The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-26
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wells bored are a. y,t iu service. .ud tus.y
Weld nearly 1@oo gallons per day, or
works, thus demonstrating their more
advantageous arrangement aud disposition.
IL remains YET Ia nnish the work an or
cohuecl which Is Incomplete In some Of ITS
lst lS98
Il is recommended that the city have
maze Iull drawings showing the work rs
unaIlT completed, TO serve ms permanent
record oftne work, TO enable repairs oi parts
etc. This work has been delayed by the ill
hralth OF the greater part OF the engineering
force.
ine future OF the water works Is properly
matter of much importance. The result
OF the work TO this time assures an ample
supply ofwater. Tho construction ofthe new
WORKS has been SO planned that IL is easily
susceptible Of extension az no great expense
and without the abandonment OF any part
OF the work done. The line OF wells already
started may be continued northward uutil
the ola wells are reached when the old wells
may be again used The conduit must OF
course be similarly extended in order TO ar
loru channel through which the water
may flow To the pumps.
Inc works rs constructed, embody con-
| serVntlve provision anticipating any pos
SINE failure OF the artesian supply, in that
they eau readily be ADAPTED to furnishing
water from any other possible source OF
| supply about as cheaply as If they had been
| originally designed for such n supply.
savannah may congratulate herself, not
| only as having pure water supply, but also
| with one exception, as being the only large
! American city having "a supply so remote
| rom danger at all times, especially in time
OF epidemtcs. 1t is u blessing from which
| she can scarcely be robbed, even by accident
SAVANNAH RIVER IMPROVEMENTS
| Ihe effort to lobtain from Congress an
| appropriation for the improvement of our
! harbor has been successful The work OF
| Hon. Rufus +. Lester, our member of CON
! gress, of Captain d. G. Purse, one OF our
! most enterprising citizens and of our river
and harbOr committee OfOur citizens has
| secured for us this great and important aid
| SO much needed for the success OF our port. A
] picture of the River and Harbor committee
OF the 52nd congress among which sits our
| esteemed fellow citizen, Col Rufus h. Les
| ter, hangs upon the wall of the mayors
ofhce; to each and every member of this
| committee Savannah owes a feeling of graft
| tude for their liberality towards her; we
deserve all that we received, but at the same
time should be grateful TO those who helped
| us.
capt. D. g. Purse, chairman OF the
committee on Correspondence and
| Influence upon whom devolved the greater
| part OF the work carried on by the citizen S
| committee was untiring la his efforts,
| giving more time TO the service than could
have been reasonably expected of any one.
His untiring energy in acquainttng almost
| every section Of this country and especially
the west with the importance of Savannah,
and tmpresslng upon all their interest in
! our port MS a benefit TO them visiting for this
| purpose the different states that needed his
| presence In order to gain their influence
towards the object In view was of the
| greatest benefit To us not alone towards the
| project of deep water but in placing in
every direction the knowledge OF our city's
| position In the commercial worlu. The
| immense amount of advertising which
| resulted from the plan ADOPTED by Capt.
| Purse TO secure for us recognition at the
| hand OF public men within the different
| states and cities helped our city far more
GER ArQI n A Is
| work was done by Capt. Purse voluntarily
| without remuneration and with no cost to
| the city except his actual travelling eNpen-
ses, which were paid upon itemized vouch-
| ers for each expense incurred. The grati-
| tude of this community is due Capt. Purse
! for this service, which is in keeping with
and but a continuation of the willingness
| and energy ever displayed by this gentle
man In the advancement of any enterprise
| for the progress and good Of Savannah at
all times and under all circumstances.
The river and harbor bill Of July IL, 1892,
appropriated for continuing the improve
ment of Savannah Harbor S3lS, $50, and pro-
Vided that contracts may be entered into by
the Secretary of War for such materials and
work as may be necessary TO complete the
present project of improvement (which Is
published on page 233 of tho Mayors report
Tor 1870, to be paid for as appropriations
may from time to time be made bv law, not
to exceed in the aggregate 1881, $50 exclus-
i've Of the amounts herein and heretofore
appropriated. The amount mentioned with
the S35l,0O appropriated by the bill of 1890
in addition to the sum carried by this years
bill, aggregate S3,500,000, the figures given in
Captain Carriers project as necessary to give
20 feet OF water from Savannah to the sea.
Proposals for the improvement were offered
by Capt. o. M. Carter corps OF engineers, on
Sept. 18th, and the contract for the jetty
work was awarded to the Atlantic Contract
ing Company of New York, and that for
dredging and removal and replacing of
wharfng on Hutchinson's Island to Mr.. Z.
Sanford Ross Of Jersey City, New Jersey,
they being the lowest bidders.
To secure the twenty-six feet OF water
aimed at In the project II is proposed TO
construct training wall on the south side
of the channel across Tybee knoll, to extend
and raise the training wall springing from
the oyster beds and to construct or repair
other training walls, closure dams or spur
dams of mattresses loaded with riprap stone
and Of pile work and fasoines at various
points between the cross tides and TySee
roads. The training walls, closure dams and
spur-dams near the mouth 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 overlaid with riprap and capped
with large blocks of stone It is proposed
also to enlarge Drakie's cut, to remove apart
of Kings Island and the projecting part of
mainland, to remove part of Marsh Island,
TO widen the channel to 800 feet along the
city front and to deepen the channel by
dredging at various points between the city
and Tybee roads.
Work Under the contract with the Allan
tic Contracting Company and Mr.. p. Sand
ford Ross was begun in October and prose-
cuted vigorously up to the end Of the year.
Dredging was done at the various shoal
points in the river between the city and
the sea. Jetty work consisted in raising
the old training walls at the upper flats, the
closing dam at Duck Puddle and in the ex-
tension of the North Elba Island training
wall. These training walls are composed OF
two rows Of piles connected lOngitudinally
and transversey by walling pieces and cross
ties, the hearting being composed Of brush
fascines loaded where necessary with riprap
stone.
The work has progressed very satisfacto-
rily, n British ship drawing 81 feet and
inches being taken to sea short time since
The engineer in charge states that opera
tiOns viii not be suspended as heretofore but
will be pushed vigorously throughout the
entire coming year; that II Is expected that
the training wall at Lower Flats will be
completed and those at Long Island Cross
ing begun and that before the close Of 1893
vessels drawing % feet will be able TO pass
from the city to the sea on a single tide.
Considering the favorable results already
obtained there is no doubt that the compile.
ton of the proposed Improvement will be
highly advantageous to commerce and to
that large section of country of which "a
vannah Is the principal shipping port.
With depth Of % feet obtained the advan-