The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-02
TO CUT THROUGH DOBoY BAR.
DARHEN's PORT WILL BE BROUGHT
FIFTEEN MILES sEARER.

Rittenhouse Moore's Dredge VIII
Leave Savannah To-day to begin
Operations-More Than SOC, 900 Gu
bic Yards VIII BE Removed for a
Channel of % Feet Deep Across
the Bar-VesseIs Loaded Now with
Darien Lumber ut sapeIo May BE
Loaded in DObOy Sound After the
Channel Has Been Made-That win
Bring Its Port Within Ten Miles OF
Darfen.
Work is to be done on the bar of Doboy
sound soon that will be of tremendous
advantage to the port of Darien. The
dredge that is to do the work will leave
Savannah to-day. and it is probable that
the next few days will see it employed in
carrying out its owners contract with
the government
The dredge belongs to Mr. Rittenhouse
Moore, who secured the contract for the
removal of the dirt that is to leave a 25-
foot channel across the bar of Doboy
sound. The dredge was constructed at the
Baltimore wharf in Savannah scow ob.
tanned in New York being fitted up with
apparatus or late pattern
The building was done in short order. the
workmen having nothing but the hull re-
Gently turned off the marine railway with
which to make start Capt.
Robinson. superintendent for the,
Moore Dredging Company, had electric
lights placed on the wharf and on board
the dredge, which allowed the work TO
proceed day and night.
The dredge is equipped with a 1,500-
pound, riding anchor, and a 3,500-pound
storm anchor She has accommoda lions
for a double crew of seventeen men.
Steam was gotten up Saturday and the
machinery tested. Everything worked
satisfac torily.
The boilers and machinery are in good
condition, having been overhauled ana
placed in position by the Kehoe Iron
Works. The dredge has a Scotch marine
boiler, 300-horse power, with a Wheeler
surface condenser, a 250-horse power COM
pound Ball engine. and a 16-inch centrif-
cal pump, capacity 1400 gallons a min
ute. The suction pipe is about 60 feet
long, 16-inch inside diameter. The dredge
has a grab attachment.
netting more than 500,00 cubic yards
of dirt are to be removed from the bar.
1t is expected that at least four months
will be necessary for the completion of
The job. When It is finished Darien will
enjoy an advantage it has never known,
and the port will become of even greater
Importance a lumber shipping point.
Lumber handled by Darien firms
through that port now has to be towed to
Sapelo, % miles from Darien, and there
loaded aboard ship Sapel2, in fact, has al
ways been Dar.en's port, the history of
Rome and Ostia being repeated in mild
FORM The depth of the branch of the Al
tamaha on which the town is located is
too slight to admit of ships of any cen
siderable draft making their way there,
so RATS of lumber have been sent to
Sapelo
Obviously it would be great advantage
if Dariens port could be brought fifteen
miles nearer. That is exactly what will
be brought about by the work. The cut
through Doboy bar will remove the 10
stacle and instead OF at Sapslo, ships
may be loaded at the point where the Da-
rien branch of the Alyamaha w.dens into
Doboy sound.
The sound itself is deep enough. All
that is necessary is to make the opening
across the bar That done easy sailing
TO the new wharves that are to be built
, will be had. Vessels that We're loaded al
Sapelo may go through the channel. sail
across the sound and receive lumber w tn
in ten, instead of twenty-five, miles OF Da-
Tien.