The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-10-30
FUTURE or GALVESTON.
st. Louis Engineers Plan to
Make Island City Secure.


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COST ESTIMATED AT SI0,0O0,Oo(
Robert Burgess Would ais III,
Grade with Material From Gns
Bottom and Build a Monster se,
wnII-Recommend BufIdfng H0use,
VI stone and Brick.
Robert Burgess. q civil engineer, nov
In ~. Louis, who has been identified
with large engineering projects In Tex
nv and is familiar with Galveston and
Its surroundings. has ome Interesting
ideas about the city's future and how
To maks II secure against storm and
sen. When seen recently by u ut.
Lou.s Republic reporter, be said;
'~rhe first question to be decided IL,
shsli tho city be removed or shall II
b rebuilt where II W. have no hesl-
tation In saying II will stay right
where 1t II. This IL the resolution OF
tho people OF Galveston themselves.
They have too much MT stake there To
give II up.
'Drhts decided, the next question IL,
What y b. done To prevent another
catastrophe Ike the horrible one Just
pNssedf TO 30 ahead and rebuild the
same ~ before would be ~f0olbardy.
Another storm may come IN a year. or
II may not come for u century, That
another VIII coM0 some time there III
reason 10 doubt and II may find IA
city ten tmes~ The size or the one Just
destroyed. What, then, can be doDe2
There are two things tbat ean be done
aud ~ \ reasonable expense,
First, the grade or height Of tho
city can be raised ten feet or more,
10 place tho residence por-
ton above the height Of the recent
Hood, THIS ean De done by tho method
" The hydraulic dredge, taking the
material from the bottom or the bay or |
tnlf and pumping II ashore with water
through long pipes, The water G0ws
~ and the sand remains, gradually |
'alslnk tho surface ~ aDy desirable
This work bas been and can
" done ~ M expense varying from H
2 ~ cents per cubic yard, according
Q tho conditions which surround tho
'robleM, A. Galveston tho conditions
're favorable. II In surrounded by
gatsr on al Sides, from which m ipGx-
ap1i!bls supply o. material can 10 Oh,
Aimed,
mo cover u square mile 10 nm aver,
~ height Of ten foot would require
0,S2b ,2Ss cubic yards 0f material,
NJ confident fAts materials could bo put
fpr D cents per cubic yard, bit
oppose 10 c0st 10 cents, tho c0Mt
,ould be N,1a2,50 ~ or approximately
l,lpQ,DM per square milo, Surprising
,NF sgnAre miles, Which In about tho
4reR Of Galveston that would
lqulre this treatment wa have q cost
WO00,OOO for ralsIag tho grade,
'Next 10 protect the seashorp from
v acton NJ waves " THIS should he
necessary, . WAL of solid con,
w, making practically y single stone
m0n0ltth, could b0 constructed along
Y beach well back from tho odgG ~
n water THIS wal should slope wetl
lekHAs6s ~ That tho fogce Af tbe
eya4 weNM w mostly expended In
lSnWln9 ths wRtsr In she MIR In tho
~ tNyf Qr spray, The Foundation
thls. Wan a9slld ba placed, nv, ton .
n bolow The spFfse0. tho top exteadr !
\ w fest above, Being practically !
sln4le s(efe, II wolA securely rest !
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N ~ wou eopersts % ths Mp !
1scks ~ datpsees cQlld ~ rapNlFed !
IN saNs w$y, NJ build 4 wall !
lylAG haN ~ " feet 10 Width !
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laht AnA \ mtA kn9 wonld rHQVIre !
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