The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-04
MONEY FOR THE HARBORS
TIE APPROPRIATIONS TO BE
SPENT IN GEORGIA THIS YEAR.

Routes to Be Made-Lieut Carter
Authorizes the Work to Be Done.
The river and harbor bill Of Sept 9. 1890
contains the following items for the inn
provement Of rivers and harbors in Geor-
gis: Savannah harbor, S350,OOO; Bruins
wick harbor, $4,000; Darien harbor
s25, 900; Cumberland sound, Sll2, 500; Alta
msha river. SIS, 900; Oconee river, SIS, 600
Ocmulgee river, $4,000; Savannnh rive
between Augusta and Savannah, $4,000
and Jekyl creek, 81 800.
The bill also provides that preliminary
examinations be made of the in.
side route between Savannah and
Fernandina, with view of obtaining
a steamboat channel of seven feet depth al
mean low water; ''the inside route be-
tween Doboy and Sapelo, with a view OF
making the same navigable for sea-going
vessels; Brunswick outer bar, to determine
the feasibility and cost of deepening the
same to 20 feet at ordinary high water ana
of Yellow river from the railroad bridge,
near Covington TO the Oomulgee with a
view Of obtaining a steamboat channel of
i've feet depth at mean low water.
Romney Marsh Is not mentioned in the
Dill and nothing is appropriated for the Sa-
vannah river above the city OF Augusta.
Ing and extending the improvements, with
the single exception of Darien harbor,
which is practically a new one, the only
money that locality ever received from the
national government for the Improvement
of its harbor being $4,000 in 1878.
THE WORK To BE DONE.
For the purpose OF finding out where,
when and how this money Is going to be
spent, MORNING News reporter saw
Liuet o. M. Carter, the officer in charge Of
the improvements in this district, Yesterday.
Lieut. Carter was busily engaged in pre-
pairing plans and projects for the most
economical and judicious expenditure Of
appropriations.
La answer to a question he said: "The
present appropriation Of S350000 for Sa-
vannah harbor is to be expended to secure
a 26-foot channel from the city to the
sea- This project is estimated to cost
$500, 900. and is based upon thesupposltion
that funds sufficient for the advantageous
and vigorous prosecution of the work win
be adequately and regularly supplied"
How will you recommend the expendi.
ture of this amount of $3.50, 000F
"The channel will be dredged to q
greater depth than ever before, with the
idea of obtaining from twenty-five TO
twenty-four feet at mean high water be-
tween the city and Tybee roads. The pro-
posals for the dredging will be opened on
Oct; Is, and for the training
walls on Oct 90 The training
wall at the Oyster Bed will be extended
and raised, and it is probable that a detiect-
ing Jetty will be built at Mackay's Point for
the improvement OF the chanael at the Job.
structions," and other training walls will
be constructed at various places between
the waters works and Venus Point for the
Improvements of the shoals between these
two points"
TO WIDEN THE RIVER.
Does the 25-foot project contemplate the
widening Of the river opposite the CITY by
removing portion Of Hutchinson Islandgh
ut does" answered Lieut. Carter, "but
no work in that direction will be attempted
with the present appropriation, it not being
sufficient"
an this connection, will the action of the
city in giving to the Macon and Atlantic
railroad Hutchinson Island as a site for Its
terminus have any effect upon your plans
as Tar as they relate to the cutting away OF
the front of this islandp
"Some time ago." replied Lieut.. Carter.
"a proposition was made to the United States
by the city authorities to give enough of
Hutchinson island owned by the city to
the United States to enable the latter to cut
away the land OF private parties without
cost to the government. This was to be
done by allowing ths original owners of the
condemned property TO fall back on the
land owned by the city thus preserving to
them their original length of water front
with all the advantages that such a pos
session brings. Whether the city has made
any stipulation still securing to the United
States this offer Of land | am unable TO
say. When the bids for the dredg-
ing. stone, pile and mattress
work are opened, should they
be found to be reasonable, work will be
begun just as soon as the plant for the
execution of it can DO gotten ready.n
DARIEN HARBoR.
In further conversation with Lieut.. Carter
1t was found that the present appropriation
for Darien harbor is the first one for that
place in the past twelve years In 1878 an
appropriation of $1,000, the first one. was
made for this harbor.
1t will be quite an unusual sight for the
residents and ship owners of that town to
see government dredge working there
shortly. This amount starts project which
was submitted by the late Gen. q. A. Gill
more in 1885 for q channel from Darien to
Doboy at an estimated cost of S170, 900.
The entire amount appropriated this year.
$4,000, will be expended for dredging,
Bids for doing this work will be asked for
as soon as the specifications can be gotten
ready.
1t is the intention here to continue the
work on the outer bar in Cumberland sound
by extending the north ietty along the crest
OF the shoals which line the channel ON the
north.
BRUNSWICK HARBoR.
small amount of dredging will be done
In the channel in front Of Brunswick, and
the raising of the training wall, which was
begun last year, will be continued, proba-
bly,, on the same plan. 1t is very likely
tnat one or two small spurs will be con-
structed above the present jetty.
On the Aitamaha Boards bluff and one
or two OF the worst shoals will be improved.
The snagboat will continue the work of re-
moving snags, logs, overhanging trees and
other distractions.
On the shoals in the upper reaches of the
Savannah river near Augusta some work
will be done, and the remainder of the
appropriation will be expended In snagping
operations along the river between Savan5
nan and Augusta.
TEE oCoNEE AND oCMULGEE
At present there is but one snagboat TO
DO the work on both the Oconee and Ocmul-
gee, but another will be built immediately.
thus giving to each river one boat On the
Ocmulgee bank party will be put on at
Macon and work down the river, pulling
back and removing overhanging trees.
until Hawkinsville is reached. There is a
bridge here that prevents the passage of
the snagboat and until certain changes
that have been ordered by the Secretary OF
haxre henr a.. Al