The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-05-10

Peter Cooper ID mere on route Ia
South Carolina.
The committee on patents decided
adversely In the extension Gilbert
Jessup seed drill.
Senate-Secret session continued till
two O'Clock
The Mexican award bill was dis
cussed, awarded and passed.
Mr.. Ransom, of North Carolina, pre-.
sented petitions from the governor and
citizens of North Carolina, favoring the
repeal OF the law imposing u tax of ten
per cent on the circulation Of state
banks. Referred to the committee on
finance.
Mr.. Merrimon, of North Carolina,
submitted an amendment to the river
and harbor appropriation bill, appro-
priating $4,000 to continue the i'm
provement OF the French Broad river,
in North Carolina, Referred TO the
committee on commerce.
The bill allowing newspapers COM
mercial rates for postoiiice advertise
ments passed.
The Indian appropriation bill passed.
The repeal of the bankrupt law was
discussed to adjournment.
In compliance with Senator Buffers
resolution, communication wa
received to-day by the senate from the
secretary of war endorsing General
Humphreys (chief engineer) report,
submitting project from General
Gilmore for the permanent improve
ment of the channel into Charleston
harbor by means of low jetties, with
an estimate of the probable cost also,
q report of the board of engineers APP
proving the project of General Hum
phreys.
He says: 81 concur in the views
OF the board that the channel
over the bar can be improved
to probable depth of twenty-one feet
at mean low water, by the use of JET
ties submerged in whole or in part, and
by mode OF construction very gradual
in its progress, which will admit of
such notifications In the lengths and
heights of the jetties as experience Will
dictate. further concur that the
project adopted should, to the least
possible degree, disturb the present
regimen of influx and etilux over the
bar.
The estimated cost will vary accord
ing to the extent OF the project which
may be adopted, from one million
eight hundred thousand dollars to
three million dollars. General Gilmore
recommends an annual appropriation
of five hundred thousand dollars, In
four successive years, which General
Humphreys approves.
General Gilmore's report, which COW
ers over six hundred pages, with plans
and drawings of his project, is an able
and interesting document. The report
gives full description of Charleston
bar, and the various channels, previous
surveys, variations, depths, widths and
measurement of channels, and also the
material composing the surface and
beds.
1t says it is drift aud wave bar pro
duced by action of the waves and III
part by the drift material carried along
by surf-currents, and gives the result
of boring and experiments. The plan
is to construct two jetties, one spring
ing from Morris island and the other
from Sullivan island, converging to-
wards each other in such manner that
their outer ends on the rest of the bal
shall be half mile apart. The outel
end of the two jetties will rest respect
lively on the shoals laying to the north
wards and southwards of the nortt
channel, that being the middle chan
mel of the north group of three chan
nels.
The north jetty near the shore Il
curyed to a radius of one and hal
miles, the outer half being nearly
straight line. The length of this Jet.
: is 7, 45O feet, direction southeast. Tn
, south jetty ia II $50 feet long, the shor
end curved to radius Of three mile