The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-25
VIRGINIA AND
HER WATERWAYS
What Uncle Sam Has Been Doing in
the Way of Improvement,
THE INLAND WATER ROUTE.
No Operations in Progress During the
Year, Although specifications
Have Been Submitted-Traf-
fc on the Different
Streams.
THE INLAND WATER ROUTE,

WASHINGTON. July 24.-Special-The
report Of Major Thomas l.. Casey. corps
Of Engineers. officer in charge of the i'm
provements Of Norfolk harbor and its ap-
proaches and Of the rivers and harbors
in southeastern Virginia and northeastern
North Carolina for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1899, was to-day received at the
War Department
Major Casey states that for the year
just ended no work was carried on in
the Improvement of the harbor at Norfolk
and its approaches. The report further
shows that the amount Of revenue col
lected at the port during the fiscal year
ending June 80. 1899 was S-049iSj
The unexpended balance now on hand
for future Improvements is S3.66352 since
August u. 1876. SsS5.0o0 has been appro-
pr.ated and expended So the betterment
OF Norfolks water facilities.
NAVY YARD CHANNEL.
The report on the Improvement Of the
Elizabeth river for the fiscal year shows
that a total OF S}J95l6.f2 was expended
This was used in securing a channel so
feet wide and twenty-eight feet deep at
mean low water from Hampton Roads 10
the navy yard near Norfolk. The work
was completed i'm December. 1895 and ar
ter a thorough examination the enamel
was found 10 meet AN requirements.
This is the work for which an appro-
priation was secured through The zeal
and perseverance of Senator Martin in
the last Congress.
No operations were carried on dur
ing the fiscal year and no expenditures
made for the Improvement Of the western
branch of the Elizabeth river
The approximate amount Of freight OF
AN kinds shipped and received over TINS
tributary during the year was 1855 tons
valued at S36 9S1.
In commenting on the Nansemond river
Major Casey says:
"No work of Improvement has been
done during the fiscal year. The balance
of the appropriation of June 3. 1895. and
the 5000 appropriated March 3. lN" Tor
the improvement viii be held until an adj
vantageous letting Of work Of perma-
nent nature can be had. or the demands
of navigation require temporary rehei.
The approximate amount or ireight SNIP
pea ana receiver Jog Way N. tiI' @ft'..-
mond river during the year was ol's6
TONS valued az SSl5S6o.
APPOMATTOX RIVER.
In speaking of the improvements 10 the
App0mattox river, Major Casey has this
90 say:
THE work done during the fiscal year
has been confined 20 dredging shoals i'm
the vicinity of Rushmore's Dyke. Opera
lions were commenced May u, 1893, and
were still i'm progress at the close Of the
fiscal year. when DO 30 cubic yards of ma
terial had been removed and wheeled
ashore. resulting in "a channel twelve feet
deep at mean high water, sixty feet wide
for a distance Of $50 feet and twenty feet
wide for an additional $50 feet The eX-
penditures during the year have amounted
TO SlS165O'
The amount Of revenue collected AZ Pc
tersburg during the year was $24i0.1N. The
amount OF freight received and shipped
from that city by the water route during
the year 59H tons valued at 1861 500.
No expenditure was made during the
year I'm the improvement Of the harbor at
Cape Charles city and no revenue was col
lccted.
An unoxpended balance OF S2e0l7.A yet
remains for tine completion of the north
jetty and of the one proposed on the
south side OF the entrance TO the bay.
The amount estimated as required for the
completion of The existing project is $50
G4O1.
INLAND WATER ROUTE.
In reporting on the Improvement OF the
waterway from Norfolk 90 The sounds OF
North Carolina. Major Casey says.
40 operations have Seen in progress
during the fiscal year and noleNpendHures
made. Specifications covering the exc
cution Of ail the work of Improvement
contemplated have been issued and pro-
p0sals invited
The project as set out in the river and
harbor act of March 9, 1S93.lis as follows:
improving Deep Creek. Virginia from
the south branch of the Elizabeth river
90 the new lock at the Dismal Swamp
Canal. Turner's cui level Droatan SOUND
and Pasquotank river North Carolina,
5000.
The amount estimated for the compile
ton of the work is S2i3.50O.0)
i'm the improvement of the inland water
route from Norfolk 20 Albemarle Sound
through Currituck Sound. $L5'5 was
expended and was almost entirely applied
10 removing logs.
tlOn of the Work DIS e-tubt.N'. inc aIi"ui-
of freight transported during the year
over this route Was lhs.3'5 tons, Faiued al
S26l4 eJ9.
IN NORTH CAROLINA.
No expenditures We're made in the inn
movement of Edenton Bay during the
wear nor was any revenue collected Inc
commerce of the port amounted TO lG9.l@
tons.
The expenditures during the fiscal year
for the Improvement of Roanoke river
amounted TO S4.18l49 and was used in re-
moving instructions IL Is estimated
that 81 nannn IS reaulred Tor me com