The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-05-22
News of Columbia & Tyrrell Co.
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Columbia and Tyrrel County
IMPRESSIVE SHOWING IN
COLUMBIA IN BEHALF
OF ALLIGATOR RIVER

COLUMBIAN a public hear.
ing by District Engineer, Colone
H. C. Rowland, Jr. of the U. S
Corps of Engineers, Wilmington
district, for the purpose of deter.
mining the ACCESSIBILITY or justif.
cation of constructing locks OF
other remedial works in the INLAND
waterway to alleviate effects Of
salt water intrusion in the Alliga.
tor River from Pungo River, was
held Friday morning at the Tyr.
rell County Court House.
Among the huge amount of ties.
timony, in the form of briefs ant
oral statements, there was only
one registered objection which wa.
read at the beginning of the hear
ing by Colonel Rowland. This OBJ
lection was filed by the Norfolk
Baltimore Carolina Line, in the
form of letter from it's president
Mr. Hogshire.
Brief prepared by Albert R. Bell
Civil Engineer, New Bern, show
summary estimate for Tyrrel
County, which shows the most
damage: Total individual lane
owners for crop production loss
abandoned land and woodlands, g
total DOSAGE of $2.64O,132; timber
loss-other $1,O7O996; commercial
fishing loss $5,627,62
Testimony brought out that the
water elevation was about Il
inches higher in the Alligator
River, after the canal was cut
through. Colonel Rowland inform.
ed ocean levels in the past sc
years, it seems to be a fact that
the land has either gone down OF
the water has risen about one
foot since 1900.
Harry Cornell, chief fish biolo.
gist for the State of North Caro-.
line informed "There has been 6
tremendous change in fish popula
ton, at present, is not typical but
margin population" and inform
ed further that in 1866 crappies
were almost completely eradicated
and that fish that spawn in fresh
water and run in salt had change
of habitat.
v. G. Midget of Manns Harbol
compared loss of shad and croak.
ers; the action of the winds on the
water and stated that salt water
affects fishing from Edenton tc
Morehead City.
C. A. Kelley of Greensboro
owner of land in Tyrrell, compar.
ed the condition Of the land ano
growth now with some thirty years
ago at the time he purchased the
land here. He told that he was
selling timber which he preferred
to keep, for business reasons rath-
err than take a chance of DOSAGE
"There has been more damage to
timber because of the salt situa-
ton than by any forest fire in 4C
years, continued Kelley.
Specimens in the form of stakes
taken from Frying Pan covered
with barnacles and salt burn, and
saline soil taken from a pasture
this week, were filed with the Dept
of Engineers by D. V. Spencer.
Charlie Caravan of the Board
of Hyde County Commissioners
brought out that not only was
damage being done by salt water
but that oysters were being dam
aged by the circulation of fresh
water mixture from CurritucR
Point to Durant's Point.
Stanford White of MAINS Har,
Dor stated eve have an obligation
to tie future to fulfill in preserv-
ing our land, timber, game and
fish, and it IS up to US to see that
something is done"
The hearing was emceed by w
J. White. Attending with Colonel
Rowland was Nels Manguson
Chief Planning and Reports
Branch of the U. S. Engineers.
Besides those mentioned who
gave the account of their knowl-
edge and experience in this connec-
ton were Keith Dunbar of Hyde;
Ira SPENCER of Hyde, H. c. Aims
ley, Clarence Davenport, Ray Ev-
erton, w. H. McCown, county at
torney of Dare County, Alfred
Hollis, William Ernst, Jr. of Man.
teo, Gus Brickhouse, Wallace Hud-
son, j. J. Armstrong, Otis Cohoon
Basil Cohoon w. C. Liverman
Frank Weatherly, C. ]. Liverman
n IL