March 18, 1916 – At a meeting of the Commercial Club held Tuesday evening a committee was appointed to secure data as to what benefit to shipping would be derived from the dredging of a channel through the bar in front of Petersburg and at other bad points in the Narrows.
The delegate has introduced a bill appropriating $100,000 for the dredging of a ship channel through Dry Strait, but does not expect final action on the measure at this session. An appropriation was made last year for a survey of Dry Strait. The survey is to be made this spring, and further appropriation for the project will...
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