Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-11-18
1880.
FOR any further expenditures in the improve-
ienS oL tnese streams, and no additional appro-

for any further Expenditures IN tho iu,,,.o,,.
ment OF these streams and no additionaI ennro.
prlation is recommended. ~
oCMULGEE, oCoNEE AND ErowAH RIVERS
Nothing can be done on the Etowab without
recourse to locks and dams at a cost oF o11sr
SSUOO,UOU The unexpended funds for inprov
ing this river have, by act Of ConOrasS baar
transferred to the Coosa river irnnroveTnaDt
It IS not probable that the improyement of
the Ocmulgee can be salts factcriIv comrIated
Tor less than 900 more than the orieins! es-
innate, which was S56, ,24O. The entire amount
expended has been S4S,799 49, which has re-
suited IN securing tCler ably useful channel of
about three and a half feet between Hawkins-
V.ie ana the mouth OF the river. The nature
OF tne work is such that a small force will be
required from time to time to remove obstruc-
uons that may develop in the future. An ap-
proprlsuon Tor next year of $4,000 is recon-
The amount so far expended on the Ocouee
is Sl5,4b2 10, and considerable improve
menu 10 navigation has been effected espe-
y cialiy ABOVE Dublin. but the improvements
cannot be considered permanent on account of
the river changing its bed at many points: and
an annual expenditure will always be neces-
Sary II the channel is to be kept clear An an.
P[oPrls.lon OF $4,000 is asked for to be ex-
pended IN continuing the work of cleaning the
chahnel at Carrs shoals and below Dublin
FLORIDA IMPROVEMENTS.
The work on the St. Johns river isttias hos
oeen 70 extend the south one 2, OF feet seaward.
with log and brush mattresses. Eioht snsr
bitches to arrest the scows were built against
this jettg, the stability of which seemed to he
threatened. The north jetty was beeun last
January, and June 30th last the foun alton of
log mattresses overlaid with stone had
reached length of 1,1l5 feet. The work on
ooth lettles appears to be god. The sum
necessary to complete the present project is
Sl0Sl, 400. of which 5000 900 can be profitablv
expended during the next fiscal year
a NfnINn HTn Hd.N. lr~gu A.. -
east Jetty was begun and carried out length
OF 1886 feet by brush mattresses and broken
stone. The west jetty was extended 256 feet
with width of IL feet There we're driven 100
piles, In clusters TO confine boats, to a width Of
20 IN CT osslng the river. The west jatty has
reached length of 2, ,206 feet Lake George is
so very shoal as to render it highly probable
Ihet 1 the bar viii promptly form outside the
emo OF the Jettles and render necessary their
earlv extension The improvement win cost
$l5'OUU and $1,000 can be proatably expended
during the next fiscal year.
Work on the improvement of the inside pass-
age between Fernandina and ST John's river
tlorlda, was not resumed, for the reason that
there seemed to be not only no need for its con.
unuance but no prospect of securing any per
manent improv ement from the expeuditi1re of
small appropriations.
At Pensacola harbor but little work was
done, contractor failing to commence work.
The balance available - 1O1 85g will ba
applied to dredging the channels
extension OF the jetty the commencement of
the other important jetty. and tive or three
snort JetCes to protect the beach where It
SHOWS a tendency to scour; and it is expected
THIS will give great relief to the commerce of
mended $4,000 * NOOiAA'
The amount expended on the AnaIacbicoJa
river 70 June 3Oth last. is $34 $40 16 aud as re-
sulteQ IN tne complete execution of the nroiect
ana In ADDITION opening Chipola cutoff A
uIstance OF nine miles going across by steamer
10 uhe orange groves along the Dead Lake
Ihere Is depth of only four feet at present
at low water in short canal cut to straighten
the upper entrance from the river in Mocrasin
S.Sg st4Sugh, put theTe IS projected depth by the
other route. 1t is expected the canal win
deepen 70 more than the required depth by
scour. A yearly expenditure OF $4,000 viii he
required Tor the prosecution of this improve
menG. The appropriation OF 900 asked for
IS TO be applied to preserving the improvement
already made, and to providing a steam snae
boat and outfit for that purpose.
me amount expended to June Both last on
Apalachicola Bay is $19905 10, and has result
60 IN securing channel 30 feet wide and II
feet deep at mean low water 5748 feet Iona
ana 01 feet wide for 1867 feet of this distance
thereby increasing the depth availabl for the
commerce of the port from feet to 7I6 feet at
mean low water. The amount Available
$29, ,U94 70, and the appropriation asked for
S4oUOu: are TO be applied to completing a
thirty loot cut through the bar and then
widening 1t as far as possible It will result ia
BILE purposes. 90
~ AuC 80 auIOunI expended IN Tampa Bay to
June 3Oth last is So, ,885 6I and has resulted in Sc
curing channel of the projected depth 9 feet
az mean low water, 6o feet feet wide and 8115
IN IN length. The amount available, S3O,O0O and
tne appropriation asked for. $4,000. are to be
expended in extending and widening the chan
mel as far as possible. A channel Of the pro-
Jected depth, II feet, and of navigabe width
may oe secured during the next fiscal year.
, me amount expended to June 30th last on
the Suwanee river is $7.795 SO, and has resulted
~ securing a cnannel % feet wide, 6 feet deep
sna 81 d i,9US Ieet long. The amount available
S5,2O1 vi, and the appropriation recommended
t20'OOO are to be expended in Continuing and
widening the cut and executing such other
parts OF the approved project as it will admit
The amount expended on the Choctawbat.
chee river is S33571 OF and has resulted in ma
terlal!y improving two passes or mouths of
tqe river and the main river up to Geneva
one nuhdred ana e1ghty-Seven and a half
miles. so that steamers drawing four and
naI IeeC can sarely run at an average stage
OF water, where only fiat boats could run be
lore, ana the partial Improvement of the river
for twenty five miles above Geneva onapin,
ms section OF the river for steamers during
nigh water where there was no navigation he,
Tore. The appropriation asked for, $780,
OVO, " is proposed to use in
still further improving the section of the river
between Geneva and Scott's Slough 25 miles
5H, 53elow, SO that steamers can run during the
~ lowest stages or water, and to extend the i'm
provement above Geneva for high water navi-
CATION as far as possible.
The amount so far expended on
THE wTTHLACooCHEE RIVER
is S3,563 81. There has been secured proner
outfit for the work, and the Improvement of
about four miles Of the river has been accom-
plished The WORK woS ~ @
much delayed by difficulty in
obtaining labor. The amount available and
the appropriation asked for-Sl6. .4nO-wilI
this river. OH
No work was done on
PEAR CREEK
during the last fiscal year. The appropriation
asked for-S4, ,00O-will, with the amount now
available, probably complete the work The
$9,639 81 so far spent on the
EsCAMBIA RIVER
has secured a channel 1CO feet wide. with q
projected depth Of 5l5 feet through the bar at
the mouth of the river A fnrtheP anDronrio
tion Of $4,000 is asked for. P6ToHtc