Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-08-21
Rlveas hNn hAReoRs.
Further Reports on improvements. on'e"'
in North Carolina.

rTrom our Regular crrespondenrl
W.sHrvoros. August 20. Major stanton:
.tationec At WILMINGTON. and in charge y.
the river and harbpf improvement ~
North Carolina and Nirginia, has suona.,
ted 10 the Chief Eugiheeer At Wasnipgt.on
report of operations Tor July. N9sn.s
Was done ON the pasquotenk river curing
the month, but operations commencss,u
August ist. A balance OF S3,6SJ Is aA''-
anle. -, ,ba
Matters are at a standstill 90 Tar q, VA. aa
Stanton rlyer in virginia Is con sS1 u ana
The sun OF Sl4,5ls.26 has already oe t!a
extended on this project. AZ present snaS
stream ms fairly cleared pole-boat cnhn-
mel over the upper portion under imptso W,
noent-the p. 8 miiesfrom the mouth OF Ply
river 10 the Virginia Midland raiirv Eau
bridoe-and a fairly-cleared channei ioI
email steamers over the lower poiu"n
from Brookneal 10 Randolph. rn
Work progressed on Mockey creek' ~ ~. ~ ~
and wreck Is soon TO be removes W -
plosiyos. Balance on hand, Ssoo'h'
THE ROANOKE River.
The available balance for Roanoke river
at the end OF the month was Spo,otI-si
Nothing done during July except 70 keep
water-gauges at Weldon. Norfieets felIy,
Hamilton, Williamstown. Jamesvine, AMI am
Plymouth. Water-gauge observations VIII
be continued.
As 10 Ocracoke inlet. one water-gauge
observation was kept at portsmouth,.
Nothing of consequence will be done ia
the near future, although there Is tine sum
of Sl7 6g7.56 available, ana 80 Tar Eo',-
774.s4 has been spent by the government on
Nothing was done on Fishing creek du;;
ring the month and nothing Is proposed
for August. The sum OF $4,000 IS now
available for Fishing Creek. The reason
of the delay is that no money can be ex-
pended until the Wilmington and Weldon
road fixes It's bridges so as not to oostruc1
navigation.
Work proceeded on Pamlico and Tar
rivers and many distractions were re-
moved. the expenditures for the month
being SSjf95. and there Is an available
balance of sic, 559.s5.
Work 10 at standstill on Contentnea
Creek. and nothing was proposed i9I
August, although there is an available
balance of S9,l75.G5.
TRENT AND sEUsL.
Water-pauee observations were kept on
Trent river at Trenton, but nothing else
was done, and there is S5.583.22 yet to be
expended on this project. Nothing Is
il being done now in improving the Neuse
river up to Smithfeld, although the
amount available for the work is S2S, IOs.s2'
Nothing done on the waterway between
Newbern and Beaufort. Cash on hand,
81. SEQ .O2 and up to the end of the fiscal
wear, san, 1870. 90 had been expended on TINS
Dredging has been resumed on Beaufort
barbor. and in all SIPS, 355.3l has been
. 5enJ o. the harbor Balance unexpendec
Work is at stapdstill on the inland
waterway between Beaufort harbor ano
New river. and there IS an une1pendeu
balance of Sl5,04S.26.
Same situation as the waterway be
tween Rev river and Swansboro; uneX-
pended balance, 53,3s2.Z5.
No feld-work was done on New river ou
ring July, but dredging was ordered com
menced. Half of the project is completed
and $6,719.s5 is now available.
No work has been done on Black river
since September, 1889, and nothing IL pro
posed Just yet. although the unexpendet
balance is $4,000.
THE CAPE FEAR.
No work has been done on the North
East (Cape Fear river since April, 1881
but water gauges have been kept. Availa
| BILE balance, S6.121.29.
The building of jetties at EliZabetntoWi
| Shoals. on Cape-Fear river above Whining
| ton. was resumed in July and will continue
until completed. The unexpended balance
Is SIS, 2l0.26.
Dredging and general improvement o
the Cape Fear river below Wilmington wa
continued during July. and the work vii
be carried on the balance of this year IN al
| probability. There Is an available bal
ance for this project of $2l0,0li.2S. 1b
plan is to dredge channel eighteen fee
deep at mean low-water mark from tn
bar to Wilmington, and as wide as tn
funds available in the next two years Wi
permit.
Nothing was done on Lockwood's Foil.
river during July and nothing was pro
| posed for August. Unexpended balance
| S5.035.6S.
For the Yadkin river there is an unex
pended balance of S5,SiS.57. Only water
gauge observations are being kept.