Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-08-06
THE soUTHERN LITERARY. MEsSEN.

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Zee 90 sre noi a,thg,u usi,o,,sl - well a. l,t.
srsTy ialresi I'm MsNrms CoNvrSr,oS-
ar. C,iHOUss ktronl, i the little of th.
hfsi article la lise nnnb.f. stsd We would call
tie s1'tuiiou "a oar Issd a. 10 the eisy,uu,,an
go coiiass TED ~Ith th,> vePort aud tllr late OF
that Poi ital tuni talented bit disgraced
snt contemplate deasgoeuc whose name il
attained 70 10 wpogi. An who were familiar
With political events - ycarssso. rsm.,nh. =
Nj. Cslhoun.s atlcui sd,ocsry ol internal
improvement. All Who kuos him PERSONAL,
know that he ClpnS, has views sudiculy snd
'o' ias Ic'sonsl sl,sntass la il,c political con
t,si, o' Which Gea Jsck .,n was ,Ae los.irr. -
That dii not .efve hisambitio,,s puTpo,.s. snd
after aac'ig settcs oi tNisiings ani iuruius,
upon Other sul9-,ts. NC hni hin,. ~ ihc isil
OF 1913. the Pr,silru, Of t,.c Metnphs Con
Ncniiou tie design OF Uhi,h VS. To appeal 60
fCoag'es, W. t,hsli II certain improvements
VA ilie slxlsaiirn Of r,rfs ant to- improve
nisnt ~ isai'hy fhs construction II raj roads.
flou ibe committee 10 wi,an tiie nscnsoSisi
At The C's,cniipn "a, ri,ucd. Nc Calhoun
-ubuiitcsr' ne 'S-h.,e . rrpori. ,yuop.i.
~ whi,h Hept-s~ui. ti,t Ne n,sy noi b.
Thought guilty II misint,rp'ctins him. Re-
teuiug to the memorial be- ss,s
lhs ssmc suthnnt, states the num,h.r If
sies"Ieosts employed ~ navigating the Mis
sisslppi snd tributaries az lSl3 20 D. fuur hun
dred sni hity. uri average tonnage 10 d. a
bout two hundred. their u :rcgstc toun,re ia
h ninety Thousand. ihrit tslne pcr Ton to b.
eighty dollar, theft sggrgste value 90 h. seven
miliiou two HUNDRED thousand dpllar,; the
i'cr-o''s engaged in navigating tllcm to bc ti
teen Thousand seven hundred and fifty. and
the exp~nsss incidental 10 their Navigation 10
~ twelve million two hundred and eighty
Thousand dollars. !, estimates the numbcr oi
Tat boats engaged iu the s1me navigation al
Hour Thousand, and the pcfsons employed ia
navigating them 90 twenty thousand, and th.
annual coat aud expense OF building and navi-
eating tliem at QUO million three HUNDRED and
riShiy thousand dollars. 1t also estimates the
amount 81 height, on the suppositiou that the
boais 80 iull ifvighted. Of 81 600 900 annu-
ally, aud the annual value OF The products of
The valley transported on the nNct and ia
Tributaries at Sl20 000 600 and that ifb,n 9th q
81 portions OF the Union and foreign countries
al 500 O1OOOO, making, ia the aggregate,
S220 900. OO0
lit sppeafs, from tie same document. that
the number built during the year ending on
the Both June, 1913, en- those waters. WAS no.
making. ~ tie sggWgstc. ~ 633 tons, und on
aNeragc oi traction more than l73 To a boat,
instead OF 100, as estimated by the Cincinnati
committee. Assuming tiat 10 b. the average
tonnsgc ui the boats belonging 20 the rivsr.
their number then would b. SIS. AMI their
numbI nov NAV BE- estimated ,afel, al 900
boats, snd their tonnsgc OF l6l .5s7. a
such ~ me present state OF the commerce !
oi the Mississippi, Including It's tributaries,
according to the b-st data that cen bc obtain. G
I'd end such lls future prospects.
But ~ great a. arc thc advantages which lis 4
waters silonl To the Transit aud intercourse Of
ia vast valley, ~ navigation u subject tu ~
rIous and heavy drawbiCks. Few MYERS are u
more Iopld and dangerous. IL - ob,tTucsrd
not only by obstacles common 20 almost all
siTeams-sho.als and sandbars--but lie chan
nel - thick 81 in many pisces and Tor a ioug
distance, with trunks Of trees. called snaes.
firmly fixed Ia the bed 81 thc river, with their
points projecting az an angie we'll calculated 10
penetrate thc bottom Ola vessel " hich NAV
be 30 unfortunate a. 10 strike against them.
And what adds ~ ilie dsngrr. many of them
have their points 30 lot below the surface as
not I'D he ,l,ible. bat al The same tim. 20 near
as 10 pierce the Nrssrl which mas come INTO
contact with them. From these aud other
causcs, the annual loSs by Tee Distraction At
boats. with their carguc,, or from damage 10
both, inclulng thr loss oi late on the part al
passengers add crew sNvry great.
u u much to b. regretted tint no certain
information eau b. had Of the amount at sith.
er loss or damage. The fullest aud most sat-
isisctory data which your committee has been
ablc To obtain, J. contained ina supplemental
statement oi q report OF the Secretary nl thq
Treasury, transmitting a Cppy oi a letter trouh
/ the surveyor OF the port OF 81. Louis Thi,
MIX, b thc annual aggregate loss OF bpats nsvi-
eating the Mississippi and iis waters al the
present Tine, estimating the number 81 300
10 bc 1914 irOm all Causrs, Of which iiiiy-se,-
b Ca would oe from suags, aud seventy five from
Snags, logs, AMI rocks. Estimating tlie aver
age value to be 81 2 l36 ,rcr bat. tihe average
OF thc 81. Louis estiniste) it would make tiie
annual aggregate loss 10 be- 81 300 100 from
all causes, oi which S606 500 would h. from
sisgs, aud SJlQ 900 from suags, logs aud ROCKS
Assuming the loss aud damage of Tie cargo 10
b. equal To the lQsS at the bosi. "a !, put down
Eat father. more IA the ST. Louis estimate n
would make Tie aggregate annual loss from ull
causes s26Ol 200, from sHags. 81 ,205 800.
and from snags, rocks. aud logs, 81 $40 10
An additional Tact, showing the daiIerr 1T
ihss navigation, Is, that mlny offices have de.
clned to insure the bulls of boats snd such
RISKS are Gully taken ou the best boats. and al
rates vafyiug from IL 10 ~ per cent The in
surers are soii To lose money AZ even u,e.e
enormous rates. The Huuuut then. IT thr
annual risk on thu 81 100 900 invested 10
steamboats, alonc. b. mofc lisn one million of
dollars"
To the great loss ~ property must l,c sdL,d
that OF lives from tlic hazard at ~ navigation.
but tie means for making en- estimate sny
thug like approaching accuracy ste 30 itppeT.
iect, that u viii not b. attempted. n O..
known to be very considerable. The 81 lons
statement gives twenty onc pefannuni tor 36
boats, winch would make about 81 inr a.,