Evening journal., 1906-07-16
INCREASE In
OUR COMMERCE
Ccontinued from First Pago)

NCOnIlnueu from flrSt H0ECl
means Of which the channel of the
Christiana was deopenod from s -
feet to 10 feet mean low water from
the mouth to Third street bridge.
Present PProieet Completed.
The present project now practically
completed provides for the digging Of
@ channel in the Christiana 2i feet
deep at mean lown water from the
Delaware River to the pulp mills a
distance of four miles. and thence di-
minishlng TO 10 feet In depth TO the
draw pier Of tho r., B. & w. cuton
bridge No. 4, ana the removal of shoals
from bridge No. 4 to Newport to the
depth of seven feet mean low water
The width of the channel is now 200
feet from the pulp mills to the mouth
OF the Brandywine and two hundred
and fifty feet from thence TO the Della
ware river. The depth made has been
2S feet TO about 5000 feet above the
mouth OF the Chrstiana; from here tol
Third street bridge for about 5000 feet
the channel is from is to 20 feet deep.
hut narrow in places; from Third
street to Hnrin and Hollingsworth
shipyards. about 5000 feet there is a
depth OF 10 feet mean low water with
width Of 100 feet; from the IT, & II. |
plant to the w. & ~ railroad bridge. |
about 1900 feet depth of 10 feet mean
low water has been secured and above
that point TO Newport a distance oil
4 i-2 miles a depth of 6 feet mean low |
water with a width OF 100 foot Is se-
cured
City Work Above Third Street.
No work has been done By the gov
lernment above Third street bridge and
the only contract now I'm force win be
completed by September OF this year.
The city Of Wilmington Is caring for
the upper portion of the river above
Third street bridge with a mandatory
/ appropriation required by the state
/ Legislature to be at least 10 per cent
OF the amount expended each year =
the L. S. government until the amount
so appropriated by the city shall
amount to 100000
The amount expended by the gov
lernment for maintainance of the i'm |
lprovements last year IN this harbor
was S2436657 Major Flagler asks for
lSl30000 for maintenance Of the inn !
lprovement next year IN order that the
heavy silt which has tnken place i'm
the channel may be removed and that
training walls may be built.
Commerce Of Harbor.
The government has spent S49257015l
on the present project for the harbor
of Wilmington. The commerce of the
harbor last year was 752S09 tons vail !
lued S5s.7S5,777, "a total Si9.O000O0 I'm
excess of that of any previous year
/ With the exception Of Philadelphia
and Newport News, Wilmington, ac-
lcordng TO Major Flagler has had the
largest steel shipbuilding output ON the
Atlantic for ten years
Seventeen vessels engaged I'm for
leign trade make port here. Thirty-one
vessels were built here last year and
l799 vessels repaired. Thirty are now
In course OF construction. Manufac-
Iturers and merchants here have sos
100000 invested returns on which de-
lpend upon the facilities for navigation
six hundred thousand passengers and
S4S. .000. 600 worth OF freight are car
ried annually by the steamboat COM
panies i'm this city which have S1.26O.-
900 invested In vessels.
Other Delaware Harbors.
Major Flagler's report includes The
result of the work on the following
Appoquinimink River, where am
foot channel 10 Odessa is being dredg-
led, SS6.00O.75 has been expended anC
, 20 OF the work Is Yet to be done Th
commerce there last year amounted to
$500 tons valued az S213l575. Tcl
vessels engage I'm trade and freight
) rates have ben cut
Murderkill River, where a channe
has ben dug feet deep and so fee
wide. from F'rederica to Delaware be-
lThree-nfths Of the work is yet to
done amount expended $50, 7262O IN
commerce has increased over 40 p.
cent over last year and freight rate
are lower from 25 per cent TO 90 p
cent than by rail. The commerce the
Is 3l,SS5 tons, valued az 1,276.350. SIS
is asked for maintenance next yenr.
Mispillion River, where the channel
was dredged to depth OF feet at
mean low water and 30 feet wide for
miles down stream from Milford and
across the bar About S5l,319.S5 has
been spent on this work. The COM
I merce OF the port is 129.6S7 tons. and
! valued at S3.359.800. The Improvement
IN the harhor has made a 25 per cent
! difference in freight rates Major Flag
Ter asks $4,000 for maintenance Of
} this Improvement
/ Smyrna Rivr where $3.50 feet Of
shoals have been dredged resulting in
a so foot wide channel and G feet deer
/ from Smyrna Landing TO Delaware
] Bay. The commerce last year was
! 2o47s1 tons valued al s5.023450. si9.-
so5.2o was spent last year on this i'm
| | provement
/ St Jones River which was dredged
40 feet wide for about 4 Ia miles down
stream from Lebanon. feet deep al
] Jimean low water at a cost OF s1.oss.i;