Evening journal., 1919-08-11
INQUIRE REPORTS ON
RIVER DREDGING
Congressman's Efforts
Bring Shipping Improve
ments to Philadelphia
PROJECTS ARE
NEAR COMPLETION

WASHINGTON, Aug. ii.-Represent-
sliNe ]. Hampton Moore, prior 10 his
departure for Philadelphia, under a six
weeks leave OF absence from Congress
10 wage his campaign for the Republi-
can mayoraliy nomination has issued
q statement showing the progress that
has been made in the government work
OF improving the delaware and Schuyl.
Lill river channels.
Mr.. Moore said the government was
shout 90 take over the Chesapeake and
Delaware canal and that tranlc would
not be seriously interfered with while
The locks were being removed 10 bring
the channel 10 sea level. The stale
ment, which covered the progress Of
the work on the thirty-1ye foot chan.
nel in the Delaware and the general
improvements on the Schuylkill' was
as follows
General Harry Taylor, who speaks
FOR the chief engineers, tells me thai
everything Is in readiness TO take over
The Chesapeake and Delaware canal, the
government money having been paid
into court and nothing now standing IN
the way except the delivery OF tho
title papers. | wanted to know II
traffic would be suspended in The canal
while the new sea leTel channel work
is going on. General Taylor said u
was the aim Of the engineers to have
the barge men go on with their busi-
ness and that there would not be any
DELAYS TO shipping on account OF the
dredging except when the three 0id
locks are being removed.
As 10 the Schuylkill river. nave
been advised in a report submitted by
Colonel Ladue that the channel from
the Delaware river channel 10 Tie en-
trance TO the reserve basin Of the navy
vard. lust below Girard Point has
,een dredeed to a depth Of thirty ieet
At mean low water for the fun project
width of 100 feet. \ length Of 200 feet
opposite Point Breeze. just below
passayunk avenue bridge. has been
iredged TO a depth Of twenty-seyeT
feet for the full, project width. and
length Of about coo feet below this
section has been dredged to a depth OF
thirty feet. The western half OF the
channel from Penrose Ferry bridge TO
Yankee Point has been dredged TO
ZENITH Of thirty feet This work mas
,eon done under contract when Is
Just about completed.
bids we're opened July p, 1912 for
additional work on the Schuylkill. and
a is expected that contracts viii be iet
before the end OF the current mohuh'
covering the completion Of The chan-
mel to full project width and depth OF
20 feet 10 Pasayunk avenue. % feet 10
Gibson's Point and - feet TO Cleveland
avenue. thus completing the project
II is expected that work under these
contracts will begin this fall or I'M
rnedlatelv after The opening Of the sea
son OF 1919. Under the law the depth
Of 80 feet from Girard Point TO the
delaware river channel cannot be pro
yided until that depth has been secured
In the Delaware river all the way from
Philadelphia to the sea-
As 10 the Delaware river project the
report is as follows:
In the Delaware river the 3J-foOt
chanhel has been completed from
Greenwich Point TO the vicinity OF Pea
Patch Island. distance OF about 3J.s
miles except for two small areas OF
ledge rock in the vicinity Of Chester
Pa. the removal OF which is under
contract: a length Of about one-half
mile opposiie Chester Island. where
the western half OF the channel has not
been completed to full width: gap OF
some three miles opposite Wilmington.
Del. where dredging has been deferred
pending completion OF the Edge Moor
1ulkhead. and a stretch frOmm Green
wich Point 10 Gloucester, where the
western half OF the channel only has
been dredged In Philadelphia harbor.
a length Of 1000 feet opposite the Port
Richmond coal piers has been Hcdged
10 proicct dimensions. Work Is now
in nrogrcss under contracts for the re-
moval Of Nfamluke rock in the upper
part Of Philadelphia harbor; for
dredging the eastern half Of iho chan
Dol between Greenwich Point and
Gloucester and for completing the
channel from Pea Patch Island to a
point about ono and one-half miles be-
low Liston Point. except for a stretch
Of about three and onc-quarter miles
opposite and Just below the lower half
Of Artificial Island. for which no bids
have been received. These contracts 1
should be completed next season.
Maintenance operations are in prog |
ress. using the hopper dredges Della /
ware and MANHATTAN. and The rehand- /
ling machine Cataract. The Delaware /
and Manhattan have been continuously /
in operation since the early part OF the |
year. except for a short period when /