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consequent Aiuto eed

No. 4 dock ‘will also Be’ Se Mighty raat
Teo oarises oF this are the harbor Hines”
recommended by the- board of United

Statesengincers in its reportof Janus.

ary 12, 1889, and subsequently ap-
| proved ‘by Secretary of War Endicott:
\- __For several daysth

Lourrent that the.

j allow thy the South , South Shore to mn
fdocks to to the point : a ral aeealng
‘tion was taken an .

when Captain Foster, the United States,

‘engineer in charge here, notified En-:

gincer Payne that the exterision of, Xo,

3dock must stép where it mow ls and

 

  

that no more Di
“tive was algo given that the No. 4 ook;
would extend) © some)” forty ieee:

    
 

em_that- its. extension to
ent of 000 feet ie wit
shipping in that quarter of she. bay b
that a revision of tho hatbor Ines p
in force might advanta

 

   
 

Weekly Mining Journal, Marquette,

 

| |shipping. I shail b
| dock In about.

    

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bie extonston of No, 8
“It yill alse, be pocengg
scatice

  
  
 
 

‘hor lines as tald dow fa Ibe
the chief of englnetin an bese as

could be done ie fall when

[ro ap

raat fast pees a. 4 doo in. [thought
ihat the extension of No. 8 mightrun-

over the ling g litte, though not hearly..
so much as Captain Fostor “safe, bat 104
it did I could see no harm. aa: there is:

plenty of room there. The end of No.’

3 dock is totally” unprotected’
by thé breakwater. and. if.. the:

South Shore was willing to..take.the=
Fisk, 1 did not see why the-gorernment=
should object. 1 cannot now..see. how...
the extension of No. | S.dock to the fault.
length intended wo

to move N,

  

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Loxty- v
pockets will not be reduced but there”
will be a little less. room between the”
first pocket and the shore.”
='The harbor lines as laid down-in_the*
chief enginver's report are described as
follows: ‘ Beginning at a. point en: the:
west face of the United ~ States” govern
mert breakwater, 260- feet-from-ihe-
shore end thereof; thente due West 73
feet; thatice Tia “southorly ‘direction, .

Parallel to the east face of the, break-

 

# wnter, 535 feet; thence west, Wy Soateee
‘duced accordingly. ‘The-extensiom” Of" north,.1,067-foct; the:
No. 3 dock has advanced 385 feety and) -pear--mmenes
now reaches the harpor tines “Te would:

   
   

1,660 feet; thence south, 12 degrees:

the fall cast, to the east and west subdivisiobr:
{ quarter line produced of See. 26-48-25)"

bemadea!

Mr, Payne.was aceon last Thureday-by-er;

Mining JOURNAL Tepor

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Xollided With the Harbor Line

Unfortunately the report does. not

_contala a map of the harbor but as near: .

| as could be learned from thé data atces-"
| sible last night the line of 2,208 feet due
;south terminates near the Jere xoek- Als
“teen OF No. lock.

_ would seem that the westward bend af
“the harbor line of 1,660 feet, beginning.
_at that point, is that which cuts off ae
\extension..of..No...&;, doekesWhy:thign
westward bood was made does -not-sp->
| pear from the report of the’ board ‘oi
engineers. In fact there seems to be.
no reason for it whatever. Had it. not:
been made it would seem that

would be enough room to extend Na
dock to the full amount of 600 oe
proposed.

nye

March 15, 1890

One thing & very apparent from the
foregoing and that fs if the commerce’.
of Marquette Is not to be ham to

   
 
 
    
   

When those now under construction by
the South Shore line are eee
practically all the dock room fi the’
resent he wate taken.up, Hence.
of the future become-a i

mantter
for serious consideration,” In only twor
quarters can additions to the harbor be.
made. One is by extending the present.
breakwater sopthward: or by build-;
img northward another Stir. *
point near the mouth of:
|Carp river. The other alterdative
is to secure an appropriation fort
ing a breakwaterout from -the
point of Presque Isle to protect Dead:
River Bay Hy most residents: hee:
probably thé latte? plan would
favored because of the ample space foe:
mavofacturing plants ‘ciate
, Dead River flats. The general gov
i ment in the past has dealt stingily:
Marquette harbor. The last fairly
appropriation of 8100,Q00 -was.

  

 

 
    
    

dent Cleveland.. The result
sols are unable tolls at the
stormy weather but