The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-22

beginning, or more correctly speaking
the turning Of the tide. n SurVe.
called for an appropriation of abOu
three million dollars, and that IS ~
easy sum to prize out of the fedora
treasury for an entirely new project
for there are thousands of new water
Improvement projects that Congress:
has to turn down with every new Con
gress in order to keep from bankrupt
ing the government.
The Appropriation Came.
Senator Simmons, who had always
taken a deep interest IN the waterway
development, made his personality
felt at this stage Of the progress Q.
the Inland waterway. By virtue o.
his position in the Senate he was able
to insist on the immediate construc-
ton of the third or southern section
of the waterway rOute-the one Q
in actual course Of construction. The
survey was ready, and Senator SIN
mons was inslstent, The appropria-
ton asked for had been left out OF
the bin, but Senator Simmons saio
there must be one, and in taking this
position he had enthusiastically with
nm his colleague, Senator Overman
The powers that be gave in, and il
was in this way that the appropriation
was obtained.
And with the coming session of Con
greSs next December Mr.. Small has
strong hopes that the balance Of the
money necessary to construct the
other sections of the waterway from
Norfolk to Neuse river VII be forth
coming. His fight has now ~brOadened
n scope and is no longer a North Car
DINA project. 1t is an integral part
Of a comprehensive scheme for the
construction CT an inland waterway
from Cape Cod, Mass, to Beaufort, \.
c.. Affiliated with Mr.. Small in the
promotion Of the project are leading
members of Congress Of the Atlantic
seabcard States extending from Mas
sachusetts to North Carolina. 1t is
no visionary project, but a practical
undertaking appealing to the business
sense of the country, and one that is
going to win out. The two men most
responsible for the NATURALIZATION of
this great project are Mr.. Small and
J.. Hampton Moore, member Of Con-
gress from Philadelph a. 1t is not
only a strong combination, but a
happy one. These two men are re-
sponsible for the organization of the
Deep Waterways Association, a body
of business and professional men IL
the Atlantic seabOard States, who are
urging the early construction of the
waterway in It's entirely. n AsSo-
citation has been a powerful factor in
DI11Sl11S lHS ~ oJCAl l bh1
Of Congress and the entire country.
Mr.. Moore is the president and Mr..
Small the Vice-preSldent.
Where the Dirt is Flying.
1t was with the object OF familiariz-
ing themselves with the North Caro-
lima section Of the proposed waterway
that a party of congressman, under
the c~haperonage of Representative
Small, made a trip recently from sal
timore to Beaufort. Col. D. 5. Alex
ander. who is to be the new Chairman
of the Rivers and Harbor Committee
in the House., and Representatives
Moore n Cocks were as anxious as
Mr.. Small to see the work IN progress
on the third section at Adams creek.
where powerful dredges are removing
the dirt with great energy. 1t is with
this section. which is to open up I'M
portant towns and the naVigable wa
ters of Eastern Carolina, that this
story deals.
Our party abandoned the light
house tender JessalnlHe, Wh en-
brought us from Baltimore upon our
arrival off the town of Oriental,
where Adams creek becomes a part
IF the broad and expansive NeUse ]
The trip was made to h mouth OF
creek in a naptha launch.
There dredge number one was at
The immense piece Of nlachin-
ery was housed on a barge with IV~
Ine accommodations for the thirty
men at work. It lay GU city II
he channel that it had Just MADE,
,,,t its great strong arm OF iron with
which it Ices its work was busy max
ng the dirt fly. Out in front of this
7irt mover was a solid bank Of earth
md in the distance was a pine wood
crest through which it had to cut us
yav The spectacle was one that ex-
tied wonder. process OF digging
he canal is a slow but sure one. After
oosening h earth It IS carried away
~ . large snction pipe that xtends
ROM the dredge to the shore, and
here makes its deposit.
The Contractors Are Losers.
petween dredge number one and