Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-13
The Deep.Water Problem.

FORT WORTH, July u, 1884.
TO the Editor OF the Gazette.
The Galveston News editorial {
the llth inst, If it does not show
high order of mathematical genius
certainly displays very high order q
evasive genius. fail TO discover tina
it has refuted single statemen, mad
in my communication Of the Sth inst.
In which | stated that the bill as pub
llshed, ii its terms be carried out. onl,
guarantees practicallya channel TWEEN
ty-six feet in depth and POO feet wild,
at mean high tide, and at a cost to tn,
government of S., $50 900, in proof o
which it is only necessary to read the
following extracts from the bill, to-wit
sec. 3. That IL shall he the duty of the SUI
perintendent OF the eeodetic and coast sur
vey, Immediately after the passage OF I'M,
act, to cause survey 10 be ma
OF the Galveston bar, harbor, snC
adjacent waters. Alter the com
charts of the same shat be made, upon which
.bail be clearly shown the thirty-foot contour
line within the harbor, and the thirty foot
cont ur line in the Gulf of Mexico Said
charts shall also show the location and
| depths OF the best available channel exist
Ing at the date of such survey between the
TO Toe obtained by said lads and his as,o-
ciates az herein provided may be located by
Them on any LII es between said thirty loot
contours OF the harbor nd the gulf that he or
| they may determine; and said contour lines
and the dep las of water upon the bar in The
best available channel then existing as afore-
m.lu as iald down on said charts, and meas
ured from said plane OF mean high tide, shall
| be liked aud final as affecting all questions
between the government \ nd said EadS AN a
associates as TO the measurements OF chan
| l. Al n I.r
oil said charts. when completed, shall be dull
ceruned by said SUPERINTENDENT. aud one OF
Them shall be given TO said Esds and his
associates. Anu the tnm OF $4,000 or SO
much thereof as may be necessary, Is hereby
appropr ated, out ofany money In the treas
ury not otherwise approp -iated, TO defray the
urement.
The News will scarcely deny the
fact that this section 81 calls for an
expenditure of $4,000,
The latter part Of section four clearly
calls for an additional expenditure Of
S,15O, 900, but the government ia ney-
mitted to hold $50O,OO0 of it for ten Tm
years provided 1t pay per cent. per
annum to capt Eads for this loan.
Sec. L. and when the ma ,imr,,,
channel shall have been secured snch sn ~,
oi monty shall he paid AS shall, when added
10 the amounts heretofore paid, fully make
o Sp inc sum usau OF szeN,oe9. sand maximum
cbsnnei shall hav. a depth of twenty-siy
feet, not less than two hundred feet in widin
~ ths bottom, ana having through II a ecu.
IN. a., depth OF thiIty feet, without regard To
wlulh. When SAID maximum channel shall
nave been thus obtained. the Remaining SyOr
w w oi lhe tolni eompen alton for the work.
Inrn unpaid shall he deemed to have been
earned by aid Eads and his ass 1cI stes hnt
Inc same shall rema n In the posse,sinn
OF th- government of the United States for
u psilou OF Ten years from the date wnen the
glanII
opiained, as security for the maintenance of
salu channel; but during the whole OF said
pnoa, anu u,iil the said $685. o. is paid
taiu f.sus and his associates or assipns or
regal representatives, thall receive Il ON IN,
nlted states interest upon the same nj the
an,e 9' per centum per annum, payable In
equai qua ttrly iusta lments during escn
year and when said Eads aud his associatas
suhi, nave obtained said maximum channel
,w , Va i,ii period OF ten years rs hereinafter
MS warrant upon the secretary OF the treas.
nfy IN favor OF said Eads or his as,ociates or
ms heirs or ,her assigns or legal repre- .entp-
ives, LOT sslu sum OF e5U,tOO and the secr.
Mry 81 me treasury Is hereby authori zed AMI
directed TO pay 10 said Eads or his n ssociatas
t H. OF p anei assisns or legal representative
This brings the amount so far m In
$1,7G0,0O0. 'P w
Now comes section five, calling for n
still additional expenditure of sim oon
per annum for ten years, making 81
WV, 600 more, which, If | be not preatir
mistaken. would make, when add.3
to ", 100 600, SIS, 76O, 900. '''
Sec :. That after said maximum o,,.,
~ lnirty ieet shall have been secured sai.i
rilus rhd his associates shall mnintain ' nv
fsnrm , a period CT ten years. dating
h .ue Hht when said channel shall haxa
oeeh hIst obtained: aud, as conpen,ation ~"
rueh maintenance the United states III wi
pa w. Sa,a lads ana his associates. or ths
"sashs or zeal representatives In a,mn,
quarterly payments, the sum Of s,a "a on eYuhl
year Tor Zach ana every year OF sncb ~ RI ,r
ana n, provided, however. that If said icad,
.no nis.ss GATES shall f,,ll IL n aini"Iu ' sa
IN .aimum channel, TO the ininrw w, snlu
hneice The United States s6aiI I'm
sne ysnt 10 apply the $4,000 held ie |
may be necessary s so tho 10 %Sen thereof as
ant onahhei. All payments to sa,d EaSs |
mel sha associates 10! maintenance OF char
menIs oil the supeIinI endent of ira ~ STATE
a ,,', coast survey. which certificates sSsI tc
iar's n mnenever there shall have been n ausr'
70 me secretary OF war who sbal, as y, United
Inv nls warrants IN accsrdanes tSars s.nss
sin'u me- 81 secretary oithe treasury Tor snx
W me treasury IL hereby aufhori.a 'oelstAry
NJ 1s.ea 70 pay 10 said Eads or his assoc,ata III,
the sum nme, IT. assigns or legal representativss
'esp<o Veiy drawn. '""i DC
stated that the thirty-foot cho,
was mythical, which seems to irriia,a
me hydrographical editor OF she
Jews, VINO tries to cover his confnsinn
" introducing a number of inannIi.
,a1le adJectivts which he intends u
on the Fort Worth critic y
!, In order that he may he satistiad
nat no thirty-foot channel is intcnd"d
shieh would be of any practical nsa
2. MN read the following from sse
ION Of the bill: '"' SET
said maximum channel shall h,vo
! uep,n OF twenty six feet, and NOT isss
nan .oo feet In width at bottom and
,having through it central depth of
n ir ieet without regard to Width =
sngth and depth Whom
liu.n, do not understand the I'm
iish language. '"' Ell
ane News seems 10 Law partic,,.,
less on and take great Comfort From,
~ expression "navigable channa1 =
= nere DO anything in the bill tha,
aarantses q channel nayipabIe '1 far
e ssaA drawing over twenty.six feet ~
aver a. hieh tide, II certainlv ear
! , ow i, ! have failed, after AGAIN vsn
'ie'uliy reading the bill, to and Is