Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-20
CITY ITEMS FTFrY-EIGHT YEARS
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I@eeption Of the Ogeechee Canal-A Low
River-DifHcult NavigatiOn-A Legal
Lottery.
The MORNING NEws has a copy of the
| Savannah Georgian Of December 4, 1926.
1t 10 very interesting paper. In letter
giving the proceedings Of the Legislature
is bill ''to extend the time for fortunate
drawers In the land lotteries OF 1913, 1918
and 1921" Also one authorizing a lot
terry for the purpose of raising a fund for
the erection Of monuments in the memory
of Greene and Pulaski" 1t was from the
proceeds OF this lottery that TIE monu-
nsents in Johnson and Monterey squares
were built.
The work on @geechee canal had just
been commenced, and the editor gives the
following particulars of the progress of
the enterprise:
THE CA~AL.-Eor the information OF the
( stockholders and citizens In general, we
( have ascertained the facts watch follow in
/ regard TO the p7Ogress OF the Savannah, Ogee-
/ chez and Altamaha canal. from which it IS
/ evident that the work Is going forward with
/ the same spirit with which Il was first COM
menced. and the prospect OF it's successful
/ completion as favorable as Us warmest friends
! can wish. We have been the first to unden-
/ take n wo3k OF internal Improvement, and
there is nothing wanting but perseverance, to
/ Oh1bio NS W WIG &iOIy Nl pcAuS lHe AEsk 10
complete 1t.
The number Of laborers employed GA the
| canal at present Ia two hundred and eighty
to be Increased at the discretion Of the Board
! OF Commissioners.
The excavation is commenced on seven
| dinerent points on the line, between the Great
Cgeechee river and the Louisville road, and =
force OF forty Ave men on the western boun-
dairy OF the city. between Spring Hill and
| Twiggs' wharf. The digging has proven the
substratum to be of the hes quality of clay.
n CVrNN srau "a md u.
which the canal passes have, with very few
exceptions, given to the company as much as
IS covered bv the work.
The canal is to enter our river at Twiggs'
wharf, and the portion between Spring Hin
and the Savannah river is tide level -
"hlch the ,,aCer can be fresheneu every tide.
7 and any nOxiOus influence upon the health
OF the western suburb in great measure pre-
vented.
Application has been made to the Legisla-
ture for an act of incorporation, which. when
passed, viii secure to the company every ad-
vantage which could be wished also for a
subscription TO the capital stock on the part of
the State, and a loan reimbursable after the
completion OF the canal.
We intend hereafter to occasionally pub
lish, as the work progresses. notices similar
to the present. Those who wish it car see in
the Council Chamber, in the Exchange, a
map of the country through which the canal
is to pass, exhibiting the course Of the canal
from the Ogeechee river to this city, ana =
profile OF the country showing the undulatons
Of the surface.
The Savannah river was the great route
to upper Georgia and South Carolina, and
the Indian country westward. The river, it
appears, was unusually low, and naviga-
ton Was entirely closed. Steamers in
H., "a oiled between Charleston and
us IuS,S,e %"! ,; hV the inland route via
Reanrort Tho Goc,.,,o notices the state
of the river in the following D. @STaph,
and refers to its marine report, which ccH.
tains a journal kept on board pole boat
descending the river, which is appended
to this article. 1t will be read with inter-
est by our steamboat men:
To show the present.state OF our river, and
| the difficulties attending the transportation of
| cotton from Augusta to Charleston in steam
! boats, we publish under our Marine head
| journal kept on board of pole boat while de-
scendng the river, by which it will be seen
that no less than five Charleston steamboats,
and one Savannah boat were stopped &C
count OF low water.
From tie Marine Report.
Arrived on Saturday pole boat No. with
322 bales cotton, and her fender with go. Met
| pole boat Gun Boat No. on Saturday, 25th
ult., At Bugg's Bar, going; passed steamboats,
! Commerce and Charleston same day at
/ TWiggs' Bar, stopped for want of water; met
! Sheldon's pole boat same day, same place. go
and same day at Green
woods bar, going. Passed Steamboat
| COmp&Dy's tow boats, with cotton, on Mon
day, in Barney's Cut, stopped on bar; passed
steamboat Augusta in creek near Silver
BLUM. same day, stopped for want of water;
! same day, met pole boats EdWRr ROweil and
| Virginia at Demery's Ferry, going. Passed
pole boats Rob Roy and Summer Duck in
| Long Reaches, laid bV on account of wind;
passed steamboat Samuel Howard, with Tow
boats, same day, at the foot of Long Reaches,
| stopped for want OF water; passed Green's
boat same day, going. Passed steamboat
Edgeneld, on Tuesday. at Heishman's lake,
| stopped for want OF water. Net steamboat
! Carolina with tow boats, on "Wednesday, At
Green's landing. going. Passed pole boat
| Packet en- Thurtday, at Poor Robin. going:
met steamboat Enterprise. with two tow
| boats same day. Mt TuckRseeking, going;
! passed steamboat Hamburg, same day. at the
! foot OF Sister, Reach, stopped for want of
/ water, about forty miles above Savannah; Haet
| pole boat Wild Air, same day, going. Me-
| steamboat Alatamaha, with tow boats, at
! Frying Pan, on Friday, going; met pole boat
Tom Jones, same day, at Purysburg, going;
met pole boat, name unknown, at Rays
Hall. going.