Milford chronicle., 1921-02-04
MAY ERECT JETTY
TO RECLAIM BEACH
B. F. CRESSON, JR., CONSULTING EN-
GINEER, RECOMMENDS STRUCTURE
TO SAVE REHOBOTH.
WOULD DEFLECT DELAWARE
BUILDING COST ESTIMATED AT $35, 900;
SHOULD STAND NORTH OF CAPE
HENLOPEN LIGHTHOUSE.

Effective measures, including the
construction of a special jetty to COM
bat the ravages of storms along the
Rehoboth beach, were outlined at a
Joint session of the Legislature Mon
day afternoon to hear the report OF
the legislative committee appointed by
the last session of the General AS
sembly to devise means of saving the
seaside resort from further destruc-
ton. The cost of the proposed jetty
is estimated at $4,000.
B. F. CressOn, Jr., consulting en-
gineer, of New York, who made a
thorough investigation at Rehoboth!
for the committee, appeared before
the legislators and presented report
covering his findings.
Two concrete recommendation are
made by. Engineer Cresson, as fol-
lows:
First-A rip-rap jetty must be con-
structed north of the lighthouse, ex-
tending out from the shore sufficient
ly far to defect the currents out Of
Delaware bay, away from the beach
to the south.
Second Structures must be built
locally at RehOboth in the form of a
storm jetty, curved and with a spur,
somewhere in the northerly part Of
the town, and one or two low groynes
normal to the shore in the central or
southerly part of the town.
Continuing, the report says:
'The storm jetty is for the pur-
pose of protection against heavy
northeast storms and to impede the
southerly drift of sand during the ebb
tide in northeast storms as well as to
gather sand during normal weather.
The groynes are for the purpose of
gathering and distributing sand in
normal weather and to aid in arrest
ing the drift of sand during storms.
"The cost of these structures is
estimated at $4,000. This does not
include any bulkheading along Surf
avenue or any restoration of that ave-
nue. or of the structures along it.
VIII Not Mar Bathing
Other possible means of protecting
and reclaiming this beach are discuss
ed later in this report. There would |
be no value in building up this beach |
during mild weather, as it is liable to
be eroded again during heavy storms
be objects Of attack by the ocean. |
There is no use in building light |
structures to resist or even stand up |
against the violent attacks of the |
ocean under storm conditions, the re-
ports says; the money so spent would
be wasted. There is no use in spread
ing structures to reclaim and hold the
beach, along the whole beach front,
that would ruin the beach for recre-
alton and bathing purposes.
The general plan recommended is
shown in drawings in the report and
is the result of an exceedingly careful
study. Taking all things into consid-
GRAFTON, it is believed that this plan
will be the most effective and the least
and therefore the most de-
sirable.
The report is accompanied by nu-
merous statements, maps and photo
graphs showing conditions in the vi
cinity of Rehoboth as far back as
L756 and at various times since then.
It is intimated in the report that the
erection of the Harbor of Refuge
8reakwater has probably caused much
If the trouble at Rehoboth and that
therefore the government is partly re-
iponsible. On this point the report
says:
''The Harbor of Refuge Breakwater,
completed in 1901, stands in a loca- +
ion and such form as to tend to de- l
iect under certain conditions of tide I
md weather the ebb tide toward the S
Delaware coast to the south of the t
APE, and in so throwing the currents, b
PARTICULARLY during northeast storms, o
m to this shore, has created a con-
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