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AND
DELAWARE ADVERTISER.

Thursday, May 81, 1927.
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Chesapeake and Dtiaware Canak-It af-
foris us peculiar qualification to state that
the work Of the Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal is progressing equal to cur most SAN
gulne expectations Mcssrs. Raybold and
Clark have rendered their contract naviga-
bic as far as the village Of St. Georges, which
has been cut through the worst ground, at
distance Of about five miles. On Monday,
we are informed. several sloops entered the
lock on the Delaware, and passed up the
canal in handsome stVle, as far asst. Georges
where their arrival was greeted by the citi
zcns Of that place with acclamatons ef joy.
These contractors, ever since they first en-.
gagged this section Of the work, have been
unceasing in their eXcrtions to render il CON
pletc in their limited time:-they harc done
So: and the mastery manner in which they
have surmounted difficulties which, almost
every day, were presenting themselves %
one shape or another, is truly admirable.
The western section, under the management
Of MIR ID Xtcr, We are also iHformcd, pro
gresses rapidly; several miles Being now fin
ishtd. The middle section, ar deep CT,
as il is called, is also in a state of forward
ness, and we think viii soon be brought q
is proper depth. Tbe impcdincnts enths
part Of the canal are tmhing, when comndr.
ed with those Oh the marshes, where quit K


sands and soft mud Bottoms have abuan.,ld
] beyond expectation, All that is hero ~
quired, is sufficient ph,si force. 70 r.
move the dirt with expedition. Il i be-
lieved, by Judges, that the canal viii bc p a
condition 70 admit the passing pf boats, from
the Delaware 10 tic Chesapeake, hy the ial
Of 1928; some say earlier, but We believe tie
present condition d the work does not justly
shorter tme--tt viii then be finished in
rough state, and my probably require sis
o. nine months more, % give it a fihsdins
touch 50 that ay the fourth 81 July, N q


the canal vii! bc completed