New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-06-01
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Mobile Railroad.

Mr.. EdioThe scheme that has been before the public
for time has had effect to demonstrate the
general desire of citizens speedy communication
with the watering places of the seashoTe Fhe PROJECT
through which, far, the achievement of this end
has been proposed has much the air of a specua-
ton for enriching and aggrandzipg individuals at public
cost-has many considerations mixed upwith it. which
outside Of and embarrassing serious enterprise
of constructing road by way of the seashore to Mobile
has gone through many changes from demands admit
be and therefore abandoned to those
which If conceded would be worthless that the public
reason Id aversion to the which has been eamor
ousy urged, is seeking mode of achieving this
desired result without making the many sacrifices which
involved in the plan of the Pontchartrain Company
There is such mode. There is within the city road
now IN operation which goes wentyeight meson the
shortest route to the waeringpaces and Mobile which
can be extended cost of $4,000 per mile according
to the estimates of experienced engneers distance Of
twentyseven miles more to Cat Island Harbor point
within half an hours of Bay St Louis and Pass
Christian. What is Cat Island Harbor? Let Mr.. J. W
| Smith, q well-known engineer describe it j:
at more than five miles long and nearly four miles
wide with clay bottom and average depth of twenty
five feetforytwo in the deepest part-and completely
protected even against hurricanes, the north and
northeast by Cat Island which is covered with trees
the south by Pitre the east and southeast by
Cat Island Spit and the west by She'll Keys. There
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depth may easily be increased ten feet as the bar
posed shells sand with good strong tides running
| to keep clear channel"
harbor with feet depth of water of TWEEN
ty miles area safe anchorage and sndoeked within
! two hours distance of New Orleans! Why there is a
vista of magnificent possible achievement this city
opened up these facts that beggars all the advantages
It's most jealous advocates have claimed for road Mo-
bile For the disadvantages of New Orleans the dif
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large vessels and the cost and delay Of towage the
river But this harbor wohundred miles
| than the city to the Florida Capes and Cuba.
If an extension Mobile be desirable, then from
Pass Christian which will be separated from the terminus
of the road leading hence by distance ofony
(which can be traversed in short time will be
cessary for drawing the bridges the continuous routes
can constructed at cost of about million only thus
making the total of railroad communication with
Mobile only million and half On the point of the
latve chespness of the two routes ingenious friend
has made a parallel, which l furnish herewith at the
end of this communication All the changes have been
rung npon the social and pecuniary benefits that will
suit this city from filling up the only gapremsning
bind the valley of the Mississippi to that OF the St
renee by iron bands. This is grand and magniacen,
object it is what is called in tha language Of diaeetcs
stimulating idea 1t will receive its satisfying fuimen,
quite completely by way of the Mexican Gulf Road
by that Of the Pontehartran. to this grandeur OBJ
eet he added the greater Of bringing New Orleans
gate hsrbor capable Of containing the navies
the world may mot ask all the advocates of either o.
these objects unite in hs double and with gene
raj acclaim blow ths toohn. sound the hewgag, wake
the huzsy fuzzy, make tho great rum-fuscus roar
TAXPAYER