The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-17

wide, with increased width at
bends, extending from Hilton
Bridge to and Including a turning
basin of the same depth ad 900
feet wide at a point l IA miles
above. This improvement will IA
cilitate the movement of fertilizer,
which has already started to move
in since the closing of the war.
Near Wrightsville Beach, pro-
ject has been approved to provide
a channel feet deep and 80 feet
wide, extending from the inland
waterway via Motto and Banks
Channels to a point just within
Masonboro Inlet at Wrightsville
Beach.
Several other projects in eastern
North Carolina have been approx
ed by Congress as follows:
Other Projects
ChoWan River. 1t is proposed to
provide a channel IL feet deep and
80 feet wide from the mouth of
the river to the confluence of Not
taway and Blackwater rivers. It
is anticipated that this improve
ment when completed will result
in large savings in northward ship
ments of wood pulp and lumber
products and return shipments Of
salt products, in addition to its
increased value to general COM
merce.
Three small projects are author
lied which will be OF material as
sistance to the numerous market
fishermen operating in Pamlico
Sound and also to persons on the
Banks, including personel of the
Coast Guard, National Park Serv-
ice, and Weather Bureau.
Fishing Aids -
One Is for a channel from Pam
leo Sound to Rodanthe feet deep
and 100 feet wide to include a ba-
sin of the same depth at the shore
end 80 to 100 feet wide and 1000
feet long, at an estimated cost of
S., 600. This channel will be of ben
eft to the Coast Guard and the
National Park Service and will also
provide a harbor and facilitate the
transfer OF fish and incoming sup
plies.
Pamlico Sound
Another project is for a channel
6 feet deep from Pamlico Sound
to and including a basin at Avon
at an estimated cost of SIG, 500.
This channel and basin will pro-
vide a protected harbor and will
permit safer transportation d
handling of supplies for this local
ity which is dependent to large
extent on water transportation.
The third project is to provide
a channel 6 feet deep and 100 feet
wide from the existing Robinson
Channel to and includig a 6-foot
depth in front of the Wharves at
Hatteras at an estimated cost of
$4,000.
An Improvement is planned in
the Waterway connecting Swan
Quarter Bay with Deep Bay and
provides for channel feet deep
and 60 feet wide between the two
bays and through Swan Quarter
Canal to a basin 8 feet deep at
the head of the canal near Swan
Quarter. This community has no
railway facilities and is dependent
largely on water transportation.
The improvement, it is expected,
will facilitate the shipment of farm
products.
Th0roughfare Bay
An improvement to provide a
depth of 7 feet in Thoroughfare
Bay from Core Sound to Cedar
Bay is contemplated at an esti-
mated cost of $4,000. The popula-
ton Of the area affected by this
Improvement is engaged principal
~ in the fishing industry. Present
shallow depths in the channel con-
meeting the two bays force larger
boats to make a 20-nile detour
which results in more expense,
cargo losses as well as delays.
The nearest railroad connection is
at Beaufort about IS miles distant,
and adequate small boat naviga-