The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-03

/ of the river, and perhaps those
in the upper reaches of the
river, and the DETECTING jetty
at Mackay Point, will consist of one
or more courses of mattresses placed
where required Overlaid with riprap
and capped with large blocks of
stone. 1t is also proposed to enlarge
Drakle's Cut; to remove a part of
Kings Island and the projecting
| part Of the mainland; to remove a
part of March Island; to widen the
channel to 900 feet along the CITY
| front, and to deepen the channel by
dredging at various points between
the cross. tides and Tybee Roads. AL
work will be commenced and prose-
cuted at such point or points and in
such manner as may be directed by
the engineer officer in charge.
The following is an outline of the
amount and character of dredging re-
quired:
Such parts of the pile and timber
Wharting and revetment and such
part Of the ship railways on Hutch
lnson's Island as project beyond the
bulkhead line established in 1889 will
be removed and so disposed of as not
to injure vessels or Obstruct naviga-
ton. When this timber and other
material have been removed, the
shore of Hutchinson's Island will be
eXcavated by dredging to a depth of
26 feet at mean high water and back
to the established bulkhead line and
there will then be built on that line
pile and timber wharfage or revet-
ment to be equally as extensive, good
and desirable in every respect as that
removed. The contractor will also
alter or repair the ship railways, put
ting them in a condition equally as
good and desirable as they were at
the time of their partial removal.
The wharfage or revetment, with its
foundation and backing of logs, stone,
ETC., is to be removed and disposed of
at fixed price per linear foot, meas
ured along the line of the work, this
price to include the replacing or re-
building of the wharfage or revet-
ment, and the alteration of the ship
railways before mentioned.
There will be removed by dredging
and by the natural scour of the tidal
currents, at such points between
OlNh1C . CuJ anu Ute IGOdUS as
may be required, about 100000
cubic yards of material. This ma
terial is believed to consist of mix
ture of coarse and fine sand everything
marsh mud and small shells, accom-
panied by cypress and other logs in
the upper reaches of the river, and by
stone and other material behind the
pile revetment, but bidders are ex-
pected to examine the location for
themselves, and no allowance will be
made should any of it prove to be of
different character. All dredged
material will be deposited in DAYLIGHT
at points to be provided by the con
tractor and approved by the engineer
officer in charge.
THE MATERIAL TO BE USED.
The following is assumed as the
approximate quantities of material,
etc. to be used in this great work I:
$50 900 square yards of mattress work:
200, 900 cubic yards of fascines; sc, 900
linear feet of pile work; 200 clusters
of fender piles; 1880 groups of tie
piles; 100000 feet of sawn timber;
200, 900 pounds of iron; 1000 cubic
yards of riprap stone; $4,000 tons of
large stone; $500 linear feet of wharf
age, reyetment and ship railways to
be removed and replaced; 100000
cubic yards of material to be dredged