The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-14

MISSISSIPPI valley ASSoCdlloH. VIZ
quote General Schley:
Grave Dangers
I'm a national emergency, moth
ing could be more damaging to the
success of national effort than the
interruption of transcontlnental
railway, highway, aid wire COM
m%unication and power facilities such
as would result from he failure OF
flood protection in the Mississippi
Valley.
Besides the disruption of the
normal agricultural activities of that
extensive area and the diversion OF
funds and workers from emerSen'
cy requirements to resume work
would be most unfortunate.
1.-The same thing is true of the
Ohio River basin, where a large
number Of the country's manutac-
turing centers are subject to serious
damage by flood. We must cu-ope.
rate to the fullest extent and make
every reasonable effort to avoid the
national cataclysm that would sure
L.. follow the failure of our flood
,tr.a works in The Mississippi
and Ohio River blsin.'
The Wilmington district U. S.
army engineers carried out work
during the calendar year of 1889
having a total gross expenditure of
approximately $1,440, 900.
1929 projects included new work
on the Pamlico and Tar rivers.
This work was for. dredging a chan
mel - feet deep and 100 feet wide
from Washington, N. c., to a turn.
ing basin of the same depth 200 feet
wide and 300 feet long in Hardee
creek.
This work was done under on
tract. The total ~yardage removed
in doing this work was 2,484,6 $40.
The cost of the work was approx.
mately $241, 1888 Work was start.
ed June 20 and completed Decem.
Der 8.
Other new work consisted of
dredging a channel in New River
10 feet deep and 50 feet wide from
the Inland Waterway to the Allan
tic Coast Line railroad bridge at
Jacksonville.
Under Contract
This work was done under con.
tract. The total yardage removed
was S18,146. The cost of the work
was $76,283.90. Work was started
July 10 and completed October 25.
New work was also carried On in
the Intracoastal Waterway from the
Cape Fear river, N. c., to Little
River. S. c., to provide a channel
II feet deep at mean low water and
bottom width of 80 feet.
This work is being done under
contract. Work was started Febru-
airy 81, 1889, and was still in pro
gress at the close of the year. The
cost Of the work was approximately
$4,000 to the end of the year. 1t
is expected to have the project
completed by April 1, 1910.
New work was also under way
during the year at Bay River,
dredging a 10 foot channel in Ncrth-
west Prong at Bayboro. and in
Vandemere Harbor; and dredging
Drum Inlet under contract to com
piete a channel - feet deep and 200
feet wide from the gorge to the in
let to the improved channel in Core
Sound.
7 h e t W o government owned
dredges, the pipe lire dredge Henry
Bacon and the seagoing dredge
Comstock, were engaged in work
in this and other districts almost
the entire year.
The dredge Henry Bacon perform.
ed maintenance dredging on the
several projects in this district. The
dredge was also temporarily trans
ferred to the Charleston, S. c., dis
trict for a period of about seven
months for a large job on the Ash
ley River.
During her employment in the
Charleston district the dredge re.
moved approximately 1000, 900 cubic
yards of material at a cost of an
p%roximately 4.S cents yer yard.
Comstock Here
The seagoing dredge Comstock
operated in the Wilmington district
at Morehead City beaufort Inlet
Barr and the Cape Fear bar. She
was also used in the Charleston, S..
T., n Jacksonville, Fla, districts
The dredge is expected to be again
transferred to the Jacksonville dis.
trict early in January for work on
several bar channels in Florida, in.
Guiding Fort Pierce harbor, Lake
Worth Inlet, Miami Harbor, Fla,
and Winyah Bay, S. C.
The Henry Bacon is expected to
have an extensive overhauling re-
pairs, and additions about April or
May of 1910. The dredge will not
only have a thorough overhaulins.
but will also be equipped with a
new dfedge ladder, new boiler, and
new 700 H. P. cutter engine.
The dredge will be changed from
a ~ inch to a "a inch dredge. When
h repairs and alterations have
been completed, the dreoge will be
one OF the most modern pipe line
dredges on the. Atlantic coast and
Will be the most powerful dredge
owned by the government in the
United States.
Numerous SURVEYS were con
pleted at many localities throughout
the entire year using the survey
boat NeuSe. euninn.d with