OCR Text |
Show TWO TONS OF DYNAMITE FOR A SINGLE CHARGE YOUXGSTOWN. N. Y,. April 23. If the '1000 pounds of d3'iiamitc lo be exploded ex-ploded in a single charge tomorrow is powerless to launch I he giant, mass of ice still anchored to the sand bar at. the mouth of the Niagara river, tho glacier gla-cier will lie there until it melts. After the last ouuee of Uio explosive on hand this afternoon bad been devoted de-voted to 'pulverizing one section of the jam, Kngineer Kunz declared that the situation hud resolved i I self inlo eou-d.itious eou-d.itious for a supreme effort. The ton of dynamite received tonight and the second ton that will bo sent down the river road iu automobiles tomorrow to-morrow morning will be divided into seventy-five bundles, sunk into ns many holes outlying a huge semi-circle across the ice. The charges will be exploded ex-ploded siniultaueouslj' 13" a special batter,;. bat-ter,;. Tt is expected that tho explosion (will eitlicr send, an iceberg, many acres in eiJl'ciit. sailing down the lake, or break up the ice so that the forco of the stream can easily bear it away. t "There still is enough ice in the gorgo lo put all the lower regions in cold storage." observed Mr. Kunz at tho close of the day's work. "But we have opened a channel in such a way as to relievo t lie prcassuro iu tho upper river uud thereby to reduce the danger i of tho ice all going out in a mass. 1 think tho danger is past, but we wish to clear the outlet of the river." An open channel 1000 feet long appeared ap-peared in the ice at Lowiston tonight. Tho swift, current also is rapidly carrying car-rying away the pulverizing ice at. the mouth of the river where the blasting has been done. |