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Show GREATEST JETTIES IN THE WORLD TOBEJUILT WORK ON THEM WILL BE BEGUN IN THE NEAR FUTURE. They Will Be Constructed at Sandy Hook Where Sea Threatens to Sweep Away the Peninsula. New York. March 30. In the near future, work -will begin on tho greatest jetties in the work. They will be con- I.strucied at Sandy Hook to check the Inroads of the sea which threateiu.nl-tlmately threateiu.nl-tlmately to sweep the narrow penln-' ' sula away. Recent surveys have shown that Sandy Hook is being washed wash-ed away at an alarming; rate, each storm carrying tons and tons of earth and sand into tho ocean. The beach line, in some places, has receded 30P feet or more. Plans are now completed, and congress, con-gress, having provided J30.000 to start the work, the government will noon ask for bids to construct wooden Jct- ties 3.S00 feet In longth. Nineteen In ; all will be constructed. One of the ! greatest troubles that confronts the j engineers, is that of protecting the big ship targets on the proving ! grounds. It has already been neccs-j neccs-j sary to move some of the targets to ! another part of tht? peninsula, but with J the present plans, it U hopwd to relieve re-lieve the situation |