The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-07-10
THE GALVESTON JE7TlES.
adications That Work Under Way
Will Soon BE Finished.
HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO SPARE
Plenty 81 Laborers Apply for Work on
the Coast Dsfensss-The Plumbers
strike 10 Still Unsettled.

aworlS with such energy and success that
J the work will soon be finished unless Il
should be determined to extend the jetties
beyond tho limits now or heretofore con-
.tenplated and into deeper water.
The trestle of the south ietty Is now
twlthin 100 feet of Che end of the ic,ty as
originally projected in tho project sub
/ mitted by the board OF engineers In lsSo,
/. and under which the present work Ia he
! ing done. Yesterday 80 icet of tres'le
i were driven. al which rate it VIII not be
] "a great while before the tres,le Is com
I pleted. The end OF The north lctty tres
F. ale is $50 feet from the projected end.
I 1t has not as yet hcen decided WHISTLER
i or not the jettles Will hr extended beyond
7 tina 30 foot contour as originally intended.
{ Tina ends were loft IN the air as II WERE
!. in the project, but the opinion obtains In
!. we'll informed circles that when the ic',
I ties are rinaAy comnletcd 80 the - foot
! contour that u VIII be rcc"mmeu ted that
! the work relsc, AZ least for "A time. There
I are those. how"vrr. whp Will strciiunugly
oppose any cessation of tn. work Just A.
u time when the results are 81 sattsfar-
!. Tory and proettt.> toward - OF 30 icr. ri
/, water SO rapid. II ihe engineers ~ charge
of the work should recommend tnai tne
original project, which calls Tor pushing
! the ietiies only I" tho 20 foot contour. hn
! adhered TO, influence VIII probably b.
brought to boar In ,,oneres, to SO extend
tho work as to finally alive Galveston a
i ship channel az least y OF 80 fe"' 'iecp.
81 depth which 1t Is not poiieNcn VIII a.
: erie from the ietres shond they be ca
tended No farther scaward thm tAo ~
foot contcur.
, The following statemen' a. estimated
, cost OF the ie'tY work and thu amount
: already expanded and available was Tar
nished The Po,s' repor'ei todly
1et;ies under project ~ The eonrl Of en-
gineers. made IN 1875 s7es'"n
Amount Appropriated 20 Juno !, l'7s,
Anoun, ali,,od for dredging. s25o~o
Amount remaining TO he aprroprist.f
70 make ny estimated cost ~ jet'les, s,'''
Balance available already apnropr htel
dcductiug allotment for dr, dying, inspea
lion ana office expenses 10 June %. ise7
Total amount ayalaole under cr,e,nal
act 10 complete tho "on@ OF cpnf'rnciion
Estima'ad COS Of completing The 'e,,lcs
10 POINTS, rroiectel ~ The hoard If eu-
50 90
These estimates are presamsi to be
Hftei !hn itttiaa have hoen .rrr plrt"ti "a
the 20 fGct coi.frul. ~ $40 ,siu 10 n,Hrl,
half a million Golars OF b., Appropriation
treasury ar ia he lprl.e. io tn. eng, nf
further extending tho ic,fy walls, g., may
be hereafter determined.
FLrMRERs' TROUBLE.
The trouble between the Journcyman
plumbers and Tho master plumbers has
not yet been settled aud no men were at
work in the principal shprS to-day TIC
grievance is nAiuly aeains, he urn az
'' - 49," '',7" ''''a 't" 7'Hf
,"e * NE l''N'''''S hpt'h'p INC 'naS'"r
,l,,,, ',,, '' 49, ''''' 'h''
INV at H.. ~ ''' "A, q norF gay Nm
was not ngreed TO aud tie planbef. maj
~ hNrn two s'hles on" Of 81" aud one
inr II de,." " Xxx, a, ~ hSa'vr ny morn
demanded tfat Ihelr mon 60 "a y.ork a.,
O'Clock and quit n This Tho niumrcrs
would not aErce to doniaulinlf ihe reg 4,
lar union hours of IRON, : 10 rhc ,,.re,,i,
was that an the loeal PLUMBERS ar, OH
the other master ntufnhara farit,it, ., y,
60 ahead with thoif w",k ,i,,'i ,n ~"
Incut shall have been re,.rhea y, IN MAJ
q Wnnwrghi.
@''' 'r 'Nh'hEtiS
.s,ai,,"y 'l''rhoon som" OF the men
D' VI" "h''h 'S hThs
-. - o'' o''t IL" n i'f' OF me
+, WIN "''" ~ soon 10
~ '''t 'l'y INA more mrn
were wanted fheie TAia morning whcn
the steamer Annie started far M ,,o.ls
ST.. " ''' -
passage If NOV coma ser,,,. ',, ''nr
mani, itt,,,i,,,,,,' -, . aie an eng 'st-
.w.1S,, 81 49, w ,'a wy h,E"h 20 ABOUT
dis, nno,,t,i .l,i tnv '''"- iidrr W.rr
many mon h.,,., S,p'gn1h '"lHpn says
are employed in tho governtnont s.r,,a,.
, , oish' r. hase hs ray and little
they AID rni saoii1o Ia, 'u.n ln'i n.eAi i,r
SAYS. however. tn,i The work nay. dr.
wages ana not harj,
DRINKING FOUNTAINS.
Tho Veil =, tn, tan, -
,,,.o,.t.., ''H''N Ipr"noTrs
fountains az suitable roin,s 4, Wien,
part. OF the cttv An ,,,.
here iooRin,. ,,,,. ,i,. "''
IN. desir,,s fo,. H. ,o ~ '' ID '''
nothing has been aono In ma t,r.. a.. '.'
ire riiy council has how appoin cd
i Guliyv ana sli,nar , '''o, lttiy Jones,
III, r,,e'ntfo,s W cooperate " IN
sites ror H.. fn,,r III "s'Hl" u s'nu'iug
i have eomnia,ci ,ti A., l'i ~ no wh"n they
Z win H.. ,n,8, Dr., apot, hfrnnsemcniR
,s,na,,,. ~ Wv sl''NltA The