The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-31
HARBOR WORK GOES SLOW.
Savannah Fortunate in Not Being in
the River and HaIbOr Bill.

The Appropriations for Capt. Carter's
District Outside Of Savannah a Good
deal Below the Engineers Esti-
mates-The Work Here Progressing
with Satisfactory Results.
The river and harbor bill for 1895.
which was reported to the House yester-
day. carries, as was predicted months
AGO a small amount of money-in COM
rarison with bills of some other years.
If is a good thing for Savannah that the
aprropriation for her harbor is in another
bll. as. were it in this, the chances are
not more than s25O0OO would be appro-
rriated for 1t. As it is, the sundry civil
Hill carries an appropriation of 1915 900
for this improvement, and the money
will be needed, as the contractors for the
dredaing and the jetty works are making
considerable progress, having recuper-
ated from the effects of the storm of
Aug. u.
Already the beneficial effects of the
work are apparent, and with the
coming Of months of uninterrupted good
weather, and increase in the plant of the
contractors, greater progress will be made
and better results shown. The money
that will become available upon the pass
ace of the pending sundry civil bill will
probably be expended in dredging and jetty
work. as has been the money heretofore.
Owing to Capt. Carriers absence
from his Office yesterday on a
trip of inspection, 1t is not pos
sible to state in detail just when
operations will be carried on. Should the
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change, there will be left but SS56, $50 to
appropriate. 1t is very likely that this
amount will be given by the short session
of congress, and the fruition Of Capt. Car
ter's project within a short time is as
sured, the work from month TO month
giving letter and better results.
THE BRUNSWICK HARBoR.
The work done at Brunswick has re-
suited in securing, in front Of the city,
least practical channel depth of about 10
feet at mean low water, one foot more
than was contemplated in the pro ect.
This is a gain of more than six feet since
the beginning of operations, at cost of
$3.50 600 The sum of 200 was asked
for maintaining the present channel depth
bv dredging but the bill carries only So
coo tor this purpose With the exception
of a few small sums of money spent by
the city of Brunswick and private par
ties. no money was ever expended on the
ocean bar; but such great results have
been claimed as the effect Of the explo-
sion Of dynamite on the bar that an
erroneous impression as to the
real depth obtainedat that point has been
fOrud and the consequence is it will be
difficult matter to secure money
for the improvement. 1t has been as
serted over and over again that vessels of
more than twenty-three feet draft can
hRrua 4arNrr sd ! 81.
shOal is but few hundred feet across,
when formerly it was ?, 400 feet wide In
this years bill Brunswick receives but
$40 Geo, the smallest sum appropriated
for that port in twelve years.
DARIEN HABBOB AND JEKYL CREEK.
Darien harbor fares very well, compar-
atiyely speaking, s25, 900 being allowed
with $4,000 asked. Two weeks ago to-
day, the Hon. r. w. Grub, just after re-
Stunning the duties of his old position of
deputy collector of customs, urged upon
his fellow citizens the duty of working
for an appropriation. They got to work
it seems, without loss OF time. This
amomt of money will probably be used
In the removal Of the shoals by dredging
and in the construction of the works of
contraction.
1t would take but S1S,50O to complete
the improvement at Jekyl creek, and that
amount was asked for, but only s., 900
has been allowed an amount almost in
sufficient to send dredge down there,
even for a weeks work. 1t is the small
appropriations that increase the cost of
dong the necessary work at any place.
Were 1t not that contrac ors were doing
other work in adjacent places the price
asked would be so great as to almost pre-
clude the possibility of doing the work at
alL Jekyl creek is part of the inside
route between here and Eernandina.
THE INSIDE WATER ROUTE.
For the improvement of the winding
and teXtuous inside water between Savan-
nan and Fernandina, distance of 100
miles $4,000 is allowed, or SIPS per mile.
Inc sum of 100000 was recommended,
oGt ii IS improbable that the whole work
can lie completed for the amount origi-
hdLF recommended, namely, Sl05, 900, as
as IN the case of Jekyl creek ard other
works, irregular and insufficient appro-
pfIaUons have tendency to increase the
cost of the work greatly in excess of the
engineer officers estimate.
CUMBERLAND SOUND.
Though the people of Fernandina have
HoI succeeded in landing Cum berland
sound among the permanent contract"
works, they have succeeded in securing
Tor It's Improvement $40, 900, the same
sum as two years ago Capt. Carter. in
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le appropriated for this work during the
coming year, that amount OF money to be
spent IN extending and raising the north
.elIles. The appropriations heretofore
MADE have been entirely inadequate to
an economical a1d advantageous prose-
c0tlon Of the work of improvement. The
most satisfactory results can not be ob-
tdlhed with this sum, which must be
spread over two years.
he various rivers fare badly in the
eilI' all OF them suffering great reductions
rom the sums allowed two years AGO. For
.ue savannah river, between here and
augusta. but $4,000 is allotted, reduc-
uoA OH $4,000, in the face of the recon-
Mandation of $4,000 That portion of
see river above Augusta is down for
s..0.o-a sum hardly large enough to be-
E-A operations. The Oconee, Ocmulgee,
a Sao Altamaha rivers, are down for So
W.. each. Capt. Carter, in his report for
N 1y5' recommends $50,000 for each stream.
lHi funds that may be appropriated will
W. expended in removing logs and stumps,
f1..Ing down overhanging trees, and in
'-1lIo'lng the shoal places in the rivers.
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