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Beach 'remains' unsolved
Latest and last piece
sheds little extra light
By David Still II
dstill@barnstablepatriot.com
LAST PIECE - Archeologists victor Mastone (right)
and David Trubey of the state Board of Underwater
Archaeology examine the last known piece of "the
old wreck" on Craigville Beach.
DAVID STILL II PHOTO
LAST LOAD - The final pile of dredge spoils from the Centerville River
project is loaded by a P.A.Landers crew to be hauled to Sandwich,
where it will become part of a sound-deflecting berm at the Casella
disposal area. All that remains before the beach is reopened is a
clean sweep of the parking lot and repositioning of the edge-defining
boulders between the lot and beach. That work should be completed
in the next two weeks. In the distant background,a backhoe searches
for the final known piece of "the old wreck."
What'sbelievedtobethefinalpiece ofburied
timbers at CraigvilleBeach shed little new
light on just what they once were.
For Victor Mastone, director of the state
Board ofUnderwaterArcheologicalResources,
the remains defy precise definition. When he
first saw the timbersin December,histhought
wasabulkhead,perhapscrafted from recycled
ship's timbers.
Photos and memories of local residents of
"theold wreck"at Craigvillemoved histhinking
to a ship, perhaps a four-masted downeaster
based on its size. What can be said is that it is
indeed old, as it was well-worn and in place in
the 1910s, when "the old wreck" moniker had
already been affixed.
This final piece has Mastone thinkingbulk-
head, at least for this portion. Based on pho-
tographs provided to the Patriot and shared
with the state official,what people remember
as "the old wreck" was most certainly that,
but the disarticulated physical evidence and
limitations of the photographic record can't
pin down just what type.
Wood samplesfrom the unearthed remains
are out for analysisand there'ssome suspicion
that at least some ofit is cypress,which would
put the wreck's construction somewhere out
of this country, but any such conclusion will
have to wait until the analysis is completed.
The piece dug out this week was discovered
but ignored during excavation of the dewater-
ing basins for the dredge project. Mastone
returned for what'sexpected
to be the last time this week
to view and photograph the
connected timbers,whichare
to be discarded with the rest
at the town landfill.
Mastone thought when he
viewed the side showing in
the pit that it could be a stern
piece. Onceit wasflipped over
by the town'sbackhoe, it be-
came more inconclusive.
"It looks more like a
land-side bulkhead," he ob-
served.
Such wouldn't be entire-
ly out of the question, as
that area was home to the
Centerville Wharf Company
from 1852 until 1879, but the
size of the timbers is a clue
against it. Mastone said that
the heavy construction would
suggest ships of great size.
So the remains remain un-
classified ,but the name isex-
pected to stick,atleast around
here: "the old wreck."
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Survey shows strong support
for regulating development
Study adds to
debate over fate
of Cape Cod
Commission
By Edward F.Maroney
emaroney@bamstablepatriot.com
A survey of attitudes to-
ward the areas regulated
by the Cape Cod Commis-
sion offers little satisfaction
for critics who would limit
or eliminate the land-use
agency.
The 2005 Cape Cod Resi-
dents Survey, conducted
by the Center for Survey
Research at U-Mass Boston,
found that traffic congestion
and availability of affordable
housing are the issues cre-
ating the greatest concern
among respondents.
Ninety-six percent of the
472 people answering the
survey saidthe amount of de-
velopment on Cape Cod was
either too much (68 percent)
or about right (28 percent).
Forty-two percent would
make development "harder "
everywhere, even inidentified
growth centers designed to
fight sprawl by concentrating
development.
Forty percent gave a low
priority to encouraging ex-
pansion of tourism, which
Margo Fenn, the Commis-
sion's executive director ,
cautioned should not be
taken as a rejecti on of the
tourist economy.
Concern about the avail-
ability of affordable housing
did not "translate into abso-
lute and consistent support
of development of affordable
housing nor of regulations
on developers ," the survey
report notes.
Respondents were a civic-
minded lot. Ninety-seven
percent said they were regis-
tered to vote, and 93 percent
had exercised the franchise
in the preceding 12 months.
Thirty-nine percent had at-
tended a town or council
meeting in the same period.
The average age of respon-
dents was 61. Nine of 10 were
homeowners. Thirteen per-
cent were lifetime residents,
andjust about half have been
here more than 15 years.
The survey, which cost
$50,000 , was a scheduled
part of the five-year update
of the county 's Regional
Policy Plan,whichguidesthe
Commission in its review of
development.
At a press conference last
week, Fenn noted that pur-
chasing of open space and
protection of the water sup-
ply (groundwater , ponds,
and oceans) were "highly-
desired" activities according
to respondents.
Asked whether the re-
spondents constituted a
"blow-up-the-bridges " con-
stituency,Fennsaidno,citing
support of development such
as cultural centers and clean
light industry.
The survey was reported
at a time when officials in
some towns are discussing
withdrawal from the Com-
mission or recasting it as
a planning agency without
regulatory teeth. At the
county level, nominations
have been sought for the
Cape Cod Commission 21st
Century Task Force,charged
with reviewing and reform-
ing the Commission.Fifteen
members will be appointed
by the county commission-
ers.
Cloakroom politics may kill wind farm
Sound' must be approved
not only by the Commandant
of the U.S. Coast Guard but
also by the "Governor of an
adjacent coastal state."
With the exception of Dem-
ocrat Deval Patrick , the
candidates for governor of
Massachusetts are opposed
to or at least lessthan ardent
backers of the wind farm.
In a conference commit-
tee vote, the language was
OK'd by a 4 to 3 margin by
participating U.S. senators.
The trio objecting to the
section included Olympia
Snowe, Maria Cantwell and
Frank Lautenberg.
(Cape Wind lost another
recent vote as well, this one
a referendum on the project
held on Nantucket. The mar-
gin was 2 to 1).
To some, the turn of events
seemed to satisfy a desire to
fill in the "doughnut hole"
created by the federal gov-
ernment inNantucket Sound
that limits state control of
those waters. The fine hand
By Edward F. Maroney
emaroney@barnstablepatriot.com
When Jim Gordon of Cape
Wind Associates staked his
claim to 24 square miles in
Nantucket Sound for a 130-
turbine wind farm, he took
many people by surprise.
Now a surprise arrangement
reached behind closed doors
inWashingtonmaymitef inis
to the project.
Languageinserted into the
Coast Guard and Maritime
Transportation Act of 2006 is
direct: any"offshore winden-
ergy facility in the area com-
monly known as 'Nantucket
of U.S. Rep. Bill Delahunt's
staff , some of whom also
served hispredecessor,Gerry
Studds, may have played a
role behind the scenes.
Mark Rodgers , commu-
nications director for Cape
Wind, said his company has
played by the rules -includ-
ing review by 17 agencies
-only to have them changed
at the last moment.
If regulation of the Sound
"issuch avalidissue,"he said,
"why not raise it in Congress
in the fight of day"for public
debate.
Asked whether principal
backers of the Alliance to
Protect Nantucket Sound,
some of whom have interests
in non-renewable fuels, are
more concerned about block-
ing wind project in general
rather than just protecting
their million-dollar views of
the Sound, Rodgers said he
wouldn't make that asser-
tion,but observed that there
is "more at stake here than
Cape Wind."
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