The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-07
NOW THEY WANT THE INLET.
ffcONIC CHANNEL DOESN'T Satisfy
SHLNNEC0CK BAYMEN,
se Thsy Mave Determined % Cot Thrspgl
che ssss 20 the Ocean - They VIII Rats,
the Money Themselves, and Thirk che
work Will Ne FinisheA n. rebru,ry.

ee They Have Dstsr-i.ea % Crt Thrssgh
the esss 70 the Ocean = They VIII Raise
the Money Themselves, and ThSuk the
Work Will Ne FinisheA I. February.
SOUTHAMPTON. L l.. Aug. e.-The most inter.
esting item Of interest to this portion OF Lone
Island at the present time 10 the fact that there
are 1000 summer boarders here. Next 70 this
financial item In Importance Is tho prospect Of
having an inlet out through the strip OF sand
separating shinneoock Bay from the ocean.
This question OF inlets has been one OF pro-
found interest to the fishermen and other res
idents OF this locality for many years. There
was night some forty years ago. when The
angry sea leaped at the low. sandy mock Of
land and tore great gap In It . quarter OF q
mile wide. and flowed into shinnecock Bay.
sweetening the water and carrying with IL
thousands Of edible Ash to the waiting nets Of
the fishermen.
carried In enormous quantities OF sand. which
in the course OF time cloaged the inlet and cut
of tho inEress OF sea water. At various times
since then tho natives have feebly tried with
shovels to make artificial inlets. but without
permanent success Tho baymon hero have
looked with jealousy on the success Of their
neiGhbors on tho shores OF the Great South
Bay. due mainly to the benefits accruing from
the big inlet at Fire Island. whore the ocean
sweeps In like gigantic mill race at esery
flood tide.
The fact that there was no inlet into shinno-
cock Bay caused the water to become so brack-
ish about eight years ago. and 80 filled with
noxious. decaying Weeds that the residents
hero petitioned tho Legislature for relief. and
commission was appointed to look into the
matter. The result was that an appropriation
was made to cut a canal across the narrow
neck Of land separating Peeonic and shinne-
the waters of Psconic Bay would run thro S
Int sninnesosk Bay and thu: do away with
50 as here with
sna 9Ss out canal ABOUT
" filled up the channel Ten thousand dol
lars ga apprTpbpriated BY THO State was auiskly
s since that time the work has been prosecuted
wide and feet deep was finished. Tho chan:
Oh the Wagon road Bayy Head ths
shinnecock Hills. and 40 tho two bays are still
70 S Val Of sand az
1t happens that during the years while tho
chSnnsl was DIGGING tho natives have found
through the. new channel Into s sGinn o%E
is NECESSARY In addition. As tho inlet would
tho place and vicinity. some OF the more active
business and professional men. among whom
that the work can be paid for By popular sub.
scription. and that the money can be raised
with comparative ease.
In order to make preliminary survey and
70 ascids on t ne proper place to cut through
beach on Wednesday, Judge Carter was NOM lro
charge Of the party and the work
state engineer, under whose direction tho
channel was S finished went along in his oiIlcisl
| men. landed on the beach at a point OPPOSITE
shinnecock light and about four miles away.
mile wde For the sreatert part Of the dis
aS the SAND Is 9ny a6%nt tWo feet aboSs
huge wall SAND feet ss q 6 Sns
Upon this s sandy strip there Is a luxuriapt
fragrance Low scfuSbs bushes she's cover sq's the
swampy that rubber boots are me neces s.
Judge Garter: man Of about sixty but with
painter Of the rowboat and used It 10 msa meas u
the distance across the sand He found it to
p The rns to
Gsk rouahy 81 cap B Bsis %hc
~ To
the inlet through. and that it will require
There is very little doubt but that the work
will be carried forward to a successful issue.
1t is expected that the money will be raised
and the cutting completed by next February.
tho sea. stout bnlkhead will be built to pre-
won't tho ocean stealing march and breaking
through IN a storm before the projectors arc
ready for it.
The plan as laid out now is to let tho bulk
head stand until the high February tides roll
mel into Shinnecock Bay. Then on some day
when the water in Shinnecock Bay Is from
seven TO- ten feet above the level OF the sea, the
bullhead will DO knocked away and the pent-