Evening journal., 1891-04-10
CONTRACT FOR DREDGING
TWO ISLANDS TO BE REMOVED
FROM Philadelphia HARBoR.

james A. Munday Company Gets the
Contract for s2.2eo, 600 AIvan r.
Morrison and Charles W. raney of the
Delaware @ nstruc.ion Company Are
Members Of the Successful Firm.
The largest contract FOR dredging ever
| given out by the u S government
vas that awarded TO the James A Mum
/ day Company of Philadelphia Yesterday
The James Munday Company Is com
posed OF Alvin e Robinson. president.
and Charles w Tally secretary and
treasurer Of the Delaware Construction
Company Of this city; James A. Munday
and James A. Bush Of Philadelphia.
The contrset is for nothing less than
the removal Of Smith and Windmill
Islands ia philadelphia harbor. a portion
OF Petty Island the dredging Of the
remainder OF the harbor, and the widen
/ ing and improvement OF the Delaware
river between the cities OF Phlladel uelia
and Cam len from the lower part Of the
harbor 90 above Richmond The contract
price is So 220 200 The act providing
for the making of these improvements
was passed last year a1d the money will
be paid out Of appropriations made from
time 70 time. Eight years is the specified
time allotted for the execution Of the
work, but the board OF managers can
grant such extensions Of time as may be
| compatible with tney Interest OF the pub
ie and required by the contractor. The
work includes the removal Of about
IL GOO 900 square yards Of dredging, and
the dispositions Of this on League
Island ia the Delaware river above Rich
mond
When the work Is finished a channel
about 2 600 feet wide, with cross sec
tion about 55 600 square feet at mean
tide along the Philadelphia shose fro ~
halghn's to Fishers Point will be formed.
Smith and Windmill Isiands. which are
60 be entirely removed ars situated 10
| the Delaware river. between and opposite
the centre of the cities Of philadelphia
and Camden, about $40 feet from the end
OF the Philadelphia wharves aud 200
feet from the end OF the Camden
whaiwes These islands are the properly
Of the United States and are separated
from each other by a channel 1870 feet
wide and 10 feet deep which is main |
tanned by ferry company The com
bined length Of the islands is 600 feet !
and their combined aieas 20 acres. BE |
sides this there are two shoals, one above
Smiths Islano. mile long aud covered |
by only feet OF water at low tide. and |
another below Windmill Island half a |
mile long with only 2 feet Of water at
Low mean tide which must be removed.
These Islands and the adjscent bars /
were originally long shoal. just wash \
or partly bare at low water They con.
sist partly Of sdredged material from the
wharves OF the cities, ballast from yes
sells, and sand and gravel
Petty island is two miles above Smith
island, with which 1t is almost connected
by shoals II Is two miles long with an
area OF 800 acres
The northern side Of the island
will be removed. Although IL Is
conjectursd that the amount OF material
80 pe removed win amount TO Ia, ,00O, 600
Yards. 10 guarantee is given, aud 1t may
be great deal more
On Smith island there are ten build
'ngs, consisting OF a hotel, three dwell
ng houses gas house, ice house.
nlscksmitha shop, bowling alley aud two
pavilons 0a Windmill Island there are
light buildings. consisting Of logwood
factory, smelting works. three yelling
houses. two coal Offices aud one shed
On Petty's isl and there are six buildings.
consisting OF three dwellings, two sheds
+fN /
ng en the islands VIII be promptly noti
6ed T. remove their private property
VI mont delay
The work will begin on MAY 15 The
con ractors bonds are for $500 900, aud
two securities $3.50, 600 each
This is the third time that the work
has been given out, but for some un
known reason he bid Of the American
Dredging Company which was the low
est on tue last occasion, wsa rot &C
cepted This bid was SO. 1850 e90. which
Is less than what the work will now be
aoue for On this occasion there we're
three bids, one from the American
Dredging Company for 29a cents cubic
yard, for depnsiting material on League
Island, l3l cents cubic yard for
material eXcavGted and 81 80 linear
foot for removal Of dykes, another from
the Psnnsy lvania Dredging Company for
l69 cents for dredging this harnor. 2ll
cents for depositlng, and 80 % foe
removal of dyKes, aud the third and
successful Que from the James Mundy
Company for 103 cents for dredging 2Oe |
cents for depusiting aud $l80 for
removal OF dykes.