Evening journal., 1904-07-23
Total ..s ..s s.s ..s ......$l,234is
Lighthouse and Range Lights.

Total ..s &C.. &C.. 90. ......&7, 1884, ,36i
Lighthouse and Range Lights.
In addition TO the expenditures above
described there was also expended by
the government in the interest OF the
navigation of the Delaware Bay and
river about S2000.000 for establishing
lighthouses range lights, buoys and
beacons. The oldest OF the Delaware
lights is Cape May which was estab-
lished by an act passed May z, 1922,
under which an appropriation Of $1,000
was made, followed by the appropria-
tion of a like sum I'm March. 1923 In
/ 1857 the sum Of Si00 900 was provided for
completing the light and rebuilding and
rentting 1t with first-class apparatus.
/ Small sums We're appropriated since
then for needed improvements, making
/ the total cost of the Cape May light
$4,000.
There is a bunch Of lights on the Dell
aware side of the entrance 90 the bay
which We're constructed at various per-
iods. Cape Henlopen light is the old
est Of these. its construction having
been authorized by an act passed in
1924. and which carried a small ape
preparation. the amount being only
$4,000. IL was directed that this sun
should be expended to provide by con.
tract a beacon light on Cape HenlO.
PEN Large sums have since been ap
propriated for this light, Its entire cos
having been SS2.700 Cape Henlopen fl
one Of the most important lights OF
the Atlantic coast
The Breakwater light was establish
ed IN 1912, and cost $4,000 In connec
tion with this point of entrance 10 IN,
bay there are the Lewes light, which
cost $4,000; the Overfalls. which cost
$4,000, and which is located at "a point
a few miles east of the Breakwater
and the lights at the Harbor Of Refuge
recently established. The Five Fathon
light Is located some miles east OF Cape
May and Cape Henlopen. about midway
between these two points, and Is In.
tended to guide mariners 10 the mouth
of the bay. IL cost S90,O00
The Brandywine Shoals light IS on,
of the most costly of the Delaware
lights. 1t was established In 1926, th'
entire cost having been S20S.670. 1t &
the first light picked up" by marin
ers on entering the bay after passing
Cape May.
Cross Ledge is another importan
light a few miles north Of Brandywinl
shoals IL was established in 1854. an,
cost S252, ,429 This Is the largest sun
expended on any one OF the Delawarl
group Of lights. The Sundry Civil ac
Of the last session provides for tn
erection OF a light on what is know
as the Elbow Of Cross Ledge. for whicl
Z The sum Of $4,000 is appropriated.
Other lights which cost large sum-
are Fourteen Foot Bank, 5000; Bulk
head Shoals. SS3. 600: Ship John, s155
100: Reedy Island. s94 $685. Mahon rover
$685. 500; Cherry Island. 10000; Fort Mif
poo; Reedy Island. s9l,963; Mahon river
lights, 5000 In addition 10 the ex
oenditure for lighthouses, there ha
{ been expended for range lights the sun
: Of $500 000 Congress at its last session
f provided IN the Sundry Civil act an ap
. preparation Of $4,000 for building
steam tender for the use Of the Fourtl
Lighthouse District in which are I'm
rluded Delaware Bay and river ant
The entire New Jersey coast. This ap
preparation and that for establishing
q a light at the Elbow Of Cross Ledg
q was secured by the efforts of Senate
Penrose.
Il It will be seen from this review o
% what has been done for the promotio
!, lof the commerce OF the Delaware rive
I. that Congress has been quite libera
" i'm its appropriations. The sums ex
q lpended and to be expended under re
b rent legislation viii aggregate S23. 1856
, 000 which includes the expenditure
for the Improvement of the channel q
the Delaware river The itemized ac
count stand as follows:
. Delaware river channel q. .. s.. .Ss9. OF
! Harbors and rivers 90. ... 12.247. .Ol
! Lighthouses, range lights. sc 1000. .0t
u Total Co.. &C.. ... ...........S23,1 1856 .Ot