The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-12-16
The Rari,an River Alone
Has Had Expended on It
by the FEEDER Il Government
59,l92.23
SOUTH RIVERS COMMERCE
NEW NAIL ROUTE FOR LAKE
WOOD 50 CONGRESSMAN VAN
WINKLE PLEASED WITH HIS
COMMITTEES = CAPITAL ODDS
AND ENDS. n

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. 1905.-Up
to the close of the fiscal year ending June
80. 1905. there was expended on the inn
provements in the Raritan River the sum
of $689, ,015.5S of which $659, 1922 was
i for carrying on the work and 500, ,S23. .26
for maintaining that already done. 1t is
stated in the annual report of the Secre-
tary of War that the natural channel
was obstructed by several extensive
4 shoals on which the depth was from 61a
to 81 feet at mean low water. The
commerce of the river in 1903 was l.
OoO. .42O tons, valued at $19,351, ,776.
/ Considerable dredging was done in the
fscar year ending June go last, and co.
/ 81 cubic yards of material were removed
from the channel. There is~still much TO
| be done. The unexpended balance in
/ hand July 1, 1905, was $24, 4,23257, and
it is estimated that 1878 ,392.6S would be
required to complete the existing project.
| 1t is stated that 10000 can be expended
| prcftably in the fiscal year ending June
| so, 1907, of which amount $4,000 will
be for maintenance.
The tonnage of the Shrewsbury Rivef
1 for 1904 was 7s0, ,29O. valued at $7,051.
S26, and the Patten line carried 266,15
| passengers. There had been expended
/ ON this river at the close of the fiscas
year ending June 80, 1905, the sum of
$500 ,2o7.s1, Of which s119.s993 SO was
for maintenance The balance available
on June 80, 1905, was 24,479.so, and it
is estimated that $195S1.51 will be re-
quired to complete the project of deepen
ing the channel to a depth of six feet.
For the year 1904 the commerce of
South River. which empties in the Rari-
tan River, was 392, ,626 tons. valued at
/ $1O27, 81. The maximum draft that
could be carried to the town of South
/ River. located on the stream, was feet,
4 and at Old Bridge, the head of naviga-
tion, AZ feet. The amount that has been
| expended on the river up to date is S9S,-
! GOO. The balance unexpendeti ON July
/ j, 1903; was $4,000. 1t is estimated
! that $4,000 will be required to complete
/ the existing project, and that $4,000 can
| be spent sprofitably in the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1907.
The commerce of Cheesequakes Creek,
1 which empt.es into the Raritan Bay Just
/ below South Amboy, for the year 1885
was 10000 tons, valued at $216 o09. On
July /, 1905, the unexpended balance
was 5000, and it is estimated that $780,
GOO will be required to complete the ex-
ist.ng project, and that the amount can
be profitably expended in the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1897
/ Up to June so. 1905, there had beep
| expended on the Elizabeth River the sum
/ of $45, ,160. In 1904 the commerce
| amounted to 1886 tors, valued at
/ S193. .S94. The balance unexpended on
June 80, 1865, was $1,000. It is esti-
mated that $21, ,16O can be proitab'y ex-
pended in the fiscal year ending June 80,
1907, of which amount $1,000 viii be for
maintenance.
| John Boyd Avis. of Woodbury., former
Speaker of the New Jersey Assembly,
and Others on the Fort Mercer monu-
4 ment commission, would like President
Roosevelt to attend the unveiling of the
monument next June Mr.. Avis has
written Senator Dryden that he would
come down on Monday. December is,
and personally extend the invitation to
the President to visit New Jersey. Sen
ator Dryden will arrange for an inter-
view with the President.
Senator Dryden has been advised by
the State department. that the salary Of
Felix johnson. United States Consul
at Puerto Cortez, Honduras, will be in
creased from $1,000 to $500 Mr..
johnson was appointed from yiheland
when the late General William ]. Sewell
was tile United States Senator. Tile
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