, with the ex'lo ^^::w.ui.j^a|^ of th. i„h ,.a 51 TiiK M.ssu,, ASM. w,r„ TUH La Pr,AM.n,.; Location L.nf Tmnisl. an,l ^vith the p,,s, n ^ uo 7 '"•'' i-u" will. ti,e vunou.s l.en.ln of the uinoi,K.st.j!l;.:rtl,i„i.s -tl,,ii tlu-'.-iv, . / , ' -^ T' ' '"'^^ April, who.v.i: T Htatud, north inst,.ul of th'^out!, i / r I , 'T i ■ • ''• V^V;"'"' ''''^' '^ '•''l'r>'si.nto,l ou tho north inu. tl.o .^lon ! 1 t t u ''; Vu ^ ; ■ "^'j ' '•'^^'^ " !''"'='^'' I'""" ^-^ ^- •- the ...Is an.i ,he .....iv. situ.' ;o,r;f 2',S: ^iir^vi^is""^''^^ °^^"^ ^^^^ •■^^^•"^^ ^° North-Av\.t vaUey. '°"'^"' '""'^' ^^ '''* ^^""^'^'-^ ''>^-' T'^'^i^h through the lo^vtSn^:' St:!.t'n::;.h!:n'£"!j?i'^ "'"•' ''t '^? '^"i"'^"-^^'^° ^-^«"- ^^ ^^- mv.m„,en,h.Hi l.y M, K,,.;w' '' ' '""'""' "''^' "' ^''^' ^'^ -^*J""^''« '""ition Ime v.Ar;:K si iti.v. i;i5 of A,i,.„aix t^; p^^stoti" ; ,r?^v n::.tv'o';^^'Tr'"''' ^^tf m-er fiysleu. of tiu-, two vallev.s • Ihe riv>,- (, I \ '^ f»ivoial,l« as rfgnrds the indu>nrwh.t\;il,^;:!t:., •.!■''' 'TT '^^'"'''y ^''" ^'"^ ^^■=*''^^ '•'^q^i'-e^l. >r-< 11 n',m th« iiai!!.-,h pust.vo=,rl cmsmiig, to Tianish H*'«il, 65 'l.« r. M.uou of tlu, supply. tiM, ...npn,s"ui,u '.',:'■ """ r? '"' f''V'^< "•"' ♦!'« "■"'M 'ly lio no ..waU'v, ,,im1 „„.;■ |m ssil, v I 1 « A "^ 'l^'ma.ulo.l ou that ,uT..,n,t, will sn;: -'^'■>- "^ -' -■-'' -- -"^." i^ ;;s<;i T;;;r:n.;:'s?;:;' ;;;: tjo fir ;;' Si::r£':^:'i;:;:^r ^r;'-'- -- '^>:- re...,in. .. .,„., ,., tLuCvHtmu of tiM, iK.tton. .,f t!,M n,„ ' 'I, 'r '"' '''■^""•""■^ ""'1 '•■•'nai. .,h h>,i1 as than i„ tl„. vall.v of (|„. A„ r,V' n ,, ."";" '"'"""'^ *" 'li^tHhut,. ,„„l t,. ,,..-„ hlo ca.o. UK.Hunultan..o„H distrilnUioa^f .1 .Mt. 1 ,:'''''' '^' ""■'•"r''' '^"'' '" ^''^' '-♦■^^"• «.™i w.Mrs on a !oM,,..xtr,a of ,l,Mn. r,t n'7'''"^ o tl.e A,.-I.u., wl...,.,. tl... ti.i- .^tu .« 1,' , ': "'"''' ''" T'"""''"-^'"'"^ ^" ^l'« ^^vlL.Nr can only l,e iufo,!,,..,! conveni,.nt y at Vl ! ^^^ 1 "'''''li' 'i ''"' '"'''''>• ''"'" ^■'*'-!^ 8o»io o . hulcs f.o.u the !Juv of Fu.hIv .,. '"•'•'•■ ''Hioi. of tho cuml with ih.^ liv.r I-i;os.l cian. across tloon^.. 01 :',r" f'""" ^J- si., ..f ti;^ Ai.-Lu., l„.fo,.e r,.f,.,ml to, will ont.r ti ^.nd / '' l/'';''' "" '"^^•"'' I'"Mi.m of , !,o eo.uiocts will, ital.uut ,i .nuu-ter of / 1 ,"-'' *'"' '^'"«^ ' ''''•'■'^ '"'■■lor, whlHx <€i ny eM.erg.ucy that n.i^i.t uKs. fn.,u h- ' ^' S- i,, . ! "T'l'"'"'"' ^"'"' ''' ''' "-' tlie (lci.c.oncy can bo provi,!..! lor, in various ;;;;:,'v|;t^' "'"' '^'-"T*-.', „. oUH-rwi.o, KounJ Lake ami Lou.. Laic.., at the I cul of I r S '","' ''>' "'V^'"S ^ho r.a.al v, ith n^ary to oon.struct a c!an. at 'he o^ of tj' ,V""'^''"~*'^ '^^''^ "'''i-'''- it will be c-levatiou as Kuund Lake, or from uinHv tLt'°- y'' ''' '" ""'^'•' ^^ to the same '■f^q.ure.l,-Hml to cut a rare " v ft^ m 7 ^^ ''"'">' f^"'' f'*t over datum, as n.av e fjOO;. foot, to its inter... iix^Jtlftj^r',,^"'" '"r *'''" ''"^' ^^ ''^^'^-- '" Huclaaatad. Lake, as Hhowno:Uhe ma ^""lo :'':;;;;-, 5^^^ --^-•" -' '-<- on,l .f oftl.en.os,.iaterheld-;';i;rnir::rn?^^ 'Ilio .snpi.lv ean I.,, still ruvtU... [ ,^'^^ *''° '^'^"^■•' "'""Oi akes. valley of u!JLitt,.-V;i:ltT!^ '^^Zwi^'Z''''^'^' 'T ^''^"^"^^ ^ ^^ ^ ^''O portions of the land betweeii the canal ..tlrClVl" " 'V"" ''^ "''"''^"'■'' ^^'^^ ''^^-^'^^ tural j.urposos, owin^ to its su^u-M.r it ., i h '''°' : '''^'''''' '^' '"^ "»fi'^ '^r H.'ricnU ^^-^ the Tidnish i. dainu.ed at i>ov]|.'s uM " ""'""' ^^""'-^""^^' <^' '''-'^i"'"^.' it. .so loul ;i;<^ ea;i^t:?jj^;h:- :':-;^::3;d t::-zt:'::iT -'-^ - '- ^-^- --" -• o^ .am. ..• ,,. ,.. , nan.e.Uai;!r iL i^; :;:r^ ''.;,' ^ "- ---'^ of coavcrtia, o.^ . i.ue lakes at tlie haad of the Missi^'u ish atlfl l drainage ^VHte. IVom the surrouudinrui a dr ^{f v f '^ '"f '" ""^''^ ^^!'"«^^' '^^'^ »^^ the cubic fc-ot per Bocond. Tho.e ,1 he C d of S t'" p' " J"""""*"^ ^"W'^^' ^^ '^•^''J ^•'■« ^i vt.o M Jr-Ianche sue fed Q\\>ogv h,r i\^ H rlrjin,-:. w,,f.. from tl.o ,,plnn,l, nronn.I fh.m ; Ronn,! Lako nn.l Lom^t T liinush H iiuiiMiiim. supply o»' 1 1-,V| cihj,. »;.,.» n,, timn oii.-thinl U hu).;.Iu.,1 l,y thf> tw., n.n.UT lak.'s KM' .MCCI) n.l soudi of tlid 'J"vi!,i„l Koad, ii.l, of whicli, |,ro>aKlv not nioro \\" iciii'VC'i iiiiy (ii'Hciciii'v would on could Ipc iviut'difirt not lio nijii ''I'd for t) cli'Vatioii . .•iKlitvc-i-l,t f,.,.t «! > IV cfi-iam cxt.iit. Iiy iiitioducit •111' ill tlif frcsli watoi sii|ii,Iy of fill! lakes, it "• nm.Mtena.uo of tho u,,,.,.,- read, of tl.H cunai tl.r..'u«l ii« MK'h Mii|,lii,s tidal walor as would loiit, at an lattcM to a :su 'ovo diitiim, i.iovidiiic; tlu. wattir n.ii 1 Am t][C draii elevation of flin wa( :ll.;iimtlifiylil for tlu^pm-po.sc, without d liVi.'*' iiiid im|,r,v(>ioci,r of tlio bo-ts •tiioKiit to tlicMlra "•ill thn latter, thfir Hiirfacf Hlioidd I , I , V--. , Lilt II ni(i Jijlc (It (111 imiform t l.'vatiun of lens tlmn ni If tho qiiostion is asked,- wliv not ncty i ;oui. II Ijc laLstid in tlio iiia^ij'o or otlirrwiso. roimd the lakas dejiend on the Hi liiaintaintid as much an j.ractio- tlieiti to tl did I' same f Icvation jn-oi.osod for tlio latt ••onnoct the lakfH din-otly with tho canal, rr^l uco pcnv,. with diiin.s and wfir.s(— t! emptied, their bottom olcvntiou 1 le answesr in, that in »inoh ca.sn the lak ', or to ei;,'lity-eicrht, and therol.y statei •'■llli,' about eiL;|ity-,.ii,'lit feet ovor dat •s Would !)(• aliuont II in. us a heady i itir ■r one or the other of the jirpcedin-^h es, or by es only tlie fresh water of th(t hik..,, ... I-ittle \\\yl valley, to l)e tilletl witl present facilities for th,' di h tab Jiroposed modes of snpp v\z : by using I salt watei niiiiai^'e of the niaishes, wide! diminished, iiroviliny tho proposed elevat isliia;,' reservoirs la tlio Nortli West or in th_ "le adopte(h witlaaU .itl'eetin;,' tho 'i would bo increaseil instead of ions aio udhcred to .,.,;:iii^i:r,„::J:::rr.;:: :,^::!z:;::^:::7::;iz."^ ^ »«'-' In onler to maintain the surface elev.-ition of the upper reaeh of the canal a, mnch ns posMble at an uniform elevation between eii..vi..,ii,,, ,1,,,, i,,iV ,, ' ";"■'■"•■',:' "«•■ 'I .,.,,1. .„ ,1, , ; ..n,.cr;',:n;,';:;:; ;i: '•'■" '"'«"•■■ »•»- >.- wi" i- r. , ,,,„„,,„ ^,,,. 'OCKH . T) llAHl.S-fl. Th Ciinnl |«'ir nninlwM- will of is to Ix to VI'SKcIs. Tl I wiioic-(ii| I'OIII'SC I '' ""!■ <>i' !!■ v.aiiil on t llicd '•fision tliiit will I '" "tiinlMT and lifts of the lock iiM-xtriit uf the 'I' iimdi', \vli. Ill my original \vi>,>\t. . .''''"'''• 't-lativB |)osifi„n and ,.,, aotlfiil /nil's lit tl >< ielo tor n.e nnd IS. 'r tJio cir- cLaiinel draught of wat iiet that the original calcniati er, swelled th s at each ten witi 1 e.\tei;S!\-o I ii'"'i,£;li earth and ninns, ."{Of) i lasiiis between tl ad ifpi'iii'ities con.siiierabiv al eet in width and 1 (i feet vantage of the half-tid especially as the calculations f canal scjieuie o al)o\-e what th ■n ihi was fit r ions were for a ii(^ for locks of 18 '(■111, tog,>ther with .Ire.lged " depth at e.xtrenie low water ncln:dly re,piin.,|. and greatl e latter i aiiclie md Weeks' Point loca'tion 1 ead and l.:i Plandio t Judging fi-on> th. H I'lin.ni. iinks, n(H' any for tl le rock e.vcav. y to thu iiie, i-'iiii:, and a: ion at the Weeks' near high wati I'pearaiiCH of the licnch at T tJi le entrance locks at I '• f^iiiJaco, it is highly probable tl lunish 'aie Verte, on (1 If, ■It a suitable le line as now located. ■lid, win.re soli.) rw.k a,)pcarn (ouiidation will |„, fon,„i f^^j. EXCAVATIO.V. c*nal, moludiDg tbe cut« o. uew rivci miuiied to be done forli.e construction of a i..nneis ac.,.sB ^, b.ad. d tLo Ti^.TZ:Z ss Kiirtli excavation . . iJock „ 14,310,753 1 1,7;]() Total.. , 14,3fl4,489 r- ,, , Cubic yards. >UivtIi excavation . Kock „ 14,5t).-),8r)8 44,736 Total 77~T 14,040.034 any one who will veuUire over ^iKlcsin the tniuk of tl.o canal. es,..daliv i.^S; ?;;;;£;>':' '^ ^" ''" 1'-^"'--^ «enuiiJt!:s.:;:,:;t;n;S;r5;:L:?;;-^^ -ft or mo. .... .....e, ..i of ;vhei.^n, i. ..... bo said, they lloat, as c;;::'bet oS W "' "^''^ '"■' ^''« ^^•'^'' ^'^ -'^'- them m summer, .lunn^ tl.o diie.st season. Tianish,orfron.tl.ev"!!.vof rSn ,1 r ^ter-.hod of the Mi,s.sigua.sh a.ul con.siderahly lower, a.s n,ny be s ' en bv " l -riW t V °' r^i"le- Went, which are Once thi.s d..aina,,o is effecte n .'""£,, ''^^^,*^'«^'ltums indicated ou the map. semi-fluid n.atter wil be ..ST r'l ' f f ^^ otherwise, tiu-re i.s no doubt that the -Inch varies from «ix toi^^L^t::^' ^^ ^^^^ '° ' "' '^'^^ ^''' ''' l''^'^^"^ ^l^i^J^"0««. should theielbre bo n.ade, iithe 'i^rthl nZ h v or in S""" '' % 'r'-l-"""^ -l^^tion , Again, as regard. n,nckin- under tl' J Z" ?'' °^ "'" '^■^'■••^vatiuu. tl;at the pennanent surface cle vad^. ' ? b ^ w^ "^ :'/'"'^^' 'S«'!^"l'l ''« I'oniein mind whereas the surface of the bo.-i-il- \\nf '" *'"' "^''^''' ^•'^ '''""''^J •ibove the proposed w^erhv el T vT ^"•^„"""-" '"•'"■■^S or f-om ei.dit than Md.at is .K.-e.; " " , , ^tle • ,-n [ ';i 'T'^^^ '''"■"'^^- *'> '''^ -'V punmea.^'a.ust the loss or water throuidi to 8S feet, to fiftei'ii f(!et ;-! to prevent the;;ku;ai:;i;ri^o;f;;;:Su":n;rr,rrof;7"'' r 'f?^ "^^'-' bogs, swamps or otherwise, unless th^ir ..r a •, eW t , ','' '""''' ^^"''^'^her th.^ough ^buukmeut'. mu.t nr"l':':',",''!:l''?_" ^^^^^l'^" «^'. i" ^vhich case the 1/ — a coutingency X>^i:t:,-^:::!-h-T¥'-'^^i^s^ I'COli plo\idcil I'ol'. Fuiidy Jiound Laht Line. of excavntion and pie,- Ji:.!, ^'''';/ "f ''' '^^ *">« ««verai Hues cx-uninp 1 f , ''^^^'""•^"ts are Vorte,-t].e ^vJ,o e of v' h, ; ''' ?''^'"*''^» "^ ^'i^''' ^va e i^ tt '"'■^*f;?^«'-'V?'^<^^'I'acity '•elieve.!, enabl t.u to Z ',' ^^'"^^ ''''^' *''« Vv ' f" iV , i <■" l<^f-t,at..tr.me W wate,: •liaK/^Jr:':; V; ! Total for half tide- ,Su.ce,,tiI.lo of b.ing ext«nck.,l to fulLtid^ , fllfttllH of Kmi !, -t. I.dli; r,o 12 IK) IC" 00 M La Pi.anchu Location Line, Lil//e n',,it cut Tiflnhh Va(kns JOxic/i'n hmd, ' ' {Route recoimiU'iKlfil l.y At,-, Keofer.) nrou,A Lo.„j Za,r, U,Ue U',^ „., j,,,, ^,,,^,,_ ,^ ,,,,^.^. ^,,,. ^^ luxicii n Iietul, Lii-'o oo lies. 19-25 0-23 1-74 21-22 Shore to shore
  • ll'i feet, at ii'i'lf.'tiii'e '"{'"" c'i^" V "^ i''f-t;ate;iL^;;:rioww,;t.;,l]^j.'tir'!^ Total for half-tu'c-Not susceptible of bei„, exteudcl to full-ti,,.,, difference in favor of An- Lac an,i Tidui.sh Knute. . . SAILING DISTAXCES CUMI'AItliJX Ai-.Lac and TiDxisjf Location Likr, Vid Mistiguask and Noi-th-WcM VaUrys, (Recommended by Mr. Bailhiirgd). Shore to shore ''' fa \':X "' '^V'™«"''^'w;vt;;; niyof K;.;,d; "■' ''" ''" 1^-'- Verto/(o„„„«ii;--Wc;k;- -ivini entranccl do Total. Distance hutweeu Lntr Lnt La Planchl and Wkhics' I'o.nt Location Linu. ViA Lew, L„ki,LUtle-WeH„n,l Ti,/nhh Vc,lk,,s. (Recommended by Mr. Keefer). =J£3:;i-?.',™i:';;;1',"v'"r'','*' >y--ii>"'y'n. Total. DiSi m^^^^i^r:::'.:'";!^"' ""' ''""'^'^ ^'-^«' -^ ^^--^"-h aua Nonh. (mo , 00 .17, (,'0 140 00 LuToo" 22 50 18-29 0-70 2- 05 21 04 0-42 5 .2 ,2 > V X W o eg M c o .2 J?; » F-" o 10-25 0-23 1-74 21-22' 18 2!) 70 2 (ir. 21 04 042 2'22 (\2 WatcrSup,,ly,V..nU].y-.^-K,,,,,3,,,,,,,,,,,,l,,,,,^, ,^ ^^ Au-Lao an.l M^..^,Z^^-:nn'v;;Z Sh^'S; "' '^ ^^'^^ .Surf. -f AU-1.U. l^uKmHutu ';':.': .'.?.'. '^"''''."■•'•t'' Fciit. 4,!)7fl,0(iO (lUO.OOO 2.JO,0l)O I''i'et. ■"i.UlO.-lOO •l,77.'i,lH.O| Fqet. Surfi 10,(194,400 10,269,000 2U,lK>:i,4Ut> 8U,890,200 .'(invoitmi i-teif| on T..U1 udditioiial ^■ohlIne of w.it.r ttv.ulal,l« a» ttbovu 'IVital ! 20,000,000 2;t,40C,000 2:),r.oo,ooo r.8,900,OQO 1-19,790,1'00 0. V. M. 6.1 * '<'kt.'(,f I ;, •«,..„£ T;,1o ill IVct J' "'""^^ i« ""t c n ij ^^'^ J-J.^-ving tabled observed, -U, F. B . oorrespoiKiiBg tul** jn one of th,i other tuZtht' xr •"['«", "•"'1 'at© 64 BAY OF FUNDY acillati.,,,,, „f Ti,l„l ^^..t .. u„uj, Elcvatio,, of ,.,V,,.Tide „h.,vo JJatiiiu, &:<■-— tout inued. lva.st half Last !i(ir Fifth do Fourth do Third do Sfcoiul do I'irst do T)uration of Slack Wat,-r or St'iud aftor Tid- re,-uh,.d it« ;,'r,-;it.'.t duvutio,. „„ the proceil;ii- ihitfs - also Dunitinn of l.'ino — ill Hours and ^ilinut- «. 10 1-4 4;{ 8T t;-4 0] (10 4(i 7-« ;V7 20 4-2 Duration of Stiiiid do Ki.se 0-10 0-20 0-0.1 ■ ':, 5-3") 5-20 ri-i'i ,, ■ Duration of Slack AV'ater nr ■ .•iftcT i idr rraHie 1 its !o\v..st vIpvi invm.iii^r dates ^aLso Duration, in Hours and Ntinutut. the Duration of Stand . i (, recedin- dat.'.s ■:,U., ')„' (' ,n t' i- • in Hr.lirs liJld Mi;:'i|;.i ' ' Duration of Stand .. | ,-> '!» Tall ... I 0-35 0-10 i G-3.5 0-JO , 6-40 i 0-1,1 I 0". (;-35 en BAY OF FUNDY, Oscillations of Tidal Verta . _ .. -t'outlnucii Dat.m.; &o" "f Slack Water or Stand atter lide reached its greatest elevation 'on the prucediBfcy dates-also Duration of Ri,se- in Hours and Minutes. 3rd. 4th. 0-9 10 2-9 31 61 6-2 G-4 fiG 0'2 Gl 5-4 r,H 31 3-3 21.st. 14 4-3 7-9 8-3 7-4 5-7 1-9 Duration of Stand ' 0-20 do Ri«o I 5-35 0-5 0-85 0-10 5-35 ,. ?,'.';■''*■'"" "f Slack Water or Stanrl in Hour.s and Miuutes. Duration of Stand . do Fall.... 0-10 6-30 O-IO 6-30 0-10 C-40 j\% <\7 BAY OF FUNDY. Oscillations of Tidal Vertex, cr Daily Elevation of Hir,h.Tide above Datum, kv.~Vontinucd. '^ 'M ( ■« /!♦ Date. IJECBMBER, I870.-Elevfttion above Datum in Ve«t. «;! 8> 1 I.... 85 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 ir, ic 17 18 ID ;« 21 22 23 24 2J5 26 27 28 29 30 .il 87 8(! 8(5 7 87-5 I 87-Sh 88 iFull Moiiii' Last Quarter. Winter Solstice. New Moon fir-it Quarter . . . 87.8 87 -Jc . 87 '81/ S8 88- IV 88 ■ 5 88-8 88 ■ () 88'0 88-4 8!l 110 I Ul !)2 W 0-50 6-41 68 ^ BAY OF FUNDY. Half-Tide Elevation, or Mean L jvfl Ififween High and Low Watei-, reforred to Datum, wliifli ii .lO feet bcluw '..', -11111 y Low Water of Sjn'iny Tides. I'lxtremt,' Low Wiiti r. "> ilsiL'K, in '.'7". fi ot below ordiiinry Low WuUt SiiriinfH, Hf Month. Dute. Elevation above Datum In Feet. Year. Half-Titlo Lint, llinh Water. Low Water. ur Meau Level. r 15 88 'JO 51-40 70-15 III 88-40 52-50 70-45 'JO 85 00 ,\5t)0 70-30 •S.i Hli-00 .54-60 70-30 •-M 8(1 -no .54T)0 70-40 1870 August ^ '.'5 88-20 .52 80 70 50 2G 80-70 51-00 70 -35 27 'M-QO 49-70 70-30 L^^ 91-50 40-50 70 -,50 •J'.i !t2-50 48-30 70-40 I 31 92 00 48-90 70-45 11)774-10 ' Average 70-37 1 8 89 30 .51-40 70- -. 14 8800 52-80 7ir ;o 17 85 00 55-70 70-35 1 21 87 00 54-90 70 05 1870 Sei't lubtsr * ^ 24 25 01-90 9.'V20 48 (JO 47 10 GO 05 70-30 2li 94 00 47-30 70-65 20 92-00 48-20 70-40 I :i0 90-90 40-80 70-35 9)033 70 Average 70-41 , tt H" n") .->4-30 70-65 !) 9(1 i)J 50-30 70-15 15 80 70 55-30 71 00 17 85 00 58 50 71-75 21 87-80 .52-70 70-25 8090 ,50 '.'O 70-05 1870 Octol" r i 49 i) 46-00 71-15 71-00 2i 25 9(i 00 26 94-60 47-00 70-80 27 93 (iO 48-30 70-95 28 92 0'^ 50-10 71 .15 *- 29 90-70 51 60 71-15 12)850-25 Average 70-85 r 3 87-40 .54-40 70-90 1 4 88 10 ,53-80 70-95 7 88-80 53-30 71 05 1870 November, 14 15 00 yO 86-20 56-60 57-30 71 63 71 75 Hi 85-20 57 00 71-10 19 89 10 .52-70 70-90 21 91-90 49 -00 70-45 If 18 Ye 18' (L flo BAY OF FUNDY. Half-Tide Elevation or Mean Level hutwceii lli^h juuI Low Water, Arc. — Conchuhd- Mnnth. DftlB. 1 Elevation alx)ve Datum in V'-fi. Year. HixhWttter. Low \V'»ter. 1 Half.Tido Line, or Meau Luvel. 1870 NovinliiT ( Ciwtiiiucdj . . . -j 24 2t> ">< 29 ;io i 94-40 9;{-40 88-80 87-10 s»-uo 47 00 49 00 ir- :iO :>.ym 54-70 Average 70-50 71-20 70 55 70 M 70 -as . l;«M)21-70 70-90 1870 Decembur -j ;{ 5 12 15 19 20 21 28 87-80 88-20 87 -.SO 80-90 90-40 92-10 9.i-,S0 94 ■ 20 87 '10 ,14 -.50 53 -70 .54 -.50 55-90 110 ■19 40 .50 (to 47- 20 u4 00 Avernge 71-15 70-95 70-90 71-40 70-75 70-75 71-i»0 70-70 70-55 9Mi;!9-05 71 01 I 1871 I' r :) 11 12 i;i u 1" 18 19 20 21 89 10 88 -(iO 88-80 87-00 8rt-lt5 ««-(«) 89-80 89-80 90-75 91-80 92 07 ' 'J '•J c — .2 5r> ij si 3^ \ •^ SUMMARY, Mean Tidal Level. — Bay of Fundy. Tear. Month. 1870 .■Viiiruit . . . Hsptembei- Ootober... , NoTtmber , Ueoember.. StS'TiSe urn, 70 Last Quarter 'New Moon. .1 , >'uml"ruf Ti.ies. 74 74';Wrf 74';i8f I 74 -82 74 •-)2 74 .T.V 74 13 72 ■()7 72 •.".4 I 72 -.".0 73'8f|(f 70 73-84( ...I 73'78 ...I 73'65 74 05r7 74' 07 74 •74 74 OW, 10 77 78 7'J 75-01(| r.,-

    l? , ', 0^ g^ , .; 6734 , A, &7 Tl . i, 67t9' I' ( < 7U ( ' % n BAIE VEKTE. Oscillations of Tidal VvvU-s, ..r Daily Elovation of Ifigh-TiiUi abovo Datum, kc. — Confijiard. Date. .Septkmhkb, l«70.-Klov«tion uhovti l)»tuin In Fo«t. G(! 117 (W 00 70 71 72 73 74 _ 74 24/ T't 70 77 7« 70 1 a I' irst Quarter 73 ^S 7;) 24 "73' 24' ;-t • V • ',■:■::: ' ' ' ' 4 r> •i • . . . . 7 K — . . .. (4 via fit -30/1 /^/^ 74-74 .... • • • * •J 10 Full Moon . . 73 07 11 12 13 14 1 .,'..'. 74-04 '74 ••is' ■75 -24' '.'.'.'.'. It, 7;i'07'/ 73 07 * * ' • IH 17 Last (Quarter 72'!iOrti 18 72!I!I6 72 40 V!t 20 Autumnal Ef ' 73-24 ■73"92 1 21 22 uino.x. 'ri'iiic ■74-541 74 -so' 74-52 74-61 .... 1 .... 23 . ... 1 24 25 20 Xew Moon. . .'.'.'.'.'. •• .V. '. '. '. '.". ^7 1 ' 28 2 lyj Xumber jf Tid83....w 4 11 — — 1 ^ ,. how water :-«, 08-48 ; 6, C7-ii-.. ; t; (^21 : rl, C8-32 ; e, 6a-80 ;/, (57-82 ; g, 07-44 ; /., 6774 ; /. fl7-9« ; J, 67-.'4, BAIE VERTE. C.ci;iaur,ns ot Tidal Vertex, or Daily Elevation of High-Tide ah Datum, kc.~Continurd. )Ove Date. OcTonER, 1870.— Elevation above Datum in Feet. or. 07 j C8 (;..) i 70 i 71 I 7: 1 J'ir.~t Qnnrlf! 2 . 3 I ■■■ 4 I iFuUMoo,! Ija.st Quarter ... G 7 8 9 10 V !■:' 15 16 17 IS 1!) 20 21 22 24 2.T 26 27 28 29 30 31 First Quarter! IS'uniber of Tide? ■94/y ■94( 73 07 '7.s'-i8' 7S-71 74 75 72 'OO^/ 72 Go I 7i-y9«! I ! 72-65* I 71- 61*1 72-78)- !^^■^v,^^,„n. 73 010 '73'8(i' 73-86' 73-21 73'24'l,. 73-6,^-f|;; 73T.7/-; 73-01 I 73-61 74-03 74 11 '7-i-2i' 74-07' 74 15/i 7i-32i- 77 78 73 00 74-28 74-36; 74-38* 75 13/ 14 76-57 .. r '^';i^-^, ^^■E'^'Al'''' ''•"'■''= ""' ^-"^^ "' ««•**' f' «8-6i;..67-:i;;7ri;f^ * A. M. + P. M. r Ki: 78 30ve 78 79 I , h, (;7-3S BATE VERTE. Oscillations of Tidal Vertpx, or Daily Elevation of High-Tide above Datum, kc. — Continued. Date Novkmhuu, 1870. -Eluvatiou above Datum in Feet. I n BAIE VERTE. Oscillations of Tidal Vertex, or Daily Elevation of High.Ticle above Datum, &c. — Vontiiiued. Date. .Ianuabv, 1871. -Elevation above Datum in Feet. 06 07 08 6!» 1 70 71 72 73 74 75 70 77 78 79 1 2 3 4 5 6 FulVw con . . 72 •28^ 72 15 "73-99e 'ih--;^' .'.'.'.'..'. 7 J 74-84 74-78* I 10 ... . '75 ';w' 7ti'01-f ::".'i:;;': 11 74-]7< 74-82 12 13 .... • .... '7.i'74/ 73C.'k/ \\\\\''\ 14 Last C^uarter ...... '. 15 16 17 18 19 '72-594 20 21 New Moon . . •• • ?.> nolt 73 09 '74-36 .'..'.'... * • ■ ' • • 22 23 74-01 23 26 '.'.'.'.'.'.'.".'.'.'.'. .... .. . fi'oo' '72"i)9i- 75-34 27 28 2!) ^ 1 First c] iiarter s .A. . .. . i 5 i-4-24y .:::::: ::::: Number of Tide 7 ^ ~'"'l'^\ '-—I "-'■-■—- ' 1 1 " 1 ' "1 I.0A7 water :- T,, n-r4, f>,6019; c, 63-94; 4,7Q-:ii; c, 7t)-o5 ; /.'-S'TO; 7,'>8-74 ; /r.WW, t, 68-74 - ,"', ro-3-5, ■ ' ' ' ' * A.M. ■f P.M. 76 BATE VERTE. Oscillations of Tidal Vortex, or Daily Elevation of High-Tide abovt -Datum, &c.—ConH)iucd. Date. FEBRUAnr, 1871 .--Elevation above Datum in Feet. f!G 67 68 GO 70 71 72 73 74 75 70 77 1 78 79 _ „ 1 1 2 3 ■ 1 72'>)7 ■ • • ■ 4 — 72-36 5 Full Moon. C ' • j -■•... 1 73-80 • • . . 8 ' . .... 73 •S2 1 .... 1 73 'JO .... .... 10 ..... 74-8Rr 11 12 l;i 14 Last Quarter ..i.' 7'2'74a 74-74.0 .... .... — 74-8UA .... .... ir, ' 74.07 in 17 72-84?) ..;:;■■ • . • . . . • . IS 74-01 • . . . • > . . 19 20 21 New Moon . . • • * * . 73-69(/ ... . *> . . .... 7". 03 . . . . .. . . 2'> ! ■ . . . 73-32 ' . • ■ • 23 ' " 1 73-00 . • • . • . . . 24 73 -Uf "r, — 73-90 ... 1 • . • . 20 1 74-03t ... 27 ^"irst Quarter 1 1 .. .1 ! 73-.>6 1 ' - ' t .... ! i 72-60rj I---- ... dumber of Tides ... 1 J ■"■""■"■" ' "t 1 1. • ■■■\- ' - 1 5 1 g 1 6 1 i....|. ... Low wa ter : — a. 68-04 • h rn 01 . .. Tri'ux . J TA. , Nun 77 7fi 79 ('. BAIE VERTi^:. Oscillations of Tidal Veitex, or Daily Elev,-.ti..n of Higlj-Tide abov( Datum, &c. — tuatiuued. Date, Maucii, 1871.— Elevation above Datum in Fuut. Low water -.-a, CO'DO; h, 71-19 ; c, 70,-63; d, 71-67; e, f9-82; /, 70^6; p, 69-C7; A, 70-80. 66 67 08 G9 70 i 71 72 73 74 75 70 77 78 1 . . . . 79 1 ;< iii'-'m .... 4 73-iy , 1 , • ' • • 5 .... • • • > (i 7 8 9 10 11 12 Full Moon. . 72 -71(1 .... .... • . .. 74-21 73-78 73 -.'iO '74"78c ... . .. .... ■ ••• 73-94 13 14 Last (Juartei ' 71-19/' 74-9'J . ... .... 15 16 73-800 .... H '"" 73 74 .... 18 19 . 73 -ot) 1 ••• '.'.'.'. 20 21 22 New Moon —Vernal Efiuim X • • • • 73-82 ■ . .... .... ... :;;:::::::::: ::::::i 1 74 -19^/ .... 23 ''4 y.'.'.'j 73-70 '74-74" 75 - l.M .... J5 26 1 ... .. 72-90 . * . . 27 28 29 First Quarter — 73 -.-32 74 19A 1 '75-63' .... 30 72-90 • • . . 31 . ... 3 1 1 73'80(/ 1 ; ■;•••■ 1 ... Number i 'f Tides 12 7 7S BAIE VERTE. Oscillations of Tidal Verfcox, or Daily Elevation of H.gh-Tido abovo Datum, kc.~Continued. iJate. Aprii,, l«n.-KlBVtttinn abovf D«tiim in Feet. 1 ' — — --. — _ ~^ — ._ ■^— . B6 07 08 (;<» 70 71 72 73 74 76 70 77 78 • — j — ■ 1 _._ - — 1 1 2 >> 72 09 .... 1 .. .1.. 4 |-;:::;;::;:. ••• '74-07/ ... 5 1 Full Moon.. 1 1 74-01 1 ' ' ' C 7494 1 .... • ' * 4 * ■ ' * 1 75 041 1 .... 8 74 0!) I .... » ' ■ I 75-05 . * 10 ; ••■• 1 .... 11 1 1 75 -24 J t 12 Liwt Quarter ... 1 7-i-82 ....;: l;{ 75 -.•J2 14 1 T.iim ..,,.. 15 ..... 73 •04 .... • 10 73 (to .... ... 17 ...;: • • . . 1 . . . IvS . . . . nvvj 10 New Moon.. 74-90 20 73 •576 21 . .... 1 73-30 ■ » . » * ... 22 74n7/i 23 74-32 1 24 1 -• !'••• .... 25 73 78 ... . ... 2(i 73 ■74c .... 27 [''irst Quttj-ter • . • . 73 i)4 . • ■ 28 73 OM .. ■ ' ■■ 1 • • . 29 72% .... 1 ... ... 30 73 -UV .... . * • , , , Nmnlwrof Tides. ..._ - |- Low water :-o. 66-28 : b (W 1 10 9 4 1 ■ » • ... 70 ;, li9-09. W-30; A,6« 28; t, «8-74; f - Nun L( 79 ibovo BAIE VEllTi-: Oscillations uf Tidal Vertex, or Daily Elevati.m of High-Tide above 78 70 t.... mu; Date. May, 1871.-Kleviition above IJatuin in I'V^t. fiO Full M 0(111 Lawt (J'Uirtei 1 2 S 4 f) H 7 « !) 10 11 12 u 15 1() 17 18 19 20 21 22 2;{ 24 2ri 2(> 27 28 29 ;iO 31 Number of Tides , 08 New Moon. First (Quarter I'.!) 70 71 74 72 -740 72-(l,% 7:MI0f 7:i!)4 7:i-82 7;!-;;8 7.!-71 7.'iir) ■.'{•!I!W r;!'!)9 7;i!)4f 74 lo/- 7417 74 T,- 74-92 74-8>Sy 74- 05 74 12 77 78 79 75-19;| 7(1-24 i' -I 11 74 0:y, 74 07 74 07 74-07 74 o;! Low water : .1.... -«, 70-82; h, r.9-32; c, 70-28; d, 71-01 ; e, 69-03; /. 08-32; n, 70' J, d7 (4. 'A; A, 09-38; i. 68-65; 80 BAIE VERTE. ^''^Mi;!?...^!?!;^;,''"' Z^h"", ^evel botween liigh and Low Water, referred to Datiiin, whieh 13,1 y (.!' F nary Low Wati-r S|jriu (8 73-84 74 O.J 75-01 74 09 74 24 74-40 74-30 75-24 73-07 72-90 72 99 72-40 74r)4 75 19 73-82 73-15 72-99 72 07 74-71 73-38 73-32 Half 'I'iile Line, Low Water. or Mean LeveL 07 -20 09-19 08-94 08-71 08-57 08 78 07 94 07 09 07-71 Arerage 67-82 07 44 67-74 08-32 08-32 08-48 67-99 68-24 07 - 90 67-24 00-80 Average . , 2 72-94 7 72 94 9 73 01 11 74-15 13 74-32 10 72-09 19 71 - 99 22 73-57 24 73 -.57 28 74-30 31 74-38 68-32 67-82 08-34 07-38 67-59 67-57 70-01 68-61 67-30 66-99 67 59 Average , 68-03 68 13 69-19 68 13 69 ,57 68 90 70-82 71-78 71-73 71-25 71 18 ! 71-31 70-99 71-35 70-90 9^041-31 71-20 71 03 70-92 71 05 71-78 70 09 70 09 70-49 70-35 71-25 71-22 70-34 11)779-81 70-80 70-73 70-38 70-97 70-77 70-95 70-13 71-30 71 09 70-43 70-68 70-98 11)778-31 70-76 70-59 70 50 70 03 71-42 71-47 71 11 « I (■ 1{ 81 •efcrred to les, ill the Aow ordi- !et. f 'I'iile Line, IT Ban Level. 70 82 7178 71 73 71-25 71 IH 71 -.'n 70 U!) 71- 35 70-90 041-31 71-20 71 03 70 ■02 71 05 71 ■7« 70 09 70 09 70-49 70 -3r. 71-25 71-22 70-34 79-81 70-80 70-73 70-38 70-97 70-77 ro 95 ro-13 n-30 •1-09 ro-43 •0 08 '0-98 '8-31 0-70 0-59 50 63 1-42 1-47 1-11 BATE VERTE. Half-Tido Elcs atiun ov Mean Level bet;vocn High and Low ^\ ater, &.c. — Continued, 1871. March 2-6 72-58 71-36 fl2 hXlK VEKTE. Half-Tide Rlovafcion rir Moan Level between Hi>,'h and Lotv Wi'tcr, S:'.- — Coi(tina('(I. ^=».- - Klevati i,'ii above Datiuu in l'\(!t. Ycar. Month . Date ilalf-Tidf Line, High Water 1 T-ow Wiiter. 1 or 1 .. 1 Mean Level. 10 74 '78 fi'J 82 72-30 i;; 74 19 70-80 72-52 1871. Mi>"oh {funtinu(d) ,.- i.-> 7:vK0 70-63 72-21 21 74 '19 09-57 71-88 27 74' 19 70-80 71?-") i 31 73\SU 71-57 72-72 8p77-80 1 1 '^ A venige 72-23 74-07 70-32 72-19 li 7.Vti4 08-74 72 IB 1 ■^" 7.V24 0!)-0!t 72 -47 , 13 73-90 6«-2S 71 09 1871. April - ; 17 74- 1M 69-30 71-71 ! 19 7'i-57 08-82 71-19 1 ! 21 74 -S7 6R-2fS 71-43 ! -^ 73-74 70-13 71-93 1 -'7 73 09 71 -01 72-, -15 j 29 / 73-19 70 -HO 72-03 10)718-58 Averftge 71-86 3 74 -in 08-32 71-23 t; 75-19 07-74 71-47 !) 74 -HS 70-24 72-56 12 73-90 70-28 72-09 1871. Alay , 15 22 74-03 74-07 09-38 08-05 71-70 71-3fl 25 72-74 70-82 71-78 20 73-99 71-01 72-50 29 72 05 69-32 70-99 31 73-94 69-03 71-48 loyiTia Average 71-72 83 Ti(k' Line, or 111 Level. 72-30 72 M 72 -.'1 7fM 7'J"0 7272 i77-80 72-23 72 -W 72 IB 72-47 71-00 71-71 71-19 71 -43 7l-fl3 72-;t5 72-03 18-58 a -85 '1-23 '1-47 ■2 -.'.6 ■2 09 1-70 l-3fl 1-78 2t>0 0-99 1-48 716 1-72 UAIE VKRTK. Halt-Ti-lo Eloviitiun or Mean !ist. . . . .S"]itfinb«r. O.itobiT.... Nnveurjur l'ocKriil)i;r . lanniry . IVljr'i.ii'v. Maivh ... .•\.|iril . . . . M'y Hiilt-Tiili' Line, uv Moan ImvA nf the Hn Half.Tide Line, or Mi'nn Level for tiich Month, - - iibuvo Duluiii, in fe?t. 71-2(1 7l)-89 70 -"H 71 0.-! ■;■*■'>■> 71 -W 71 -xt; 71 72 l0^715•.■„ > n-:.4 General ramrk n.^pectimj TiduJ OI'.iervatioHS, vjwu lohich thiitcLd p-jiposu'. Tlio (huv^i.i weio nuu-K.Nl m Fv, : nud TtnlJis, except ono of tho Cannes at Baie Yecte, wlii.li way m.irkod m h'jut and ! i-lies, a3 uotad in tlio OauOT-hook. from lUth Anirnst to lOtli < » -to- ber, ISrO. G. F. IJAILLAIKG^. Ass'iHiMt Ch'tef En(jiacei\ PuiUr ]]\e:: IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) /. / 1.0 818 k& u 11^ I.I 1^ 1^ IL25 ill 1.4 — 6" PnntnfTnQT\i Sciences Corporation 1^ 2.2 2.0 1.6 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 145A0 (716) B7a-4S03 # «4* Hi ^'U'' "a "^"^^ ^ Wa r BATE VERTE. Gauges used during Survey of 1870-71, at Tidnish Bridge. • Old Gaupre Xo. 1 . From 10th Auh'ust, 1870 to 2oth November, 1870. Feet. "i4'* 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 6 4 3 2 1 Hi'vatioa aljiivu JMtiini, I Jay of Fuudy. JiKure.i roi>reat;iiii, ol l''liujy. Fcft. 7S-.V 77 ■.")7 70 '."i/ 7.v:>7 7-1 ■.'■.7 7.; ■.'57 72 C,7 7l-r>7 70 57 l,0r>7 ti,-*-o7 07 •.'■>7 60 -.'ir 05-,'.7 i- G.-.u-e Xo. 3. l'"rnm 1th Foliruaiy, l.'iri to 3M ^lay, 1,'<71. Feet. ";i.i'6iV •Ml' -1)0 ■M-m '10 00 :-'ooo L'.SOO 27-00 20 00 2500 21-00 2.-! -00 22 00 21-00 20 00 10 00 FiKnri's i-pjnvsont l-.K'VHtioii ,,f Water 1 "'"n I- bottom (i Ca- nal, witli ]!» f, ,.t „f I yritei- at Fxtiemu l.ow Water in Jiaie \erte. the elevation of t!ie bottom being 40 - 57 . I Klev.itioii .ibovtj l>ntim:, H;iy of Fumly. Feet. 70-57' 7S-,57 77-57 70 -.-,7 75-57 74-57 7y-o7 72 -.57 71-57 70 -,57 60 57 08 •.57 07-57 00-67 05-57 Feet. BAIK VKUTK G.VUGES. * ^ a';^ '^■^ '" """t"' "^ ^'^'i^^-'^-'^ ^-^ 'r,.te., ,,v Level ; do 40-57 do 'j,'; ^[]-Z- '■'■'''" ^■■"'-•;'--I)hu;ed0-.57 ft. too high, The Ba of r • "'^^ **^' '^^'•'*''''^" G.M'GK. ;.up!ante/Lt),e!Zp/of^u;ifb.n7of''\n r'' 'T-"! ''*'^""'"' ''"-^ *«'" f<=>-'t in lenirtli F„.t, « .• ^ater.-G.K^ir-'" ^-'"^ wa. e^.tnuu... , ,..,.,. toj/^ticiL'w^liiifii.^^cf tj '^:,:::::^'^ wan Th th Wati f ction r. ring ■■ h ^ APPENDIX No. 3. BAIE l^EKTE CAXAL. THEORETICAL rOMPUTVT[()\ nv Tirr r. * ^^ . „ VAKIATIOXS UBSEP'VEU ^^ J'-IUS, BASHD ()>r Tl[i.] 'y\l>M voliiiiio ul A.ssuinin^' tliat the c;iral smf; ut Wiiiei' Ii(.'i-ht, boUvpen elovati ■-•cu.s.s;u7 to lll.UlUuill this fl ICO is not (() l,,j ;Mi>jc.,l .^1 luus b') int(j tlio canal iJiisiii from tlio Au-I and :>S, is to •ic anil .V[ iitciiauiiu' 1,'v in!;'o issii. Incwl sh UH>vv. clt'vatioii 8S. (n cons and t!i:it tho iitly at ail int. mioi.liato O'.Ol- till' llKUlstS of .s Wfirs wtiter is to reniain at ivst f n- a .i,ort time inwVv'iu'.i'o^'^"'''' """-''" ""' '"'"'''>' ''''"- with winch it is cha.-,.,l nnv h'^ .In.osi ,1 , ' -"''""''" l'^"'' "' ^''^' «''li'«H..nt month to. ol^ainin. Tho M,H.lvV :f L : ;•' V:'' • 'T ""^■^-^■"''i'- ^'- - each J'l. locking au,l otiu.. purpoi .'is a^ u "to , " i' ,^":"^'*^''"^:''"^ i^^'^nv\\t: r. of water ironi about tu-o or throo d.,.; a^ ;":/'•'';'• '"'"T'^'^'-^='''' '''•' ^''^''''^ '^ '^1^'P^in? new moon. - "'' ''"' '"^""' '" ^^'f'"" ^^ 'l^'v or iv,-„ „f t'lv sucoccdii,^ If it is domonstmted that dariu, tho laps,, of time Just d.snril.o 1 th. a liJ f\i'-t 1. 4 1... i _ 1 1 ... ' dc "lands, it is clear'that ,■ , , . i!:!lll(.' SIIpljlv nydouins whicli may lie ciUeitainod as and at th is abundant to meet a to tho_adorjn,i.y «f the tidJ s,u,,,U- of the .vs.rroi Baiihurg.., u-,11 bo t..n..tuallv ••enio'v.d Let , represent th. aeceloi-ation of Gravity in tU, ,,.■ s,.ond, the hei.M.tot the water in Cnni!H.rL.u,dJ!.sii; lace at any stay,, of the tidal inlh.x. the tuno re,,„„.ed by the tide to ris;. ^ f,...t a', ,v.. ros-rvoir ^•H' tobU he,.htuifeot whidi the tid,, rises abos ' t , lu th ot tune m seeon.ls requir,.! by the tide to ri: • u in-: leser\-oir-surla''e, the rate of ris(! of th,' li,!,- in f,.„^ ,,..,. r , ,, it« influx into the ;;;;'n-oi; ^ " '""'■• -'' '"" ^'^-""--^n.P.t of t n T i)r.)(lo:..'il by .Mr, above the ro •■rvoir-sur- iiit.iee. •■I'voir-sni-- ;oet ai.io\-e tlr 'I'lration of slaek water in seconds at hi-' 1 'vater, a an i, f . •' 'f ^'■voir-eqnal to o^„ f;,et tor the A«-lt and _0() feet ior the .Mi.ssi.c,mr,sh n-serveir. tl.o mean area o, J. -^s.-rvoir er,„al to 5 ■H5,,n() square fn fVn- the ti.o 1.: ;w\hf r ::;:ir"'.s^£;? |oru.^is4.ash ^i^^: a coefiieie.rt, denotin.^ the raiio between the average bre.ith of the fti n^,^ ; n ' "'^'"'"' ":'^'' '4'l>roxin,ate condition fer Then we have the .J^^^L^ ^ ^^Z^^l^ ^J^ — ^ 0.64 86 closed at its mouth, the total voiunio of ^-atcr suppli..,] up to tho timo the influx is stopped 13 : (neglecting tho coninnratively iusignilicant coirection for friction, etc.) ' I ■■•■ ^ i ( ^^^ 'j I ^/ j (2 oy/j ^^> This formula is upplicable only so long as h does not exceed the numerical valuo of tho positive root 01 the equatioii ; { T. i 7/V.474573 'y^i/l ■*-''' 1 . '' .54 r T) H -Lc (2) f. ^"1'';, T^^r tlie duration and voh)city of the ti.hil infh.x arc barely sufficient for it reach the head c^ the reservoir .luring the time of slack water, and to raise the equili brmm water Icvelof the reservoir a height «• above its .surface-, i. ■. ation prior to tlie in dress Of the tide ; the numerical value of w is deternuncl by Ciuation : r (3) 1 and the volume of stationary water in the reservoir above I !„M!ovaiion just mentioned, is : ^nd tho total volume of water supplied up to the time tli^it t!iC iullux i" stopped is : Q --■ '-2 + ''3 . (6) *in.. ^^i T^""'} ^'''^ '""■•■"'' ''^'■■'' "'"'''"'^ '''•'''^*'^' ^'"'' ^'^'''' ^^f '^'^ .t^ervoir before the time of slack water — Tlie lieight ^ of the water in .■quilibriuin, wliich has accumulated in tJie reservoir nrior to tho occurrence of slack water in Cumberland Ba.sin, is !U-!,1 III (111 jj,ij,,JK .1,.} i-'.WMil.Uiuj j,)oumi(,^ [i!},,j^ if; ^.^.--^.sooSosssSlgSlSsiiii o ?"". 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Jnojj .10,1 asjjj j„ 3^,,,^ ,^^ ■e o n o o i.T o . 6 ■* Ji; ." .'j^S^^oooooo . ! T -.^ 9 := ^1 7" -»• t- K 1=1 ; ; o ci r^ ?^ •* 4r o ij; 1';; o •oouj.uig jTOAjasay; oAoqi; ■''PiX ■"!* J" aspj pjox 'i/ "xnipir inpij, qouo JO S.iiuiipf.Ki ^i ooujjng aioijoso ji; jo lioijt'Asijf fil r-l t-( O O b O •' - . . . . ;* T' V ? .'^ '^ ^■'*''^0D ■ '• '. ; ® — O iH W j^ :'•; i; .A; ;;^ o x t^i.*? c; ^1 o t^ J- ■%« -. » 5 r '^ ■" ■'■''' " ''^' •"' " ^ '^ -'^ ^ - = »i i' 2 ? -3 ■utSBfi puvijnqnino iit sot!j o" 2^-2SS;S;3SS;:;;52SSSS§S55?3g3S 'A H W CO 00 « 2 H » ft 2? 55 -o ■j •>■ c v# o 89 o H to if § is S o O f< >^ H ft APPENDIX No. 4. HAIE VERTe" CANAL. RROfKviM.K, 6th Deromber, 187J. Dfah ^fp T • """"^>"-'.f:, otlilJeromljer, 187J ^^^^^^s^^s::^i\z^:^'^'^^''^r^''-^ "-''--'. He. however, is a mere copyist and f ';.h d'-'"^'iit«.nun tho... .t uo, k ou n,v ..l.n.s for the mechanical structul4. ' ' "^ ''"'*' •'^•' ♦" "- '" ^he ,,r,.,,a,:„i„n of ,1,„. .hau i;;,!: r -hiv, tl.aa anvouc el., i ^..Z^Z^ :::'^:\ "' ^^"'■^ ^^ '"" ■-^'-. -' --mo v the work perfectly plain to tl„„se i./ten i.^'to 1, ;: T^"!" "' ''''^' " """""•'■ "^ <" '•^'"-l'''' ^oitie.l upon ; I hav. c.-ustantlv I.een wSin. t tl '''• . / '""'" •^•'>- '''"^ '"-V I'l'-^ ureall '^"'y «ay, mat.uv,!, I,;,t tl„.v o;,lv ,.,is i,7nu ? ,,'",'•* '"'""'' '""' '"'V'' H-'m, as vo„ •-paper. Thi, I eoulJ do'if J 1.^ ■'';';; '^^ '^-^ '« ->- toelal.orntc tilo.n f^ J >»^"'»al part of the profession, an.I c '.i , '''^'^ ^ '^^" '-e a special aptnes. f.. the oanal . no. Co., .r .e .int,. i. .rt---^ -:;-,- -, - pari^;i.f^S::ilJ::;:i-;-7;.;;;;.i ^^ .,, ....,, „„,,.. .,.,,^, ,.^ ■see my way dear for hei„. roa.lv l-v tl7 L™ n " T '"' '"' ^ ^•""' '"'^ ^ ^'^' ""' will b« al.le to i.reseiit vou my nh^i ' , *"'^>*'" '".ntion-the 1st Jaiumrv. f think 1 ^ I'e-n.it n>e at tlds'sta- J{o v' , •■'l"''^"'«ii:on,s l,y tho 1st Fel.ruarv; future. 1 Imve official instructions- irJ a vou,Sf°" "' '''^f^f'''^" ^" ^''i^ canal for the ^'•tlier. This is now done, and to Zn-S^Luf •^h^ *''V ^'T"'"' --^y-nothiM, make my report ; In.t from vour unof ii I u/f ' r ' ''""" ^ •'^''^"'''' ""^v goon and should go on and prepare the cam for H i ^^^'^r.^f ''f '"^ ^"" '"'' --•'' -'--- of my procee,lings. Uut f„, this s oS'r V '^"'' ''^''^ 'Z"^' ">''ke a good report '"'^understand me. If I ,,^k the n, S V '? °'^"''''^' '"«t''"clions1 Do not action upon yonr verl.al or uno tie? '/' ' ""f '."^^ '"f^'^' "-t rju.sitate to take charged wiU. the duty I have u.ndX ^^ - only that I should he du '•e. given in, I wish to k.iow in what e l^n f^ '^ ^^''''' ^^■''"" "'^ 1''^"^ t Ji; ""^ '^•"«'l over to others to 1 e a, ^ ^Z, '7 f ^!'"' 'l' '^''T ^ ^■""""t '^^'' ■'■ <" In this case I could not vouch for tlu.ir ,c« s T ' '.'" '''""' ^ ''""'^ "° c«"--l<''. •"ah eto make the personal exLi a io ..f L ''" ! ""'^'^ '''' ^''' ^'•'■'""' '"''' - stands in the relation of a consult! ... o , '" ^'"' '"^^'"ctions. U,. thereh.re «M"-ayal of all that 1 hav!, do""" "'-""■"'' ^""' ^ -"^'' ''^'^ f^-ored n.,- wi,!; Ih^ '^''O'll J it meet the wishes of 1 1,. (• ti- execution of the works, it w lit a " 1";^:'"' I '" """" '■"^''" ''^^ ^"-^''- <- > go ,0 OU Hva again on Mond^u- P " .; M '"''''"''}"'' '^' "- •■i.>. i i< isi' .iiidre-is me thejv. Vours faithfully, Hon. if. L. Langevin, C. B., 2-7 (^•'igned.) f^AMlKl, Keefek,