Evening journal., 1903-01-29
WILL BULKHEAD
DELAWARE RIVER
To Extend From Edge Moor
Iron Works to Jetty at the
Mouth of Christiana
WILL EFFECT SAVING OF SlO0,0OO

1
Yards Of Rock From Schooner Ledge
to Be Opened Next Mareh-Addition
al Lights Asked for Delaware River.
Proposals for the construction of a
bulkhead in the Delaware river. be- !
tween Edge Moor and the mouth of the,
lChristiana river, were opened today !
at the Philadelphia office of the United
States engineer in charge of the i'm
provement of the Delaware river.
Starting elose in Shore, opposite the
Edge Moor Iron Works, the bulkhead !
will extend in a straight line down the
river about 9,979 feet to a point about
900 feet off shore. opposite the jetty
at the mouth of the Christiana river.
AS in the case of the artificial island
now under construction by revetment
on Stony Point ShCal, the inclosed area
between the shore and the projected
| lbulkhead will be used for depOsiting
therein material dredged from the
Delaware river in the formation of the
thirty foot channel from Philadelphia
to deep water in Delaware Bay. By
diverting the currents. it will also
serve for the rectifcation of the COM
pleted chanTNl. Ii is estimated the
bulkhead will effect a saving of at
least S400, 900 in the total cost of the
| improvements, in providing such a.
large area for depOsiting dredged ma
terial which would otherwise have to
be deposited on shore and other places
at much increased expense. The esti-
/ t.I .f h. 4 ,f.T, -.
on the westerly side of a part of the
channel to be dredged through Cherry
Island flats is about $4,000.
Plans for Schooner Ledge.
The principal assistant engineer.
Ellis d. Thompson stated yesterday
that plans are now being prepared for
the removal of about 10000 cubic yards
Of rock from Schooner Ledge. Propos-
ais for this work viii be opened prob
ably next March. This part of tho
channel work is scattered over a large
area, and extends about $500 linear feet
and is expected to take about three
years to complete.
The distance from deep water in
the bay to this port is fifty-six miles.
Contracts for the dredging of a thirty
lOOl AuuDutl NNN lttA WI lIUll lit UdN
to Delaware City are awarded. and the
work on about four miles of the chan
+ mel below that city has been finished.
Z Mr.. Thompson states that by next fall
he expects that the channel to a width
= of about 300 feet through Duck creek
fats will be completed, to facilitate
shipping at the earliest possible mo-
ment, without waiting until the chan
mel is dredged to its full width
With the completion of the revet-
ment on Stony Point shOal and the
bulkhead between Edge Moor and the
Christiana river, Mr.. Thompson says
that all the money then available will
be utilized in continuing the dredging
of the channel from Delaware City to
Philadelphia as rapidly as possible.
River Light Changes.
IN connection with the Delaware
river improvements and the increasing
commerce the Philadelphia Maritime
{ Exchange has sent a communication to
4 the Lighthouse Board at Washington
t recommending additional lights and
= changes in existing light on the Della
. ware Bay and river, and requesting the
active cooperation of the Lighthouse
, Board in securing these navigation i'm.
Provements
The list of suggested additions and
II changes in lights covers the whole river
= and Bay from the Five Fathom BanH
: lightship to Philadelphia. These are
u among the principal recommendations:
g Replace Five FathOm Bank lightshiI
{ with largest sized steam light, YES
+ sci with Occulting electric lights oI
VI high power and powerful fog signal;
e a lighthouse, with fog signal in place
u of bell buoy on Brown Shoal; a light
a house, with fog signal in place of nur
% buoy near western edge of Miah Maui
Q shoal; a lighthouse. with fog signal
on elbow Of cross ledge, and abandon
y ment of present lighthouse: a light
house and fog signal near upper end oi
Joe FlOgger shOal; a lighthouse ant
fog signal to replace buoy No. 10, OF
# Arnold Point shoal; a lighthouse ant
/ fog signal on Goose Island fiat, to re-
e place gas buoy No. &c; a lighthouse ant
2 fog signal on Horse Shoe shoal, to re-
place buoy No. 81; and the erection
of lighthouses, with fog signals, OF
the southern, as well as the northwest
IN ern, end of Harbor Of Refuge, and thi
IA west end of Delaware Breakwater.
y The committee suggests also tha
:, the question of utilizing the eastern
channel at Cherry Island range Il
worthy of most serious consideration