The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-07-19
MORNING NEWS FINDS OUT
SOME FACTS ABOUT THE
LOCAL HARBOR
A LETTER FROM COL. kINGMAN
He Shows that Brunswick Has a
Channel of Thirty Feet From the
Bar to WharVes - The Article in
Savannah Paper.

The Savannah Morning News OF
yesterday in it's local columns, half
way apologiZed for the very unfair
article it published about this port
a few days ago in connection with
the fight being made against Bruins
wick as a call port for Colon-bound
mail vessels.
After securing figures from the Of
flee of Colonel Kingman, who is in
charge of the U. S. engineers office
in this district, the Morning News
corrected the erroneous statement
published in its issue of Tuesday,
when it was stated that Brunswick
could accommodate vessels only OF
small draft, together with other false
statements as to the harbor of this
port. In its issue of yesterday The
News says:
The Morning News did the port OF
Brunswick an injustice in a news
article supporting the claims of Sa-
vannah as a port of call for Panama
bound mail ships, which it promptly
,corrects. While urging considera-
tlOI VI odF d1llcII CIclILllS IL lioS AO
intention Of misrepresenting the IA
cilities of Brunswick. The facts as
to the channels of Brunswick harbor
and Of Savannah as stated by Col.
Dan C. Kihgman, United States en-
gineer for the Savannah district in a
letter to the Brunswick board of
trade, are these:
The depth of Brunswick harbor
is thirty feet at mean high water,
from the city to the sea. In Savan-
nah the harbor is about thirty-one
feet deep at ordinary high water, in
the channel from the city TO the sea,
This will be increased about two
feet. The tidal oscillation for the
two harbors is about the same.
Both harbors are under improve
ment The improvement in the
Brunswick harbor is practically COM
pleted, while the improvement of the
Savannah harbor to depth of thirty
three feet will not be completed much
before 1914.
The Morning News desires to cor
rect the statement that BrdnsWick's S
harbor facilities are limited to ves-
sells of small draft. Colonel King
mans letter to the contrary, shows
a condition of which Savannah's
neighboring port is justly proud"
Letter from Colonel kingman.
F. E. Twitty, vice president of the
Brunswick board of trade, a few
days ago addressed a letter to Colonel
Kingman in regard to the respective
depths of the channels of the two
ports, and yesterday he received the
following reply:
Savannah, Ga, July II, 1912.
'F. E. Twitty, Esq, Vice-President,
Board of Trade, Brunswick, Ga.
"Sir:-I have received your COM
munication of the 18th instant, and
in reply thereto would say that l
have had charge of the improvement
of the harbors of Brunswick and Sa-
vannah for a number of years and
that I am equally interested in the
prosperity and success of both ports.
/ certainly do not want to say any
thing to the disparagement of either
and should prefer not to express any
opinion as to which harbor is best
suited for port of call for mail
steamers bound for Panama.
Both harbors are under improve
ment The improvement in the
Brunswick harbor is practically COM
pleted, while the improvement of the
Savannah harbor to depth of thirty |
three feet will not be completed much
before 1914, although the work of I'm
provement is going on rapidly. The
distance from the foot of Bull street,
In the city of Savannah, to deep
water across the bar is "a miles, |
measured along the navigable chan
mel. The corresponding distance in
Brunswick is IA IL miles. The pro-
ject depth in Brunswick, for the chan
mel is 80 feet at mean high water.
This depth has been secured, but at
present it has been reduced by about
one foot by deposit, but this will be
removed during the summer. In Sa-
vannah there is at present about 81
feet at ordinary high water, in the
channel from the city to the sea. This
will be increased about two feet when