The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-27

tide was on the ebb, and four feet was
subtracted as the tide allowance Meas
uremeuts were made going down, but the
Angler was kept about 200 feet from the
Channel by a schooner which was going
out 10 sea. The two sets of measure
ments show that there is a difference Of
three feet of depth this distance from the
channel that is. ii is three feet deeper on
an average in the channel than il is POO
feet from it. The depths are as follows
for mean low water: 22.5, 81. p. y, 20.
20, l9.5 20, 20 20, 20, 20, q, POS, q, 20, 81 4,
COS, 22.5, 22.5, 2l.5, %, PA, p, q, p, y,
p, 20, 20, p, 22.5, D, p, 20.
FOUND ~ FEET N THE sHOALEsT PLACE.
Long Island crossing from Venus Point
across TO Long Island, is known as the
shoalest place in the river channel and il
is here that the least depth Of ~ feet at
mean low water was found This is the
point where the government chart. which
is out of date. was marked Is feet in chan
mel. When the river imprO yement work
began there was only II feet of water
here. This begins not quite miles below
the city The mean low water soundings
were as follows: 20, IS. 10, 175, Ia, II,
80, ~, l9.5, 1913, ~, 20, 20, 1873, 20, q,
20, 20. 20, 10, 10, 10, 1874, 10, 20 q, q, q,
p, Is, Is, Is, lS.5, 1S.5, 1888. -, l7.5, 10,
2O.5, Is, rs, 175, Is, 10. From this point
there is a good mean low water depth of
70 to - feet out % Tybee knoll. A foot,
rise gives u 20 TO 32-foot channel between
these points.
THE KNOLL ALL RIGHT.
Mean low water depths on the knoll as
shown by the sOundiugs are as follows:
q, q, 2O5, q, POS 20, POS, 2O.5, 2O.5, 20,
1873, 10, 10, 10, 10, 1875, 1913, 49, 10. lS.5,
l95, 10, %. 1875, 20, p, %, %. 205, 20, 20,
1875, 20, 70, 20, 20, 1875, 20, q. >, %, q, q,
90 1875. 1913, 10, ls.5, Is, 17.5. Is, lS.5, 1873,
49, 10, 1875, 1915, 20, l9, lS.5, l9, 49, 20, 20.
81, 20.5, 20, 90 p, from this point deeper
water begins
These figures make an excellent show
ing for the harbor. The knoll needs but
one foot of dredging at only one or two
points 10 give il the desired % feet all the
way, while a cut of a foot and a half in a
few such points as the Long Island Cross
ing will give the desired 70 feet all the
way. The channel is being well looked
after where ii has been completed and is
not allowed to shoal
i survey by the coast and geodetic
survey service, it will be seen, is needed
in order TO establish a correct chart for
the harbOr. This service has been rather
backward In keeping up with Savannah
harbor and it has been years since a sur
vey was made. The matter is now being
agitated, however and no doubt the nee
essary corrections will soon be made.
A CHANGE IN THE CHANNEL.
On the upper fats are two old beacous
which formerly marked jetties This was
before the present training walls were
constructed, There are no jetLies at those
points now and the beacOns should be re-
moved as distractions to the channel
The present river channel, after leaving
Tybee Knoll, makes two turns before the
open sea is reached. The new training
wall from COckspur island has about been
and work has now begun on a
new channel from the knoll which will
run 10 the sea in a straight line and which
win be considerably shorter than the
present channel.
One of the best known pilots on the
river, who is thoroughly conversant with
the channel, told Capt. Carter he would
take any vessel down the river drawing
% feet or under
Before returning to the city the party
was taken over TO Fort Pulaski, and
shown where the sergeant blew up the
mosquitoes, aud incidentally burned him
self. The party returned to the city
about O'Clock. It is needless to say they
found the river full of water.