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The river front which could be obtained here IS also quite small and a bar, having but lit tie water on ii, extends along great part of 1t, leaving very inadequate space for build ing and launching. The bed of the river at thls place IS of rocky nature, and it is said no changes has taken place along the bank slnce the settlement of Memphis. A plan of the site, furnished us by the citizens of Fort Pickering, accompanies this report.
 No. 6. Height of the bank above the river at high water
 The height of the bluff above extreme high water IS between forty and fifty feet. The low bank is then coverd with from six to twelve feet of water.
 No. 7 Height of the bank at low water
 The height of the bluff above the lowest water known Is about eight feet The bank IS then about twenty eight feet above the sur flee of the river At average low water the bank IS about twenty feet above the river.
 Mo- s. Protection against winds.
 The mouth of Wolf river Is harbor for boats against all winds. The western front ot the site IS open to winds blowing across the river.
 Mo- 9. Kind and quantities of tember, iron provisions, and supplies of all sort, to be ob- tained.
 Timber abounds here in great variety; of oaks, there are the white, and black, half ov- er-eup, extreme over-cup, Spanish willow, black and red post, and several others There are also the black and honey locust, of large slze, black walnut maple of all descriptions, cherry, white and red elm, beech, sweet gum, yellow and white poplar, cypress, yellow pine very large, easily obtained from the Tennes- see and Hatchie rivers, and various other sorts not necessary to enumerate. The over cup and willow oaks are esteemed but little inferior to the live oak All these timbers are easily and cheaply obtained by water car rlage. The iron of Tennessee, which is es- teemed equal to any in the United States, can be delivered here, square and round, at eigh- ty dollars per ton; pig iron, best grey, at from twenty to twenty-two dollars per ton. Pitts burg coal delivered at ten cents bushel, or three dollars ton, Kentucky, Indiana, and lllmoise coal, at two dollars and forty cents per ton. Tar in abundace at one dollar and fifty cents a barrel The hemp of Kentucky and Missouri can be obtained in any quanti- ty; and from experiments made in the neigh borhood of Memphis, 1t is thought quality may be grown here equal to any in the Uni ted States All kinds of provisions may be had Tn lnexhaustible quantities from the valleys of the great rivers above, brought down in steam and flat boats, and sold at prices lower than they can be afforded at in any of the At lantlc Ports.-lron works are on the Tennes- see, Cumberland, Missouri, Mississippi, and Ohio rivers. By steam transportation, iron may be delivered at this point, from the works, Ill two or three days, and by flat boats in from five to ten days. Specimens of some of the above-named timbers will be forward ed to the beaureau of Construction and Re- pairs
 No. 10. Facility of procuring mechanics and Repairs.
 Mechanics and laborers may be procured here in any numbers from the upper country III from three or four days, and from the eheapness of living, 1t is presumed at prices as low as in any portion of the Western coun- try.
 No. II. Facilities of procuring stone, brick and other materials for pulling.
 Building stone can be delivered here, rough at one dollar per perch; dressed and laid in two feet walls, at three dollars perch. Ten nessee marble, a beautiful material for build ing, at fifty cents per cubic foot rough.- Bricks of good quality, laid in the wall, for six dollars thousand. Lime, in any quan- tity can be had from the upper country.
 No. l2. Practicability of obtaining water power.
 Water power may be obtained, if necessa- " by cutting canal from point about Il miles distant; on Wolf river. report and plan of survey of the route, by Col. D. Mor- rlson, made at the request of the mayor and alderman of Memphis, accompanies this re- port. We have visited the location, and ex- amined this line, and are satisfied of its prac- ticablllty. It Is believed that right of way for this canal would be given to Government, and that it could be made within the sum specified in Col. Morrison's estimate. There is miscalculation in the report of Col. Mor- rlson, with regard to the power to be obtain- ed by such canal, but which does not af- feet the practcabiity of the route nor the ex- penses of costruction
 No. l3 Health of adjacent country. When Memphis was first settled, 1t had a very bad reputation on the score of health but since opening of farms and plantations in it's vicinity, the thinning of the forests, the opening of roads, and the gradual clearing up the country, it appears to have greatly inn proved, and is now consided equal ill this re- spect, to any point on the river. An official statement, by the board of health, for four months last year is presented herewith. The winter Is said to be the most unhealthy sea- son, when pleurisies and other diseases incl dent to variable temperature are prevalent.
 Mo- II. Extent of the sites that may be found suitable, and the prices asked therefor.
 The site surveyed contains eighty-two and a half acres, which can be increased on the north side of Wolf to a much greater extent, if desirable, at low cost-say twenty dol lars and acre. It will be seen that part of the site is embraced in the plan of the city of Memphis. The building lots are owned by various individuals, some of whom are now absent. Some part belongs to the city while to other parts there are conflicting claims,-