The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-14
breaches In Santa Rosa Island between
 the quarantine and life saving sta

3e>65 Glof1a Dl4g. MnWa~9se, Wbss breaches In santa Rosa Island between the quarantine and life saving sta- tions. pression that the mound of sand which separates the waters of the Gulf and bay in normal condition of tides. hed be been .,res ssfsd s1msd sn opsnins however. from our examination mAde on the sth inst. Is not the case, A very abnormal tide. moro than ten feet above mean low water. driven by the Gulf, by equally abnormal wave action has lowered. in the two localities re- ferred to. the land separating the two bodies of water until the present crest crest tides, leaving still intact the barrier which separates the bay ane Gulf wa ters below ordinary low tides. There storm wili De exposed at low tides and submerged. Tor the present. at high tides.
 .The sand movement across these ss law pns occur nnGer :se nSsne. be much more marked than that ef ebb since the former or waxs wl De s,icn cf the gulf on our outside beaches tion. even when the tide is ehhink. rents flowing out and over these low places, while the tide is falling from acquired by the flood will not be per mitted to be wished back to th: out. s@ehasiaed siSe SeaeG by the fast of tn. very shailow depths found in the places which have been lowered. since the wave action VII be always nv r.at nwsrc snaaah asS to attack tho sand. In connection with this principle with us. is to be eon- sidered the fact that the sand and wave " Is from the eastward. the volume of the former being astonishingly great. This shore movement causes sand to seek shelter In every pocket and low place. and Is the action. immaterinl as 1t may seem. that retains this barrier of soft sand between our harbor and
 From careful study of the matter: my experience and opseryation or sand movements In and adjacent t" our harbor entrance. and from the
 II. That the real barrier between the waters of the bay and 'ulf IS still undisturbed.
 70 That this barrier fig still sufi- clcnt to resist without in1ury to tns channel or commercial interests Q.
 
 "s. Tha. the natural forces existing will rapidly rebuild thtee ioWer.as
 "4. That moderate storms will greatly assist in the restoration of these portions of the island
 "5. That similar openings have - cured on the Mckee beach and were by the natural forces. rapidly re- stored. ana were not reopened by tn"
 "s. That if no abnormal storm oc- CUTS within the ,next few months the work of rebuilding wli D De or SD far nrd,na na " violent storms will assist rather
 "7 That I recommend for the pres ent nothing be done moro than ob. serve carefully the result of the nat
 $. That from a comparison of s.r- made that the work ef rebuilding has materially advanced.
 T beg 70 report further tn1t I will to time the results as i ind them.
 During abnormal storms. natural. tcuary fhr i0TeSt s ths sTse '" when they be- come submerged by the rise of the tide alone, for then the wave action them snd yaps sS. case In the loo1 'i"rs under considsra. tion. and probably will be the csse after they have been rebuilt by tidss currence of this. I believe. after tn. rebuilding has advarced to a few feet above mean low water. that it would a series of brush .ences, so placed. as tn catch the sands which are. beinx shifteS by t9s wnas' The The rssalts ns,n,s that where vegetation and shrabbery has
 Trusting I have made myself clear Commercial interss-s. beg te rsmsis.
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 Msy Grant Fraschise.
 The City Council has decided to give Selma parties another opportunity to obtain a franchise to operate d street railway along certain thorouehfares the m '%e next et'Y; meeting M of the council ' the ordinance will be called up and amend ed and If the promoters are willing to make a larger deposit than s2.oo0
 Recentiy when the meAsure came. up for It's last reading and for final pas vote. but since then the aldermen have decided that inasmuch as the pro motors have expended large sums In the improvement of their Beach Haven property. and if they are willing to show good faith, the ordinance wiH be amended in some respects ana p3ssed. nder the terms of the old ordfhances it was to be completed and be In oper- Ltion within two years after its ap- prpval or the grantees would forfeit S2 900 placed on deposit.
 Removing Pictures.
 Following out the orders issued nv the Board of Public Safety. Chiei of Police SChad. has ordered the proprie- tors uf saloons and restaurants where the latter are patronized by negroes. to remove from their places all pie tures, statues and figures that are pictured in nude state. These or ders must be observed and If tho iyfo- nrietors refuse to remove them. they will be arrested and prosecuted. The members of the Board of Saiety in taking the step believe that many ot the crimes committed in the south were the result of pictures or figures of white women being displayed in saloons or dives frequented by ne- groes. and they have taken steps to have them removed from all saloons