New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-02-20
Present Condition Of Gsoyiowp Uarbor

The entrance TO The harbOr Of Greytown whcr
Il was surveyed in 1850 " Col o. " Ciids. showed
dcrth Of % f.,t and also within tho lsrbOr
$50 acres with q minimum depth 81 u feet.
Tho old Ca.el Company N 1851 located their building
on the eend spit which formed TIE ouer rim Of The haT
boz toward the sea.
The river San Juan discharges tsalf into the grea
basin Of Greytown lafbor by three mouths clanlia
called the North, Middle and South Channels.
The south, Channel was the principal branch an
was also Important but tho North Channel Shall "
AID carried cF Nesy hitle weier.
TIE cOmps ny having its work hops aud headQuaIieT
on tie sand rim Which eEtod Ahe hart0r ~ the no. Oh
east found 10 more o0nTCriCnt 10 tho North CT IN
mel, end tie effect oi their steamers passing mp en-
down that branch was 20 deepen II considerably. Tn
two other channels sLoaled simultaneously aud cyrn;
uaIy became cloted up ~ weeds and din "a
scarcely 10 be msggeble The harbcr 9so on he soa.l
'5 5o ,se ~ che Toih chGasoI rad criacnfal effect
tire outer rlr OF thc hHrbor by conveying SO mnch
o. the water OF the river San Juan in direct Inc
toward the outer rim O. the harbOr the sand was carried
avdE, the rim broken md on tie spot whore the com
Ur1ys buildings were erected breach was made nor
thaa qua:tef Of 2 mile vide which swept oh thet
expensive properly away, canning two entrances y
GIeytoTn ha5bor ara nei;heT o. tL.w cool me ~.
now entrance n ten feet. Ahcy have subseque nty
been sar low e % nine feet o. both entrance.
The object a. tho G lra Amer con Transit Company
has been fc ge.tnre the Cd ~ South Channel il was
across the North CllrL! and have distracted 70 very
clrcy. That breach Is filing up and Tie water Howe
taogg. ne south cao middle tranchesi but ihe lgll
eject " tie change cannot be seen until the weed
selgo &C.. IN the hsTbOr have been uprOoted to
allow , .y~c ~ the stream II !. river Ia the d4ec-
ton Of the old entrance ~ tho barber. The bre %
made b. IL. I0gth branch the outer rim hrs grad
uay closed, md is now not over fifty yards vide and
about 81 10 seven feet dGcp. Tho process ri filing u
mey probably DC looked iOr in two o. three months
which gi leave then but Ono entrance into GreytowD,
by fie Old Channel.
But what Is Of much more Importance 10 Grcytown
than thcfo operation. On tie ban ~ Che harh0r the
iact at TIE sand benks Cut at sea which have b. N
long known 20 10 forming, have now Ti-en The
surface Tart the sea breaks on thCm. This fir
observed last sumner Wien white slrook Of breakers
was observed cxtoodilE from GrcytoHn hsrbOr head
il curved Ire toward the main aud st d lance 81
from two % thTC5 miles The rising OF the sand banks
has since been etea1iy going o., aud asplcndif now
larDor IS now forming outside tho present one Tie
Oute reefs Sand banks give at present oWpe prOtcc-
tiou 70 veses although there IS 100 much broken water
witin To- tic light d-f hai-b0Ofned iVor b0lis 81
the Transit Company % venture ont al oil seasons win
safety; bu common Eev.YOFk hartOr Tow boat co.id
make The connection all the year round between What
shall ceAI the new hsfbof o. Greytown eAd the Old
hGrbC..
qhele e SIMPLE water from four TO six fatbolns IN
the ngw hnabvF now forming, aud ysst space when
II the sands continue 70 r'se on those oteP hanks 81.
they have done oulingqAe hast tnIt .ontls a D. ect
new harbor viii be fvImed IL loss .hsn siA mo-.
They have been sounded By Capt J. ODonnell I'm the
month o. January, and he reports only two feet 81
water on them where be fouid nine and lslf feet
Three noni1s previous. Tie Captain has COMMANDED
the schooner ancis running 20 this port year aud
past END his reports entitled 10 confidence
thoy Gro r.so confirmed by olLors
The Colorado River which is IN fact tho main stream
Of the sen juan iYer discharges IL eands into the se
end they appear b DO optated of the hsznor "
Greytown. 1his process is natural 10 the cose+ ard
the narhor o. Grey .On Itself formed doub. In
tie same way.
II is certainly sub'oct for Generalization that tie
harbor Of Greytown bids fsr eclipse ia former fame
Inc ot hert0z may hereafter otlor form lagoon O.
be subsidiary inner hsrbor 20 the outer u new one