The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-16


Il gathered that impression fror, H..
| reports was the reply. 0
The duties of an inspector, an offici,r
! employed by the engineer in charge To in
spect work for the government. were rba,,
brought out. Al
In answer to questions, Capt. Gillette
stated that his reply of the dav hefo,
to the effect that he had familarized MIN
self with the contracts and specif1cationr
at once on coming to Savannah might 10
modified. He said he did not make a qa1
tailed study of them at once but studieg4
them sufficiently to know what work -
DeinS done and the methods of doing il
He stated he was not personally fay3jIian
with the rock used.
You would not reply now that Won IA
miliarized yourself with the contracts ar
once" was asked.
Not from your point of view" Capt.
Gillette replied.
THE work on the Savannah river has
resulted in great Improvement as to
depth has it not?" was asked
i believe so, from the reports" Capt.
Gillette replied.
you have seen the comparative charts
as to the depth of the river at Different
times, have you not?" was asked.
Il am not very familiar with them" was
the reply. Il think there is no doubt that
the river has been materially deepened
since 1892
can it be stated that the work has
been a successful one?" was asked.
ut has increased in depth and held its
| depth except at the upper end was the
reply.
You are not answering my question:
| Mr.. Blair said. Il asked whether or not
! it is a success"
what do you mean by success?" Can't.
Gillette asked. 1T has improved tempo
rarily, but whether permanently L cannot
| tell"
rs that because you have not been here
| long enough to study it?" was asked
NO, because l am not a prophet" was
| Capt Gillettes reply.
Capt Gillette in answer to questions
| stated that within a year the upper por-
| ton of the river for about a mile had
| shoaled about three feet. The contractor
| for dredging is now at work on it, hs
! said. The assistant engineer says about
| 10000 cubic yards of material will have
to be taken out. The estimate for main
| tenance, believe, was $4,000 a year ID
| has never been exceeded.
Whether the shoalng was due to de-
| feet in the project or to natural causes,
| Capt. Gillette did not say. He stated THAI
| the conditions caused the current to car
| ry the finer materials in the water down
| to the sea, while the coarser were deposi-
| ted high up the river.
IF the project was to deepen the river
| and that result has been reached, and the
| estimated annual expenditure has not
| been exceeded or reached, would you nor
| say the work is a success?' Mr.. Blair
asked.
up to the present time it is successful
unquestionably," was the reply.
Capt Gillette said there were 1S0O 600
| cubic yards of material TO be taken out
of the upper end of the channel at 10 cents
cubic yard, and that the cost would be
| from $4,000 to $4,000. He said he had
ard p coils lr,.,
| twenty-five feet going to sea.
| Capt Gillette said he knew nothing Of
| that particular mattress at Cumberland
| sound as his attention had not been di-
! rected TO it since he inspected it. He
| said, however, cross section had been
| taken off the Cumberland sound iettv.
| Mr. Blair suggested that he meant cross
| profile, but Capt. Gillette said while that
| might possibly be nearer to what he
meant, an engineer would understand the
| term cross section.
Col. Barr then took up the redirect ex-
! animation, but asked only a few que34
| tons. He asked particularly as to Cant.
! Gillette's first meeting with Can't. car
! Ter and the nature of their intercourse
| on that occasion, and as to the hospitall-
ties extended by Capt. Carter.
| capt. Gillette said he had met Capt.
| Garter In Washington. Capt Garter gave
| MIN letters of Introduction and rendered
/ L.
| He went into Capt. Carriers house but
! left it after d few days, shortly after
| his first inspection of Cumberland sound
tie said he had talked with Capt Car.
| ter IN Washington about the Cumberland
sound work. He was with him about
| an hour and a half. Capt. Carter told
him what had been done on he break
water, and stated thai the military fas-
| cines We're not used here, as they did noe
| sand up Ike the others did He also
| told Capt. Gillette something about the
| various employees in the office
| Capt. Gillette said also that Capt. Car
| ter had told him that it was hot in Sa-
| vannah in the summer time. and that ID
| might be advantageous to get permission
| from the chief of engineers to visit News
! York when he desired to do so during tho
hot season. Capt Carter asked the chief
OF engineers for that permission for Capt.
! Gillette. Capt. Gillette said he also told
nim OF a steamboat company here which
kindly gave the officers passes, or gave
! the officer passes he did not remember
| Whicn, the IDEA being, he said, that he
| could get TO New York without expense.
This concluded the examination Of Capt.
| Gillette, and Col. Barr then stated that
| he had wired the Adjutant General for au-
thority for the court to proceed to Augusta
to take the testimony of Marion Twiggs.
| He expected to receive a response, he said,
| before the next meeting of the court and
would notify the court personally whether
the next meeting would be here or in Au-
gusta. 1t was afterwards decided that
! the court should meet again on Monday at
2:SO o'clock. which will allow it a session
| of only half an hour that day.
Maj. Woodruff wanted the hour made
O'Clock, as he said 2:30 was the dinner
hour. He withdrew his objection, how
ever. and 2:S0 will be the meeting hour
Col. Barr stated to the court just before
adjournment that there was large num-
Der of papers he desired to examine but
did not want to break the seals on them
except in the presence of the accused and
his counsel. This, he said, would occupy
sometime and for that reason he asked
thae the court meet at a late hour ON
Monday.