Show TO lOW BLOW OUT OT A I DANGEROUS ROC ROU NEW YORK May l 2 26 To To To preclude tho the possibility of such accidents as that tha which happened 1 to tho American lino steamer H. H M. M Whitney which has been aground at nt Flood Rock at Hell Gate the tho dangerous Long Island sound entrance en- en tranco trance to tho the port of No Now York lato late Saturday tho the engineer corps of the United States ates arm army will be begin early InJune InJune in inJune June the work of deepening tho channel ohm chan nd nol nel at nt that point Tho work must bo be completed in two years Tho roc rock which h broke broko tho the back of the Whitney is tho the principal menace monaco to navigation It is is only ei eighteen feet under water When tho engineers get Set through with it it will have been blown blonn away to an average depth of twenty twenty six six feet feet feet-a a sufficient depth to accommodate date dat any vessel likely to desire desiro to mako make the tho passage Tho The work now DOW to be e attempted i is tho the most important in this vicinity since Binco I the tho original blowing up of Hell Gate Gato two decades back Con Congress eSS eS'S has appropriated appropriated ap ape ap- ap for it |