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VOL. VI. NO. 32.

CAPE MAY. N. J., THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1906.

FOR THE HARBOR

IMPROVEMENT

U. S. Engineers See Great Worlt

Done At Cape May

GREATLY IMPRESSED WITH IT Railroad and Transportation Lines Enthusiastic Over UndertaKing-WiU

Benefit the Nation

A public bearing -m tt>* morning A ago*.!*. 1K06. .1 lb* Windtor Hotel. Cape May, by the Board of Eoginwr* of the War Department for Elver and Harbor Surrey*. Tbe bearing opened rhortly after« o'clock and the purpose of the meeting was to allow a preaentation of addiuonal data and argument! in favor of the propoaed improvement of Cold Spring Inlet with a view of eecnring a channel from tbelnnde harbor to deep water ami the creation of a Harbor of Refuge, after which the Boardot Engineer, were to inspect tbe locality of Cold Spring Inlet and the harbor now under -

•truct'on.

Tbe Board of Engineer* preaent aisled of the following gentlemen: Lieut. Col. D. W. Lockwood, C wp* of Engineer*. Senior member of the Board; lieot. Col. Richard L. Hoxie. < apt. C W. KuU, Major C. A. F. Flagler, Diatrict Engineer, and Mr A. H. Weber, Aanttant Engineer and Secretary. Among thoee preaent were Mayor Tbuuaa W. Mlllett, ol Cape May; J. Sp eer Learning. Eaq , C‘ty Solicitor; Mr. John W. Thompaon. City Recorder, Mr. Stephen B. WUeon, President of Capw May Board of Trade; W. W. At terbnry. General Manager Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Mr. H. # M. Carsou, Assistant to General Manager Pennsylvania Railroad Com pan J. 6. Sbnnd, Chief Engineer, Pennerlvania Railroad Company; Mr. D. S Kewhall, Purchaaing Agent, Pennsylvania lUlroad Company; Mr. D. H. Lovell. Superintendent West Jersey A Seashore Railroad Company; Mr. Geo. W. Boyd. General Passenger Agent-Pennsylvania Railroad Company; Capt. J. L Nicholson, President Captains' and Vessel Owners' Association; Senator Lewis M ( rcsee of Cape May coonty, X. J.; Congreasman John J. Gardner, of the Second New Jersey District; Mr. Frank N. Barksdale, Chief of Advertising Buresu

Uent. Col. D. W. Lockwood, Senior Member of tbe Board of River and Harbor Engineers Windsor Hotel, Cape May.N. J.

Dear Sir: On behalf of the citisens of Cape May I desire to make the following additional statement of the conditions tKSt-have _snwn sine-' the same

was made. ' tus Ms] The situation at this tih»« jy-pseirtM Learning. Is that of a land-locked harbor, of the ~

minioiom depth of thirty feet, so far advanced in its construction that its completion may be considered as a cer-

preaent. No community can establish a crest commerce until the means for the development of Uft commerce

first provided.

On tbe Atlantic coast there is no It bor and no coaling station between Sandv Hook and Norfolk, nor will there ever be unless tbe government renders Its aid to an enterprise of tbe natnre of the p'rsent one. Tbe preaent harbor, when developed by the deepening of this inlet will admit not only vessels of commerce, bat thoee of the nary as well and it would seem a narrow minded policy for the Government, when such s harbor is provided to fail to utilise its advantage* by faiUng to provide the mean* of socceas to that harbor.

Vours very truly,

THOS. W. MILLET. * Mayor

tbe Pennsylvania Railroad; Edmund B y,,,, to Umr by w . ler transporta-

rion i

learning, Eaq., Thomas S. K. Gardi of Egg Harbor, N. J.; Rev. Dr. Spooner, Pastor First PMbytenan < buret, Cspe May; Rev Dr. Ja*.Burns, Pastor of First M. E. Chore*! Cape May; Kills D Thompson, Consulting

Engineer of New ( ape May; Mr H. E.'

Wockrrman, Editor Cape May Wave; Mr. A. W. Hand, Editor Cape May Btau; Mr. Ie-wi» T. Stevens, Editor Cspe Msy lirast-o; Councilman Lewis C. Sayre, also rrpreaenlinp D laware Bay and River pilots Association; Hon. John M. Rogers, of Wilmington. Del.; Mr. Pet* r Shield*, president Cape May Heal Estate Company; Mr C Earl Mille-, mcretary of the Cape Mat Heal Estate Company; Capt. Frank G Edwards, representing Cape Mar Real Estate Company; and other citizens of Cape Msy, and visitors Interested in the establishment of a harbor for couveni-

ence and refuge

Tbe meeting being called to order by Lm-uI. Col. D W. lock wood, the presid-I'-g officer, who made the following

statement:

• Gentlemen:—It is hardly necessary to acquaint von of tbe proposition for which this meeting is calird. A very foil liearing of the project was bad by Major C. A. K. Flagler, in Msy .HUi, and bis r*|>ort »as sobmitted to tbe -Board of Engineers, aud the muter has remained open ever since that time, no definite action having been Uken. •'M e have called this meeting for tbe purpose of allowing those interested In the harbor at Cold Spring la let a further opportunity to aobmit anything addIUonal they may bare or tint has oc* curved regarding Ibis lustier " - Tbs HwBlctpal Bsdsrsssnint Mayor Thomas W. Milieu Uien presented bis address is wriiing which reed: . TIHZ

Cars Mar, H. J., August Vtb, '«*

taioty and dealt with as a fact- Which harbor is create*) absolutely at individual expense; and the Government at this time is asked to utilize this harbor by connecting it with tbe ocean, in manner suitable to answer tbe needs c

commerce.

Up to th* time tbe only means ot ac seas to tbe inland water* adjacent to 3spe Msy have been through Cold Spring Inlet, the bar of which h <* rend-Inlet-navigation possible only to shallow draft vessels and inconsequence the only waier transportation that can reach Cap* Jiay is In cargoes so small to render aster transportation almost profitless. Tbe City of-Cspe May

and its surrounding tertltory. in

pnence, baa, up to th a time, been dependent in a Urge degree - upon railroad transportation fur shipments either

from this locality, and while tbe

railroad facilities have been excellent and freight aide msonable there are

my commodities that can onlj

successfully shipped by water transportation. Thu applies with psrticnlar force to our wood end lumber, toa large percentage of bur farm produeU and to

products such as fish and

oyster*. At this time there are many small ahipmenu to and from Cape May by water, bnt tbe limited capacity tee vessels employed necesssr,ly _ rtricts that transportation; bkicks, coal and lumber are received at this port

Mayor Millet Iheu stated Mr. Spicer Learning tbs Cttv Solicitor had prepared an address In writing seUIng forth tbe rlews of the citisens of the city of Cape May regarding the Cold Spring Inlet. The Mayor then introduced Mr. J. Uplesr

earning. .Ur. Learning ealdi

Lieut. CoL Lockwood and gentlemen of

tbe Board of Engineers:

“I take great pleasure In welcoming you to our City by tbe Sea. I take pleasure for two reason*, first because we are glad to bare yoq with ua as representing one of the Important department* of a great Nation, and seoona, b cause we treat yoor coming to us msy get you Interested In the herto^of Cold Spring Inlet, and hope we may tee yon here in a few years, sad at IhsMlme we will be plesaed to point ont the work srbieb yon might make possible in tbe future by the oomplstloo of tElsgreat project. I have submitted writlog-a few remarks which I tbiok I

bad better read.

Cold Spring I|Jlet Improvement Cam Mat. S. J, Aug. *. ■n#.

Col. D. W Lockwood. Senior Member of Board of Eaglaeeta, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: Over a year ago when reprejotstlres of your Board met with am, I had the becor at **euris« before them In bebaM of the City of Qah* Mar. o« tbe •abject ot tbe Improvement of Cold Spring Inlet, with a view to making use of the excellent Inside harbor, then and aow, in the course of oonstraetlon by the Cape May Real Estate Company, In order that Cape May mlgtg hpsnvna a par* at entry and that a sad* and eoavetdmu harbor oc ot the Nation. *** ^ 0 ° m si am Informed lha* the matter then laid hitsrejy»ar Board yon do not ears to hare Introduced. I will endeavor to oooflne myself more partlorlari/ to what has been

accomplished since that time. maybeollMfda few momenta of

your time, I will first firs, la brief a I tory of the impeeretaenta now goto* and In which you are asked to aid In order

tlon so nearly profitless

gate cargoes amount to no great nags. This limilatou, boweve wholely due to tbe fact that tbe bar at the inlet renders large shipments impossible, for the population at this point and tbe industries properly incident to such popnlation unquestionably affords the basis for s water commerce of Importance and magnitude If necessary fa-

cfl-tie* are afforded

Tbe foregoing relates entirely to tbe subject of water transportation of arti des destined for this locality and ship its by water transp<wtation of products of this locality. When, bowei the broader aspect Is considered of wattransportation in connection with the railroads' tbe broader commercial neeas and possibilities are man fe At this time we have two railroads making Cape May their tennlnos With the harbor completed and an inlet admitting commercial shipment*, these rail load companies will be made the medium of shipment* from this port to and from point* for all intarior terntoDnring a considerable portion of the winter months water transportation the Delaware River becomes impossible, and with a harbor at the tetmino* of these railroads, free from ice at all of the year, it is estareUy manifest that this barb-r most be ntillsed as tbeir medium of trsnsporUtioa by

water.

Already in anticipation of the nary development* occasioned by this bazbor, the Bennsylvaui* Railroad ba* 1 expended fifteen hundred tbotMlad dotI are lu double tracking Its .system, and tbe Reading Railroad

in fostering lu IU eyes to future

lopmenu and look alone to tl*

Hon dollars (11.000.000.) In thca

menu.

Tbe Philadelphia Sc Heading railroad bare already constructed a branch of road directly to tbe harbor aod are dally

dellrerlag direct to bargee Urge Has of coal and other freight.

Tbe City of Cape May has not been Idle In the meantime, bat bee been making exteualve Improvement* In anticipation of this development. Tbe bolkbeed and beach drive bare been extended as far northward as Cold Spring inlet, adbunn of about three ml Ira. There are now In

tree of eoastructluu Urge srmrrr

•od water mams are bring laid In ord*.' t ibe reclaimed property may be made -liable for Immediate Improvement and elopment. Tbe gentlemen In charge of this Improvement are grading l be streets, and having pavrafrois laid, and a* m Informed, bare already oontracter some thlrt) -five mllea of concrete par* raeuU on this tract, a portion of whicli t> already completed These improrrmen* mean not only Ibe development of tbi partico’ar trad, bat means the opralni op and derelop meat to n great ax tent o: lower Booth Jeraey. These development-

mesn a Urge Increase In the bust activities of Sooth Jersey, and tb

needs of tbeae Increased activities can onl adrqaateiy be met by the Uorrrnmeot gh ig ns an outlet and Inlet to this barhoi od thus glee the Increased faeillUre which star transportation affords. Not only I* this way will tbe growth and prosper; t * nf Sooth Jeraey be sseored. bat tbe needof tbe commercial Interests of the ooootry at Urge will be largely met by giving to a thoroughly Safe aod accessible harbor l all limes, most conreoleatly located, taut midway of th* AtUntle Seaboard

Ithln five to ten miootea of tbe

ad connected directly by twoof tbe trank

ore of railroads altb all par Where the coudilloDS are so aod commercial needs are so we

of neorealty follows that sueb a place must

ae a place of great commercial l. Ip conclusion, gentlemen

those Interested in this enterprise hare

d more than They proposed, aod

they expect to do even great*! things

The railroads bays mad* good -as expected of them, and are

tinning. Our city baa already made many Improremeote, and are still at work. Yoor Board bare already had their represents-

Subscription—$1.00 per Year.

GENERAL MANAGER ATTERBURY — 1 : I COMES BY SPECIAL TRAIN

DOW with us again. By what has bet _ raad> doo* are are taught to axpaot thing*. ” s* great possibilities for the derelopof Cap* May and Booth Jersey, geu really, not as a seaside resort alone, hot a*

Will you help m

° make those paealbili-

Mtod

and the country at Urgx may be realised. About three yaaa ago a number of pri•te genUemea cam* among us and Invested 1 ,rge sum* of mooey In what was than practically waste land; they trdd aa they

proposed reclaim log thoee U ' kg a city where than than hut lowland* and marshes;

Pore the dredging out of a portion of thoes lowlands and creeks was necessary

to project oar people of Cep* May first skeptical, but tbs work was rncsd and poahsd with so much

at we began to boilers that thca* gantle-

m really mesa twdo what they pi It was finally aaggsstgd to th ds* who could forsas* tbs greet fc

at might b* derived from a fine lend

iked harbor so near to the that the dredging be doo* la si

le avalUbU for

looh aea..

There gentleman after consultation with i* various railroad Interests, of Cape May, and River* and Harbors •Jommlttea of our Govern laying the matter sad their propeeed plan before them, srersaasared of their hearty

they have done

they promised, they hare already program far. not only with th* aetaal * n of tb* harbor, but with their tract*, which they are under heavy b pleu. that there eau be no d

On the other hand the railroad are not keen Mow to fnlfill tbatr pan of

Very reapsoUall,. J. SPICER LEA MING. CHy Solicitor A I Lean me of the Vast Amount o Work Dooa Mr. I naming then Introduoad Mr. Ellto D- Thompson, aril Engineer, who pregrated a statement at the Gap* May Beal Estate Company In writing as follows: Caps May. M-J, Ang. 9, •08 Lieut. Col. D. W. Lockwood. Corps of Engineer*. Ban lor Mamber of the Boan Colorado Bn Ik) log. Washington. D. C. Dear Sir Referring to th* proposed Imrovement of Cold Spring Inlet, Capt May. V. J.. aod to the Inspection of the locality being mad* by the Board of Engineer*

meeting of tb* Board on Nor. 91. last. L Dredging of the harbor has oon usd day aod nbrfat from that date to this, by three of tb* Urgret dredges In the country- . A Tb* amoaat now excavated froi harbor and deposited oo the adjoining marsh land to about 9,000.000 cubic yards; tb* srork to aow la progrre at a n »to 800,000 cubic yards per m.

partially raised t at lb* harbor fi . 100 anre^Dn Nov. 91, has Increased to IS*

la of about 10 a*

a monthly. Tbe mlo

feet- The area now I Jag filled will be completed In about c year at srhleh time the harbor srill available for oommaroe. i Th* company has acquired title to Two Mile Beach aod adjoining marsh on the north aids of tb* Inlet thus assuring nil righto of way fra* of cost to tye

United Statas.

It Is the Inteotiou to extend th* harboi aek of this beach, also provide It with railroad faculties la addition to thoee al

' at Cap* May

We do

time to repeat in detail ibe various statemenu oonornilag tbe Immediate ce wreliy for Improrlog the Inlet, all of wblcb have >eeo heretofore submitted lo your Board lu writing either directly or through M«j Flagler, but we desire to Invite yoor at untloo to tbe followlog summary of the

1. Tbe channel desired is oo* baring a topth o', at least K test at mean low water tnd clear bottom width of <00 feet with <id* slopes of 75 feet, extending from deep eater In tbe ocean to deep water In tbe isrbor. to be formed by jetties and dredg-

ing between.

A This width of channel brings tbe regulating works 950 feet apart, thus lo g them oo the crcaU of the shoals banking tbe bar channels aud this brings be cost of construction to tb* minimum. A Tbe only streams leading Into the harbor (which srill be bnlkbeaded through ont.) an Bcbeltonger’s creek, (very email,) and tb* waterway leading to Jarvis Bound There carry no sediment worth mention aod there to no danger of deterioration. 4. Tb* propoaed improrementto National and not local In lu soopa. Tbe Importof Cape May with Its railroad eonions as a port of mur after th* inlet hare been Improved, cannot be ad*, qua tel y Mil mated at tbi« time. The baroor to capable of indefinite development

A Forth* 4. Ibe li should the harbor of th* Delaware Breakwater which to a harbor ot refuge only.

'•or of the *!*« now bring di ^aty afteronoaulting with

. Commit

radically gave aa A — —• - harbor

* that If a Urge deep wal mat raced the Uorrrnmeot wo e a proper cbanurl of inxreaa a tb'at '“V plana lor tbe harbor w

id aa agreed; Congress ordered a

ir railroads wan s and docks of

be harbor for commercial purpose* aod lo all lu their p<w4(nftalkc U a Urge

•od auoeeasfql port.-of entry.

At ibe meeting before Major Flagler, alb rail roads put themselves emphatical-

this matter. Tbe railroads ' " ' rreneement. The

injunction

ire carrying Peon-ylranta Railroad basin

with the Beading Kallroad.doable-lracked ind reabulll lie line at au rxpena- of fullv ll-SCO.OUO so aa to give bridge train service increased feoHlUe* and be ready to nlilixe the harbor. Tbe Reading Railroad baa »•»■■< a spar direct to the b-rbor where It coaling sUlico and delivers bsary freight. All this is In line with cur agroe- • with them, aod we are simply car-

r understanding

rylog out our part of _ with tbe railroads and

which, In a word, is (bat If ws will oonstruct tbs harbor, the Gorerameot will prindpMrommeret rmllro * d * Aside from the railroad commerce howre r. which will extend to all parts of the >uptry. the local oommerqe need* this harbor, boatb Jeraey to a sparorly ret tied oountry but derelopint. fast. The -prrmtlooa at Cap* Mar alone will provide read! market for building materials aod provide a water outlet for manufacturing

available for commerce with a view of es Ubliahlng steamship Haas to touch here, theonly point oo tb* New Jersey soasi where they osn laud, There inquiries

satino th* mareUm* Interest. 9 thto project and that they ting for It* completion. Even t ooodlUen of th* bar small

The County's Recommendations At the concluxion of tbe Rcsl Krtai* Company's letter Mr. Ixwming Introduced Senator L M. Creese of Cape May Couo’y. Senator Crease said:Col. letakwood and Geotlemeu of tbe Board of Engineer*:— 1 have lu compliance with the general understanding, reduced to writing what I nave to say about tbe improvement of Cold Spring Inlet as follow.: I bare made no attempt to go intode ails or statistics a* tbe gentlemen who preceded me have (1 ready door so much more ably than 1 could have done. OCKAS ClTV. X. J.. August S«b. 1908. Lieut. Col. D. W. Lockwood. Senior Member of tbe Board of River and Harbor Engineer*. Colorado Building.VV'ashingtoo.D.C. D®»r Blr.—Regarding the proposed tmrovemeot of Cold Spring Inlet, at Cape May. N.J.. I desire to say that in my opinlou. tbe Government should not co-operate, by providing and maintaining au entrance to the bartxtr oow being made, wblcb when completed, that Cape May wiU be one of the great porta of tbe country. Not only hare the projectors of this improvement kept faith, aod made good ia their every promise, bat they have exceeded the expectations of the most san-

guine.

Both tb* Pennsylvania and tbe Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, have shown' tbsir great Interest and faith In the

[pending

Fifteen hundred thousand dollars

earning the llmc'wben^Oe'barbor'^in'br Improve msoM to Cape May City, and ..-u.ki-r ^ tk. K. n .a,. i .

the benefits hare been participated it ha satire County, which I have tbe bouor > represent in tb* New Jersey Senate. While our great State has approximater oo* baud red sod twenty three miles of Gesso front, sod supplies a Urge share of

ws have not received any

tech the A Tbe Improvement of tbs Inlet Is ask •d for by . »>r tattoo Hass, by tb* Delaware Bay Pilot*, by th* City of Cap* May. by the State of ” ty aod lo fact by all who know

X; they r*

strewn Nsw Jersey e Its ossd to vsresto ia « ba th* means of saving many liras aod inneh valuable property, aod tb* faculties It Win afford for tbs proreottoo of trod* Nsw Jsrasy has no eommantel port atoag lu satire coast toss, f. Tb* spssial advantages the harbor •saw la flam of

thto harbor and th* o provision for this ooooseUoB at that wkaa tb* barborts eoreplsb ba avaUabt* for th* publ te na*.

to way that It wUl oarry oat tl the harbor re snat—plated *k already doo* aad tonwla pi

Tbs New Coital ibera of Coogrere to support the Cold Spring Inlet project, aod to a mao they appreciated lu Importance to th* Slate, aod supported It unanimously aod soergrtloally. * • — iot of mousy that to tto Improvement, it la but a trig* la comparison to what is being expanded by private enterprise in making lha part of entry, aod I do oot think yoar temorabl* Board ot Eugiarere should ‘ lareod the expenditure of r to Osaka th* jsuiaa.

tec. that the psspla of thto Ooaoty an

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