Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-04
Canal From Pamlico Sound to
Beaufort, N. C..
WORK ALMOST COMPLETED
Inland Route, Eighteen Miles Long,
Seven Feet in Depth.
SYSTEM EXTENSION PLANNED
Ninety-Five Miles Of Inside Pass
age-Reducing Distance to
New Orleans.

Another link is practically completed In
the chain of canals and channels that
constitute the Atlantic coast inland wa
terway that will make IL possible for
small boats 20 go from New York to
points south of Cape Lockout, n. c..
without going outside.
The new link is the canal from Pamlico
sound to Beaufort. n. c. This is q canal
about eighteen miles in length and will
have a seven-foot channel. The dredses
now in the canal are within three-quar-
ters of mile of each other, and the
formal opening of the canal will be
matter of only few weeks.
Will Cover Entire Coast.
The inside water route eventually Will
cover the whole of the Atlantic coast.
and 1t will be possible to 60 from Boston
to Key West without going outside at
all. The trip is now practicable for very
light power boats. and the part Of the
system now in use is practical for canal
barges and coastwise lumber boats and
freighters of small draft. The most OF
the trip from New York to Cape Look
out is now open to q seven-foot boat. II
can be seen that 1t is valuable CONNER
cialy.
The trip from Boston to New Orleans by
ened by the inside route for boats of
sufficiently light draft to 1850 miles. II
the ultimate scheme Of making ship
canal across Florida is carried out this
Will cut off $40 miles from New York.
The inside route now runs from New
York through the inland channels to the
Delaware and Raritan canal. This Is
fOrty-four miles long and cuts OF the
whole outside trip around the state OF
Delaware.
Shorter Trip Possible.
There is even shorter jump OF four
teen miles through the Delaware and
Chesapeake canal into Chesapeake bay
and then there is a complete inside trip
down the Chesapeake to Norfolk. South
of Norfolk the Dismal Swamp canal cuts
through to Albemarle sound. 1t is a trip
Of fOrty-eight miles and saves three times
that much outside passage From Albe-
marie sound there Is a sheltered passage
to Pamlico sound, and here the new canal
of eighteen miles leads to the south OF
Cape Lookout, whence there Is natural
channel inside the reefs that has been
dredged to a depth Of seven feet for lOO
miles or more
Little work has been done south OF that
point and the channel inside diminishes
to three feet. and is very crooked ana
passable only for very light draft power
boats. There is a commission provided
bill to survey a route clear from Boston
to Key West.
This commission probably will con-
slider the frequently discussed Florida
ship canal, but the inside route around
the coast continues down the east coast
of Florida around by Miami and out to
Key West inside the protection OF Flag
ler's new Key West railway.
Inside Passage Available.
The inside passage is available now
for a good deal of traffic from southern
ports to Norfolk and Baltimore and for
pleasure yachts seeking the southern
waters.
North of New York there soon will be
an inside passage to Boston. Here the
route is north of Long Island and will
include the ship canal that is now al
most completed through the Cape Cod
neck. The trip by water from New York
to Boston is now 324 miles and the ship
canal will reduce ii to 30
Altogether there are now about 95 miles
Of canal on the inside route, and this Is
supplemented by deepening the natural
inside channel for a considerable part Of
the way.