New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-14
tending out at varying angles with the shore line
from near Highly water to below low-water mark
nEScpIpTIoN or THE CHANNEL.

DESCRIPTION OF THE CHANNEL.
The Main Ship Channel hugs this shore and the
water at a distance OF less than 1000 feet has q
depth Of over sixty feet The slope Of the fore
shore is somewhat steep. and the main object
OF the Improvement was TO preserve me nign-
water line and the dunes behind IT, there being M, no
low water line It was thought best TO place the
ends OF the jetes near the latter cu nH, ths
circumstances. would have been unjustihably ex-
penslve. . - ,u. -. .,u.A.. ..,,. 10
timber brush and broken stone. and others Of con-
crete either in bags or N forms ~ IN ac s~ tne
wholly replaced by concrete. built In place and ar
s 10 . o on 10 ae
would be by sections. without fracturins the Dooy
The general section area Of the jettes was
30 square feet. While these jet;ies served to cover
certain part Of the shore line Tor ssrssn wnas ny
high-water line during storms from any direction
which were with What ' h direction OF the
wind the cliffs at or near the hsh.water mark
TO prevent the complete destruction OF the cliffs
and to arrest the recession Of the hgh-ws at line
before the OF ss was DECIDED
isso to run prap wall Just below the high Ter
The work which was begun In Msy 1890 was con.
25H feet long. extending from Jetty No: TO about
iis feet t' westward Of Jetty No H. and had cross
section when nrst laid OF 80 to GO square feet The
tons and are laid directly upon. the beach, with
the purpose that each stone snail arrange lts PEG
settlement Of the wall without sudden dslodgement
OF the stone The cost WAS s. per running foot Of
wall During the last four years the whole wall
has settled gradually with very little lateral ds;
the cliffs during the northery and eastery storms.
while the jettes have caused the peach pockets TO
All i'm during the intervals OF southerly seas. caus-
ing the low-water line 10 move outward. As the
result OF the Improvement. the beach Is gradually
building up and the high water line 10 moving out
ward The amount expended upon this protection
10 lime 70 1899 aggregated sls Oss. and the cost in
Guiding repairs for settlement. was y A. per run
ming foot Of wall A survey made In June. 1893.
showed that the Hook had moved 10 the westward
$50 feet during the year 1875
In suppementing this report yesterday the Colonel
said: THE encroachments OF the sea cary last
year as you will by the diagram. were endanger-
ing our dynamite battery. The sea wall we built
connecting our different Je,es has done far more
Than we ever expected 10 do. The has been
driven back 800 feet. and our battery Is apparently
safe. The eating away at the western and southern
end, IL insignificant and can battle against that
ANYHOW The sea wal AAA. cost money, but II
WAS money we'll spent. II from the north that
the greatest danger came. and we have gained on
the ocean there The sheltered southern coast can
be protected with much less cost and the Hook. al
any rate will not be washed into the sea-
WHAT THE CHART SHOWS.
A study Of the accompanying chart will show how
the sea changes the land about the Hook: and II
also shows what skilful engineering do to hold
back the raging waters The SEQ wall connecting the
different jetties has strengthened them and the sand
has banked up between them, keeping the sea from
ful Batteries paced there to guard the harboI
from naval attack.