Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-06-12
The New Orleans. Commercial
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NEW ORLEANS, May ~, loovi
Upon assembling this iiothihg,
the Convention took up tile report
of tho co,timittce on obstrHtti5hs at
The mouth of the Mississippi river,
and without recommending any
particular plan of operatiohs; re:
spectfully commend it tb tho atteh.
ton of the general Government.
The suggestions of the Now Or
leafis Chamber of Commerce upon
the subject that, while abkhowlcdg.
ing the liberality IF appropfiatipRs
Fof the removal Of 6bstrHEtlbhs, they
wotlu; In view of the large accumu-
lati6n of deposit within the past
few years; earnestly hrge this heces-
sity of still further APPROPRIATIONS
fot continuing the work, and also
fetbth ihehd that Tho control of tho
undertaking BIZ tohhded entirely To
the United States Engineer BuroaH,
in whom they express entire conh.
dence. Heport adopted,
The following, which was om-
bodied in both the majority and
minority reports of the Pacific Rail-
foad taso, was adopted
Resolved, That the Main Trunk
Railroad line from San Diego, Cali.
fornia, should be built thruugl1 to
the junction of the rivers Colorado
and Gila, along the valley of Gila,
south of tame To Ell Paso on the Rio
Grandc, thence to q convenient
point near the 32d parallel, west Of
the Brazos ut Of near the rivcf In
the State of Texas, to which main
trunk feeder roads may be built,
from st. Louis, Cairo, Memphis,
Vicksburg, New Orleans, Galveston
on the east, and Guayamas, Mazat-
Ian and San Francisco on the west,
with equal rights connection for all,
which should be known and desig-
natod ms the Southern Pacific Rail.
road. @
the discdssiot on the Pacific
railroad question wis lengthy and
exciting, and q longitudinal route
from Cairo to Masatlan strongly ad-
tucated BY TEXANS and lllinoisians.
In tho course of debate the State
of Texus was rather severely u.s.
sailed by Gov. Anderson, of Ken
lucky, and vinditated by Col. Par
sons, of Houston, on behalf of the
Texas delegation. The Convention
in session till 3 Pm, and
adjourned till tomorrow. A num.
Der of new delegates arrived ycstef-
day and today; a few departed this
cvefliug. lET,.f
NEW ORLEANS, May 2S.-The con.
ton was called to order at II o'clock
this morning. Many members hav-
ing early in the day paid a visit to
the grain elevator and ice manufac-
tory, did not convene sooner.
Tho following resolutions were
offered by Gen. VanDever; of Iowa,
seconded by Mr.. J. Tucker, of Lou
isiana, and adopted: -
First--Tbat the President of this
be requested to telegraph |
the Secretary of War the request
that the Government dredgeboat
now at work at Pass-a-
I'Outre, Of the mouth Of the Missis-
,ippi river, which, in the opinion Of
the New Orleans Chamber of Com
neree, has already deepened the
at said Pass from eleven TO
,ixtcen feet, as per report Of the
TO the convention, be per
nitted 10 still remain ct work at The
mouth Of the river TO benefit The
Of this whole valley, by
,fectualIy deepening the channel on
he bar Pass ls-fOutre. and keeping
{ to this depth, and 70 convey 70
he Government the hearty thanks
4 this whole valley, represented by
his convention for the aid eriended
o. and benefits rendered il, BY the
york done 90 far, and to say that
hey believe that the necessities Of
be commerce Of the West and South