Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-10-23
LARGE DREDGING CONTRACT
Affecting Rivers and Harbors
of the Eastern Shore.
TOTAL APPROPRIATION is S9O,665
Bids to@be Opened in This City
Today.
Work Provided for In Elk River, Rock
Hall Harbor, Queenstown HarboF, Cbes-
Ter River, Claiborne Barbpr, Cambridge
Harbor, GhopiaEk River, Tyaskin Creek,
Pocomoke River and Elsewhere.

/ Harbor, GhoIitaEk River, Tyaskin Creek,
| pocomoke River and Elsewhere.
Bids will be opened, at noon to-
! day, at the office of Col. Jared a..
Smith, United States engineer in
! charge of this district, for extensive
/ work on the Eastern Shore IF Mary
| land, the several rivers and harbors TO
be improved being Jumped in one pra-
| iect, for which tho igoTeFnmeDt has
made an appropriatiehsof OF 600, ,G6j, from
| which is to be deducted about 10 por
| cent for Office expense, engineering and
| sui .erintendence. Therigers and har7
/ bors to be inpToyed under the contract
| TO se leharo rs follows: j
! Eli. River is4to be dredged from tho
Z bri sgeaB JSIHt6n in a southern direc.
! t:3n about 5000 feet. Tho channel is
/ Is h5 afe1ged TIA width Of 100 feet or
/ lass ifsnee gsjary on the. bottom to Sc
/ cute ~ gear depth of eight ieer. The
aiDemtof funds available for dredging
il Eik River may be approximately
4 given as S15, ,0et. x @As5+ --eE-sl -.a46
] Rock Hall harbor is to lie dredged in
/ Is Northeastern direction from the depth
1 of Z feet III Swan Creek inlet to the
| wharf in Rock Hall Creek, about 4, 500
feet. The depth ito be dredged is u
! ieeE, tho width to lie Uniform and ny
| great as available funds will permit.
The with OF the channel will he in
creased at the wharf sufficiently to
| rGake a small turning basin. The
/ amount Of funds agaiiatie for this
work is approximately 5lO,SJ0
In Queenstown harbor The dredging
4 will extend in a southern direction from
4 the Chester River to the wharyes in
4 Qaeenstowa harbor, ,approxin ately 4.000
4 feet The projected channel il to have
u depth of 10 feet And width Of 200
4 feet, except ut the inner end, where it
4 is widened to extend across the ends Of
4 both wharpes and form turning basin.
! Work under the specifications is to
| consist in dredging channel the full
! length and depth and oyor as large q
portinn of the width as maybe prac-
1 ticable with available funds. The
amount of funds available for the work
1 is approximately $40, 50o
! Chester River is to be dredgsd in the
! unfinished portion between Crumpton
| and Jones' Landing, the upper half
mile, approximately. Work will be
4 commenced at the lower end of the un-
finished part and will be continued up
/ in a succession Of cuts as may be de-
termined by the agent of the United
| States. The width of the channel to be
obtained is 90 feet, with turning
basin at jones' Landing. The amount
of funds available for this work is
about "a, 800.
In Claiborne harhor the dredging is
\ to extend in southern direction from
| Eastern Bay to the b., G. & A. railroad
| wharf, agdistance of about 2, 400 feet.
| The projected channel is to have a
depth of II feet and width of 800
feet, except at the inner end, where it
is to be somewhat narrower. The
amount of funds available is about
sl3, 500.
In Cambridge haFber channel is to
he dredged eight feet deep, about 15o
feet wide and GOO to 700 feet long in
| the inner harbor above the bridge,
commencing at the upper terminus of
previous dredging and working up tine
harbor. If funds permit it is proposed
to also remove some shoals in preyi-
ously dredged areas. The funds avail
able amount to about 81, 700
Warwick River is now navigable for
about l1a miles from its mouth up to
Secretary Landing. 1t has been pro-
viously dredged to obtain channel 10
1tbb u661 anu IUU 1851 RlOes Iu6 WOFK
to be done under the specifications is
to remove bar formed near the mouth
| and shoals in other parts to restore the
channel to q depth and width of 10
and 100 feet, respectively, SO far as
funds will permit The depth OF cut
ting will be from IL to 10 feet. The
amount Of funds available for this work
is about S3,6oo.
Choptank River has heretofore been
dredgsd TO full projected dimensions,
8 feet deep and rs feet wide, through
out most of its length. The work CON
templated is to remove shoals that have
formed and to restore n channel Of
above dimensions. The location of the
work is between Denton and Green's
boro and within length of miles of
the river. The depth OF cutting will he
generally from 1t1 to 3 feet. III Q funds
| available for this work amount to ap-
proximately 80. roo.
Tyaskin Creek is small stream flow
ing westward ANA emptying into the
Nantlcoke River about 10 miles north
ward from tho mouth of Nanticoke
River. The project is to dredge chan
mel nine feet deep and 120 feet wide
from deep water in the NanticoKe
River to the wharf at Tyaskin, dis
tanos Of approximately ] y miles. The
work contemplated by these specitica-
tions is 10 dredge a channel the entire
length and depth, and as wide MS avail
able funds will permit, probably from
60 to 80 feet. The funds available for
this work amount to approximately
81, 200.
The project for dredging Wicomico
River is to obtain channel nine feet
deep and 100 to $50 feet wide in the
upper three miles OF the river below
Salisbury, which has been nearly COM
pleted. The work contemplated by these
specifications is TO complete the dredg-
ing of this channel, including the re-
moral of such shoals as have formed
since dredging was done. The funds
available for this work amount to ap-
proximately s6,0
The work to be done in Pocomoke
River ID within length of four miles
Immediately below Snow Hill. This
section of the river has previously been
dredged to depth OF nine feet and
width of 80 feet or more. 1t is CON
tenplated under these specifications to
widen the channel where necessary to
from, 100 to 13O feet. and where shoals
have formed to obtain depth Of nine
feet. The available funds amount to
about "a, 800.