The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-07-09
ON THE CAPE FEAR
Prospects for Improve
ment of Upper Cape
Fear Better.
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~onai auttsorfty Making hsaustnA
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arrival - Captain H~o~u : 4
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= couple - ears AZ thr >rth caro-
Ina district Was consolidated aim fh&t
- Virginia AA1 Ihr offter tu naFxs
Major k0hG hat Ms Hea4Q ass~fs a1
norfolk q former rsn3it .A aas
beeu restored ana Capta4a Ear! &
Brown. corps - E~tg3n~era as he~a
assigned 10 What usa9 rs @ttca tatr
from the southern hair ~ N}ueuAAfte
sound - she south GaTul4r& Hur Hr
har 81 charge the Important ~ =
constructing the canal sht e. raa
nwrt Beaufort barber wIth the trfvttHf
waters % the Albemaric section the
great Upper cape Fear ~ }eet those
Or The lower GaHe Fraf. and Tie ma
mer0ua mailer esE8A.rftug works 4u
the district described
As our readers hAkr pceo informed
Captain Bruwn. accom- panied rs Cor
gresham Goodwin. and by Major Hale
representing the Upper Gap" Pear TIM
p~r3ytmcnt. made a trip II inspection
down the river GA Tuesday and Wed
uesday Mir clifford. q Mr. God
wins home town. also accom- panied
the party.
The government sn8g boat. tho Cen
eral Wright. which has excellent &C
~coramodaUons for three or four per
sons besides the crew. and has special
-couyenienceS for "a tou of this sort
was used la the observation cabin
at the forward part Of the upper deck.
the charts and blue prints Of thu river
from Wilmington To FaSetteNlll. We're
spread out They are most elaborate.
ElEfHfn Tho EaanFg- ~ FhEas&A ads nf
~souudings and measurements OF every
Yart Of the river bed and banks and
give the outline OF the stream with
its bends and reaches at every point,
SO that the observer can locate the
position or the boat In It's Journey. At
amy moment IN addition. an the gov
eminent reports on this canalizatton
scheme were AT hand. and sandry
standard engineering works giving
description and illustration Of the
kinds Of locks and dams used In this
and like projects In fine. Captain
Brown had spared no pains To make
the trip count for everything that
could be gotten out or such an under
taking In his he was admirably as
sisted bE Mr.. Canady. u the staff Of
the Wilmington engineers once.
Captain Brown is proceeding now
under the resolution Of Congress
which was secured. as our readers viii
I 'tSA4F t# AAtAA ~ lfAaA HA Natf
cent session of Congress 1t VIII be re-
membered that the report Of the board
OF engineers. which sat here in Jan
uary. was not favorable TO the Views
Of those VINO opposed tho scheme,
thought 1t was. hy a strange, probably
an unprecedented. breach or custom
withheld rom the knowledge OF the
senate committee altogether and even
from that Of the Conferees until the
last moment The device. 1t appears.
brought about the alternative propo-
sition that a new examination and re-
port be made With a view q lessenIue
the estimated cost This. as our read
ers know. was $~1.350.0O0.
There have been suggestions that
two locks might be substituted for
three. but il is unlikely that such a
change viii be made. 1t is not unlike
~. however. that more advanced meth
DDS viii be employed by captain
Brown To reduce The cost If the three
locks to something ike 100000 zach.
As this VIII bring the total below a
million dollars. II IS thought thar such
a change would be favoTably respond
ed to by the House Rivers and Har-
bors Committee. A our readers win
remember, Senator Overman decI2r-
ed last winter that ne would In any
event see that this project received a
sufficient appropriation at the coming
session Of Congress In December TO
insure its early completion.
Under work pressed night and day.
each Of the proposed locks ar be
omplete I'm six or eight months. and
therefore the whole scheme in that
time IL the whole appropriation be
made available at once. Whether that
or the continuing contract method
hall be sought viii be a matter Of ex-
pediency end viii depend chiefly upon
the decision Of Senator Overman and
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