The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-10
WORK ON HARBOR
AND TRAINING WALLS WILL START
NOT LATER THAN APRIL 1.
FOUR BIDS WERE SUBMITTED
AND THAT OF CHARLESTON FIRM
RECOMMENDED BY COL. QUINN.


Something Over $4,000 Involved.
10000 Cubic Feet of Stone to Be
Placed on the Training Walls,
Raising Them from One to Three
Feet Above Low Water-WOrk
viii BE Done Under Supervision
of U. s. Engineer-MUst BE Conn
pIeted by Oct. 1, 19O4-WiH Cause
Current to Form Natural ScOur
and Will Greatly Lessen Trouble
Caused by Constant Filling In of
Channel.
At noon yesterday bids for repairing
the training walls in the Savannah
harbor were opened by Col. Quinn,
United States engineer, in charge of
this district. Four bids were submit
ted and that of the Simons-Mayrant
Company of Charleston. S. c.. was
recommended to the chief of engineers
for acceptance. The bid of the Char
lesion company was the lowest. The
following bids were submitted:
D. Power & Co., Savannah, 1921 per
cubic yard.
r. c.. Ross, Jacksonville, SO per cubic
yard.
A. ]. Twiggs, Augusta, 1925 per
cubic yard.
Simons- Mayrant Company, Charles
ton, 81 6S per cubic yard. (Recom-
mended.)
The total cost of the repair work will
be 1872. 100. The cost may be consid-
erably more or possibly less as in the
contract there is the clause giving the
engineer officer in charge, Col. Quinn,
the right to increase or decrease the
estimate as much as SO per cent, so
arranging them. however, that the to-
tai amount of stone to be delivered
will not be changed either way by more
than 10 per cent.
The following estimate of the num-
Der of cubic yards of stone to be de-
livered at the various points was sub
mitted in the specifications when bids
Cubic
yards.
venus EOlII LIdlLllIlS WoJll NlAlIiuu-
ing it's return face at Elba
1Sland) =. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Z,OOO
North Long Island training wall. 5000
Cockspur Island training WALL. 1000
Total -. -, 900
Work and Time for Completion.
The work proposed, one which will
be of great benefit to the harbor, is
extensive and six months are allowed
for it's completion after work has been
started. Under the specifications it is
proposed to repair a part or all OF the
following jetties in Savannah harbor:
Cockspur Island training WALL North
Long Island training wall; Venus Point
training wall, including its return face
to Elba Island.
This repair work will be done by
placing riprap stone on the crest of
the training walls, to raise them one
to three feet above low water The
| engineer officer in charge has the right
to place the stone on any portion of
| the walls and to omit any portion he
may deem necessary.
In order that there may be no diff
Guilty on determining just where the
stone is laid and that it is laid prop
erly the contract requires that all the
work be done during low water, or
nearly So. III lIlo way TIC lhSPCCSCA
will be able to see that all the stone
is thrown in the right place.
Kind of Stone to BE Used.
Any good hard varieties of stone,
weighing not less than 140 pounds per
cubic feet and of suitable sizes, will
be accepted. Each piece of stone will
! be inspected before it is placed in po-
sition. The pieces of stone may range
in weight from ten to 200 pounds, but
no piece weighing less than ten pounds
will be accepted.
Under the contract, work on the re-
pairs must begin within ninety days
after the signing of the contract. The
recommendation of Col. Quinn was
sent to Washington yesterday, and II
returned approved the contract Will be
signed at once by Col. Quinn and a
member of the Charleston firm. This
will then be sent to Washington and
if approved promptly, everything
should be in readiness for starting
work by Jan. 1. Under the terms men
toned above the contractor would then
be allowed until April 1, 1904, in which
to begin work.
The contract further requires that
work shall all be completed within six
months of starting, unless extraor-
binary and unforeseeable conditions
supervene." Under this clause the re-
pair work should all be finished by
the first of October. next.
VIII Form Natural Course.
When completed great improve
ment will have been made to the har-
Dor and a great step taken toward
maintaining it's depth without con-
slant dredging. The present walls,
which were erected some time ago,
have sunk down considerable and do
little toward serving the purpose for
| which they were originally intended.
| They are. now below the low water
mark.
The repairs will raise them, as
stated in the contract, from one to
three feet above low water Under
these conditions the current in the chan
mel will be confined within the walls
and will thus form a natural scour.
| This will do much toward keeping the
lfarbor clean and will greatly lessen
the constant filling in which has ca used
so much trouble heretofore.
All of the work will be done at
| points from eight to sixteen miles
below the city. 1t will be under the
direct supervision of one of the engi-
neers from Col. Quinn's office.
New Tourist Sleeping Car Line to
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