The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-28

The twenty Aye-foot channel and have IN,
s-iue protection, rs from past experience
u could not be maintained without thorough
protection. 10 would requi1- the removal
"i about COCO 600 cubic yards OF mat.rlaI
ana a. this would be Roft mud, 10 eents per
'uh'c yard Is considered a safe price for al
estimate.
10000 lineal feet OF heavy reyet-
!tut al $50 per foot ..........s2 so Don
'>elo sinoal feet Of light revet-
neut. at $40 per foot ............ lOso 600
t.t'p.OOV cubic yards OF excavation,
at 10 ocuts per cubic yard 49,. $50 900
4p per cent FOR contingencies. etc. 500 o00
.V'si 'pat ..'''.'. .,.....,.........y4, 290 900
An clSnt FOOT channel. with bottom
Wle'h or 100 feet and slope OF one and
one hait' from the eight foot contour in
ospin" pass TO deep water in the Ncches
ana sabine riyors. Tha channel should run
ureet from the head OF the pass to the
Neohes river. thence to the Sabine river
~ would OF course. iii up, but could be
maintained with a reasonable expenditure
Annually. II would have no revcitnent ana
would require the removal OF about 500 600
guplc Yafds Of material. At 10 cents per
cuhlr ward u would cost about $50 0nn
There is aso submitted an estimate for
a S!s ioot channel as a channel of that
depih could be secured at a reasonable
PSI II could - oheaply maintained. and nj
rue same time would AFFORD barge naylga-
ION Tor lumber from the mills to Sabine
ihhs' rms channel would require the re-,
h'oNal OF about 100000 cubic yards OF ma
t.rlal and, at 10 cents per cubic ward 1,
would cost about $4,000. -
Before summarizing rhese estimate. 4,
~ 10 DO observed that the channel Of
greatest depth would cost A sum hayond
MAI II believed to be reasonable for any
coleet that has been presented as an arr,,.
nent TOR It's construction. even though tho
"s"IsI was Tehnoel to 100 feet in width
ara me light revetment omitted retlI,cI,,,
the cost To S.slI.s00. but do not belicvS
,hat It wosld be possible to maintain this
manner upon The shortest lines inlir.teI
~ ~ necessary to give access 10 hoth
rivers. and TO do this II would have n cross
me Neches. and II would lrevi,ably nj
~ AZ ms point, and In addition there is
- Wy obvious likelihood OF the Nochcs
'N'T helng diverted into the channel arJ
Iuurlhg all Of It's silt directly into the deem
whter OF Sabine fAss. to The manifest In.
Jury OF the harbor. 'h'
10 avoid this n guard lock would bave
70 De punt and maintained Al the noIrt
wneio the channel would debouoho I'm tho
N,echos river. ana this would cost NOT ,os.
than 500 600 ''' 'oss
The permanencc Of the entrance IN ca.
hine harbor depends greatly ,ipon tbn ,.c,
mat both the Sabine and Neches rivers
now into Sabine lake. and before this wate
reaches the head OF Sabine pass IL ia do
prived OF the greater part OF The sediment.
ary material In suspension, the lake serv-
ing as an immense settling reservoir.
This condition should not be dIsturhca
and hence the necessity for a guard lock-
al mo head OF this cut where It enters the
Neches '-s
Between the Neches and Sabine rivers
canal would have TO be dug. and prob
ably guard locks placed at either and sinra
me stages OF these two rivers could not b,
depended upon to be always alike. II would
be difficult to maintain such n connecting
canal without some such arrangement 10
limit the deposit OF silt within II. and this
Arrangement would probably add another
100000 to the lowest estimate, making the
total {i.ii7.so too large a sum to be con-
sidered with favor.
The 13-feo< ohAnnsl would b opea 70