Milford chronicle., 1905-09-01
Move For Better Water Transportation

The people Of Dover are agitatine th
4 opening of water navigation up I
Dover, and recently held meeting t
present the conditions to the Govern
ment engineer, and a statement ha
le been prepared by Heary Ridgely, ESQ
ID and James H. Hughes, Esq, to be pre-
" sented to the War Department. which
'e is in charge of the matter.
: A memorial is also being framed fol
J" presentation to the commission having
0 the matter in charge by authorization
Ct TIE last River and Harbor act. show.
ing how little Delaware is receiving for
her rivers and harbors in comparison
to other States her size. Rhode Island
Is specifically mentioned becanse il is
smaller than Delaware in area of drv
land, and while it is a State full of re-
sorts for pleasure seekers, yet in COM
mercial products, in feeding the outside
world it cannot compare with Delaware.
Even the last River and Harbor act.
winch appropriates a paltTy S7O, 900 to
Delaware, S25, 900 of which had previ.
ously been appropriated and is now only |
released, gives Rhode Island $3.50, ,OUO
Additional information is being pre-
pared for presentation to Captain c. A.
+. Flagler, the chairman Of the commits
sion sent by the War Department to
Investigate the advisability of connect
ing the Saint Jones and Little Rivers
and giving Dover a direct waterway to
the sea. Captain Flagler, as the Gov.
ernment's commissioner in the matter.
will be urged to recommend that
C mplete survey OF the route and pro !
posed tidewater canal be made in or.
der that Delaware's representatives at .
will have something upon o
which to work in obtaining the neces
;sry appropriation. Z
1t is cOntended in the information Il
low being compiled that Delaware has o
ong been neglected, Notwithstanding u
Ter prominent commercial situation. in b'
he River and Harbor appropriations
The got slight increase in concessions Sc
ast year from the Congressional Com. ca
llttee and the River and Harbor bill. 10
fter strenuous work byEeuators Alice ca
nd Ball and Congressman Houston. WI
'ntained these appropriations: ab
lrstiana and Wilmington harbor. appro-
'leased Old appropriation 8 SpS th'
lpoqunimink, Murderkill and Mispillion caI
lNeis..-, 20 ono
lyrna river straightning and deepening 5S6j me
70! ,365
The second concession Of So, 900 to oul
ilmington harbor had already been Del
propriated by a former River and oys
arbor bill, but was withheld because
2 engineers objected to the further
ptying of sewerage into the Christi. T
a. The new River and Harbor law. wal
er hard work by Delaware represen. the
ives, was made TO release the with. "S
d amounts in these words: proI
In addition to the amounts hereto. bail
appropriated which are hereby Fdv
ue available andthe restrictions upon of Ii
expenditure are hereby removed Eml
be Delaware advocates of the inter. form
canal, which, it is estimated, would "a
Out SoOO'OOO at the very highest love,
[, t,declare that DeIaware's treatment Dsrt
been niggardly when it is consid. nisb,
that her S75, 900 came from gov. "T
uent no" worth a hundred and ten the q
on uoi'ars' ana which expended, by the p
same law, nearly $3.50, 900 on the who
'rways of Rhode Island, smaller wav
than Delaware. The appropria with
to Rhode Island were as follows trip O
Island Mr..
Salt ,diih nd; $1,000 Mani,
ieuce River and 1o9SSS to bel
ctet RveT WIN proViso contracts 4O 77S suited
cket KiVeF-'' $1,000 tary r.
s72o77S to.
Government has lost no time in the in
ng the Delaware River improve was ii