The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-02-22
TEXAS WATER COURSES.
Captain Richie Has Reported on a Number
Of Small Projects.
the INLAND CANAL SHOULD Be IMPROVED
Streams Which CouId be Improved
and Become an Ala TO Naviga-
lion. I'm His Opinion.
Special to The poyt.)


'rny' on the preliminary examination and
survey Of all the points on the Texas
coast included In the river and harbor
pl OF March 3. 1899. providing for such
survey and examination Captain Richie
reports on Clear creek and favors drods-
Ing a channel four feet deep and ffty feet
"ide across the bar at the mouth of the
creek IN Galveston bay and continuing
across OF Clear lake to four feet of water
In the creek above. He says It is worthy
OF improvement and estimates the cost a,
5000
For the Improvement Of East Bay bayou.
Ne proposes plan by dredging a channel
across the shoal at the head OF East bay
so as to give depth OF four feet at mean
low water for width OF 100 feet at the
bottom from East Bay bayou to four feet
OF water at the western end of Lady's
pass, at an estimated cost Of $4,000. In
the opinion of Captain Richie, the locality
is not worthy of improvement ON its own
account, but only as a component part OF
an inland canal connecting Galveston bay
with Sabine Pass.
For the Improvement of San Bernard
river he sugg SITS two plans. An improve
meat OF the mouth OF the river can be
Effected by the construction OF two nearly
parallel jetties which, assisted by dredg-
ing, would create and maintain a channel
from six to eight feet deep at an tina ed
cost of 100000 and $4,000 annually for
maintenance. This plan. however, would
result in no bensfit to any o.her section
than the lands bordering on the river.
and Captain Richie suggests a project more
economical This project contemplates i'm
provement by connecting the San Bernard
river with the Brazos river to the east
and Matagorda bay via Caney creek to the
west by dredging Inside channels four feet
deep and 100 feet wide through the marshy
depressIons back OF the sand hills on the
gulf shore. The estimated cost is 1910, 900
or Highland bayou Captain Richie re-
ports Vt unworthy of Improvement by the
United States.
He reports that an Improvement of the
mouth OF oyster creek TO create chan
ned available for vessels drawing four feet
OF water can be effected by the construc-
Zion OF two parallel jetties, assisted by
some dredging. at an estimated cost Of
s290,000 but as such Improvement would
Lecessltate the closing the Galveston and
BRACES canal, this he believes would be
OF small commercial uti i,y as compared
with an Improvement which would give a
light draft sheltered channel between
Oyster creek and Galveston bay on one
side and the Brezos river on the other,
He proposes a plan 10 clean out and en-
large the GAVE ton and BraZos canal to
a depth OF tour feet at mean low tile and
Il width OF lou feet 10 drSdge In the creek
itself TO enable a four foot channel to be
carried above the canal and remove AL
overhanglag timber and estimates the cost
to be S65 000 This project would inv1lve
the purchase OF the Galveston and Brazos
canal at an addit onal cost OF 100000 The
Improvement OF this locality by the general
government is deemed emInently adyis-
able.
VI Bastrop bayou he states that an lm-
proycment by cutting a channel four ie I
deep and leo feet wide flom the v.cl!i y
Of Christmas Point through Ba str1p tay
to four feet Of water IN The bayou a5oye
would cost 100000. S.nee, however. the
survey has given him c.oses eStima .
OF the commercial lmpor.auce OF the
bayou, he now considers It unworthy OF
| Improvement. The protest for tn I'M
provemsnt of Chosoate bayou proposes
| TO dreage channel four fee; deep ana 100
! feet wide from West Galveston bay ac.oss
| Chocolate bay to -FOUR feet OF water in tle
bayou above, estimated cost $3.50. He
considers the locality worthy OF improve
ment
The project to improve Dickinson bayou
| is to cut a channel four feet deep and
| ATTY feet wide across the bar at he
mouth of the bayou and through ID ,kn-
| son bay 10 four fest OF wItcr II the bayou
above, Estimated cost ST50,50O. Ike ,on-
sldors the locality worthy OF imp ov inent.
OF Caney cresS he says that ample depth
for light draft navigator exists In this
creek TO- some distance above It's moltn,
but IS INSTRUCTED by bar or shoa' at tSe
eastern end Of Matagorda bay improve
ment OF the creek to the extent OF dradg-
ing channel four feet deep nqd 100 eet
wide across The shoal would cor S2l coo.
Captain Richie deems this a worth pro est
for the government TO undertake.
Galveston, Texas, February si,--Col mel
c. $. Richie Of the Unitsl sSt7s elslre r
corps has submitted to headquarters a.
Washington his reports OF the 5stlma ed
cost OF the improving OF the waterways
Of this district,
Among other things asked for by tbs
department was the estimate Of az ard
canal from SABINE to the Rio Grade four
/ feet deep and 100 fest wide
Fer this work Captain Rhine male IN
rs lulSte OF si.225.e00. this IN ad / lon 10
money nscd,d for the inlproyem 81 OF the
harhors and mouths OF rivers IA tAe dis
trlct 10 be irayerssd by the calal
He also reports us beias ne Ell $3.50
900 to construct a light draa chsaret
from East bay to Matagord, bay. snd
$4,000 to construct a similar ehannel
rom Sabine lake to bast bay. but rart
OF this amount Is to be usei In building
harbors. II will cost 5000 600 to constru 4
no inlard. canal from Matagorda 10 lie
| Rl7 Ggsads.
The result Of the digging Of sun a csgal
would give the coast county a diYest
osrFs haul from 81. Paul. MINI AID
! Phtsburg, PA.
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