The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-07
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ton to navigation. The depth OF the water
in this poision varies tom twelve 10 twenty
feet. IRON Eynchburg the San Jacintu
river and bay are eI5iiy nayigable 10 the
north end OF Morgan canal, FOG depth o.
| twelve feet; there are no abrupt or difficult
bends
| The remainder OF the water route. from
the north end OF Morgan canal 10 Bolivar
channel. y distance of twenty-five and a
half miles. Is channel dredged TO Il depth
of nine feet through silt clay, sand and
| she'll. the natural depth along this line be-
| ing about SIX feet.
| For the purpose Of making an estimate
| the board has divided the water route be
| tween The Galveston ietties ana the city
of Houston into three divisions for con-
, sideialioI. AS the only method OF OF tain
| Ing the required channel is by dredging,
| these divisions are made according to the
difficulty of dredging and disnosing of the
| SPOIL They are as follows:
first oivisiJn--The ship channel through
| Galveston hay. including the Morgan canal.
Second di,ision--The PORTION from the
| north end OF tho Morgan canal to Harris
burg.
Third diyisiun-The portion from Harris
burg TO the mouth OF White Oak bayou, In
the city OF Houston.
In considering the first division nc prar.
deal difficulty in dredging presents itsek
stormy weather. The material is easily
dredged aud disposed OF. Owing to the
length of this channel aud its tendency
10 deteriorate the board has concluded
that its width should be 100 feet, with
slores such rs the material may assume,
varying from on To on L. The yardage
10 he removed, assuming the slopes 10 be
i on 4. is ls,Oo0.o0o cubic yards II is es-
timated that this work can be doue by
hired labor and plant owned by the United
States at Il cost ol /. cents per cubic yard,
making a total OF 100000
To 40 this wcrk economically and in
reasonable lime the construction OF two
large suction dredges is deemed necessary,
and their estimated cost is 100000 each,
or s20o,0o0 for the Two.
This reach is divided into two nearly
equal paris by shell shoal, called hed
Fish Bar IL Is proposed 70 deposit ina
nateria. dredged between Reu Elsa Bar
and Bolivar channel. 10 the westward u
the cut. so as 10 interfere as little as pos
slble with the ,.dal basin In Ibis Part Of
the bay.
III. spoil from the portion OF the chan-
mel beiweea Red Fish Bar and the Nor
gan canal Is to be deposited in a lake 10
the eastward OF the dredged channel. AID
thus, in a measure, protect the channel
from the influx OF the sand and silt which
move upon the bottom OF che bay u heavy
storms.
From the above II viii be seen that The
estimated cost or the channel rs feet deep
ard $50 feet wide. between the Galveston
jetties and the north end OF Morgan canal.
is Si.t00,000.
The second division. or the portion OF
the waterway between the north end OF the
Morgan canal and harrisburg. presents no
serious difficulty in dredging, bts VIII cost
more yer cubic yard. as the dredeed ma
tertal will, 10 some casss, have 10 be moved
q iorg distance. The board estimates that
this dredging. including towage and dump
Ing, can be done at a cost of 10 cents per
cubic yard. On account OF the additional
cost. the hoard recommends that the rayi-
gable width OF the channel Ia this NORTON
be held Al 100 feet This viii reatafe tho
removal Of s.Ooo,00o cubic yarus, which. Al
u cents per cubic yard, amounts 10 $500
600.
The third division. o. portion Il The