New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-03-08
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Co'ona' a1I Assistant AdiUtsnt GeDe-a


Irlprcv.ug .he Bar nj Southwest Pass.
The follow ing record from the log o. he
United States iredgebOat General NJ. -
EcAlliete-. employed on the wort. ot IN
proving the bar at Southwest Pass "a Sub
2itted fo- the information OF all Interested:
During the month oi February. 1873,
there crossed .he bar. inward bound,
aixtr-.hree sailing vessels and twenty nine
szeaIrers. outward bound. iO3 sailing yes
sells ana thirty steamers. OF these the fol-
lowing namtd drew eighteen feet or over:
Ship Florence Nightingale. eighteen feet:
steamer Stras burg. eighteen feet: 5teaTae:
Prince Edward. nineteen feet; steamer
jamaican. nineteen feet: ship Ihland.
eighteen feet three inches: steamer Mem
phis, nineteen feet seven inches. ship
Thurndeali. eighteen feet: ship Research,
nineteen feet; steamer United States. nine
teen feet four inches. snip Southampton.
nineteen feet. steamer 1aZoo. eighteen
feet.
the particulars of which are given below,
showing that III all cases detention was
caused By the Tessels getting out OF the
oh' mel
February i5-The bark Shak kinjarl, bound
IN, at IL 4. NJ. IN tow OF t0wb0at ashOun.
parted her hawser when abreast OF Wreck
buov. and went ashore 10 the eastW, ri, Just
above Upper Spar buoy. She got Oft and
went in at = ?. NJ. The schooner Mary
Frealaud. sailing out at 3 A. n, when mean
Stake island the wind died cut, and she
| drifted on Juniata lump. The moAllsteE
| got her hawser at 4 P. Nj. and she got oil al
4:0l P. NJ. and anchored abreast ot STAKE
! island.
| February :z1--The ship Research, drawing
| nineteen .eet. b0und IN at +. M. III tow 0i
| towhoats equator aud Wabash, crossed the
| bar and grounded east or the channe! aoon'
| half way between Stake island aud Wreck
| buoy. She 90. # at z. A.. February .
| and came in. in tow of tow boats Equator.
| Wabash. Sentinel. lev;athan and Phllp.
| February !b-The brig GRiseppe. Bailey
! uilot, sailing III during dense fog. ran ashore
! on middle ground. abreast OF Stake island
| She. cot of on the twenty-seventh, and W.''
! towed in by tOwboat Wabash
! February 27-The schooner Charios ii
! Lawrence, bound IN at go A. Nj. Frances
| pilot, IN tow OF towbOat " dbash. Captai,
Joseph ATeroll, grounded east OF ohannei
| lust above East mud lump She Ua'
| towet OFT BY Wabash and Norman, ant
vent in at E:30 4. Nj.
| At the beginning OF the month the dept
| of channel was reported at seventeen ice
| mean low tide. at the close 9: the month d
| eighteen feet. AS heretofore stated. It ha
| been found by continued observation Of th
| tides. that the plane originally assumed d
| that of mean low tide is instead nearly tha
| Of extreme low tide. aud VIII De so It
| potted hereafter. This enables as 70 stat
| that vessels dra wing three .eet more thai
| the depth reported can, on ordinary higi
| tide cross the bar without .ithcutty
As evidence of the great natural fo'c..
| at work u shoal the bar, and OF the ..fl
cheney of II. .redge boat, the following
| submitted
March ., the deDti. of the ,haane! va
| reported at eighteen toet March :, az -ev
entcen feet: March 4, at sixteen seet, an'
March 5. at eighteen feet.
The McAlister will remain during Narof
on duty at Southwest Pass. The ESsayons
! ready for work on two days notig". !. ksp
! IA T. icrye. ~ be employed ;. >az'' IL
! N.A..t.. becO,nes ,lisa hied.