The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-08
THE PLAN OF THE BOARD.
uow SAVANNAH HARBoR ~ TO NE
GIVEN A 2s-FOOr CHANNEL.


ps.ume of the Report of the Board
of Engineer oaicers. by which the
favorable Report Was submitted.
sn,s That savRnnah's Commercial
inheritance warrants the Neces-
AIRY Expenditures by the Gov
.r,ment-IIistory Of the Projects
for Harbor Improvement - How
,he cost OF Increased Depth IL
Nt.ae Up-Use Of south Channei
Too Expensive.
.rss announcement In the Morning News
,.s.,sriay that the report OF the board OF
sre,neer officers which recently made an
.,smtnAtion OF the river and harbor work
hare and ,he former 2S-foot project. had
h.ae nid before Congress and thas the
,.,ort was entirely favorable to the o.
foo. project. was received with general
sst..faciion in Savannah. There IS
a samfortable feeling OF assurance that
savarrah's claims will be recognized and
mat tho appropriation named by the
hoard As necessary will be granted.
slsyor Myers expressed his pleasure al
ne satisfactory outlook. "Our deep wa
ter hooks came out al just the right time"
bssa.l. THE members OF the River sai
F4raor Committee received the books just
about che time they received the report.
and when the matter was sim fresh In
ts.r minds This viii naturally tend to
sfsase their interest IN the matter and
10 cause them 20 give more consideration
Is les arguments ana statistics presented
,sar would otherwise be the case Alto
cs,her. our prospects for setung the de-
sr,d Improvement OF the river are very
fair"
ire report OF the Board OF Engineer
oreers gives an interesting description
O.. ,as manner the desired depth Is to be
secured
eror; Is addressed to Brig Gen
Jea1 81 Wilson. chief OF Engineers. and
Is sgusi By Col Peter c. Hsines Capt.
e. Sanford and CAPT. c. T. Gillette.
Afte- quoting the departmental order by
vrua Of which che board assembled. and
ststsr the duty which Il was directed TO
perform. the report continues:
The preliminary examination having
rse. mmeudation that the harbor Is
worthy Of Improvement by the United
Suites 20 the extent or the re-examlua-
4ar provided IN the act the board was
charged by che above orde~ with the duty
II examining ana reporting as TO what
easoses or mod.hca ions. n any arc nee
.y 20 carry out the plans for deep
earz Savannah harbor Georgia. as
sNeu Ia the above act OF Congrcss.
"U.her important dudes Of members OF
the board preventing nn earlier meeting.
Che board met at Savannah. Ga. az 10 a.
o.. on nov. 8. 1900 aud after giving care
fll -1us.d ration 10 thc complete survey
Of the harbor recently made. and the tab
DOR s.1temeut Of he results OF th 8 sur
ysy prepared by tine local engineer. and
utatg an exim.uat ION OF the work pre-
g.oas.y done tle board adjourned. 10 re-
convene Co. Bali more on Nov. n. 1879
unoa watch date the board met az 10 a.
The project 20 DO rc-eNAuiucd IS dates
0 sG. and is printed in the rcpor,
.. 'e chief ~ Engineers for isss. begin
tes Ht pase 1859. II provided ..r "a nav
ba.- depth Of twcuty-c ght fcct between
q. 4uplg link OF the city Of Savannah
srl The sea- lhe work 70 be accompli shfd
d lr4.nirr walls from above the city 20
Tfhea Roads. by convcrginB jeties be
tween Tyb,e Roads and the outer slope
~ tae ocean bar and hy extensive dredg-
iag from the city 90 the ocean.
Tie project provided for width Of
three hundred feet Of channel through
tle shoals. there being Of course. rrcni.
e. width in the deep pockets between t1r
shoals. This project Was never adop'e
To- 500 a project providing f0r a depth
81 Is feet. at mean high water, but with
srsaler width han was provided far
10 ife above project. viz 600 feet from
he old waterWorks 70 the upper end ~
t1e soata channel. and 80 feet from thu
ps+tt 90 The ocean, was adopted on Ju.f
From Jolly p 1880 70 July 81, $50
Eofk was carried on under this protect
q To- being expended s. 49, 532 g.
IA.s work resulted iu giving the pro
leeted depth OF &c feet from the Ocean
steamship Compauv's whnrves 20 the
sea. hut fell far short OF completing the
project. the channel width being only "a
Mite over two-thirds 81 the project re-
ghfements. Neither the width nor the
otpin required were obtained al the upper
t0a OF the Improvement between the
Veran Steamship Company's wharves ans
shr old waterworks a distance Of ahaut
hat mhe and the river al congestod
iNuts opposite the oily ana above wa-
81. Wioeued as called for ln the project
ihls project and the work done under
were In line with tbe 2S-foot project
''hs consideration. the training walis
.'Fhls about the same location under tha
.No projects Both projects provided fa-
1"ning walls raised 70 low water mark.
"nie constructed 20 that hight they
ave materially failed 10 maintain % ~
rNees. In connection with thh iettv
"'.f about 10000 cubic yards OF mate
~ N's dredgsts from the channel;
.hsress' BY the act OF June 3. 1896
silried a modification OF this project and
Hioprated sioo5.O0 for rs execution
iNains extensive dredging In savan.
'N haFhor and a small amount OF aredr
ana ieity work FOR tho improvements
ne inside route TO Beaufort. partially
u This harhor.
.naer this project about 10000 cubic
100 OF dredging has been done in the
.a'oof' also considerable work on the
aiming wall north % Tyhes Roads The
1'iact with the Atlantic Contracting
npany for the construction Of thi.
ta'Hlng wall was aunuiled for fraud on
2. 1879. since which date no work un-
me project has been done except
'sihg There Is az present available a
'a.aAce Of about 10000
complete survey OF the harbor was
zoe ln 1884. subsequent 10 the compile
'a o. nearly all OF che training walls
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