Smyrna times., 1924-12-03
TINIIuONS ARE ASKED FOR
fNlRE STREAMS AND CANAL
30 N RIVERS AND HARBORS
.,oopRIATION TO BE ASKED
..,,tion Needed To Complete
Y {. Canal, HarbOr at Will
,,5 st JOnpS River

-.ondatiOn Needeu 10 OOiiPiete
sC Canal, HarbOr at Will
motion and St, Jones River
,.a-,Driations .- totaling S2,38O,OOO
'ls,or commended for expenditure on
.gsrp rivers and harbOrs in the
4 roar ending June 30, 1926, in
7 ,.oort of the Chief of Engineers,
7, srmv. made public Monday. The
# @15O,OOO is appropriated to
.,ns work on the Chesapeake and
',rsrs Canal and 100000 is pro
4 or the Wilmington harbOr;
anal is set apart for the inland
..,rav between Rehoboth and Del
= Bavs: 100000 for st. Jones
Il and $4,000 each for Murderkill
Boadkill rivers, with $4,000 for
-,Bpry creek, $4,000 for Cold
.-rg Inlet and 100000 for Absecon
\ The last three waterways are
New Jersey but included in Will
-eon district. For the Philadel-
I district $1,000 is appropriated
an ice harbOr at Marcus Hook,
and S8,95O,OOO for the Delaware
n to deepen this stream from
ssdelphia to the sea, including dixie
-tuction and dredging the Phil
55a harbOr-the latter to cost
|wNOO and the former S1,250,000.
lamentations for the various pro-
we're made by the chief of en-
-aE Of the army, under whose di-
hon this work is carried on, in his
bal report submitted to Congress
liay with the 1926 fiscal year es-
,ltes
him Wilmington HarbOr Project
laatiOn is made that under date
December 20, 1923, the Chief of
gleers recommended that the Will
Con harbOr project be modified
uniting the provisions for con-
E.don Of the northside bulkhead:
nngtOn cooperation in mainten-
b; all dredging within so feet of
bulkhead; and by providing that
rev south jetty shall be construct
by Wilmington interests. The re-
EnendatiOn embodying these mOdi-
tons, if adopted, will save Viii
ngn interests $2O6,25O, the esti-
ted cost of the bulkhead, and re-
E them Of obligation to pay on ac-
1i Of maintenance zone half of
sum found necessary over $685.
up to 100000, and all of any adj
,nal sum required above 100000"
laming the effect of the improve
z- the report says: "The transpor-
l'l Of water-bOrne freight of all
Aes at rates slightly less than by
I has been facilitated. The inn
Nement at the mouth has not pro-
s'ed sufficiently to affect freight
8 but larger vessels operate in
arOor than was possible former
Summarizing terminal facilities
Wilmington, the report concludes.
E facilities are adequate for exist
: commerce"
'NoprlaiiOn Asked Complete C.& d.
9on the Inland Waterway from
aware River to Chesapeake Bay,
4' was expended in the last fiscal
4 lor new work the total of ST.
$50 The project is now about So
cent completed. Total expendi-
= 1, 70 date have been $5,2O6,493,
- includes the purchase price of
'SlaL Estimated total cost when
-pe'ed is $9,5OO,0OO. A balance /
\ lS24, of $1,423, ,5O6, will prob !
...l \ u exhausted by the end of the
~. ..n' nscal year, chiefly on highway /
~ y, and construction of ietties at /
DeldWare river entrance If tho
money asked-$2, ,150,O ,O0O-is ap-
'5.5 'Is,ed by Congress, it will be ex- /
,u ,s,7 IN large part on completion of /
4. =, oHdgeS and removal of old /
y, u. Ine sum will permit the com /
!, n u Ine entire project, even to I
rni.. sIall details as cleaning up, !
,,s. [ and sOdding banks and 7.
'aang shrubs.