The sun., 1898-10-21

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WILL COMMENCE WORK SOON
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WILL COMMENCE WORK SOON


Yesterday morning United States
Engineer William +. Smith was, official,
ly advised that the Chief of Engineers at
Washington had awarded the bco1tracts,
for improving the ha1bor, at lWilmi1grI
ton, for which the bids had been opened
at the office Of Mr.. Smith, this city, o14
Monday, October no. Hii1 79d1o Hnh hEH,
The contract to remove the rbck kIihthei
Christiana river was awarded to John
j. Fitzpatrick, of Platts burg, n, r., his
bid Of $7l3 per cubic yard, being the
lowest. lyGd @i2dtnvD 9ti1 sG 697oiq
| The, dredging lis to- be, done Iby,the
New York Dredging Company,0 of New,
York city, whose bid, IL 6,1O cents iier
cubic yard, was also The lowest foorr doing
that work. The woIk will be coin1henteH
as soon as practicable GnGisIrh0 od5
BY the terms of their coptacts,j Mgi
Fitzpatrick is TO begin the, work Of tpf1 rpcAf rpcJAf
removal within thirty days, which win
be some time before November 20. .791G1r
The dredgesr will commence oathair
contract within so days, or, come ptime
before Decent ber 20. ,., The rock must all
be removed before July I, 1899, and it it is IS
thought that the dredging Will also be-
completed before that time. .gniHoIlE end
The rock and other material tei be
taken out will, in all probability, be de-
posted back of the banks along the
Christiaha prat other points dohIdhient
to the stream.
The contractors will have, ample op7
portunity to get we'll under ''WavlRitff
their work before there is much Idnter.
ference from ice, and, although opera
tions may be stopped for q short time,
everything will be lin shape iftri 9re,
suming at the beginning'ef the e'opeh seal
son next spring. yIL1i9IInhE hIlll.}tno"
In accordance with specifleatiens,Y " IL
proposed to apply the available funds tb
dredging channeE18 feet deep ay mean
low water, and $50 feet wide from the 9&
foot curve in the Delaware river testAe
upper line of the pulp works; alsoS az far
as available funds will permit, TO then
dredge from the pulp works to the draw!
Of the P.,W. & B. Railroad, DO as togive d
depth which gradually diminishes be-
tween the points named to ten feet at
mean low water at the latter hathed
place; and thence to remove shoals havI
ing less than seven feet of water over
them as far as Newport. i712 9hI
| 1t is proposed to remove to depth Of
eighteen feet at mean low water soImIch
of two lodges of rock, one Immediately
above Third street bridge and the other
just below, as lies within the limits'of
the channel of the Christiana river. The
estimated quantity of rock TO be removed
Is 1915 cubic yards, y
The depth of rock removal required
varies from nothing to eight feet. Both
ledges were excavated to an approximate
general level OF fifteen feet below mean
low water in 1898, except on the south
ern edge of the lower ledge.
The areas to be blasted over are re-
spectively, l2,S40 and $3.50 square feet.