A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Delaware > Sussex http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=642 Also visit our new sister sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=47611 Submitted by: Harrison H Howeth Article Title: The Philadelphia Inquirer Article Date: December 18 1899 Article Description: Lewes Citizens Protest Canal Report: Article Text: Lewes, Del., Special to the Inquirer, Dec., 17: Citizens of Lewes are talking of getting a protest against the report of Unites States Engineer W. F. SMITH recommending that $100,000 be spent during the year on the Assawaman Canal at the Maryland end. It is claimed the canal has been dug out on the end spoken of several times and has filled up again because the Delaware end has not been attended to. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DE-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com