The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-04
INLAND TO BEAUFORT.
The Route Recommended by Capt.
Carter for Improvement.

Carter for Improvement.
Capt. o. II. Carriers report Of the sur
vey made last fan Of the route for a
steamboat channel between Savannah and
Beaufort was received yesterday. The
survey is for a route seven feet deep at
mean low water.
Capt. Carter states there are no dim
cultes on that part OF the route be-
tween Beaufort and Ramshorn creek,
but in the latter creek and in Wrights
river notably in the mouth Of each, are a
number Of shoals carrying mean low
water depths Of less than seven feet. He
submits two estimates for improvement Of
the waterway between Cooper river and
Savannah, as follows:
Route No. 1-Ramshorn creek,
wnghts river and Mud river.....s 81 100
Route No. 2-Ramshorn creek and
Wrights river ........................fO 6, 200
For reasons given. route No. ?, although
the longer and more expensive Is recon-
mended by Capt. Carter for improvement
at an estimated cost Of Sl06,700 provided
that sum is made available at one time
or at $4,000 If funds are provided in
smaller amounts.
The survey was made by authority of
congress and the facts connected with IT
were written up by the Morning News at
the time the survey was made. The pres
ent route between Beaufort and Savannah
is through Beaufort river. Port Royal
sound, Skull creek, Catalogue sound
Cooper river, Ramshorn creek, New river,
Walls cut, Wrights river and Savannah
river. The distance is fifty-two miles.
In his report Capt. Carter says: Rams
horn creek connects Cooper river and
New river. in both of which the water
carries little sediment. The tide enters
the creek through both mouths; the cur
rents in It are weak. To obtain a navi-
gable steamboat channel seven feet deep
at mean low water through Ramshorn
creek will require the excavation of 10000
cubic yards of material and the removal
of the wreck at the Cooper river mouth.
The annual cost of maintenance of an
improved channel through the creek will
probably be small Little tendency to
shoal exists in the creek proper, but some
dredging may be required at the New river
mouth.
THE present route from Wrights river
to the Savannah river is shoaling and will
soon be closed. An improved channel
should follow one of two routes.
ITO obtain a navigable steamboat chan
through route two he says, will require
the excavation of 125.0O0 cubic yards of
material and the construction of a dam
about $500 feet in length connecting dam
81 with Turtle Island. The tidal status of
Wrghts river will not be changed by the
Improvement, and the tidal volumes NOV
ing in the mouth of the Savannah river
Will be increased.
The cost of improvement is estimated as
follows:
Route L.
Ramshorn Creek, dredging $1,000
cubic yards. at 20 cents ........... SIS, 900
Wrights River and Mud River,
dredging $4,000 cubic yards. at 20
cents ..'.......s............,... 5000
Totai OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1900
Engineering and contingencies. 10
per cent Observation-Disclosures. 1900
Aggregate ..............,........,.,. &,7OO
Route 2:
Ramshorn Creek, dredging $1,000
cubic yards. at 20 cents ............ 1000
Wrights River:
Dredging l25OOO cubic yards. at 20
cents OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1000
Brush mattresses, $4,000 square yards,
at u ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 10000
Rlprap stone. 10000 cubic yards, at
IS ....,,..........,........ 10000
Iotdi '.'.'.'t'''. ...''..,'''..'' SfVOl
Engineering and contingencies. 10
per cent ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 900
Aggregate ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. S1O6, zoe
Route From Walls Cut up Wrights