New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-03-29
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THE RIVER BLOCKADE.

The REpuBLGCAS in its zeal to magnify the ser
vices of Captain Howell and his dredgeboats, who.
abandoning their proper duties Of dredging and
keeping open the bar, have gone into the towing
business. rather into the extravaSant VauntlnS
OF their exploits in the towing line to the very
great dspara GENE Mt and Misrepresentation OF the
services of the towbOats. very Sravely mlsstates
the facts. We have objection to the Boosting
of Captain Howell, nor any desire to datract fI0m
whatever of service he may be able to render our
shipping IN crossing the bar, which he was sent
here to dredge Bat it 10 not necessary to eNaS-
gerate such service by misIepresentlng these
OF the toHboats and to invent such utterly
unfouuded statements az that the pllots
and towboats were at logSerheads ana
we're the parties responsible FOR The present
blockade. To show how little of truth and fact
there is IN such statements, AZ well az in the sole
agency of the dredge boats in towing ont the Dill
harres call attention to the following authentic
report of the operations OF the towboats since
March II, and challenge denial Of the same. 1t vi
be that the towboats have no, only not failed
to give their services in towing ships over the bar
but have. whenever their services accepted
worked efficiently, and as, in the case of the Dill
barre, always at sn expense largely exceeding the
towage receipts
Ship Dilharree went on The bar az .P. NJ. March
10. Ealhoun and Philip worked four hours on her;
succeeded in getting her down tar A. CLEOPATRA
lump.
March lI-Calhoun. Wabash aud II. Wright
worked four hours; moved hex down about seventy
feet.
Mach it-SOrmsn. Wabash. Seviathsn and
Equator worked fouy hours: moved hex down two
thirds her length.
March !5-McAlestef worked on Oilharree from
" nj To,a Srar
then went down; worked Dilharree during fore
part ofths night, assisted by McAlestes moved her
down about two lengths.
March l7--CahOun. Lone Star and Eevahan
worked four hours Oh Di harree. moved her down
about half her length.
March l8-Lerathan and Lone Star worked on
ship four hours; moved her about sixty feet.
March l9-Leviathan. Lone star and Calhoun
worked seven hours on her; moved her down clear
OF all buoys, with twenty feet of water under her
bow and eighteen feet her entire length the boats
then left her to pull off light draft ship, as tide
WAS then falling, intending to return to her next
tide: while putting the light draft vessel to sea
the Dilhssree went 20 sea without any assistance.
The amount paid for putting ship 30 sea 10
k413 IS; the expense amounts to $4,000. Regarding
steamer Legislator. four Association towboats
offered their services on twenty fifth instant, the
captain accepted the services of but two boats,
the Lone Star ard the Ieyiathan, and they, sOgeth
er with the Essa yons. worked on and Strengthened
her and moved her down length; at that time
there were five steamers outside waiting OppOr
tunity TO get in, which opportunity then presented
itself. the Lone Star bein: obliged to leave the
Legislator 20 permit the steamers to pass in.
On the twenty-siXtG tn. Association tO"bOats
offered their services again. hut the captain refused
to employ them.
On the twenty seventh The Missouri went on the
bar. bu. could not get Off account of the Legis
lator. which prevented Fhe tOwbOats from working
at her they had Offered 10. thus completely
blockading the 6ars
Touc!in: the statement 81 any trouble between
tie pilots and the tow boats. We have been fur
nished the tol0win. dispatch iror: the pilots on
that subject:
SOUTHWEST Pas. MarCf, 81 1873.
II there Is any trouble existing between bar
pilots and 1owbOat ASSOCIATION. not
OF it. and from observation it is no
fault OF pilots tow boats that :he bar blocked
but simply that the ships that block the baG draw
too much water.
George Chism. Thomas Lewis &. s. Ozark. Rob
err 4. Wilson. W. J. Levine John Mclaughlin.
John Hudson. Horace Sherman and numerous
others
The ships referred 20 in .hs above dispatch =
blocking the bar are the steamships Legislator and
issOuri. which went on the bar themselves and
weie not in charge OF the ioHb0ats
,nh2q II tD ANTl-BAR