The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-28
land STOLEN FROM THE SEA.
THE ocEfN HEiCH TO BtD IND BIOS
SOW LIKE THE ROSE
.,,,,on. Of Ncrc. Reclaimed In Europc-A
,.ru.,ian Kings Mistake Pumping the
Under Zcc The Bench Forests OF Mns-
,hn.etts How the IitCh Fine Ihti,es.

rl. .i...-- of THE grand experiment has
,r..t,. l,thor-. hk" thl draining NJ the Xnd
at.,rc.,,riug nearly i2uul a'ro@ and
,t,cr 10 v,ra now Progressing io drain AN
..., .f M. shield. which will recover sumr
9..nn.t.-. TueoufuEcdhy tG' 10 suits Of these
o,,,rur-.- thn Ncthrriudisl engineers now
olvoeat, the stupondous project uf draining
he ereat saltwater basin ~ tho Iuydor Xco-au
inland sea which covers 100000 acres. The
italian. have nearly completed the work of EN-.
ar,ing and deepening the tunnel cut hy tho
rmpcror Caudius. to drain Lake Celano. This
,unncl, more than four miles in length. and
csting over s6.OuO.0OO. will recover for ngri.u -
nral OCCUPATION - 600 acres Of most fertile
hnl.
Wlir It's interesting to know the extent and
sne.Ds- q lake drainage in the old world. i'm
our country with millions Of acres Of virgin
soU su "a expenditures would be unwiso But
in Sow England and the Atlantic States there
archte. tia. is Of hoEs and swamps that may
te,gs.b and economically reclaimed hy drain
are This practice has been common in Europe
fora ,ns period. When the works now in
rra.rc-- 10 Hungary are completed. that coun-
lrywil hayc over million acres Of swamp
land drained and brought under cultivation.
MANY thousand acres have thus been recently
improved 10 ltilN, anu slihiar WORKS nte now
NJ crossing ~ France aud elsewhere in Europe.
NlHl hrs lately been done In the same diro'-
ton Nh "tt Now Jersey SCI 'vi1St, M1hg lhc
shores ~ LAKE Mi'hlshn ana somewhat ny the
N'W ln. Inul Nili'~. S'N'iut SUCCESS ul eN-
r,f.mruis IN swamp drainage and securing
huI frlil oN low have been tried ia tuliiOr-
nl mus 'r' aiy improving some 2,WNW acres
Of land on our ltcihc coast The 81 King in and
r..l.n.r. ihc salt marshes along ilo sDushore
Il ~ r'hy oi Increased attention. I'm MHr-nlr.d.
l-~ over 100 acres OF sat- marsh have hrHn
aIr.niV greatly inn rONpl Nv shutting tI the
tides 0t thr ocean. Mt a cost of ov"r $4,000. II
The -l '~- expected httends THIS 'Nlcr!moit.
It wlIl '-oryr 10 be- repeated on u broad scale
sion; DO -'p shore.
AnrNfen4iNc experiment for tho reclamation
O. th .lnI lands was tried most successfully,
n'trY % luult'd ymrs ago hoiG iu' c'n,t II
as they ~ called. stree h over hundred miles
toF'on ilc rivers Nd.ur ana Ntonlr, Ihrse
dul.- ranging from $50 70 5.n l.ti unoNr 90"
losn. 10 .I'sca are COMPOSED oi Whlt' Sill 'ious
slui rouulr.l ana reduced to minute grains ~
trlurliiun. These grain s. are y iNo heavy 10
b. borne a.oi Dry me winds ant s.glt' req Hilr
liz tlr l~hU7 ot Vuleuh = Tn tnc ANNutit
sh r. 20 France the ptevuAns and most VIC
lclt winds 1rr rom The ~ - ana southwest.
and tr WIui af' driven rs along an IN 'lluDi
plano up III" slopes which les end Seuward.
MOVING in..ni' nav .9ns,l sr-"' d"spia'i, ~.
our Atlantic sand plains were once covered
Nun ior's'-' me- h3W lar'. YRte SANG mus oI
lIoNlh. ',Mh were u.7' IiD.i iy .he ili-r.riS,
on th,ir landing There r. well wooded. Tho
SAND hi'lI oh tAe c.hst ol l'rns-ia We're iormer'y
w H. w.. ~ .IiD a. .i-' an, ~ WE
N.ty III Wv a., .,i,,etFi n"S7 N.orE" l. MARSH,
,"u !" iS' vuensc %, luv u'stu'l N OF t.rir
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i.e H. st.is iy. ''i ,"s,,- l'','.i -,il
All would now Gladly eSn"nI mii"n.. ~ ~, "" ~,
81 r. no forests apain 1Hr In,' ia
X ,, ,I1rl h. W. f-,,ii','i ,,.i.L I'm ~ ,ile
f. ,'a1 'nvssion Tho oij 5,',,r,, NV, ..
~ vo.f f,rnsts - xt.nding nor. ~ III .r,, I,i,'e
y. ' I'm and Tia iprf'n,' ' a. -. mp, w LIZ
.,,,,,,i d, instr,,'fi,o H., M
~ "t ii'pi"rF Wy - ~. A''h 4 ne Hla'Vry 81
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in ali Enron. III. ir +. liz -.t
- i.t.'.'t p,nir,t'iy ..ynr 7 lIu lrn a,.f..-
man, I'll. .,ii.'afi.r tnat mos, II this vast. Il
,., BIZ. ...IatI.t''. hy -iuirl. trs.tIlftin..
a,l ,.. .ft.l,-ienl iutt.r.V.n,rlf,s E VIII
" r.I t..a rtt.nt on u ciyI zel gUtrrulu.. rf-
tl.nt ht-
n b. A subject 81 nractinnl interest 70 ra ha-
cer.., ,ya Lnye uloue our con=t ~ AZ Cira C.l.
IN 4 NM. tirut at -Ome POINTS lu MN Jur-...
Florida on the Gulf Coast on tnr eastern shore.
of LAKE Michigan and elsewhere. long tract- ,f
drifting sand Mat have done serious loc,d dam
are 'ln-tDp This exhaustion. considerable .tV-