The evening world., 1912-02-01
WORLDS GREATEST
PORT TOBE BEGUN
+ N few WEEKS
Tremendous Dredging Job on
+ Jamaica Bay to Cost
Many Millions.
MILES OF SHIP CHANNEL.
100000 Appropriated by
City Only Small Part Of
Fund Now Available.
MILES OF SHIP N

ssVNSW WIZ IVY IfAes' opSs
aso BY the Board Of Estimate. 10 the
hrst step In . comprehensive scheme
fsthered by COMMISSIONS OF Docks
Calvin Tcmkins for the extension OF
the New York water front. The Ja-
maica Bay project IL only . step in the
p1ans Of Commissioner Tomkins. which
will Involve millions Of dollars and q
SCORE or moro OF years TO work out
10 completion.
Undsr the jamaica BAY improvement
plan channels Of sufficient depth TO
accommodate eoastwiss boats and sea.
Gotas craft OF comparatively light draft
will b dredGed into q around the
hay. and marsh lands will be hiled In
ssr manufacturing purposes and piers
built for tho docking of boats.
The Federal Government Will shoulder
the create. part Of the Improvement
expense. The Government will begin
hrsaStnE In the spring At Rockaway
lniet for an eightsen-foot entrance
channel. TIT War Department has
ordered the cable companies to remove
their cables from h entrance to the
10y. and a. soon as this has been done
The work Of dredging the entrance
channel will no lone entirely by the
Government. TITS channel round the
bay will b. dredGed by the city. II IL
sotimatsd that this dredging will cost
tea or twelve oents . cubic foot. tn
0ovsrnmsnt will reimburse the city to
The extent OF eight cents . cubit eoot.
CHANNEL SAN0 TO Dc USGo
70 FILL LoWLANDA
Bvjkheads will b built at various
places around marahy land. and che SAN
aredssd from the chsnnsl WI b pumped
ineo thess low Ands. In this manner II IL
exDeotsd that large tracts Of land win
% reclaimed by the city. and Il In
slammed 10 lease thsm out for manu.
escturtn8 purposes.
The ports Of Hamburg. Antwerp. Brs.
mel and Rotterdam werc developed In
- way" said CommissIoner Tomkins.
and there y no reason why Nov York
G1euld not stain wonderful results by
following the sams system. Tho work
onnot Be begun too quickly. The dreis.
iaS OF the e~ighteen-foot channel will
nAke Il easy to bring In building mate
III. fuel and other things cheaply and
ooaventently. and the property round
about the bay should improve rapidly.
TIE Pn~nsyivania Railroad has agreed
70 saske swttchtng connections with that
eecton - soon "a the entrance has been
1eedged, and that viii bring about a
sAVld tndustQal development
b. Tho monsS tAaf has been appropriated
~ ne city win be spent TO bring about
- grsaGsst ~convenAsnos IN the greatest
- cheapest way"
Shs Dlan, for which the city has made
oloooyAoo Appropjriaeton and on which
OOvssumSut will aid, vii, include
- arsdGtns OF ths entrance channel In
1ookaway Inlet and Q channel following
sdr> Of the bAv mst Rnrren 1,,a "A
q Dssea Beech, then past csnsry,e "a
SeOah Csssk Basin. B~ulkheads vii, lie
~afruotSd IN front Of the marshy land
smvnaleuns the channel and thu sand
1900 - De dr,dr.. will h. nss..d
ovpr he ~6ulkh~aAs 10 All IN ~. now
0geanily flooded land.
- S9oa AN ,,, Ae... -.
.-c $500 "
~~O'e .0wGANOS.
. berSes Beach . pAscs Of marsh,
- 49, tset long oy L%V ssst Ia
-" '~M - Mesa IN from the sane
ssSaosc tNem q Al ca
s:..e SSecn VIZ ne "no'her huse NJ
VIA - tset sroo'ese ana eSsendins
Wos 1''~ .ee' on ohe sac sna i''Vo zee
=. tne o'ner' AZ fresh Creek basii
- Do tne mira DIE MI s"p feet Ions
- enc s'os Ana Law reef on another IN
- ."res ms liz acres VIII DC re-
c'cs"se'
VI mess "ieo.'h iahos 'he c!'y Sope'
70 "sAe issses 70 manufacturer SEED
~ 5000 nAroor isci''ues' snch lahd "a
10 Guy ooe' NOT wv ana "hieh MAJ
- see'sa,s 70 'he carrying on, OF IN
"s WI" " Ae'ureu 'hfoush pu'
80 II.
fost channel win NOT e.tena sn,,rl,
around the bay. but In the future a,