46 MISCELLANEOUS BTTELLIGENCE. [1852. 



miSCELLANEOTJS INTELIiIGENCE. trusses, forming its sides, and suspended on two other cables, which 



have 10 feet more deflection than the upper ones. The anchorage will 



DOniSSTXC. be formed by sinking 8 shafts into the rock 25 feet deep. The bottom 

 „ ^ , -T ^^ _ ., of each shaft will be eularsed for the reception of cast iron anchor 

 Bytown and Prescott Railway. p,^jg^_ ^^f g f^^^ ^^^^^^ ^hese cliambers will liave a prismatical sec- 

 This undertaking, which was commenced m the spring of 1851, and tion, which, when filled with solid ma.sonry, cannot be drawn up with- 

 has, since then, quietly, unobtrusively, but surely, been advancing out lifting the wi.ole rock to a considerable extent. Sa.ldles of cast 

 towards completion, is destined, ere long, notwithstanding the small i™ ^'" support the cables on the top of the towers. They will con- 

 , . , ' ..,,.,, , , , ., sist of two parts — the lower one stationary, and tlie upper one movea- 

 share of public notice it has hitherto attracted, to rank as one of the ^^^^^ resting upon wrought iron rollers. The saddles will have to sup- 

 most important lateral railways in the province, 'tt liether viewed as a pmt a pressure of 600 tons, whenever the Bridge is U aded with a train 

 'feeder' to the "Main Trunk," or as an independent track, connecting of ma.ximuiu weight. The towers are to be 60 feet hiirh, 15 feet 

 the commerce of the Ottawa with that of the St. Lawrence, and opening square at the base and 8 at the top. The compact, hard limestone, 

 , ,, . , , ■, r r .1 1 / used m the masonry of the towers Will bear a pressure ol oUU tons upon 

 to the Tast region watered by the former of these monarch streams, every foot square •— 



(which the old "voyageurs" loved to ctU "La Grande Riviere du Weight of Bridge. 



Nord") a new channel of trade, via the Ogdensburgh RailwoT, to the TVeight of Timber, 910,130 lbs. 



several seaboard cities of the United States, its importance as a great Wrought Iron and Suspenders, M^'i^T }u'' 



, . , Castings, --------- 44,332 lbs. 



public work cau scarcely be over-rated. At some future period, we may Rails ---------- 66 740 lbs. 



lay before our readersa statistical sketch of the "Ottawa country," the Cables between Towers, ------ 531,400 lbs. 



capital of which — Bytown — bids fair to rival, in size and commercial ,._„ .,„ ,, 



. 1 D iS /22 lbs. 



importance, the most thriving of our Canadian cities. To us of this Weiaht of Raii-road Trains 



more favoured "West," comparatively little is known of that most One Locomolive, -------- 25 tons. 



interesting section of the country ; but we have "facts" and "figures" 27 double freight Cars, each 25 feet long, and of 15 tons 



beforeus to show that, whilst it is little behind us in the ordiiary march ,, .p° J'^f'f ' ' " ■ ,". r ,"on . " i' i 'n r li' ' *" 



' •' . Making a total gross weight of 430 tons which will fall upiin 



of improvement and civilization, it has outstripped us in enterprize: jj^g cables when the whole bridge is covered by a train 



itsmerchantsandcapitalistshavingboldly undertaken, notonly unaided of cars from end to end : and tothislS per cent weight 



from any outward resource, but in the face of much seiesh opposition, of pressure as the result of a speed of 5 miles per houj-, 



^, ., 1 • <• J T ■ 1, r 11 which is a very large allowance, - - - - 61 tons. 



to commence the railway we are speaking of; and which, from all ^^^ ^^j^j^^ ^^ superstrScture, 782 tons. 



present appearances, is likely to be the first completed work of the kind 



in Upper Canada. Total aggregate maximum weight, ----- 1,273 tous. 



The distance, by this route, from the Ottawa to the St. Lawrence is The tension of cables, which result from a weight of 1,373 tons and 



533< miles. For some 20 miles from Bytown, the road is laid parallel an average deflection of 59 feet, is 2,340 tons. Since the assumed max- 



' , .,. , ,. /. ., o T »i 1 .1 imum tension can but rarely occur, it is ccmsidered ample to allow four 

 to, and within a short distance of, the St. Lawrence, passes through the j;,,^^^ ^^^ ^uex^.th to meet this tension-that is 8,960 tons. But as- 

 flourishing village of Kemptville, and has its southern terminus near suming 2,000 tons as a tension to which the cables may be subjected, 

 the eastern limits of the town of Prescott, opposite to the Ogdensburgh five times the strength to meet it is allowed, and an ultimate strength 

 Railway Dep6t,-at a point where the St. Lawrence never freezes up. "f '0,000 tons provided for. For this purpose, 15,000 wires of No. 10 

 „, •' "^ , ,,.,,.. ■ r !-• 1. • u 1 Will be required. At each end of the upper floor the upper cables will 

 The country through which the line runs is of high agricultural ^^ ^^^.^^ J ,^y jg ^j_,^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^l'^^^^^ strength will be equivalent 



capabilities — is rapidly improving — and as a fall wheat yrowing ^^ 1,440 wires ; these deducted leave the number of wires in the four 



country, we have seldom seen it surpassed, even in the wcs- superior cables 1.3,560, the number of wires in the four superior cables 



tern portions of the province. The features of the gi-ound are 13,560, the number of wires in one cable 3,390 diameter of cable 9)4 



. ,,' ,, „ , .. ^ ■■, mi. Li. inches. The rail-road bridge will be elevated 18 feet on the Canadian, 



highly favourable for the construction of a railway. There are to be ^_^j gg ^^ ^^^ American side, above the present surface of the bank, 



no grades exceeding 30 feet in the mile, whilst more than half the road and above the present structure. It will be the longest railroad bridge, 



is /«'«/. Its lineal arrangement shows about four-fifths straight line, between the points of support, in the world. — St. Catharines Joxtrnal. 



in tangents of from 4 to 7 miles. Upon the whole, its capacities, as a Canals of Canada. — The gross revenue derived from all the Canals 



freight road cannot be surpassed in the province, and are such as will of Canada, for 1851, was £79,999 ; the expenses were £27,335. The 



admit of the timber of the Ottawa being deposited on the banks of the "" ^ber of vessels which passed through the Canals for the san.e year 



, , •„ , T, was 18,874 : the total tonnage, l,9/3,b41. 

 .St. Lawrence in such quantities, and at such rates, as will make r rescott 



the great lumber mart, not only for a wide tract of our own country. Canal ToLLS.-The tolls collected on the Wellaml Canal during the 



" , . ,. , , , r T,T ir 1 mi 1 c month of July last, was £1682 3s. Sd., against £a909 /s. 6d. in the 



but also for a large portion of the state of New ^ork. The work of ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^y j^^^ ^^^^ ^,,^ number of vessels passed through was 



grading was boldly commenced last October, and is now well advanced. 750, being an ii. crease of 60 over July of last year, and of 262 over the 



Much has been done with very little means, — the expenditure thus far same month in 1850. 



having been wholly provided for by the two towns it is destined NewChl-rch. — The result of the competition by TV. Thomas, Messrs. 



to connect: affording to many richer communities an example of Cumberland A Storm, and J. Sheard, in preparing designs for the erec- 



courageous enterprize, which they would do well to profit by. We tion of an Irish Presbyterian Church, at the corner of Queen and Mutual 



observe tliat the Municipal Councils of the several counties interested in Streets, in this City, has been the adoption by the coiLinitlee of the 



the undertaking have petitioned parliament f(n' aid to bring their work design of W. Thomas, Esq., Architect. The Church is of the Norman 



to a successful completion. They have watched whilst others slept ; or Lombardian style of architecture, with two staircase towers and 



and we lieartily wish them the success they merit. We look upon this spires on the | rincipal front, to Queen Street, to be erected of white 



undertaking as one of such real importance that we shall probably brick, with open timbered ruof to the interior, and with circular apsis 



reveit to it again, and enter more fully into the details of the project. at the north end. The size of the body of the Church is 81'.0" by 55'.0", 



r r;^ _ ,^, _ . , and will give an accommodation of 612 sittings on the ground floor. 



Railway Suspension Bridge over the Niaoaua Kiver. — 1 he Bridge 



will form a single span of 800 feet in length. It is to serve as a con- We are gratified to learn that Sir Chas. Lyell, who standsat the head 



necting link between the railroads of Canada and the Slate of New of modern geologists, arrived at Halifax by the last Steamer, and 



York, and to accommodate the common travel of the two countries. immediately proceeded to visit the County of Albert, in this Province, 



It is estalilished by ample experience, tliat good iron wire, if properly now becoming eelebiateil for its mineral wealth. As this Province 



united into cables or ropes, is the best material for the sujipori of loads ri'quires only to bo better known, to take a much higher rank than has 



and concussions, in virtue of its great absolute cohesion, which amounts hitherto been given to it, we look upon the visits, and the publicity 



to from 90,000 to 130.000 lbs. per square inch according to quality, given to the opinions of such gentlemen, as of very great importance. 



The Bridge' will form a stniight hollow beam of 20 feet wide and 18 The opinion of Sir Charles will go far to settle the much disputed 



deep, composed of top, bottom and sides. The upper floor, which sup- coal or asphaltum question, as if this mineral is in the place where it 



port.s the railroad, is 21 feel wide between the railing.s, and suspended has been formed, it will belong to the coal family ; and on the other 



to two wire cables assisted by stays. The lower floor is 19 feet wide hand, if it has been melted and ejected into its present situation, it will 



and 15 hi"h in the clear, connected with the upper one by vertical bj entitled to the name of asphaltum. — Xova Scotia paper. 



