No. 123.] RECLAMATION, ETC. 83 



Salisbury Drainage Project. 

 Progress in this project was delayed by the necessity for ob- 

 taining legislative authority to purchase land in New Hampshire 

 needed for the proposed dike. This authority was granted by 

 the last Legislature and the formation of the district proceeded 

 with, and designs have been prepared for the necessary struc- 

 tures. The roadbed of an abandoned street railway company, 

 now a highway, just inside the New Hampshire State line, will 

 be used as the dike. Tide gates and a weir will be constructed 

 for regulating the water in the marsh. It is expected that con- 

 struction work on the project will be completed next spring. 



Green Harbor Drainage Project. 

 The project originated in 1872, when the owners of the marsh 

 lands built a dike about a mile above the mouth of Green Harbor 

 River. The sluices there provided partial drainage for this land 

 but friction with the users of the harbor below prevented the 

 success of the project. The first sluice, becoming defective, was 

 abandoned and a new sluice of smaller capacity was installed. 

 This being unsuccessful, a district was formed under the present 

 drainage laws. During the fall of 1921 a new sluice of about 

 100 square feet area was designed and plans for laterals outlined. 

 The district drainage commissioners presented the project to the 

 Plymouth County commissioners for financing according to law, 

 but up to the present time the county commissioners have re- 

 fused to approve the project. Proposals of various compromises 

 have been offered, but none as yet agreed upon. 



Weweantic River Drainage District. 

 Weweantic River Drainage District, as noted in the last annual 

 report, is located in the town of Carver, and is the first to actu- 

 ally reach the constructive stage. A large, concentrated area 

 of cranberry bogs, lying at the headwaters of the Weweantic 

 River, had been badly damaged through lack of drainage be- 

 cause the river channel below had become clogged. The first 

 work undertaken was the clearing and digging out by hand of 

 the half mile of channel just below these bogs. The expense was 

 less than $250, but the results were very satisfactory. The water 

 level at the bogs after draining was lowered about 13^ feet, which 

 fulfilled all the requirements at this point. It is planned to 

 extend this work down stream, also to construct some small 



