The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-03
HARD TO GET THE TIMBER.
That for PiIing and Whnrves VIII
Come From Button.

Come From Button.
The terminal work on Hutchinson's ISL
and and the railroad and bridge construc-
ton necessary for the approaches are pro-
crossing well Most expeditions of all has
been the dredging. Mr.. Hegeman having
pushed it rapidly. Indeed, the dredging
has gone along more rapidly than neces-
sary. when it is considered that there has
been delay In getting the pilng under
way.
About the only difficulty encountered in
the progress of the operations on the ISL
and has been that of securing timber The
contractors need it for the piling and
wharf work, but arrangements to get IL
have miscarried. Ii was thought RATS
would be brought up the coast, but that
plan was given over. There was also an
effort made to cut 1t up the Savannah
river and float 1t down, but that plan
proved fruitless. The idea is now to get
it from near Button and tow 1t in barges
to Hutchinson's Island. The arrangements
have all been made, and it is said the
timber win soon begin to arrive.
The two dredges get the mud out of the
slips in a hurry. The larger of them
works with great rapidity, and is spe-
cially adapted for the work in the slips.
| The smaller dredge, the Babcock, has
been transferred from the work in the
slips to that along the river front, and
she is now digging away the bank to make
it correspond TO the new line that has
been indicated as that to which the
wharves of the Georgia and Alabama Ter
minal Company must conform. The river
will be widened from $50 feet to less dis
| tances all along the front of the island.
The big dredge is in slip No. 2 Work
on slip No. l, which is the long lumber
| slip, has been postponed until the wharf
work can get under way The slip is two
| thirds complete. From slip No. 2 the big
| dredge viii go early this week into slip
| No 3, starting the work there. For some
| time teams have been engaged in hauling
! a lot of ballast and other obstruc tons
! from the land that is to be removed for
| slip No. 3. The removal by the teams has
! advanced far enough TO allow the dredge
| to work without hindrance
| Contractor Holmes Is managing well
| with the substructure of the bridge that
| is to span the river. The piling has about
| been completed by the contractors to whom
It was sublet, and this week Mr.. Holmes
| Will begin his masonry work. That is his
special line, and he himself will see tc
| the masonry. About two months Will be
| necessary for the masonry work to be fin
| ished up, and then viii come the COMPANY
that has the contract for the superstruc-
ture. II Is feared there will be some diff
| Guilty there. The iron bridge company that
| has the contract is having the same trou-
bic as all workers in iron and steel to Sc.
| cure iron from the mines. It Is appre.
hended that there will be a delay of al
| least a month in getting the bridge Out
from the works. After it is received here
1t viii be a matter of bur comparatively
short time 90 erect it, expert mechanic,
being sent along by the company to put
the bridges together. Dec. was the date
| looked forward to for the completion o.
the bridge, but Jan. ! is now mentioned
| instead. and the officials will be very glat
if the bridge company can manage by thai
| time.
Contractor Wright viii finish his grading
on the extension of the Georgia and Ala
bama from Meidrim by Oct. l. Within
two weeks he will begin laying track. ono
by Nov. Is the entire work will be com
| p'eted