Hearings On Deepening of Pamlico and Tar Rivers, 1916

 “Hearings to Deepen Two Good Rivers,” from the Hickory Daily Record, Oct. 31, 1916

Wilmington, N.C. (AP), Oct. 31—Hearings relative to the deepening of the channel of the Pamlico and Tar rivers at or below Washington, N.C., will be held in Washington on November 15 and Greenville on November 16, according to an announcement by Major A.E. Waldon, Corps of Engineers, United States Army. In the river and harbors act approved last July, Congress provided for a preliminary examination of the Pamlico and Tar rivers with a view to providing channel depth of 11 or 12 feet, with adequate widths at or below Washington, and such additional depth and width as may be advisable up to Tarboro.