The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-29
COULD DREDGE A
80 FOOT CHANNEL
COL. QUINN so TESTIFIEs.
TESTIMONY IN FINAL CHAPTER OF
CAPT. CARRIERS CASE.

Said That Side Walls and Jetties
Constructed by Captain Carter
Were Strong Enough and Deep
Enough for n Thirty-FOOt Channel
From savannah to the Sea to be
Constructed by Dredging-aLr.
stone and MIR. Erwin Have Gone.
So far as the taking of evidence is
concerned the defense of Capt. Oberlin
NJ. Carter in the suits instituted against
him by the government, was complet-
ed yesterday. when Col. ]. B. Quinn,
of the government engineering depart
ment was examined before United
States Commissioner Hewlett.
In view of recent local agitations the
testimony of Col. Quinn was interest
ing. When asked what condition the
walls and jetties constructed by Capt.
Carter were in, Col. Quinn replied that
they were in perfect shape. and were
wearing we'll.
Mr.. Stone: Are these jetties so con-
structed that the channel of the river
could be deepened to the depth de-
sired?"
Col. Quinn: with perfect safety,
and in fact thirty feet of water from
Savannah to the sea is possible"
MIR. Stone: How could this depth
be attained?"
Col. Quinn: by dredging"
Col. Quinn volunteered that there
was a movement on foot here to OBJ
tain an appropriation to deepen the
channel all the way from Savannah
to the sea.
He was also examined as to his opin-
ion of the cost of the work done under
Capt. Carter. He said he thought the
cost to the government was nominal.
What Captain Carter Did.
In speaking of Capt Carriers
work in Savannah, Mr.. Stone said:
"As to the work in Savannah harbor
the situation in a nutshell is a very
simple one. Capt Carter. took charge
of it, and with an expenditure of only
$4,000,000 commenced with a harbor
sixteen feet deep and ended with
harbor twenty-six feet deep and
twenty-five miles long. built through
mud and sand.
Then Capt. Gillette took charge of
it and after spending a million or
more dollars his work was less salts
factory. Then Col Quinn took up the
work and he is trying to build a har-
hor and not trying to knock out
some one else. He says the side walls
and jetties built by Garter are strong
enough and good enough to enable
him to dredge between them to a
depth of thirty feet, which will make
this one of the greatest harbors in
the world
Division of the Money.
Mr.. Stone says the contentious of
government attorneys that they traced
every dollar of ,Carter's money from
the contract money is a bit of evidence,
which in itself is more valuable. to
prove the innocence of Capt. Carter
than to prove his guilt. Mr.. Stone. has
the complete case of the government
embodied in Exhibit 3D. which is a
collection Of blue prints, showing al
legged divisions of money between
Greene, Gayner and Carter.
Taking each amount of money paid
to the Atlantic Construction Company
separately, it is traced down to the
division and it is shown what dis
| position is alleged to have been made
| of the money. Most of this evidence is
| that several days and sometimes sew
eral months subsequent to the 'di-
\ vision" Mr.. r. F. Westcott made de-
| posts, or bought bonds. or other Sc
curities, to about the amount which
was Carter's share of the "divvy"
Mr. Stone says every dollar of this
money deposited by Westcott, and with
which he bought securities, has been
accounted for, and each transaction
carefully traced to it's legitimate
source. Mr.. Stone and Mr.. Erwin both
left last night for their homes. ~