The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-07
City Makes New Appeal
For Kings Bluff Line

concerted effort to move
;,4oke to the city's new water
N. .1ine from Hoods Creek to
~ @a,s Bluff, city officials have
'' ooled to the regional office of
~ ra Federal Works Agency for as
..tonce in laying their problem
.toro Washington authorities, it
~, disclosed here Wednesday.
ncood faith on the part of the
.., officials and the keeping of
. ~, with the voters and citizens
ls i. +be city require it to do all
u-;ras necessary to complete this
s,l+s line which is as necessary
we see it, as any project in the
a. '+erest Of the war effort, and to
l'l' Won't the citizens of this city,
pa.nsiderably more than half of
pyn, are war workers and mill.
t ~+.y' personnel read the COM
. H., to Kenneth Maxwell,
rosional FWA administrator.
T,rpntvone affidavits, filed by
e.horn,er. railroad men and 9TH
IN A position to know the
~ of the water in the river
an5 creeks of the area, accom-
anied the letter. all of them
sa;ntinq out that salt exists in the
Eve Fear river at points above
4ho nroposed location of the city's
n,n,ping station at Hoods Creek.
A. +be pipeline to Hoods Creek
,.;rtnallv nears completion, the
ov4ension must be accomplished
xo, # the flow of salt into the
area's water supply is to be halt
ID # was contended. In addition,
tscili+ies for the manufacture of
+ba nipeline materials are already
ovailable and may not be so con-
ronient in the future, it was
shown.
The War Production Board de-
rea the city permission to ex-
tard the line to Kings Bluff ap-
oroximately a year ago, when the
contract for construction of the
new system was let. WPB felt at
that time that there was not suf-
4cient need for extension to war
r.rt use of critical war materials
tr the project.
WE felt then and we feel now
that reaching that conclusion is
not xtified under all the facts
in t,s case. The decision could
hare been made on no evidence
except two isolated days in DC
.ooer 1911, when it was found
that on these particular days there
was not sufficient salt in the wa
ter at Hoods Creek to make it
suitable for USE the letter point
ed out.
To stress the essentially of the
addition. W. C. Olsen, consulting
engineer for the city. made this
report: salt invaded the Cape
Fear river in 1910 to a point above
its junction with Livingston creek.
This information was conveyed by
the tender of the U. S. Lock and
Dam at Kings Bluff. AS the gov
eminent continues to deepen the
inland waterway and straighten
and deepen the chancellor this
and other mentioned reasons-it |
is necessary for the city to go
above Kings Bluff lock and dam
TO obtain source Of water"
Mr. Olsen declared that the tides
of the Cape Fear extend seven
miles beyond Hoods creek, and
pointed to the uselessness and ex-
pense Of installing pumping facili-
ties at this small creek "where
there is continuing danger of
salt infiltration.'
1t is apparent that long dry
season is on us. ard that during
The month of October We will have
Stch excess Quantities of salt in
the water in the Cape Fear river
nat the city, with all of its war
workers and military personnel will
suffer for acll of suitable source
01 water supply the engineers re-
ported. To substantiate the state
ment concerning the dry spell they
pointed to facts and figures sup
NeQ by weather bureaus at Fay
elleVllle, Moncure, Graham, Ran
fa-men, and Greensboro.
Inc report further showed that a |
compilation begun on September
~ indicated that from that date
uFIll the end of the month there
was gradual increase daily in
'Ae salt content Of the water.
,oe over period Of IL years, from
1901 during at least nine of such
years the salt content has been ex-
'esslFe' it was pointed out.
-. among the affidavits was that of
w. b. Chinnis who stated that salt
water has extended up the river
wi at least % miles," rendering
II unit for use. The point is 1Ol
niles above the spot on Hoods
eeek where the new pumping sta
Soh Is currently supposed to be
NdLlr0ad men exnlained TINT III CIV