The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-06
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sum will be needed annually in maintain

sum will be needed annually in maintain
ing improvements.
Over $1,000 was expended in the inn
provement of Neuse river. 1t is est-
mated that $17, 800 will be required for
the completion of the existing project;
that $4,000 can be profitably expended
during the next fiscal year, and that So
900 will be required annually to main
tain the improvements. The improve
ment during the last year comprised
the snagging of the river from the 81
mile post to Newbern and the usual
necessary dredging.
Improvement of the island waterway
between Newbern and Beaufort, other
than the removal of snagS and mainten-
ance of Improvement has been postpon-
ed to await the cession or sale of the
canal to the United States by its owners,
| the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal
Company.
The harbor at Beaufort has received
attention for a number of years, and ac-
cording to General Wilson's report is
now in good condition. The work dur
ing the past year has been confined II
the maintenance of the sand fences at
| the harbor entrance, with the result of
some improvement in raising the beach
eS The main entrance at mean low
water now has depth of 1913 feet, and
commerce has increased at the rate of
twenty per cent. each year for the past
two years. There is yet S4,O53 uneX-
pended and available for Improvement
| of Beaufort harbor.
The project for the construction of an
inland waterway. between Beaufort mar
| Dor and Neuse river through Bogue
Sound. received no attention during
| 1898. and in his report General Wilson
states that $500 will be required to
| complete the existing project.
One full page in the report Is gwen
M to an explanation of the conditions
| Of Black river. from the mouth, twenty
| four miles to Point Caswell, but at the
| end of the lengthy statement 1t IS an
nounced that the large sum OF Sl.oo
| was expended during the year, ending
June 80. 1898. To complete the existing
project $1,000 will be necessary
Even more marvellous lis the announce
| ment that 100000 was expended I'M
| proving Northeast Cape Fear river
| The project will require $4,000 for com
| pIetion. 1t was planned to make the
| river navigable from Wilmington I'D
| Croom's Bridge and Hallsville.
| The project of the Engineer Depart
ment of greatest Importance IN North
| Carolina is in the Improvement OF the
| Cane Fear river from Wilmington TO
| Kellv's Cove and to Southport. Inc
| first estimate of cost was placed at
| S472. 600. and already about Sl3o,ooo
| has been spent on this work. The river
| has been much improved, but it is a
| fact that commerce during the past
/ vear drODped about one twelfth from Ine
| total of the previous year. Below VIII
| mington there was a deal of work done
during the past year, the total expendl-
| tnres amounting to ST. 1884. for the year,
| making a grand total of expenditures on
| Improvement below Wilmington OF W.
| 765. 600. and leaving balance OF eiV-,-
| 0SS. unexpended The report says that
channel twenty feet deep at the mar
| and eighteen feet deep I'll the way 10
| Wilmington now exists ami that the fol-
| lowing shoals have been dug TO a deptn
| of 90 feet: Wilmington for Il width OF
| go feet: Alligator Creek to a width of
| 14S feet: Brunswick river for width
| of "a feet. and Lilliput DOVER rcach) for
width of from 81 to II feet.
| The results derived from the expendi-
| tures during the year have Eeen that
the 90 foot channel at Lilliput shoai
| has been increased in width to 14S feet
| on the lower reach, and "A to III on the
upper reach. a 20 foot channel has beer
| dredged through old Brunswick Cove
shoal 14S feet wide. and at Midnight
shoal a 20-foot channel has been
| dredged through the upper reach "A feet
| wide and through the lower reach 80
feet wide.
The commerce during the past year
amounted to 595.426 tons. a loss of H.
49, tons since last year. 1t is estimated
that S25.000 will be required annually
for maintenance of the Improvement.
$150.0O0. it is thought, can be profitabiy
expended during the coming fiscal year.
| About one million dollars is considered
| necessary to complete the existing pro-
iects in North Carolina waters, and it is
thought by an official in the Engineer
Corps that some new projects wlll he
| suggested for North Carolina during the
next year.
The following card has been issued:
| Mr. and Mrs Thos. III. Atkinson re-
luuest your presence at the marriage of
ltheir daughter. Minna, to Mr.. Luther ).
Cannon, Tuesday morning, November 10,
1898. at II o'clock-M Methodist Church.
Selma. North Carolina. After December
1st, 80 b street, S. E., Washington,