The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-01-05
JERSEY RIVERS
GET MORE MONEY
Southern Streams Will Re-
ceive Sl90, 745 and These
of the North Sl,936,3i4
CAPTAIN FLAGIER REPORTS
GRAND TOTAL FOR WATERWAYS
IS s2,s21.s .soo.55 = EXPENDITURE
IN DETAIL.

is $2,s21. .3G0.55 = EXPENDITURE
IN DETAIL.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 5, 19o6.-Yn
addition to the $2.e3o 22o.97 expended
for river and har6or Improvements in
waterways in the northern part Of New
jersey, there. was spent in Jnue 80. 1905.
the sum of Sis7.6G0.ls for similar w9rk
in the southern part of the State. The
grand total amounts to S2,S21 ,3G0. 90.
The amount estimated for the completion
IF existing projects in South Jersey cali
for an expenditure Of S199,754, ana
added to $1.336.241.51 est.ma:e7 for
Northern New Jersey. make a total Of
$1.525. which will probably be spent in
the State in the future.
The amounts expended in South Jersey
waterways follow: Cooper Creek. s25.-
$500; Mantua Greek, s47.43o.31: Allo-
way Greek. S2o.99544; Goshen Creek,
S16.22s.7T; Tuckerton Creek. S12, 1896:
Raccoon Greek. s14.94470; Eanc.e.s
River $44.479.45. The estimates of sums
for completing improvements are Mantra
Greek, $S5,03o; Anoway Greek. 5000;
Tukerton Greek, 1880; .,accoon Creek.
$T2,135. All of these waterways except
that of Tuckertons Creek. are in the dis
tricts represented by Representatives
Lordenslager and Gardner.
In the report made by Captain c. A.
F. Flagler, Corps of Engineers Unite3
States Army, giving the details of the
work on rivers and harbors in southern
New Jersey, it is stated that the COM
merce of Tuckerton Greek, which flows
through Little Egg HArbor, in 1904
amounted to 1880 tons, valued at $564.-
$50. The project covers the deepening
of the channel to four feet below the
milldam at Tuckerton, to Daddy Tuck
ers Greek and six feet thence for a dis
tance of 1900 feet below. At the pres
ent time the channel is about three feet
in depth.
Cooper Creek enters the Delaware riy-
er in the city of Camden Just above
Cooper Point The commerce for 1908
was 414,838 tons valued at $3.50. .974.
Theresis at present balance Of $e,6lf.-
45 unexpended. The maximum draft os
the channel over the shoals is seven feet
to the Camden Iron Works and Eve feet
to Browns Chemical Works. The pro-
ject under which the work has been car
ried on covers the deepening of'the cham
mel to eighteen feet.
The Rancocas river is a tributary Of
the Delaware river about eleven miles
above Camden. The projeet of the river
and harbor act of 1881 covered the
building of a series of wing dams and
to deepen the channel TO FIVE feet TO
Mount Holly. At the present time thers
is seven feet over the shoals to Centerton
and six feet to Moores. No work was
done on the stream in the 6scal year end
ing June 30. 1905.
Alloway Greek is tidal tributary Of
the Delaware river about fifty miles be-
low Camden. The commerce of the
creek for 1904 amounted to 60,35O tons.
valued at s1.o9S,20o. The maximum
draft that could be carried at mean low
water over shoals was five and hall
feet.
Goshen Greek rises in the, central pars
of Cape May County aud discharges into
Delaware Bay. In 1860 the commerce.
of this stream was valued at $685. 800.
The maximum draft that couh be car.
ried at mean low water on June 30,
1904, was two feet. On account of the
shoahng at the par the e9baihefce ufvp-
ped of to large extent.
Raceoou Creek IS in Gloucester County
and empties into the Delaware river. The
commerce If the creek for 1904 ameunr-
e,i 'to 90, $50 tons. valued a S3.3e0.oao.
II is estimated thar $72,1S5 is required
to comnlete thes esexiS1inr nroiect of deep
ening the channel to seven fees. Th,re
was balance unexpended on July l.
1908, of $17,29s.0T. Th creek extends
through to Bridgeport. and Swedesborc
is. located on it where the channel is
nearly FIVE feet in depth.
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