Milford chronicle., 1912-04-05
TEAMS ARRIVE
AT GEORGETOWN.
For Work On dupont Boulivard. Printer
Dies of Tuberculosis, Other County
News. People Want Opening For
Inlet.

Determined II possible to divse some
means whereby the OyertlOwed lapds Of
Indian River Hundred and Rehobcth Bay
may be drained, and convert that section
Of the county, which at the present time
is largely an uhtiiabie tract of hundreds
of acres, into an arabic section where
small fruits Of all kinds NAV be grown at
pr fit, a public meeting was held at
MinsbOro recently TO consider the report
OF a committee appointed at a meeting
held last December to consider ways aud
means of securing a new inlet for Indian
River and Rehoboth BAYS tits conteDded
that if the present Indian River inlet can
only be kept open that there will not be
an overflow and cause the farmers in
those sections Of the comfy to suffer snch
severe losses by their many acres Of land
lying in waste because Of the large volume
of water which covers it because of the
filling in of the inlet. 1t is for the pur-
pose of bringing il home TO the people of
that section the urgent need of an inlet
that these meetings have been held. From
the interest manifested il is evident that
the people are desiFOus that something
should be done, and there is every reason |
to believe that aid will be given, thereby /
rendering one of the most fertile spots of |
agricultural Sussex by this reclamation |
into a rich, profitable and productive sec
tiOn. At the meeting in MilsbOrO State |
Senator Louis A. DTexler of Bethany
Beach and Colonel Robert g. Houston of /
this town, who are inteiestt in p'omot
ing the welfare of that section, were made
chairman and secretary. respectively.
The committee appointed at the public
meeting held in December reported as
follows That Immediately after their
appointment they cOmmun cited with
Major RAYMOND, United States Engineer
in charge of this district and upon their
invitation he made visit on January 4fh,
accompanied by the committee ana others
interested, to the Indian River and Re-
hobOth Bays, and made examinations
thereof to ascertain the facts as TO the s
cause OF closing of the present inlet. I
Shortly after this visit the Major made a s
report to the Chief Engineers Office at
Washington to the effect that wherever 1
an inlet might be cut the same troubles 1
would be experienced as now happens at
the present inlet; that the force OF the
outflow at tile present inlet was effected
by the outflow at the canal cut between {
Whites Creek and Assawaman Bay. The a
was largely a drainage one I
with prospects of development of inland C
commerce if permanent outlet could be &
procured. That in his opinion the open a
ng of the canal between the RehobOth and {
Delaware Bays would solve the difficulty. {
That inquiry bas been made as to the I
probable cost OF securing dTedge, but /
he committee were unable to secure such S
estimates. The dredges available COpld Fl
only be secured upon the payment Of so
much per day for the use thereof. That 4
here is a division of sentiment among !,
he people interested as to the location of d
he inlet. The people residing in Lewes a
md Rehoboth Hundred and parts of In q
lian River Hundred are of the opinion al
hat the cut should be made in Rehoboth "
Bay at or near Manning Shanty the peO V
lie interested, located in the lower part B
+ Indian River Hundred and part thereof o
ontiguOus to Indian River and those re- Il
iding in DagsborO Hundred, believe the Il
ut should be made at about the present te
DcatiOn of the inlet while the residents NJ
Baltimore hundred interested believe Il
he cut should be made at what ia known I
) the Old Basin. That under the cir pt
the committee found it i'm N
ossible to secure an agreement of location. in
he committee interested Congressman TO
Ieald and he has bad a provision put in th
ne present Rivers and HarboIs Bill auth ca
rizing a survey for an inlet That some W
lquiries have been made as to the feasi- to
ility and cost of blowing out an inlet wi
ith dynamite, and found that the pur. NJ
lase of dynamite would be expensive, in
I'D in the opinion of experts the effec de
veness would be very doubtful on &C. to-
,unt of the sandy or muddy formation 10
the obstruction to be removed, and it rel
light be possible to secure assistance in Ju
lis respect if agreement could be reached Cl
, those concerned as to the location of an
e proposed inlet" That the majority OF sol
e committee agree upon the following try
THAT a company be an
ganized of all those Interested for the WI
of raising an amount sufficient TO lOv
rchase or build dredge and provide a tn,
nd for putting the same to work That P.