The herald., 1894-09-30


ter, aud find that it was removed be-
cause it Was old, worm-eaten and dan
gerouB.
UNwARRANTED FEARS.
Seventh-The board OF 1892 objects to
the opening designed by the board Of
1891 at San Pedro, on the ground that it
would be dangerous to vessels, and re-
fers to the fact of an increase in wrecks
at Tynemouth by the building OF jetties
there. AS the United Statses govern
ment, since the construction OF the
South Pass jetties. has been and is now
building them at several points, it is
cafe to assume that the dangers to navi-
CATION by their construction 10 not ex.
Cessive. The opening at the mouth of
the Mississippi jetties ia only one-half
that designed by the board OF 1891 for
San Pedro, and wrecks are almost un-
known at the South Pass, even though
the commerce is very large.
CASE OF MIsINFoRMATIoN.
The statement made by the board In
regard to Tynemouth was based on mis-
information. The engineer who has
been in charge of the work from its in
ception stated, year after the board of
1892 made ita report, that
A comparison of the casualties that have
occurred during the last thirty years to the
present time to vessels actually entering, en-
deavoring to enter or leaving the Tyne shows
the resultof the successful effect of the Tyne
piers and entrance works, which believe TO De
unprecedented or unsurpassed in any other
harbor-improvement WORKS in the Kingdom or
elsewhere.
COST OF STONE AGAIN.
Eighth-The detailed discussion OF the
board of 1892 in Elk. Doc. No. Al, p. 81 +,
about the cost OF royalty and hauling
stone, where they cay "the contractors
and the government are at the mercy Of
the railway" may be at once disposed
OF by reference to the statement already
made as to the royalty from the land
Quarries not exceeding 121a cents per
cubic yard, which is guaranteed by Mr..
Huntington, president of the Southern
Pacific company, and by the guarantee
also given by him that the rate shall not
exceed % cent ton per mile from the
Chatsworth sandstone quarry and 371a
cents from the Declez quarry, the dis
tance Of the latter being rs miles.
THE TREsTLE METHOD OF BUILDING.
Ninth-I most decidedly dissent from
the board of 1892 in the condemnation
of the trestle method of building the
work. 1 am very confident OF it's entire
success. / have no doubt that the
Southern Pacific company would allow
the use Of the tracks on its wharf for
this purpose, and the extension of it
straight out to the breakwater in the
shape OF substantial double track
treetle. On reaching the breakwater
location it could be made to conform by
q curve to the line of the work, and both
ends of the breakwater could be under
construction at the Same time. The
extremities of the wharf would be quite
we'll protected as soon as the break
water was we'll under way, and that
portion of il on the line of the work
would be strengthened by dumping the
stone around the piles to'form the base
of the breakwater. The sea bottom is
excellent for holding ground for piles.
well braoed laterally it is not likely to
be disturbed,
The board has alluded (see Ex. Doc.
No. Al, p. 2l) 20 the great
BREAKwATER AT BoULoGNB
As being built from barges. The base
may have been put in from barges. but
the work above water was built from q
railroad track from ehore to the ex-
treme end in the sea. l know this to be
the fact from personal inspection of
the work with the engineer, and from
having walked or ridden on rubble car
its entire length. At Ymuiden, Ams-
terdam. the railroad was employed, also
at the mouth of the Mas, at least for
all the top work.
am confident from experience, ex-
animation and study of wave conditions
that the trestle plan is better by far.
Tenth-In Ex. Doc. No. Al, p. 81, the
board of 1892 states that the Catalina
route has 'unlimited capacity" and the
railroad route limited capacity; and on
page 80 they do not consider il necessary
to investigate in detail the trestle
method by which the work is to be con-
nected with the shore, "because it is
based upon an assumption which must
be regarded as insdmissible, that the
structure is to be completed in 900 work
ing days." requiring "a quarry output
of 5000 cubic yards per working day."
ACCESSIBLE MATERIAL.
have already stated that from the
two querries, available 5000 tons per day,
about 300 cubic yards. can be easily
quarried, loaded. hauled and unloaded.
/ have no doubt of it whatever and am
satisfied that the railroad company
would do this, or even more, II it had
the contract with this requirement..
Eleventh-In order to settle some OF
the important questions discussed un-
favorably for Santa Monica or Port Los
Angeles, by the board of 1892, and to
form my own Judgment by appeal to the
highest authority in the matters,
called on Mr.. Huntington, president OF
the Southern Pacific company, in San
Francisco, and asked him to give you,
through mo, definite guaranty in re-
gard to
ID The royalty on the stone from
the land quarries controlled by his
company.
(2) The rate on stone haul.
(3) His Willingness to permit other
railroad companies to reach the harbor
at Port Los Angeles, where interference
with his tracks or right of way might be
necessary: and
az To confirm the report which had
reached me that his company would give
the government 100000 if congress
would appropriate this year 500, 600 for
undertaking the breakwster at Port Los
Angeles.
| can now assure you on all these
points:
ID That the royalty shall not exceed
l21a cents per cubic yard.
(z) That the haul shall not be greater