New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-04-29

ING this miniature Dead Sea, -
ispsded along the next severn
squares which displayed diversit,
& hill and dale, relieve1 BY occasiona
pools Of staenant water, suggestive Of dir
| miasnna. So ON TO tho street above Wash
| ington avenue. now known as Conery
street From here to the street next fur
Their on is an extensive marsh, occupying
the whole width 81 the road. This marsh
is far worse than the Pontine Marshes,
for the Ineligible reason that nobody
need visit the Pontine Marshes, whereas
hundreds are compelled by circumstances
to encounter the pestilential marsh of St
Charles avenue
The marsh terminates at Sixth street,
and then succeeds an alienation Of
mountain and valley, the former sterile
and forbidding in aspect, with nothing Of
the ornamental except occasi6na! bovine
ordure; the latter swampy and unfootable,
without any indication that the foot OF
man ever trod among these wilds.
AL this extends to Seventh street, as you
approach which you discover certain
evidences that the hand of man has been
there. There are tokens, too, that there
must have been, at some remote time, q
faint dawning Of civilization; for species
of road can be family but distinctlytrace
ou1 ~ 10 mn ,,vracco,,~ Ri ooro1.. Az :
those who attempted this road must have
had some acquaintance with the mechanic
arts. It is not surprising, however, that
their rude knowledge did not permit them
to carry out their design, for even in the
present era, with all the giant strides
that art has made, we have not yet at
tanned the knowledge to constructs sound
road with rotten and refuse pieces of
wood.
As we approached Seventh street, we
beheld work of art, barricade, consist
ing of two empty barrels, standing twenty
feet apart, surmounted by seedy looking
plank The design of this monumental
structure>is, at the present day, by no
means certain. Whether it was intended
as barricade between the holc-y road
above and the terraqueous desolation be-
low, or whether it has been erected as a
signal Of triumph at the success which
has attended the attempt to make St.
Charles avenue utterly good for nothing,
it is impossible to say. There are, how
ever, indications of antiquity about this
monument, the giving way of hoops and
general air of tear-to-piecesness.
And yet, although so ehfete in appearance,
little imagination would invest it with
an air of triumphant self complacency,
as if it felt itself an important part of
the 'tamelioration" of St. Charles avenue.
We must, in fact, concede that it is of as
much use as the paving company that has
SO thoroughly succeeded in it's purpose of
making st. Charles avenue utterly i'm
passable and useless for number of
squares.
Passing the monumental barrier above
mentioned there is nothing else remark
able from Toledano street to Carrollton,
the road all along being alterations of
wooden blocks and holes. We suggest
that it would be an attractive amusement
for sporting gentlemen to visit the neigh
borhood, for they might find it profitable
to give or take odds whether passing
horse would break leg before reaching
the next two squares. We advise them to
stake their money in favor of the holes.