Evening journal., 1920-05-19
FLAGLER TALKS
ON c. I'D. CANAL
Deepening and Widening of
Waterway His Pet
Project
HE SAW SERVICE
ON FIRING LINE

BALTIMORE. Nd May fe-colonel
Clement A. y. Flagler was a visitor TO
Baltimore yesterday. with Mrs. Flag-
Ter. he is stopping at the Albion Hotel
Today he had a conference with Col
s onel J. p. Jervey. Of Wilmington. now
District u. s. Engineer here, in charge
OF the widening and deepening OF the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal The
talk beiw cen these two gentlemen
2 Will be most interesting ana insgruc-
+ live. Over ten years ago Colonel fias-
: Ter was member of commission
anpointod BY President Roosevelt TO
investigate The possibilities Of a snip
canal to connect the Chesapeake ana
+ Delaware Bays.
His associate on the commission
was r. Y. Chambers. representing the
Naval Department. Colonel flagler
! represented the War Department. lhe
civilian member OF the commission
was General Felix Agnus. This COM
mission made a thorough survey or
possible routes by which the Chesa-
peake and Delaware Bays could be
connected They decided IN favor Of
the old Chesapeake & Delaware CanaL
Colonel Jervey has this work m
charge. There is Immediately avail
able an appropriation OF SJoOOOo
This sum will be expended In parit N
altering the entrance 10 the canal az
Delaware City BY the present en-
trance which faces northward. sedi-
ment from The Delaware Bay has been
drawn into the Canal, thus blocking
its entrance. 10 is proposed 10 form 9
new entranoe southwark under which
the flow will be outward.
Colonel Flagler discussed yestorda,
Ia a most interesting way, thc pros
pectlve building OF this ship canal,
He frankly says that he sees realiza-
lion Of dreams Of many years ago
Looking ahead twenty years, he said
ne saw a deep waller canal connecting
the two bays.
u am aware" said Colonel Flagler
-that there are some Serious problems
In the construction ora deeper anl
wider Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
We face, for instance The question ol
defense. This means expensive fort
at the entrance of the canal had
hoped that this canal would be 80 fee
deep and one hundred yards wide al
deep and one hundred yards wide a
the inception OF ITS construction.
am Informed. however, that navigation
on the canal would be stopped for an
Indefinite period. n this policy wen
carried out. We must, therefore. pre-
pane ourselves for a gradual cQnstrnc
tlon, that Is, canal first 10 hP ilftepn
feet deep. The next viii be. In m'
opinion. twenty feet Then we ca
construct a canal twenty-five fec
deep. II we pursuue any other sys
tenn OF construction we should fac
the very undesirable closing OF IN
canal to navigation.
III is always a pleasure 10 me {
visit Baltimore" said Colonel Flagle
indeed. Mrs. Flagler and I would b
0ehghted TO have Baltimore as on
summer home"
"Thal is certainly true" said Mrs
Flagler. Baltimore Is. / think, 4 mos
delightful city"
Colonel Flagler has had an Interest
Ing eXperience. Recognized as one
the most expert engineers OF the Arm
he was assigned by the War Depart
ment at the beginning Of the grea
World War, 20 organic a corps OF cn
gineers for service In France. 5
successful wseI,a his activities in ihl
line that he was called upon 10 a,
ganlzo A second division. the nrse di
vision having been sent home Co
onel FlaSler followed tlse second d
vision or engineers organized by hin
y France. AT the Time OF the armia
tce. he was 10 command Of ihe Fort,
second Division. re was stationed d
the Rhlnish frontier