Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-26
REH0B0TH BAY AND
INDIAN RIVER PROJECT
Substance OF Recommendations
Of Engineer and Board OF
Commissioners.
star Correspondence OF Every Evening

gtar Correspondence OF Every Evening |
state House. Dover. Feb. 90.
Tho commission appointed Co view
Indian River inlet ynd ascertain tho
Feasibility of connecting Indian River |
and Rehoboth Bay with the Atlantic |
Ocean, and II. r. Cresson. Jr.. OF New |
York, mn engineer employed by the
cornrnissIon. presented his report Ia the
General Assembly yeatorday. Tho re-
port says:
IL does not appear that there In any
possibility OF being able Go keep open
an inlet and make free paEsnge for the
entrance of salt water except mu'h
| freer channel thnu now cxirta he pro-
| vlded between the broad waters uf the
| hays and the ocean: II also appears that
| with such a free channel there is auf-
ncient amount OF water i'm the tidal
| prlnrns OF tho bays with the nve-loot
| reriatln of tide in tle ocean. tu main
! tain nn Iulet ~ sufficient ,rnaa section
| to again render the waters Of tho bayR
| salt enough for the encouragement "i
| the oyRter and Fish Industries. There Ia
now only small tidal nuctuation In r.
| boboth uay and probably a Htill less
| tidal nuCtuation ia tho Indian River
Hay "a the Canal connecting the north
eriy end of Rahoboth Ray with the Dol
aware Ilay provides q paaaaEe for water
into Rehoboth Ray 10 addition to that
| pasaIng through tho IndiHn river Inlet !.
hut owing To tho lonEth of tho Bnho
both canal. it is unlikely that any ap-
proc liable quantity ~ aolf wnt"r en-
tpra the hny Via tho canal.
| Their, n pclhapR ak square miles In
! | area I'm Rehuhnth hav and ns much moro
, In Indian river hay That is tldal water
and only very approximate calrula
: ton Is necessary 10 show that an inlet
to the ocean. free from obEtiucunE ta-
lands ana marshes wouid have Hufii-
ricnt current duo 20 tile tldal ilu"tua
tion in tno ocean 80 maintain u - suit
st7rtial depth and width
+ u ,,ou}d ho lapajhlr 80 oren III" tuiei
d, ne tt.a.pt Io, alton ~ dredstne 81
adequate .Ntuuci thi"ttgh thH narshf
ami ieland4 IL thr sl.a, waters II th'
! Indian Itt. uar u wrrid also i,
rozetlr Il, ,,,dre an adequate ,hanuo
| through th- tnHtahea from the present
guI.t tu I{.holiuih Inv hut in doina
.ithel ~ these ~ both IN oltl"t 20 main
3 tain sun. iont current to k"op tho ini"'
rl,on ana tn Keep the arrroaeh ,hahn"l'
+ epcn. 81 would ~ ne, esRarv f. clos" ~
= Sam, ~ thc existing water courses IN
sidr tha iu1oi which tend 10 linuso 'h'
currents and ~ decrease their relacit1
: aud as q consequence to cauae Hhoalins
= III au Fyltct is desired for the purtt"a'
~ inrutiug fr"r paHeaRe of sea wate'
into thc baNP Il =eewa likely i 'ouit
Iept to- accomplished hV digging u q
aptno roirt AVA, rron tho present inio
whcr,. the influence - th" iRlauas an'
4 marshes that now cSiat would na' affee
: "A ,fr fItst of IL
K II r fr,zibi. 81 dic thia hannci eitho
q south III she p,rasnf inlet or 20 d'R !
tfafth uf tha pyoaert inlet Il north i"
: thc ,tr, a..y.t inlet 1t could he south of ia
Iifr SAVING station No. ia ~ a. eonl
y roint h.twccn the llfo saving station an'
thc uoltberly eud of Rehnfoth lay
il y tho Grrt natural Inclination Il
Is ,af5eldcriug problem II thla sort Z
,.rdca1al tr follow the work that natur
d ha- ttsCr doue ~ Niow however
H ,f tho groatol expense that woul
hasc ~ ha incurred ia opening M III
interior channels ~ the prsarnt IniF
and il ,ie,y II the formation and cxiist
I euce ~ tbe bars islands marsh lnnd'
" ctc irrncdlatel1 insid" e iho TCse0
inlet Il altp,ats that The cheapest an
: must practical way in which e cre
I, M those hl.a to tho waters of the occa
WGl34u hr 20 tfAflhtiA Af.f Nit lAtA't - 7''ifl
II t.,irrt to Tho north of the present inic
vrol,a hly in The vicinity ~ and south
the present lfc saving station, No. Il
II js probable that Il will not be neCe'
! sa,, ~ omen q WIDE ard deep inlet /
. dredging and pxcava atinR-unlv paEsaF
4 large enough for free flow OF wat'
. l,r.weet the ocean and the hay nee
he artincailv-ruadc Tor the current III
der the influence Of the tidal iluctuatio'
in the ocean will soon scour out !
own channel once the waters or u
bays ard the ocean are connected 4
or the free flow of water.
II is very dir1cuit TO estimate u
cost of this work but | would recoI
mend n IL is decided 10 proceed wi
tho opening Of an inlet that the ~
80 $40 600 be appropriated for this pu
80 pose. So much 20 he used aH IL neCe
~ eary for the work and whatever !
/, - mains 20 bc returned To the sta
.ho treasury.