Democratic messenger., 1892-08-20
CUTTING THE INLET.
Making the Sand Fly and the End
Drawing Near.

The spot selected Is pronounced by
those at the head of the movement rs be-
ing the best favored by nature for an inlet
bay extending INTO the beach almost one
ihird of its width and Of an average depth
of three ieet al low water, thus making a
cut of 100 yards all that is necessary
to reach The rr1aa Atlantic. About 500
yards of the inlet has already been com
plclcd To the depth of four feet and a
width Of twenty tect. The diggin., is be
ing done by the farmers aud oystermcn
living along the bay shore, each of whom
gives his first days work for the good of
the cause and receives one dollar per day
for zach day he works thereafter Messrs
WJliam f. Brlmer, OF Box Iron, Charles
S/Capper, of Spence, Gideon Price aud
yno II. Burbagc, OF Stockton, are i'll com
(mand ~ this great body OF men who are
working with such Will and determine
tinn to try and restore to the oystermcn
their former prosperity. One Of the men
Stlil tilhN uClUlt A4tG Udf bttdiilt ~ iAtSll
he could go out any day and make 800
in couple of hours without much effort.
II was now almost impossible TO make
that much in a week, especially off of the
natural rocks which are about played out
In digging the inlet the first cutting is
made through about two feet of ordinary
beach sand then comes about two feet of
still marsh soil underneath OF which is
live sand. This is looked upon by those
in command and in fact by all the work
men, each of whom is an experienced
bcachcr, as most favorable condition,
because the marshy soil will not wash in
and will hold up the sand above il, pre-
venting the action of the water making
short work with the inlet II is expected
that the live sand will be carried out into
through when the opening is made at
either end \ favorable wind and tide
will bc waited for When il is low tide,
in the bay il is high tide in the ocean aud
rice rGn, therefore the most favorable
time TO open the inlet is when the tide is
very high in the bay, which is four feet
higher than the ocean, and the ocean end
OF the inlet being dug to depth OF about
eight feet it will make pretty good fall
and the SincpuXcnt will rush through
with great velocity. sweeping the live
sard before ii into the ocean The wind
desired is \ westerly one, which will
bank the water of the bay against the
beach and at the same time make the
ocean smooth The success of the under
taking is bY no means assured. yet some
thing must be done and If this proves a
failure it is more than probable that an
other effort will be made up the beach.
The assessablc basis Of Worcester county
has dcpreciated over $4,000 owing to
the failure of the oyster industry and the
prospects are that 1t will be even greater
than that II the cause is not soon rene
died. II is a very important matter To
the county and the leading citizens are in
sympathy with and lending their aid to
accomplish the work. Scnator John
Walter Smith has been very aciiv. in
raising the funds necessary to carry ON
the work aud has contributed largely
himself He says that even though it
should not prove success We Will have
the satisfaction of knowing il was not
because we did not make nm effort to
make il one and that when there is So
much 1T stake he believes in trying until
the matter is thoroughly demonstrated
one way OF The other.
The beach al the point mentioned be-
longs to Or Noshurg, Il wealthy New
Yorker. who also owns the club houses at
spending the summer at-Scolls Ocean
House about uSS-'s.ii1s down the beach.
DR. Nosburg, and Mr Becker, of Balti-
more, also stopping at Scotts. are con
sidering the matter of organizing club
of 100 members, 80 New Workers and 80
from Baltimore and elsewhere, to build
he occupied by the members and their
families during the summer and as "a re-
sort for ducking in the winter Both
gentlemen declare il Ia BE- the finest
beach they ever saw Mr. Becker, who is
n large dealer in leaf tobacco Is thor
oughly carried away with the pleasures
Of our beach birds are now getting plen-
tiful and the bathing Is simply delightful.
The novel sight of an accomplished
lady assisting in driving herd of ponies
was witnessed Tuesday Capt. Scott was
very desirous OF getting his herd OF beach
ponies down below the inlet before il was
opened so lie started out early in the
morning to make the drive Miss Minnie
NosburI persuaded Captain SCOTS assis-
tant to let her 90 along IN his place lie
explained the difficulties to he encoun-
tered; such rs swimming the horse across
beach. sometimes tNo OF three hundred
yards; again having 10 run for dear life
right in the face of the stampcding herd
To make them turn about, and many
other thrilling experiences but she de
clarcd hersclfequal TO any emergency and
passed us at the inlet early in the morn
ing in lively canter, mounted man fash
ion, and setting her horse with the ease
of a cowboy Six hours later we saw
her up the beach returning, leading her
horse by the bride to rest him, the ponies
were a half mile in advance when they
stampedcd and She vaulted in the saddle
and made dash for the bay shore, head
ing them of in beautiful manner She
is an accomplished horsewoman and in
the numerous fox hunts held around Ber-
lin year or so ago would often lead all
others in the chase
Deafness Cannot he Cured