Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-11-06

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the 6rst Of fJsnuary ssd W can sympathias
RIvsa NAVIGATION All 81 our feaders
are. - matter of course. interested in any
thing pertaining 70 ohssp comnuoication
With the Eastern market. The most i'm.
portant Of these 10 the river navigation, vis
New Orleans. Among the numerous Oh.
jsctions that have been urged to the pro-
posed river route 10 that Of climatic injury
to produce, an objection that Was fully met
and answered BY Judge Burasll, Of New
Orlssns, bsiors the St. Louis Board Of Gem.
nsrcs . shert time ago. Az his rsUarks
upon this subject are quite interesting, "
publish brief extract:
IL 10 an honest and wsll-feundsd belief
that the transpor .tions Of certain vegetable
. pies By the Bal &c outlet was one attend.
ed BY climatic damage. A I've months vsy.
age on . hatboat, with even two wssk's .
storage in . river warehouse. would effect
any commodity subject to atmospheric &C.
ton. To these natural causes were added,
the practice Of landing upon unshsltsrsd
wharfs, eftsn uuder . mi tropical rains, With
the waste and damage inssparable from .
commerce too vast to bs handled with care,
and too secure from competition to CT ts
any snxisty. So we'll { ,.blished wss this
tradition, that within three ycrs past,
the gentleman who addressed the river
convention, as the representatives Of this
city. treated II as . conc ssion, wiils .
leading article in Hunts 4. -ch ,nt's Mega
zine recently repeats the - assertion,
and very able and elaborate compila. ION
Of the river and laae commerce, which
proposes central water line from the Ohe
river 10 the Virginia pes, - affording the
shortest outlet, BY wa,cr navigation from
the Mississippi river to the Atlantic, thus
uuconsciously perpetrates the same error.
Il 10 we'll known fact that almost evsrv
| article Of produce 10 liable to undergo .
sw ting, souring, and heating process
from the warmth and humidity Of the
climate Of the Gulf. The loss in value from
this dsteriora.iog cause 10 somstimes very
s rious, and always gre.ser Or lsss, being
varieusly estimated .. from to 25 per
cent on the value Of produce, except when
the transit 10 made in the winter months.
The systsm Of transportation and transfer
at the river ports Of the Mississ ippi, which
has been tested, and which 10 re recommended
for general adoption, bids fair to satify The
commercial world that this objection did
net properly lie against the river Of gulf
climate. There hss been transported By
way Of New Orleans during the past vear be.
tween quarter and half million bushels
Of grain, shipped 10 bulk and transferred
at that city BY elevators. There has bees
much -four brought BY bavgs and boat con.
signed to ocean steamers. There hsS been
| . slight damage to single cargo Of grain r.
ported, and mono upon the other products
shipped on through bills BY close cenoee.
tions. violate nothing confidential, in cay.
ing that Ar. Highly, now building large
| elevator and sheltered wharf as New Or
leans, aoirms upon On experience Of ssUs
thirty years in the grain trade Of the lakes
and canals, that sound gr in can b ship-
ped BY way Of New Orle 10 % safe % by
any s,hsr route. He hss visdicsted shs
sincerity Of his cpinien oy tsausierrine bic
business Of shipping grain frsm Tie lake and
canal routes . The Aissiesippi. The same
testimony was lately given in public q Obi.
cage BY gsnslsnan Of great experienced, ,so.
insat ability asd standing ct shs bed q The
largest railroad cooperation efthe northwest
Whether the climatic damags 70 produce
shipped vis New Orleans can be avoided BY
the means indicated or not, 10 . question
which can aleas bs decided by PRACTICAL q.
pertinent, and to that afbiter il 10 renitted.
These observations are onlv fllsd q . e
rsat. o. a. OK ,sptivus, lest men OF capital
and enterprise may bs deferred from follow.
ing the example Of tie pioneers Of the grain
trade, BY our failure TO deny On allseatiou
against the Mississippi route, which ~ ere
very eenAdsns 10 nnfeunded
Such are the principal physical objects
to the eemoercs Of the MISSISSIPPI eusles
The rspstsd climatic Injury ts essishabls
products has bsen enly snumsrated awecg
then IN defersnco TO the important intesee,o 3
which may regard THE o. pesuaaeut pav-
sical obstacle. We consider Cepereee con.
eitted to removing TIE ebstsue,ions upon
the upper rivers. and thsss. once ebviatsd,
can never recur.
II 10 proper 70 state that Tie esvesumsst
he's sent down drsdes sxcavasor, which 10
csnstrustsd on scientific principles end
combines the suggss,ieps u the NEST prac-
tical experience. Ills rseaeded q preuis-
ing success, bat it 10 snceurasiae - ohsssvs
that the eoveennsot 10 coo0ittod 70 beth
the cost and supsrintsndspes u The wsrk,
and that u the drsdgs should isiI, Il will Be
required by pu6lic intersst to adopt some
other Of the various inveations offered for
that purpose. The grsin trade will render
necessary depth Of twenty feet % The bor,
nor will this vast interest excuse the gov