Evening journal., 1920-09-13
c. 6 D. CANAL
NOW HAS 10
FEET Depth
lConilnned from Firsl pare !

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Engineer in charge Of the improve
ments to the canal. Colonel Jervey
has been retired from the Federal En-
gineers' Service at his own request to
accept the position. Of City Manager
OF Portsmouth. His new connection
viii bring no abatement in his in
terest in the projected deepening and
widening OF the canal, as he informed
Gen. Felix Agnus OF Baltimore, dur
ing last week. Knowing the import
ant part played by General Agnus in
the acquisition OF the canal by the
federal government and its develop
ment into a ship canal TO connect The
Chesapeake and Delaware Bays Col
Onel Jeryey called 10 tell Of the prog
ress OF the plans for a ship canal,
irrespective OF his severing OF his
connection with the work, which he
said would be carried on by his sue
cessor.
Additional information has been re-
ceived that the locks in the old canal
will be eliminated, thus reducing the
time Of passage through the canal.
The opportunity is thus enlarged for
an increase in the barge traffic be-
tween the North and South.
Alt WlutlllllE anu AtNHNAAiAE VA NAAe
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal VIII
be the paramount subject Of discuss
sion at the annual convention OF the
Atlantic Deeper Waterways AssOcla-
tion. to begin in Atlantic City on
October Z.
The immediate proposition is TO Sc
cure an appropriation Of 81 On,OuO Dy
Congress- with which to begin the
work Of widening and .deeping the
canal, the uHnate ambition being
waterway 400 feet wide and 80 feet
deep. The proposed width and depIl'
Will be attained at stated intervals
covering a period Of 20 years. II lne
work i'm mind were prosecuted at
once throughout the length Of the
canal Il would be put out Of commits
SION entirely, a hardship when snip
ping interests cannot endure ~
'aThe project under the plans Wnlch
conccrn the present is some improve
ment over the condition when mas
existed for many years, but Wltni
present nlans are completed, it VIII
Still not meet the needs Of this city
as a port Of world commerce, 10
which every factor Of economy, llIne
and distance will be vital. not Only
for the convenience, tacllty ana uls
patch Of the great foreign trade winch
must seek shipment here, but to sue
cessfully meet the rig0r OF cOmpetl-
tion which even now Is so strongly
developing and viii in future further
increase. from ports to the south no
less than from ports TO the norh OF
Raltimore AT The outset 1t must De
realized that with the present water
way changed into a canal with a 30
foot depth il would mean a sVing
10 ships Of about iSi miles steaInlns
10 and from Baltimore and the North
Atlantic routes. serving the most I'M
nCrtanl ports OF the world, incluulhB
Great Britain and Northern .Europe. /.
"This means that Nessel lvaNlilS
Baltimore turning 10 the noru AZ
~ confidence of the Patapsco River
and The Chesapeake Bay. and passing
ihro,rgh The canal and thence down
he nelwarc River to fixed point
a. sea where It would take up us
! course across the ocean, would traNel
/ tsi miles less than II the same yes
soi leaving Baltimore traNeled uoNNu
/ the chesapeske Bay, passed throust
/ ,bc canes and up the coast at sea
/ to me abova-named flxed polnt. t..,
.This in a nutshell is the plEDS.I,ai
val1e of the Chesapeake ahu le,o ,o,,
ware Canal 10 Baltimore as q oi,
waterway. To the layman ~, NC
seem Of relatively lfttle slsls''ei,,,, eio,,,,
/ 10 a tranlc largely conslstHt va ,,.ons-
~ sprtt -, bnlk carro-but TO steamship
;rtoreets lis meaning IS another tnlns
~ cconomv and costs are of para
,,,ornt importance and must decide III
| 10 choice Of norris Of call Bait,iiloI. ,
| cooking eminence as a point OF ncans
so,eie1 trafIic cannot afford TO over
look This consideration.