Channel Is 525 Feet Wide

Clncinn&tj, March il.- Speaking of the disaster to the steamer Longfellow (by which tho loss of life has been definitely ascortained tó bo six), Lieutenant Colonol Amos Stickney, ot' the United Status enginoers, said that he fallcd to "soe why any pilot that understands hts business cuuld not take a boat safely be tvveun these piers, which are 525 feet apart, and through which great eoal fleets pass safely. He says a report of the current at varying stages ol the river was made when the bridge was built, and this report was acceptable to pilots; besides, he said, while the Kentucky pier is in the ohannel, so also is the Ohio pier, fB5 feet away. The suporvising Inspeotors wlll give the matter k thorougli invcstigation very soon.