The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-10-01
WEST VIRGINIA RIVERS.
Hundreds Of Thousands for In
ternal Improvements
GIVEN by THE GOVERNMENT.
How tho River and IinrbOr Dili
Affects this Statc.-.l,is Money for
the Development of the State
Granted by Congress.
Special Di,pdteh TO The Intc,,ictncr.

Special Dispatch 10 The htc,,ctnccr.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.-The approvA
OF the river and harbor bill by the Presi
dent has giytn the engineers the mean
to actively continue the many improve
ments under their charge. For many
OF tho important works very largt
amounts arc available, and the engineer
ing bureau Is already at work mapping
out the plans for tho expenditure OF thi.
money. 1tmay be Of ofinlsrest, therefore
to give some account OF what is pro
posed by the engineers for this class OIL
public works in West Virginia.
Tho most important project in the
State Is, OF course, that under way on
the Grea. kanawha river, for which
there 10 5000 There is still required
to complete this great work SG10,000
The means on hand will be, OF course,
used in lock and dam construction. The
object OF the improvement, as is known,
is to give constant navigsbie depth OF at
least six leet throughout the whole
length Of the kanawha to It's mouth at
the Ohio river. The development OF
commerce on this river has been very
great since its improvement: by the
United States, the engineers say, al.
though tho project has been only par.
TALLY executed. While coal is OF cottrse
much the most important interest, the
Improvement will be OF great benefit 10
the general freight and passenger bust.
ness.
ELK RIVER.
Two thousand FIVE hundred dollars
have been made available for this river,
which will be spent in clearing it Of
rock, logs, brush and other obstructions
impeding the floating OF logs down
stream. There has been spent in the
improvement Of this river S2l 900. The
engineers say that there is Il large guam
tity OF timber on upper Elk waters that
could successfully be put iE market il
the stream was improved go logs could
be driven without iiupediment. all, or
nearly all, OF the timber put in the up.
per river is so long Oh the way that it is
much damaged before it gets down, and
q considerable per cent. OF wha, has been
put III in the past is now lying along the
river, decayed and worthless.
GAULEY RIVER.
The improvement OF Gauley river will
be carried forward with $1,000. This
will be expended in the removal of
ledges OF rock and loose rock and bowl.
ders in order to secure the improvement
OF the river from the mouth to the
"Roughs." To complete this work will
entail an expenditure OF $1,000 in addi-
ton to the funds on hand. Theimprove-
ment thus provided for, however, only
covers ten miles Of tho river, but the
engineers say that valuable improve
ment of the twenty.six mile reach called
the "Roughs" can be made for SGj, 900,
which would facilitate and cheaper the
bringing to market OF millions OF feet OF
lumber OF the most valuable aud varied
kinds.
CHEAT RIVER.
This river is peculiarly fortunate in
the legislation for its improvement as
the total amount necessary for its imme.
diate needs (SiS,0OO) was granted in the
nrss appropriation made by Congress.
This will be sufficient to blast aHd re-
move the rock, which now obstructs it,
and will open up supply OF valuable
timber which is eagerly wanted in the
western market. After these rock OBJ
strnctions are removed the channel will
be sufficiently smooth to develop its
capabilities, and the question of further
improvements by closing duplicate chan
nels and similar work can then be de-
termined by the results OF this prelimi-
nary work.
BrcEHASSoS RIVER.
This river, the engineers say, is not
what might be called navigable water
OF the United States. The results that
have been obtained from its partial i'm.
prorement have been so great as to war
rant its continuance as q business enter.
prise Tor the development. OF the lumber
lnterests OF this section OF the country.
BIT 81 900 is made available for it's i'm.
provement, and this will bo used in
clearing the stream OF 10y Jams and
bowlders to obtain a channel of thirty
fest in width. 1t will take $4,000 to
complete the project.
GuYANDoTTE RIVER.
All the money required to complete
the project Tor the Improvement Of this
stream is available, or $1,000, and it will
DO spent in the removal of suays, rocks
and other distractions. This project
looks to the formation OF clear channel
over l22 miles of the river, with n min.
imum width OF thirty feet and a least
depth OF eighteen inches.
LITTLE rAs,w,,, r,vrp
The total amount necessary to com.
plete the lock ana dam on this river, or
>to:oo'' is AVAILABLE but it is coupled
WIN q legislative restriction that none
10 oo,,a"t ~ % Toll" % a. .Apenueu i% uh.!i !he rlsht
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