New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-06-01
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Egw CsLgAss, Mag 81. !:;;

Egw CsLgAss, Mag Il. 1913
Enron HErUBLicAg:
In your edition sf che twenty ':tH %!
May 1915, you published . communicable.
from rne under the head ~ 'fractica. sng
gsstions." recommending that acreT stssin.
.hirs should cros. the bar a. che mouth. nt
,h. Mississippi river s'erI foremost. Since
tina. publication ] have been stby,eG by
captains Of sbips VII. have told INC 'ha.
shey shade 10 "a an ysr.al 1r.ctic. 70 do 40
IN every ease ~l.r.vse they approach a
bar rs aliuy.nn.. a. Oh" Academy ~!
Scicne@a on Monday met .sv.ra! %. tho
Most distinguished engineer. u 'he c"un.
,ry tome Of whom vas Major Howell. who's.
experience Oh shis .ab!"ct IL greater than
any living engineer, ali -: whom eo1cns IL.
the general sorrec'nes. Of th. principle set
forth by these .uagestisns ! have. also,
been called aycn hy very intelligent
steamboat captain, anb conferred with an
engineer and = Judge vino are un.ls: Che
impression ,ha. my @ug2esti"i' mad been
fairly tried and proved 70 he a failure by
the screw s,eam.s Memphis. and the; re-.
serref me ." your editorial remarks III tn.
ISSUE Of Jaesda; last. which are.
Z. In with regret cha. we learn o! the
aeccaaary return Of :h. steamship Memphis
20 the city. After twent. seven days dcten'
zion inside and ON the bar enc iipated. but
IN a crippled condition, having while on tho
bar broken three hangea 1t hei propeller
completely of. and the remaining one par
sally. This. although serirns and "xpen-
Give accident. IA no: an annsuh! one. ana
~ caused by coming IN contact with snags
that have become iu. b.dded IN tAe sand OF
abe bar.
This csnls the theory promulgated BY a
communication itom The pen OF john Roy
"a Sundays REPUBLICAN,. who advised or
suggest.d that the Louisiana drop her
snchoc and dig her way ov"s tina bar. stern
Brat.
Knowing four rrrcw cleaners 70 Ia."
been at work ON shs bar dredging tone o!
which was worked by myself Tor a short
siin.) as inter.sIs during the Last thirteen
t%are. and have only heard Of one instance
&hsre any Of them had struck suas. there
gSc called upon the agent ri th. t"a,nship
Nenphr, and imputed II u Ha- vea!ly 80
abst she bad s,Euck snas. lie informed
stat he could not soy that she had struck q
Cog or snag. Seiths. ts IL likely, Mr.. Ia.
s!oy. that logs can Js Embedded in :h. chan
a.sl oi shs bar .tle Memph. wa. in the
chan nel), because " by any ;neans . tree
should ground in the channel IL would be
operated upon nv the current. and would
%ork owes the bar +" sen in . few dav.. or
ss would impede or sLange she direction of
she current, which would take the line Of
Beast resistance, aLd form new channel 80
Che sea clea. Of oil sbstructions within the
compass of carbohydrates The hydraulic
S.Sse is ,uiiicicht tu carry any ship across
sie bar that .an float ,nsIde below she rcie.
Ryaph stations. IA proof ~o SOS no ship that
o. capable es roSting esmain upon The bar
s's are carried 10 tsa sooner Or l~tey. Il is
Nsrs rot co. many ship would havei formed
4 nuc lcus foy On island, ar.l instead %! the
Oar being the hrtl.pla.s rt mud Jumps i,
u Opl3 be tls graveyard of commercial! ship
seq Sp ,a- Mississippi Thus We soc that
Clio Surrcnr In iis own sxcavatOro and can
o., fS resisted by anything OF les. resist
esS~ rhaa Its Ovn force. 30 illustrate This
DE- us supposc shile coming frons sea
@brawinpswo iece aiorc water than there IS
@pon the bar. sowed by one Of tho largest
tow boats, or. W" may suppose that an
gnchor ia fast INSIDE tbs b-r. and that she
o. to be hove across the bar Phave no doubt
out that either VI the purchases would in
3mo bring her over, because when tho
ships bow struck tie bank the current
Syould be tuned aside lorS time but would |
still continue to dix around the bow and
along the sides Of tho ship, and this hole |
would h, maintained around the slip until |
,hco could pass through tho bar
There is no towboat strong enough TO
ow large ship Of this description through
.wo feet Of mud Like that vt the mouths Of !