The daily Republican., 1902-11-29
RIVER WORK
TO Be SWIFT.
Plan to Beat Worlds Record
in the Dredging OF the
Delaware Channel.


done in the world is being arranged
by the Government, with the view
of rapidly completing tke 30-toot
channel in the Delaware River.
Plans for the fast work have Just
been agreed upon by General Giles
pie, chief of engineers; Colonel Ray
mond, head of the Philadelphia
Government Engineer Corps, and
l.. Y. Schermerborn, president of
the American Dredging Company.
Mr.. SCnermerhOru concern is at
present at work Und contract which
calls for the removal of more thar
II, coo, 900 cubic yards of material,
the contract to be fulfilled by De-
cember .'lst, 1904, Dredging was be-
gun under this on November 9TH,
this year, and within the three weeks
Just expired about $40, 900 cubic
yards Of material have been taken
out Of the channel at Dan Baker
Shoal.
$4,000 CUBIC YARDS A DAY.
With the first flow of ice down
the Delaware operations will have
to cease for the winter, and with
the resumption of the work next
spring the dredging company pro-
poses to remove more material from
the river bed each working day
than has ever before been taken out
anywhere in the world. The plan
is to dredge per day between 25 900
and 30, 600 cubic yards, and all of
the dredged material is to be de-
posted within the revetment at the
artificial island now being made op-
posite Recdy Island. The present
contract awards the sum Of 81, ,6O0,-
600 exclusively for this dredging,
which, when completed, will give a
continuous deep channel upto Bulk
head Bar Dixie, twenty-five miles
north Of Bombay Hook The dredg-
ing concern has assured the Govern
ment officials in charge that it will
finish the contract ahead Of time.
The material taken from the
river bed has been placed within
solid walls encirrlng the now is
and, and at this time one quarter
If this island has been built several
eet above the mean wa ter line.
lhC engineers state that nearly s.
500, UOO cubic yards Of material has
Jecu deposited there since 1900,
making an island Of $50 acres area.
tests were made by the engi-
leers the past few days and they
Ieclare that the deposits have solid
fled and that none of this ma.
erlal wi ever find its way back
lto the channel.
WORK STATED TO BE PERMANENT.
The first OF the work done by tho
merlcan Dredging Company was
eguu last July under an uneXpend-
d balance Of Sll6, 600 oil the old ap-
ropriailVn, and was to have been
ompIeted by July, 1908. Under
his contract over 100000 cubic
ards were dredsed from tha chan.
e at Dan Bakers Shoal, aud The
ork was completed October 21st,
lght mon tbs in advance of the cou.
ract requirements. When the
eep channel work has been COM
leted the is!and now being made
ON the dredging material will be
le.half mile in width, three miles
length aud ten feet above high
ater mark
Surveys have been completed by
le Government engineers, and they
'port that throug hout, where the
ork OF The S0.foot channel has bee n
ade, there has been 10 illiug in.
Though some OF this work was
'ne Ovel Two years ago.
Engineers viii Go To Baltimore
Several members OF Deiawlrs
'uncil No. I. American Order Of
cam Engineers will go to Baltimore
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