Show II Project For Elevating the City of i Galveston ston since the tho great storm of or IDOl 1000 In which the tho city oC or lost JosL over OC of oC her people awl anil alii worth of or property i the tho bustling Texas loxa port has been bel astonishing tho ho world by hy a dl of or energy Today leday the HID city Is Ia I tower and greater greato I than luau It was wua before wind alai Ind slid combined to 10 del deal It II such sueh u n crushing blow Real Hest of or nil It II Itin itis in is taking precautions to prevent I tile lie of oC tho of oC 1000 aoi In them precautions 18 1 I Involved un IlO engl t timing work both hOlh unique and Raring daring Url fly O It ILls Is la proposed to 10 rulie the level of u n 1 largo large portion if of the urea to urh n R height that Hint re by h 41 n hugs huge sea II i wall stall now amt completion J tidal waves wanes may come cane and go 10 s the lives of ot the tin people of or And 1111 tills this work ork bo he It II noted note d Is IM to Iq t ba he on all without Interfering In III liny nil ah way 1 with wIlh the tho commerce or 01 y lie Ito of oC the city oily t Such a Q condition would to present nn nu difficulty ty t especially c since lince the tho proposed d level will In bo ho seventeen or feel higher thou than the present level tho I height being between seven nn anti eight foci feet Apart from other considerations the tile construction of lit tho mn sea wall In Itself makes elevation of ot tha level a necessity to III a height of o sev feet above aboc the shore level lele It will nerve ns nn n a butTer butler to 10 the tine angry KM gulf but buL It will also put the tho territory behind It Into Inlo a 11 basin offering vexatious problems 11 lens lems of or drainage a and ml sew sewerage orage to sayI say I nothing of ot tho Iho fact that should a record breaking tidal wave WIlIe develop the Melt Hen neuwall 1 wall preventing the recession of or the tho water waler would become a n posit I vo men menace nee ace forming a n lako lithe tho elevation were Tho The question of oC how ho this thin should be bo done dono hns keen been puzzling the brains of ot many engineers for Cor months tentative solutions being confronted with unanswerable objections Now however hoevel a I solution meeting r every overy ob oh objection lean has been heen devised by a 1 Sew Now NewYork York engineer W V Hates Baton acting for Cor brothers of oC lort Germany and their hit hid having been beun accepted by the Galveston grade ruts rutH raising rutHIn d lag ing In commission It IH la spited Hinted that work I upon pon the tho project will wilt bo ho begun within a very ery short time The Tho grent great from tram tho rho con contractors cont tractors standpoint hUll hits been whore where t to got get g et the tho material for tilling In Iii and how bow to distribute It U cheaply ilea d i in enough to 10 allow allowa t n a profit It wa was nt lit first fi t s t suggested to utilize self loading hopper dredges to carry sand nand to distributing stations on the tho sea front or bay frond from hut but tho ob objections obi i to this thin were that the wave mo rno motion lion tion on tho the sea aeu trout front and tho the danger dinger from Crom storms st would render re ller such lIuch a n scheme Impracticable It was also vino mild anti I I 0 a Cn o 9 W W Dv THE ELEVATED CITY AS IT d WILL WHEN O I f f f u p i I 4 4 that It If the filling wore were distributed from Crom the bay front It would be hn Impossible to prevent n a hindrance to Various other suggestions were advanced and Then Mr lr hates Dates hit upon Ullon the tho Idea Illen of oC digging n 1 distributing dint canal parallel to lo and Just JUIL Inside of or ho the sea Ala seawall wall willi This nun not only met ull objections but hut offered some canto decided advantages In the tho frat first place the thc material for or would maul I be taken 1111 from the dinn and navigable waters of ot the Ihl bay hay deepening thorn then to tho the benefit bandit of oC ship shipping shipping ping an un Improvement worth 1 according to u Mr tr Hates at tit least I Y Then ab tho tn material e excavated from the tho t canal could bo be used to 10 the Mott 1111 wall 1111 front from tho the land II lid side alde the outer bench beach would not Jj the tho tiller filler could bo lit distributed without an Intricate Cato cate relay system and consequent din dis disturbance to 10 business unit and dually largo large IlIn a modern dredges I could be he Utilized The Tho work will bo be accomplish accomplished ed by pressure powerful ma nut rw r r r w r rr h I r r I COMPLETED T SECTION f rt war 1 e chines chilies pumping a mixture of ot sand And will have to bo be dredged dle g d carried and de do deposited water valor Into Inlo the area to he be elevated the tho posited over over o r an all area aret of about two water draining I back Into the canal square miles tulles and Mr Ir Bates Dalos In Is II confident con 11 through pipes It U U Is estimated that dent that the system he has devised over oer ruble yards of oC tilling will permit tho the work to bo be dono done eco teo Hands Ronda to 10 o othe tho the amount of DC have beta been vot voted voli 01 ed cd by the to supplement the Iho funds for tor the undertaking The fhe portion of ot the city to be thus thun re graded Is that which suffered most se ae severely verely from the tho storm of DC 1900 IDOO Calves Calveston ton Ion Jn la located upon the eastern end of oC an un Island of oC lle t e same name about three miles mlle wide by miles long and a i hay bay that Is la I rated one of oC tho the safest harbors hart along ulong the gulf fult or At Atlantic lantic More loro than of ot the city wok submerged to n 1 height of oC feet teet above mean menn low water by hy bytho bythe tho the Hood that swept sept In from rom the gulf This same section had already suffered more or less ions severely by several great storms notably In the years ears 1831 1337 1837 y tS T li vrr r rj r 5 4 IN FRONT or 7 a ar r q JI wife I INTO CANAL I 1847 ISH 17 1875 and 1886 but bill these had Id not approached In severity the In 10 Inundation of or 1900 IDOO It Jt was at nt first OllIt thought that the city would to bo be abandoned but the tho citizens refused to 10 surrender to the tho elements Then Chen canto the tho conception of oC the sea sen wall willi the stop In the present undertaking When completed this wall will wilt sweep about three sides liMes of the city for Cor a n distance of oC over three miles feet Ceet to lo be ex ox exact act from the tho bay buy front on the east end of ot the Island to the tho gulf gult anti along alulI the tho gulf g uhf shore to tl a n point beyond tho the United States forts farts fortsAs As was teas said It will be seventeen feet Ceet high At the bottom It will be bo feet fol and nt ot tho the top tOil five feet Ceet wide wille curving ns liS It rises rhea so o as Oil to Lo be vertical ut at the summit hI obstreperous erous erotic woven an nn upward direction and andIn In III largo measure preventing them then from running up Ul and mul over oer the tho embankment beyond Tho The brio base of oC the wall will be protected by sheet piling fund and The he sheet heel piling Is heavy hellY timber limber driven In III a 11 straight line hue the round pil 1111 piling piling ing lIu of tho the wall mid and resting on the tho clay cloy stratum beneath the beach while the consists of large pieces of oC granIto gran granIte granIto Ito Ite piled idled promiscuously In front of oC the wall wail and ond extending Into the gulf tar for a II distance of ot nearly thirty feet reet from rom the wall The Tho wall Itself tt Is In beIng Icing built buill of at granite concrete and ond rests on a II foundation foundation tion of oC tho the same came concrete When hen copy com completed at nt a u cost COt of oC about It will be not only useful but ornamental and und Its appearance will be enhanced by bya a 1 broad paved driveway and sidewalk which It Is proposed to 10 construct Imme Immediately back of It and on a I level leel with Its top tup while behind the tho driveway again a n strip sixty feet wide will be sowed with Bermuda gruss Seen from 1001 the deck of oC nn ai approaching vessel the tho prospect very attractive lint Hut this part of oC the work will necessarily necessarily be he delayed by II reason raron of oC Mr Hates Bates canal bloc That this Silo gentle gentleman gentleman man Is well 1 to III cope capo with tho the great rut Hint will trill assuredly confront him Is IH evince l 1 Iy by y a glance Ilance at al athis hits his hl record Although yet In the Iho forties Mr Ir Hates Is II widely widdy known In the Iho engl engi engineering veering world having been heen connected with many big undertakings A sec section tion of oC the Chicago drainage canal ennui was as dredged under his hili hu ho has hns served sered as M constructing engineer and manager of oC several railway dock nod and terminal enterprises i the Suez canal caliRI company compau has enlisted his hili services j the Belgian government hUll has employed hint him ns os consulting consul ling engineer In connection with protects projects for 01 the Iho port of oC Antwerp he ho has hils been of ot assistance to tu the Hun HUll sian elan government go In work on the tho Volga and Hug rivers and In collaboration oration with engineers designated by bythe bythe bythe the governments of ot Russia Germany German Austria and Belgium he hue has hu prepared u a 1 protect project for tor tho the Improvement of ot the port of oC Shanghai For other services Mr tr Hates Bute has been decorated dP i by tho the French government It Is III stated staled that the tho whole of the engineering work en Cl entailed entailed tailed In the Galveston grade raising scheme will devolve upon him IAl J CUt |