The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-03-19
Of CITY
AND STATE On
HARBOR ABUSE
HEAVY PENALTIES ARE PROVID-
ED FOR DAMAGES TO HARROR
BY DEPOSITING BALLAST,
ASHES OR SIMILAR SUB
STANCES IN THE WATER, AND
REGULATING BUILDING OF
WHARVES.
WHARVES

Owing to the frequent complain, s
| that parties are not observing the law
| In the construction of wharves, ETC.
| The Journal publishes the following
laws of the city and state covering
! such matters:
THE STATE LAW.
Section 1290.-Deposit OF material
| IN tide waters reguIated.-It shall not
| be lawful for any person TO discharge
| or cause to be discharged, deposit or
cause to be deposited, in the tide OF
salt waters of any bay, port, naTbor
OF river of this state any ballast or
material Of any kind other than clear
stone or rock free from pebbles or
gravel, which said clear stone or rock
snai. be deposited or discharged only
IN the construction of enclosures in
correction with wharves, piers, quays,
Jetties, or in the construction of per-
manent bulkheads connecting the
sCEd and permanent portions OF
WhaTVeS. It shall be lawful to con-
stiuCt three characters of buIkheads
10" retention Of material in solid
wh3rves. First, clear stone OF rock
Enclosures, or bUlkheads may be built
up on all sides to a height not less
than two and one half feet above
high water mark, and after the said
Enclosures have been made so solid,
tight and permanent as TO prevent
any sand, mud or gravel, or other ma
terial that may be discharged or de-
posted in them, from drifting or eS-
Gaping through such enclosures, any
k!nu OF ballast may be discharged
or deposited within same. The afore-
said enclosures may be constructed
Of wood, stone, and rock combined,
the stone and rock to be placed on the
nj RI fuh
less at any point than two and one
half feet above high water mark.
Second. a bulkhead may be built
fTr permanent wharf consisting of
thoroughly cTeosOted piles not less
than twelve inches in diameter at the
but end, TO be driven close together.
and to be capped with timber not less
than ten by fourteen inches drift
bolte6 to each pile, and one or more
longitudinal StTingeTs to be placed on
the outside of the bulkhead and Sc
cu"ely anchored by means of iron rods
to piles driven within the buIkhead
clear rock to be on the inside of the
bJ1Ehead to a height Of not less than
two and half feet above high water
and after this is done ballast or other
material may be deposited within the
permanent enclosure so constructed.
Third. A bulkhead may be con-
strUcted to consist of creosoted piles,
as described in second section, driven
not exceeding four feet apart from
center to center, inside Of which two
or more longitudinal stTingers may be
placed, and securely bolted to the
pieces two thicknesses of creosoted
sheet piling are to be driven, each
course OF the sheet piIing to make a
joint with the other so as to form an
inpeDetrable wharf, and within this
permanent bulknead so constructed,
any ballast or other material may be
deposited. No such Enclosures, piers,
quays or jettieS shall be begun until
the point wheTeat it is 10 be built
shall have been connected by a sub
stantlal wharf with a shore or with q
permanent wharf. Provided, That
the owners of WharVeS may at any
tine. with the consent of the board
of pilot commissioners of the port or
hartor in which such wharves are
situated, build WhaTves of clear stone
Or rock, or CTeOsoted walls as herein
after provided on each side of their
whaTVeS from the shore to a point at
which the water is not more than fif-
teen feet deep, and when such walls
have attained a height of two aad
One-half feet above high water mark
aud have been securely closed at the
deep-water end by stone or creOsoted
walls Of the same height, any kind OF
ballast may be deposited in them. It
Is hereby made a duty of the pilot
commissioners of the different ports
and harbors Of this state to designate
b. ordinance the depth OF water at
which enclosures, piers, Quays, jettfvs
and bulkheadS may be built without
obstruction to navigation within the
bays, ports, rivers and harbOrs over
which they respectively have juTisdic-
ton. Nothing contained in this chap
ter shall interfere with any rights or
privileges now enjoyed by riparian
owners. While this chapter empOw-
ers those who desire to construct the
several character of whaTves, piers,
qJays, jetties, and buHlneads provided
for and described herein, nothing in
this chapter shall be so construed as
TO require any person not desiring TO
construct q permanent wharf by fill
ing with ballast, stone or other mate
rial. TO construct under the SpeclfCd-
tons contained herein and nothing
in this act shall be so construed as TO
prevent any person from constructing
any wharf or placing any pilings, logs
or lumber in any waters where he
would have heretofore had the right
So TO DO.
Section 1291-DepOsit on wharf.
etc. regUlated.-It shall not be lawful
fOr any person TO deposit or cause TO
be deposited on any wharf or quay,
any ballast, stone, earth or like mate
rial except such wharf or quay be so
secured as to prevent such ballast or
other material from washing into TIE
waters Of the harbOr
FORBIDDEN BY CITY LAW.
Sec. 279. To deposit any ballast or