The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-08

training walls were cSSstrucsed IL that
the material secured out from between
them By their successful operation would
be carried 10 sea. but q apparently over
looks the fact that the terminus OF the
training walls or jettlcs Is not In the sea
bur IN Tybee Roads. a basin o. shoal
water inside the bar. and the scour OF the
large mass Of material from between che
tesiies might be expected 10 be- deposited
IN the Toads and by causing shoals he
very troublesome 10 provide Tor. The
board considers this real danger. al
though the material secured out during
the past six years has not deposited In
Tybee Roads.
The construction OF the training walls
has quite considerably interfcred with the
tidal range. the tide neither rising so
hiSh nor falling so low In the upper por-
ton 81 the harhor as 20 did before che
works We're constructed
For these reasons the board recorn-
mends the removal Of material from the
channel hy dredging, and does not rec
"nmena the raising OF the training walls
10 low water until after a large portion
or the dredging has been done ANA the
tidal volume thereby Increased
During the past ten years the channel
across the bar has been moving gradual
y 20 the southward ana Increasing in
oepth. there being al least a foot more
water there now than there was cen
years aeo. This bar IL the least subject
To change % any on the south Atlantic
coast aud a moderate deepening OF the
channel can b. made and maintained by
Htedslug al a very much lees cost than
by che construction OF jetties. which
would he very long very expensive and
also certain 10 interfere with the tidal
range OF The harbor
The Boards RECON-
After giving the subject careful con-
-Hicfafion the beard considers chat the
- rge commercial interests involved Justify
the government IN providing a navl-uhle
pin in fhis hafh1r Of twcnty-eight foot
- mean Dish wafer. from the old water.
works 20 the ocean Fer the proper ac-
aominod1t.on Of shipping this channel
should have a bottom width OF 900 feet
from its upper end down TO the lower city
MIS- and. 60 assist Ia the maintenance
~ THIS the same width should be contin-
ted down 20 Fort Ogiethorpe Below that
point the board recommends a channel
- the same depth. with a bottom width
~ so feet IN the straight portions. and
from $50 20 80 feet IN the bends, accord
INK 10 the sharpness OF che curves. The
channel from oyster bed 20 Tybee Roads
sud the channel across the bar. should
Zach have a width % 500 feet
The total cost OF tho Improvement rec
ommended. including dredging and the
raising OF the training walls. Is 81. 5s7. 7si
of which. as stated above. 10000 Is now
available. provided ifs expenditure IN con-
ne-t.on with the twenty eight foot project
be authorized
Under present conditions the largerves-
sells generally take TWO tides 10 get 10 sea
from Savannah on account Of the long
hstance 20 be traversed. They anchor gem
orally ~ the Blight or az Venus Point
This interferes 10 some extent with pass
* ships and Il would be great advan-
IKE 10 shipping 20 be able 20 tie W at
reese points instead Of anchoring
The same thing may be expected after
be- proposed Increase IN depth. shipa Will
100 be loaded 10 tho full capacity Of the
rar0or and require two tides 60 make the
ar To provide for this the board rec
mmends she construction OF mooring
ipiphius with the necessary dredging 90
rovide basin about l.500 feet long al
BE Bishs and another 5000 feet long at
Venus Point.