Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1896-09-26
ARlISAS PASS.
The Contract for Deep Water
is Let to Col. Good
year.
A COOL HALF MILLION.
Twenty-Five Feet Guaranteed
Over the Arkansas Bar.-No
Water, No Pay.

AS Of special interest to many IN the
territory, the following is reproduced
from the San Antonio Express:
A contract was closed on Saturday oil
last week, in Baltimore, which gusrsn
tees deep water over the bar ut Arkansas
Pass, Tex. President T. H. Franklin
Consulting Engineer l.. NJ. Haupt,
Alex Brown and number of others in.
terested in the continuance of the work
at the Pass have been here for several
days past in consultation. The Arkansas
Pass Harbor company has had under
consideration for seine time an offer
made by Charles Clark & Sons OF Gal.
| weston to secure twenty feet of water
over the bar for $3.50, COO. Clark & Sons
required an advance of s250.0OO, giving
bond to return the money in case they
did not succeed in getting the water.
This necessitated raising the amount of
money, and owing to the disfavor into
which the enterprise has fallen by num-
erous delays and to the stringency Of
the money market it wac almost, II not
quite, impossible to float the bonds to
secure this money at any price. Clark
agreed to accept 5000 in st ok and
100000 10 bonds be part LAY ment, but
the advance WIS insisted upon.
Col. Goodyear has solved The difficulty
for the harbor company. He ms0e u
IN hrla f..lln III l..
agrees to Commence work within three
monLhs of the signing of the contract
and to secure twenty feet of water with
IN eighteen months Of the time of CON-
mencement. For tins be is to receive
S5OO,OOO, SiOO,OU0 In cash and SlO0O00
10 bonds. lie Is not to get q cent, how
ever, until he has secu. ed tBe water
and requires no advance. This relieved
The nsroor company of the necessity of
raising any money to speak Of at this
particular time for the actual work on
the bar and assures the pushing of the
work To successful completion.
Z 1. Goodye ar Is we'll known con-
tractor and explolter OF gu bmarIne work. |
de las patent system OF using dyn8-
mite upon submarine Instructions,
which has been USED with great results
10 other places, aud is now In use on |
the Brunswick bar, where bis dredging
outht is at work. Owing to the fact |
that the Cla' ks of Galveston have the
plant already in operation to furnish
rock for the Arkansas Pass work it Is
more than probable that they will Sc |
cure the contract from Col. Goodyear |
to finish the break water and do such ]
other rock and dredge work as may be |
necessary.
About $3.50, 900 has already been spent |
upon the break alter at Arkansas Pass. |
The results obtained from this expeIdi-
ture have not been satisfactory from a /
popular point OF view, but are entirely |
TO the engineers in charge,
and they have steadily urged the COM
pletion OF the break alter, as they were
perfectly confident OF great results.
The reasons that the results are not
from popular point of
view is that the water on the crest of
the bar has Swallowed instead of deep
sDed as the work progressed. This has
been due to several causes, but princip
Ally to the fact that an old government
IsIty foundation built by Col. Mansfield
ay scross the new channel, and 10 fact
W d5 LILO iOOhObti'1 vi buo OhI 1851. i
The COZ fined current cut away the sand
Do the inside and carried 1t along, but
when it reached this obstruction it piled
{ higher and higher and rolled it over
unto the other side. The water on the
bar grew more shallop every day,
though the depth was not the came in
any one twenty four hours, as the shift
ing sand rose and fell, changing it's pos
tlou with every tide. The deep water
approached the bar from the harbor
aide and receded on the gulf eide as the
sand rolled over aud made new bottom.
Things have looked exceedingly
gloomy for several weeks past and many
have feared the total abandonment OF
he work.
While the contractor has three months
10 which TO commence work it is pre-
sumed be will start at once, as it is to
nis interest to do so.
T. III. Franklin, president OF the Har.
Der Company, left for his home 10 San
Antonio yesterday and will arrive there
morning.