A WAVEGALVESTON.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 568, 24 July 1909, Page 5

A WAVEGALVESTON.

TARPON-ANGLERS DROWNED. ■ (By Telcecaph.—Presa . ; Now York, July 22. . •A sudden wave drowned'ten anglers who woro tarpon-fishing on the pier at Galveston, Texas. ■ /■ GALVESTON'S INUNDATION. ; Galveston was devastated by an inundation in Septemberj 1900.-. -It : is .built-on a, narrow sand island;- '30 . miles long, connected by railways with:.the raainlaiid. >It,is a great' ootton port, and very,'extensive improvements are' being carried on'. '.Following the swamping of this port by.'the sea ill '1900, it was .'decided to. erect a sea-wall, and: tb accept the. proposal of Mr. Liridon Bates, of : New , York,; to raise about one-fourth 'of .'the''entire'city.;' In'the* annual -report 'of the' British. Consul, for 1907, it'.iyas stated, that' good progress had :'becn.> made with: Ithe'' raising of the level in the proximity: of, •the...sea-wall.! -■ , The total 'length .of this wall' 'is '4:37'.' miles, 'arid ..it all round ( the .town facing the CJtilf of Mexico. It measures lGft. thick fa the base, Sft.;-. at the top, -and is 17ft. high;! there-is . an';; apron of rip-rap istone ,27ft. wide, besides . a row ,'of, sheet ; piling, driven' to a. depth; of 2-lft.. . The .\Consul: also ;gaWa ; description. of the new causeway to 'be constructed. of ; the Bchcme of the Texas Railroad Commission ■ for' the improvement "of the .port.The..-to ■■ the' 'causeway: will be : about 10,2.5Qft,, including a arid:.liftrdraw. affording, a-clear: opening iof about 2000 ft. The 'width varies from 44ft. on the" lift to 63ft. on the bridge and 100 ft. on the causeway," accommodating train, tram, and road traffic. 'TheresFtimated cost was 1i400,000 dollars,- half to bo paid by the county and half by the railways , • : Tarpon-fishing! is : the : biggest ;the :world,;,'hUgeVweights being .landed after long fights