[mac_truck]

[mac] "If the City of Charleston was funding the dredging project in 1857 [as you have claimed] and had purchased the General Moultrie from New York for that purpose, why was the dredgeboat charging 66cents per cubic yard for the work, and who was paying the bill?"

[pea] Well, since I already gave you the direct quote which does not prompt your question...

...and since you were presented with Coker's quote and you state it was my claim..

And since you still want to continue this argumentative line of questioning...

..it is finally time for you to admit that your reference to H.R. 585 was invalid, and that you have no evidence to refute Coker's statement that Charleston underwrote the project.

It looks like you have your patented Weasel Dance down pretty good, but you still managed to avoid answering the question...Who was paying the bill?

[PeaRidge]

Since the H.R. 585 you brought up was not put in the budget, meaning that the Federal Government was not funding anything in Charleston, then Mr. Coker must have been right after all...Charleston dredged its own channel, and moved into the group of harbors now able to process deep draft ocean going vessels.

[PeaRidge]

And by the way, that was not a claim. It was a quote.