Daily Republican., 1886-04-29
FOURTH EDITION
Mr. lore ON creeks and Peaehes.

Mr, lore ON Creeks and feAehes-
when the River and Harbor appro-
prfatiou bill was before the House OF
REPRESENTATIVES last Friday, Mr.. Lore
offered an amendment which the clerk
read as follows:
Amend by inserting after line 4e7 as
follows:
proving Saint Jones River, Della.
ware: Continuing Improvement, W.
600. Improving Broad Creek, Della
ware: Continuing improvement, W.
IOO0."
Mr.. Lore,-Mr. Chairman, in the
peninsula between Chesapeake Bay and
Delaware Bay, n considerable portion
OF which Is occupied by the Delaware
| River, there are seven rivers and creeks
i--Appoquininink Creek, Duck Creek,
Saint Jones River, Mhpillton Greek,
Broadkiln River, Broad Greek anu
Indian River. All of these rivers have
heretofore been recognized by Congress
, Appropriations have been made from
thine TO time for their Improvement,
and the work ON them Is IN various
stages of progress. / have made every
effort TO get appropriations for their i'm
provement from the committee. l have
sele cited only two Of them TO be en-
lbraced In my amendment In order to
test the sense OF the House. i suppose
lit was the modesty OF the committee
that prevented them from putting these
Appropriations in the bill.
For Saint Jones river, $50, 900 Is esti-
mated; for Broad Greek, $50, 0Oe IL esti-
mated by the engineer; and / have
asked 81, 600 fer each OF those rivers OF
tereeka. which bears about the usual
proportion to the estimates on the basis
laid down by the committee.
| Mr.. Findlay-Will the gentleman
Iyield for question? -,
Mr.. Lore-I hope the gentleman will
not occupy my time.
| Mr.. Findlay-I simply wanted to
know the proportion the creeks bear tc
Ithe rivers Laughter
Mr.. Lore Ont West these creek
would be called rivers They are moi
streams Of the class that dry up IN
summer SO that it takes snake to find
out their contentious or evolutious, mol
of that sort bich require q spring
freshet to float 8 inch log. They arr
rivers ON which large number OF sail
,, ling vessels and, in SOME instances
steam vessels ply aysafter day.
/ Again, MIR. Chairman, II will ba re
mem bered that this peninsula has bu
lone railroad running down from on
. extreme to the other, with branches II
I different directions That is the sol
medium of Communication with Pbila
: delpbia, New York and the other larg
II cities for many Of the people; but IL W
can have these rivers improved some
what by dredging (and it will not cos
muoh), we shsll then have a Tiva
v method OF getting to Philadelphia an
: and other cities | am sure that thi
amendment will have the support {
;. my friends from Philadelphia, Ne'
y York and New England, when / renin
them that this peninsula is the peacl
lgrowipR region, for every body know
THAT the moment 1t is mooted abroa
that the peaches are killed in Delaw al
There is panic IN those large citie
[Laughter.
Recent archaeological opinions hav
been advanced that the Delaware pc &C
was the original "apple" with whic
1--we tempted Adam in the Garden {
Eden, and IL that is 50, do not wond,
that Adam fell. Laughter Sail
Jones River CONNECTS Dover, capital I
the State of Delaware, with the wateI
!, of Delaware Bay. Upon that stream
large number OF vessels ply TO and ir
connecting that portion OF De.awa
with the Philadelphia markets,
One private citizen has expended
: very large portion of his fortune In u
Improvement of the river. Heretofo
there have been two appropriation
4. made for it by Congress. For Il
Broad River there have been three Al
Preparations, in 1880, 1881, and lss
h The exports OF Dover are 81 900 600 a
D lnually, the imports between two al
4 three million dollars; and in I
. Broad River there Is about the SAT
amount Of traffic. The amount we a
fnr 10 a very modest one, and | trS
- atttee will not hesitate TO 81
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