Pacific service magazine . e at Alice Street. The depth estab-lished by the War Department was theminimum of 35 feet at low water. Thismeant to dredge the channel, which aver- ages about 25 feet. It was planned toside-cast the excavated mud, the trenchwalls to slope so that the bottom of thetrench would be 5 feet wide and the topabout 40 feet. This involved moving con-siderable mud, but by shoring the sidesit was possible to retain the trench with-out danger of filling too rapidly. But,about the time the contract was let fordredging, the crossing location wasshifted to Madison Street, so a new
Pacific service magazine . e at Alice Street. The depth estab-lished by the War Department was theminimum of 35 feet at low water. Thismeant to dredge the channel, which aver- ages about 25 feet. It was planned toside-cast the excavated mud, the trenchwalls to slope so that the bottom of thetrench would be 5 feet wide and the topabout 40 feet. This involved moving con-siderable mud, but by shoring the sidesit was possible to retain the trench with-out danger of filling too rapidly. But,about the time the contract was let fordredging, the crossing location wasshifted to Madison Street, so a new permitwas necessary- from the Government. Thenew permit placed a minimum depth of40 feet and required the removal of allexcavated mud and earth to some suitabledumping ground. These conditions,added to the fact that the crossing atMadison Street was 1300 feet as against750 feet at Alice Street, delayed the workand increased the expense preparations for dredging and itsaccomplishment were in progress the.
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