Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-11-02
LAST EDITION
THE INLAND WATER WAY.
Between Assawoman and Indian River
Bays Also to Dredge AIispillion Greek.

AfOposatA Dpeheu 10 Dfeuse thahhei
Between Assawoman and Indian River
Bays Also to Dredge Mispillion Greek.
General William +. Smith opened pro
posals at noon to-day, in the United
States engineers office in this city, for
dredging a channel connecting the waters
of the Assowoman bay with Indian River
bay. Del This is part of the inland water
way between Chincoteague bay, Va, and
Delaware bay near Lewes Del,
The bidders were as follows: Frank c.
Somers. 2l1l Market street, Camden, n
J. 30 cents a cubic yard, in place; work
to commence March /. 1889, and to be
completed November 30. 1899 P. San
ford Ross, ll3 Hudson street, Jersey City
n. j., 253 cents cubic yard; no time
stated. Baltimore Dredging Company,
Baltimore, Maryland 80 cents
cubic yard, no time stated; Atlas Dredg
ing Company, go Market street, Will
mington Del a cents cubic yard
work TO begin December 81, 1888 and to
be completed December 81, 1899; Ameri-
can Dredging Company, pa Walnut
street Philadelphia, "a cents cubic
yard, work to begin March I, 1889 and to
be completed March 1. 1890. Lemuel f.
Miller, Cape May, n. J.. q cents cubic
yard, to commence in January and finish
in six months.
The following bids were opened for
dredging Mispillion creek. American
Dredl ing Con pany, 1874 Walnut street,
Phi adelphia. 50 cents per cubic foot. in
place and 80 cents in bucket Work to
begin Decent er 10. 1888 and be com
pleted March 10, 1899 Atlas Dredging
Company, $40 Market street. Whining
ton, Del, 351 cents in place work to
commence March 1, 1889 and be com
pleted June 80, 1899; Frank c. Somers.
21la Market street, Camden N. j., So
cents u cubic yard, work to begin March
!, 1889 and be completed June 80, 1899.
An abstract of these bids viii be
sent TO Washington by General Smith.
who viii recommend one of them 1t is
approved by the government engineers
there, and the contract awarded generally
to the lowest bidder The proposals of
the lowest bidder for the inland water
way channel. Lemuel E. Miller of Cape
May N. T. were not in triplcate, there be-
ing bat one specification The work to be
done on the inland water way is to
dredge channel about four miles long,
thirty feet wide and six feet deep at low
water, connecting Assawoman bay and
Indian river bay. The appropriation
available is %67 600 less engineering and
contingent expenses. From one To
twenty feet OF soil win have to be
dredged out it is estimated that $50 00C
cubic yards Of soil viii have to be re-
moved. The cost at the price of the lowest
bidder is 500, $50, more than the available
appropriation, so work will not be fin.
ished until another appropriation is
made
This channel when completed will give
an inland water way for light draft yes
sells from Indian River Inlet to
Chincoteague bay, distance Of forty 81,
miles. From ChincOteague bay there il
a communication with Chesapeake bay
There are, however, two or three shallow
places ia tie connecting inlets tina
no provision has been made for these
have a depth at low water of two tC
three feet. il is part Of the general
plan TO connect this water way with Del
channel of about FIVE or 81,
miles has yet TO be cut connecting Reho
both and Delaware bays. The route FOL
this channel has not been surveyed O
located and 10 appropriation has yet beel
made for the work
This work is done by the government
on the fulfilled condition that the lane
through which the channel rms be giveI
by the state. Most of the property
which is about all marsh, has been do
mated by individual owners, but 50, 00
was appropriated by the state fo
property which was not given
The proposal for dredging Mispillioi
creek are for work from Milforl
to the mouth of the creek, leay
ing depth Of six feet at low water
The available fppropiation is So, 500