The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-28

og the present hfty-toot ehannel be- tween the railroad bridge and the highway bridge at South Norwalk and a small widening immediately below the latter-named bridge in order to give entrance through it's passage. the whole amounting to twenty-one cubic yards of dredging. The maximum daraft that could be carried, June 30, 1904. to the South NorWalk docks is ten feet at low water, and to the Norwalk docks about five feet. .4... s-
 At Five Mile River harbor the net re suit of the work to date IS channel Of project dimensions extending about thirty-three hundred feet up the harbor from its outer end, and thence about fifteen hundred feet farther with pro Ject depth, and widths of from fifty to seventy feet No dredging has been done above this point. The maximum draft that can be carried to the upper end of the improved channel is eight feet at low water. and no navigation is possible beyond this point except at high tide. when q draft Of from four to four and one-half feet can be carried about two thousand feet farther to the head of navigation. The removal of about -70,50O cubic yards more is re- quired to complete the project.
 At Stamford the channel in the east branch now affords approximately pro ject depth and widths of from seventy to one hundred feet from the entrance to the steamboat dock. The remaining section above this point is completed, the widths ranging from sixty-five to seventy feet. The channel iii the west branch has been dredged to project di- mentions from fth outer end to tht har- Dor line at the head, but it has since shoaled and narrowed. prticularly at the upper end, so that the available depth that could be carried June S0, 1904 to the extreme head was only about siv feet. The completion of the project requires dredging the basin and portions Of the, channel in the west branch and widening portions Of the channel in the east branch, including, rock removal.
 The improved channe at Southport permits vessels to enter the harbor without being compelled to wait outside the bar in an exposed situation for the tide to rise. The maximum daaft that can be carried through the improved portion of the channel is six feet at low tide. Above this point, where no dredg- ing has been done, draft of two and one,haR to three feet can be carried to the docks at low tide. Above the upper end of the projected channels the har- Dor is nayigable only at high tide, and for a distance of bout hlf a mile The removal of two points of ledge to a dtpth of seven feet and about H,2oO yards Of dredging are required to com plete the project.
 The work at Greenwich to date has enabled vessels to enter the harbor with nine feet draft at low tide, thus per- hitting the regular steamer to make trips without waiting for tide The completion of the project requires re- dredging portions which have shoaled, widening to ninety feet of a portion of the channel about one thousand feet long and now forty-five feet wide, be. tween the lower dock and the steam boat dock, and above this widening the six.foot channel, now eighty feet vide, to ninety feet, and dredging the remain der Of the turning basin, all estimated to require the removal of about Sl boo cubic yards, Of which 10,500 Is required for maintenance and the remainder Tor permanent work,