La Junta tribune., 1915-03-06
The MEllACINC SEA
Il Threatens to Some Day EnguIi
New York and Boston.
OUR EASTERN COAST SINKING.

n Time, Thousands Of vssss, Per.
hsps. the Atlantic Ocean, Aeeerdins
- cssieeists, Will Flow Over the
citiss Thst New Tower Above its
ohosso.
Government geological experts have
calculated that New York. Boston.
Philadelphia aud all the other cities
along the Atlantic coast will eventual
y sink beneath the ocean. They have
observed that there has been Q steady
s1nking Of the whole coast. and they
~ that II 10 going on at the present
0omeut
GsoioGtstS have long recognized tbs
fsct that the Atlantic cosss hss Wes
0och farther out than II is now. There
= Iins fro0 100 to $50 miIes % the
peSssst eoass st which the water sud.
6ssly gets deeper. Out TO that distan nee
~ wster 10 generally about 800 feet
6psp. Then II plunges suddenly and
ooeomes ten times A. far TO the oceans
bottom. The men Of the coast survey
Aose traced this iins throughout ths
laAgth a our coast line and and Il
dniiar all along. The seologists ~
tAet the continent once reached ont
tAst fas and that thess was ths eease
~ bot gradual decline theouSA tAe
a0Ds has caused that hns 70 rstzsat
see1 now II = vhess vs knev Il
Prom geological stsndpeint ehio
~ happesed in comparatively rscsat
oDsa II Aas sii been done sines the
gtAcial period This bsines II into ths
0gssens period and makes ~ setieo
~. In fact II b positively kno1s =
6e,eoins on now.
TnsrO 10 90 aocient aill In ths Charles
ssvn navy yard st Boston With ~.
0osd b whsch there h de6nits infoema.
cOo - to its elevation. II wss pot
- plses ssssoty years $50: tn eseva.
t0o Wss given With relation to meso.
elgh and low tide. and also With refer
soee 10 surrounding isodmsrta With
seae1oo to the tide this sill has snnk
ssseo- tenths Of . foot With relation
% the laDdmasts II hss the same posi-
~. . positive proof that Boston har.
~ and the city about Il have sunk
easeu.tenths Of . foot into the 80 In
~ hast seventy yearr.
4os original mouth Of the Hudson
s1vef b nov 100 miles out to -. The
oA1p0 follow ID old chanuei 10 leaving
oest Os0 sow. u b not known boz
osog - \ wse when the mesth % the
sssss was not far out in the ocean. But
= = almost . certainty that when .
soOilsr dine bss eisTaed the present
eoey viii b 90 eQusi distaucs from the
e1vn laud.
Similarly viii Boston b. suhmeseed.
ooleimore viii disappear at shout The
eADs time and great portions Of Wash.
eaG1ou. The grest Mi.siaaippi h bring
eng down great deposits to raias its
oelea and rounterbainnee the decline.
% low IL New Orleans thsi II will be
ooe Of the 0rst cities to sink below the
80 level aud be- . municit,Aiity high
walled against the enemy. the sec. Gal
veston has already felt the encsoach.
oeut of the waters nni has been forced
% build Itself sen wall
The geological survey make totp
graphical maIs On these lines are run
st given elevations For instance. q
1ios mas b- run about Manhattan 10.
oapd at level twenty feet above the
water at the Ratiery. Il would sub
merge the customs house and extend up
0eOsdwsy nearly to Wall strs~t Fru,p
ehs east II would invade the nnancisI
district almost to Nassau street u
veuh overflow half the isnd bet w~-u
to city hall snd the East river Far
thes up Il would submsrxe . narrower
0eS1p. bet its insrusiou would create
gTvei hsser.
4 any foot rice Of Wssss would sips
Manhattan Island out sntifsly. Of
cousss. u these dspsessions came on
vssy gradually the wst~s fronts would
b diked AGAINST their intrusiona 10
shls way New York city might b savpd
SrO0 destruction for . very ioug tine.
% viii isevitsbiy becoms . city 0us.
rounded By high iesee. against Vhieh
ete ocean will best With % ssss n.
Sso8 sossutakS " "8ot pU0s
oeo itoelf By srti6ciai means. bot Ia H.
- u wilI b put In % impoasihIe -
~. TIE wsiers Wtii fellow ssW ~
0oss os Nsw Jsrsey ssd Of Log islaoA
1heg wiii even bsst bact thsvugA
~ os,awsss ssd The chsssesaks asA
- bsyood the city and cut - cen.
0ooSrottoe vith shs Dain poss - -
lAeA Finally. Ssv yest wsi1 os1 n
0aDS city down In . veil fss sss IRON
~ Wsinissd. Urs6usiiy shs peep,s
WA0 1veil 10 n viii desess h ed ~
~ - ths then maieissd. Ths VsteeS
~ svsstusily iap swsy Shs great
Wu)ie tAst bsse been baiit b tesp ous
~ - end viii tumhts 10 smoas the
0aSocsspsn. W. 4. Tn PuyS "Cec,s
0oO. Wonder Worker"
pssssNes ~ Mind.
Ooly the osbes dag Q great ssees
oeom wss t~ins brought ~ b . stdd3
oe@9hs ~ hvlstIns apparatus, ~ n
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