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WORK AT HIGH TIDE. It Will Require a Year's Labor Big Ships. ehtp canal, which begins at deep water ff Jamaica Bay and runs s mile and « dredge Atlantic began the work and will later be supplemented by tho dredge Raritan. The purpose of the he other side would be almost The growth of the present built-up erty 80 there would be equal value in all |tie shore property on Jamaica Bay. I j have talkeg the matter over with Cal- the project. As first planned, the chan- | nel was to go only as far as Fresh U 1 S 4 I want It continued right up to the head of the bay. ncle, Sam Has Begun Dredg- present Cigging now being started by the Government is, of course, ing the Great Harbor for only ‘the entrance channel to the bay. fa) ¢ Ry rest of the ship canal 5 $008,000 to a. be dug by the city. For this ,t as cean Steamers. been appropriated by the city. JAMAICA BAY THE BEST HAR: BOR FOR NEW YORK. “The commasion is favorable to my lan, the | ht changes. e have studied the Ject carefull in one spot, I wanted to have vin Tompkins, the Dock Commissioner, who Im Of course, greatly Interested in le “reek. "The nelusion that Jamaica Bay ts natu- 7 ‘ rally the next best harbor to New York ad to Cut a Way for City. The water front of New York 1s too crowded already. The city ts to & million dollars for marsh land amaica Bay, on which the dredg- ei 0 be placed. The city is get- ting this land at a low cost, but the ‘The digging of the new Jamaica Bay| Value will increase tremendously all ment of this project, which is half to deep water opposite Rockaway | now assured, will contribute to the Point, was begun in earnest yesterday Gt) eter canines ait Ao keep q it the maritime centre of activity. : At high tide, Tho great United States |". Me" orders of Jamaica Bay be made capable of handling greater pro- only excavated facturing and the distribution of the + and we s. because th als would be cheape 1S aioe Ie Instead of concentrating all > Ten good $ smokes Va When you want a ten minutes’ smoke, it’s folly to light a big cigar. Smoke Piccadillys —same aroma, same mild sweetness of an ecto Mlevated Sintiom ubmitted, with a few and have come to the \way we mot enly meet "AN io THEN: ay and convert ft Into good ing property. The success- new channel is to have a canal deep enough between Coney Island and Rock- away Point for the admittance of ocean- going steamers. It is the object of tho Jamaica Bay Improvement Commission, which was appointed by Mayor McClel- lam, to use Jamaica Bay for steamship faollities, realizing that the New Yuri water front le becoming overcrowded. The plans and first surveys were made two years ago by the United States Yngineering Corps under the direction f Col, William B, Rossell, who is now 4a charge of the work, but who ts as- sisted by H. N. Babcock, chief engineer, the brains of the undertaking, The Fed- |b eral Government has already appro-|!s Printed $260,000 to be used for the exca- vating of the new channel, but it & @aid by the engineers all of this money will not be needed for the purpose. I: | fis eettled that $200,000 more is to be paid Btates Government to reimburse it for the money the city is to spend on tho \ Gilling up of the shoals and marsh lands | * in Jamaica where it is intended to erect Iai amship wharves in an { effort to dir ent plans are north of Barren Island. | means of improving and texture of y) that are to be filled in under the pres- m with the same readiness with to the city of New York by the United which it cures eczema, acne, barber's ' 76) forlO cBnts astonishment of those una ble tocob- : FREE with Every Purchase of $30 Sipping: trod ail tain results by other means. R the world t0 dock there, The lance , POSLAM SOAP is the soap of soaps Havana Perfecto. They’re smaller— that’s all. 4 Satin Decorations of Honor in each box—6&0 subjects Complete, 15. Keguiar tries O88 id itching troubles whic! ching feet, oak | | This Imperial Leather Couch LITTLE: CIGARS» \ ! | { ‘oslam is immediate. It Aggravated cases 2 Regular Fi e cured quickly, to YOUR TERMS let and beth, as a 4 THE Sieeeer Bh AUGUST 16, 1912. fi would benefit the shore property as far Guctiveness, through commerce, manu- 3 > LY bay, the prop- commodities, there would be immense erty along its course would naturally Increases in jand values and bu " ak at jumps in value, and the opportunities in Brooklyn ant Qy : ant ‘S| L195. Z ENTRANCE aoway Station, TO STORE ON 149TH STREET wo SINUSES ees SS SNA os ryt 19 of! AucieT bu t Nt patrons, however, we will o “dra “DISCOUNL OF 25% FOX ONE WEEK MORE on all our new stock {ust delivered from GRAND RAPIDS. In this NO DEPOSIT. "REQUIRED—56 weekit | Delters Mission al Suite |On'y Ten More Selling Days in August | Settee, tee, Armehair, EAS SEER eo NO MAIL ORDERS {fect many who eat certai ») ne foe cared at nee by a4 I C Cc A D ] L LY FREE we casa CREDIT PORTH ¥ REE = ARE OUR TEKMS With Every Purchase of 970 We Pay Fares and Expenses. Free Delivery by Our Motor Car vag : . ' The shore property north of Brooklyn |the skin and assuring its continued | Ye, as - | OPEN EVERY EVENING | UNTIL 9. OPEN SATURDAYS UNTIL 10 P.M. \, and into Queens, it is deciared by the | health, commission, 18 perfectly adapted to sult |rare beneficial effects from 4 every purpose for manufacturing 4nd] with Poslam. Soothes tend shipping. ci WORK SLOW AND TEDIOUS AT), } THE START. |free samples, write to the Emergency / nis te aalow Ae telota What dee anes pe Netunecsouet siee)| int makes little difference what you need—a World “Wavt” will go get It. the wh. t the present channel, 13 feet deep and 100 feet | Is too shallow to allow the dredge Atlantic to work except at high tude, Which will be only twice in each twen- ty-four hours, with @ working time of | leas than two hours at cach bigh water. |i As part of this high tde Js at night, the | working time will in some cases ve lim. ited to only once a day, as the engineers gerous at present to use the avy dredge in the darkness. Chiet Engineer Babcock said to-day | fore the channel would be ready for! by vessels of deep draught. fh mated that it will take at least ie complete ‘elty dn the Sonia part o of Jamaica Bay. ) °CiSimouty which bas elready been i encountered by the engineers in their | Bi preliminary operations is the proximity ff of the Atlantic cables in the low water at the east end of Coney Island, opposite the Rockaway inlet, Until af- tee Jan, 1 all digsing will be confined to the channei east of Coney Island. On the first of the year the Wostare Valen Company !s going to loop its cables to the Reever shore of Coney Island, out | of the channel's range. The Commercial and its rege com- panies will drag their the northeast end of Jamatc: drop them back slong sh ent station that connects them with the) land wires. | ‘Wiliam @. Ford of No. & Liberty treet, the retary of the Jamaica) Bay Improvement Commission, and wh with his two associates in the commis: gion, Philip B. Farley and John J. Mac Leughlin, made and won the fight for, the improvement, was very enthusiastic over the project when seen to-day by an Evening World reporter. “Our commission hag studied the prob- Jem with a great deal of forethought. There have been three separate reports made on the subject to the Mayor. I submitted tho last, which differed a little from the one sent by my two associates, “I wanted the cnannel continued up Jamaica Bay a great deal further than originally planned, so that the project PEN SATURDAY MONDAY EVENINGS, STAVE. OUST BROOKLYN.: my Bales LAK FU sot See Word ve lett Ne A rertarsuncute ap oe s IE \ Absolutely pure, it deri di m Sonp (price 25 cents). EXPERT WORKMEN hin te ALL STORES OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL 9—SAT] To Merchant Tailors absolutely pur e ucolens in any smount f1¢m 10 yards to 10,000 yards. You kno selling the $40 to $60 trade wil! be considered. SPECIAL NOTICE TO CUSTOMERS | We have just closed a purchase of 5,200 yards of all weaves and patterns on the same cash basis as above, and instead of realizing an encrmous profit like 99% of the merchant tailoring trade, we are satisfied to sell at a small nominal profit, as the success of the famous R. & C. in- stitution has been made solely on the broad principle of large sales and sival! profits. This enormous stock has been distributed among our four up-to-date conveniently located stores, and has been carefully arranged to afford a quick and easy selection among the hundreds of styles and patterns. ORDER A REAL $60 RITCHIE & CORNELL SUIT TO-DAY FOR Every Style, Pattern and Weave to Satisfy All. 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