The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-11-05
TO EXAMINE 2s-FooT PROJECT.
HOARD or ENGINEER OFFICERS
MEETS ~ SAVANNAH TODAY.

wilson, annual Report RECON-
mend. THAT sin5.I5t.27 81 Former
Augmentation. IIeid ~ on Account
OF Carter case he Mad" Available
and That s5o.Ooo he Appropriated
for Maintenance 81 thann~l-Ex-
tracts Taken From chief Engt-
nr.r's Report debating 80 river
and Hnrbor improvements In THIS
section.
Tho board ~ engineer Officers appointed
some dime 1.a 20 make accumulation
Of o.. project prepared by Gen. Gilmore
s. ISIS, Cor a channel twenty-eisht fcot iu
d-pn from savannah 20 tho sea viii meet
in savannah today
This IS the information contained in Is
1s,ter from Gen John " Wilson. chief Of
tho Engineer Corps OF inc United states
Army. 20 Congrcssman Lester replying
90 letter Of Inquiry hy the latter ne 20
tho cause o. the dc.ay .n The assembling
o. tho hoard Gen Wilson states in hir
lster than Gen. Ha.ues who IS chairman
az the board had informed him that ho
red made an earnest EFFORT % call On
hoard torethee. tut that % had been pre-
vented hv tho absence o. capt Gillette boz
New York where DO had twice recently
ben summoned hv the judicial officials 10
testify iu the Greene a.d 91ynor case
Con Hainss nt s-at.d hoped % have me
...., ,,os for u4
report ''''' ,..,,
submission '' ''"-i'.' i''' "
her
cen Wilson saws mat on receipt % col
,.t.-~.rs.d cen
lesiefs i''''' "' 49,
Haines ana ne latter feP.ten '''.
hoard would meet Monday nov ' "tl
,.,t.h a,,- can, Gillette bai reported thai
h.,a q, a. col Lester
""''' .-..t...,
UNDERSTANDING tn't inc '''i'
10 meet In savannah capt Gillette re-
t,,-.. v.,s. t,lerhonld lost night however
49,, ma, ~. Vas not An the
'''N - ,- a,
CITY. ana tnAt j Wa "''
would return.
d. ,t.o. ~ tbe general understanding
-, ,t. Wa Department ana Com
. ,,,, ,t.re 4. 10 b. q river and hnI-
- h,i ,...fa dttriur the early hours ~
- -.,,irs ehssf session IL may be in-
.,t., y. t,,.,. .o,r. Of the reeommeu-
d.,t.-. %, -. chief Of engineers relative
:. -t,or srt t..rts,r improvements in Sa-
r,h h,rf,- and Contiguous waterways
.fst. ...lrf 90 sreEUfnr. does not include 10
81 ,r,,,.f r..,.rt MANY epecln,, recon-
-, ~. rn r.v. rroieet tor tine
t,..,,..,.,.,t ~ savannah harbar now uu-
49,. .o,st5er.tion He alludcs TO 90. how
- 81, mi. Genera. reporf but g. pre-
80, -, t,.o t.teils. nen lfng "a
..t -, =, me subte,, from the
80 - a. of v,birb COL Peter g.
-. 4t..t.tn, .r-ireer is chairman
svst - .rs..ttrr ~ col Haines.
- ,e1,',.. "a z,,,.rr,b ana can't All
80, s,.,t,,.t a, Cb,rleston Is suppose
80 -, 49, .,htert nov. all
- ,..., -. scl,,.fd b, their deub-
-. +.,- r..I t.tne. v,.o was detain-
- ,r p,I,i-,ore h., other oeirlal business
- p. , 49, .,,t.f ~ an
- ~. ~. usires hoard viii un-
S.t.,t.,. e.,. tr- rcro-t re,dv before
...... -. ~, -. r,itfo.
f,i,.... "a ti.,rt..rs IA. ~. usu.e and
..,,....,.'. '.l,,,,,.i,.. 80 ,n. s.nl,s
49, .r,..t,. s,nrli.t wien Information
,th. ,.,.itl H.. "a containing tre im.
,..,.r,s 4, e.,,pt.,r batner a,.or.ilne
....' r,.r. IN ,gh,..ber -4aur. y
,,..,ss,r,. - .,-ry ibe project q .
.,,l ~. .f.,...-
-r,... ..,,I., - ..rsir..r.s r.,ornn,er De- thai
,,,,,.,.,f.i b.I,n.. ~ Sigs f,t17 on
-, ,,.r,,,r,s,,d f,r savannah rarlor
.rt'n 81. i,,Ia ~. b.,,fsa 81 IN, .ompli-
-,tt,rs ..,r,o,,r.l.r- ~. CARER case h.