Evening journal., 1904-06-02
INSPECTION TOUR
Of CHRISTIANA
Continued from First Pase1


Interesting sight 70 The party, as a num-
Der OF those ON board had no idea Of the
IeStsnsiveness OF this work. Tho tug was
stopped for a short time opposite Edge
Moore and William Lawton explained the
work to a number Of persons.
The plling starts at point just above
the Edge Moor plant and is to extend
along the Cherry Island marsh down 10
the 5etty ut the mouth Of the christiana
river, slOping Off from the shore Until u
reaches a point 1900 feet from land. 1t viii
be sheathod in and the space behind it
will be used by the government as dump
ing ground. While the government does
not guarantee to fid up the space inter-
vening between the shore and the piling,
the immense quantities of mud to be
dredged from the Delaware river will very
nearly hll THE space and in time make an
admirable front for this city.
When tho mouth Of the jetty was reach
ed on the return trip a stop was made
long enough 20 got sounding. The water
at this point was thirty feet, but taking
six feet on for high tide this would be but
|twenty-four feet at low water.
Depth Of the River.
The return trip up The river was made
at reduced speed and the charts furnished
the rarty were brought out. The Pusey
and Jones Company had made soundings
several weeks ago, and under the guild
ance Of Mr.. Lawson, who had the figures,
the members of the party were shown the
depth Of the river at every point and the
shoals pointed out. nhese soundlngs had
been made from the mouth Of the Christi
ana river &c the Market street bridge.
The boat had been running under one bell,
or at half speed, and the soundings taken
at a distance Of fifty feet.
Opposite the jetty the north channel
showed depth of 22 feet opposite the
lighthouse. 10 feet; opposite the Lobder
Car Wheel Company II feet. AT the en-
trance of the sluice going to the Bobdell
plant the depth of the river again goes
to 10 feet. The shallowest place in the
river, and one Of the most dangerous. is
opposite the Maileable Iron Company
plant. where there Is not more than 16
feet Of water. This deepens to % feet on
the river side of the railroad bridge, and
on the city side there Is a shoal which
allows only 16 feet Of water. This is one
OF the shoals that is most dangerous to
navigation and which prevents vessels Of
deep draught from coming into this port.
This will be one Of The shoals that the
local board of trade viii endeavor to have
dredged out.
Cause of shoaI.
That shoal is said to be caused by the
mud washed down the Brandywine creek.
AS i. sweeps around into the Christiana
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bridge ana Is constantly forming the
shoal. Just opposite the mouth OF the
stream the water is % feet deep. Form
that point TO a point just below the Jack
son end Sharp plant the water is the best
along the stream as It ranges in depth
from p to 25 feet.
The east channel. through the Third
street draw, is 25 feet deep afordlng an
excellent waterway but on the west side
boats cannot go through except on very
rare occasions. Formerly this channel was
in good condition and 50 was the landing
at the Baltimore and Ohio slip on the
south side north of Third street bridge
But the mud has filled up both places and
rendered them not only unfit but also un.
safe Tor vessels of any draught. The
next shoai in the river. and which will be
removed starts at the bend in the river
opposite the plant Of the Diamond State
Steel Company and extends almost tc
Market street bridge or to a point op-
posite the wharf of the Charles Warner
Company. Along this entire stretch the
water is not more than 17iA feet deep ant
in some places 1T gets as low as Is feet.
Captain Sullivan Of the tug Meteor
PORTED out the various shoals on the re
turn trip. He regarded the one east o
Third street bridge as the most danger
Gus in the creek.
The contract for dredging the shoal a
the p. B. & W. railroad bridge and tn
one that extends from the Pusey an,
Jones Company's pant to Market stree
bridge has been awarded to John /
Grimm Of Philadelphia.
Although the weather was unfavorabl
everyone seemed to enjoy the trip.
Next Weeks Discussions.
The discussion next week promises q
be the most interesting one the Board o
Trade has ever had on this subject
Some few of the members think the onl.
thing TO do IS to keep after an appropria
tion from the government for 5000 900 witt
which to bulkhead the Chrstiana. whil
others claim II would be best for som
years at least to merely try to get enoug
money each year to keep it dredged out
They claim this would not take over Sl5,
900 a year. AT this meeting 1t VIII be decid
ed Just what is the best to do and the
all pun together.