New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-12

to the gulf, and vice versa. Of course
there will be . necessary cost for this scr
| vice, which, added to the expense of tow
| age up the river, will be too much for mos
vessels. and all smaller craft will continue
| to 60 outside.
There are in this paragraph two errors
Of fact, besides some obscurities in gram
mar. The canal is not to be stem miles
long" Allowing "the practical planter
the benefit Of all grammatical doubts arts.
ing from his own language or that Of his
reporter, We will suppose the necessary
cost for this service refers to the cost Of
passage through the canal itself This is
a second error. The canal is estimated
by the United States engineers at seven
miles in length, and the passage of all
shipping is to be free. Adding this
imaginary cost of passage TO ''the expense
Of towage up the river will. according to
this practical farmer" determine all the
smaller craft to the outlet passes. Thus:
The water through one of the passes is
never shallO wer than twelve feet, and hence
all vessels drawing that will continue to 90
through that channel, and save the addi-
tiOnal expense.
The expense Of towage up the river
and we would add down the riyer-are
the same whether q vessel employ one or
another adit. We will therefore confne
ourselves to the comparative cost of get.
ing vessel to or from sea by the passes
or by the canal respectively.
We show canal free of tolls and
charges. 4 small saving Of lineal distance
and time would perhaps cover the delay
Of the canal transit. There is thirty or
forty miles towage saved by the canal,
besides the bar pilotage. The practical
planter" then draws confused conclusion
that vessels Of light draught will employ
the passes as at present, though it is not
proven that the cost of navigating the
passes will be less than that of navigating
the canal, and though the tariff of tow
age is per ton, and makes no discrimina-
ton in favor Of a large OF small vessel.
Here is therefore a fatal admission by
the practical planter
The canal project, however, may be
good one, inasmuch as vessels of large ton.
hage may come up easily. and thus save in
tho tOwage. which Is the great objection
many vessels have to come here.
The rates Of towage being the same on
all vessels. an admission that large yes
sci can save on the towage in the canal. is
an admission that all vessels would save
in like manner.
The practical planter" whs has so
much provoked and aroused lis by his
logic. commences to throw off
his disguise. and appears indisputably in
the tights and spangles of the Eads'
troupe. Here is his decided somersault:
Though think Captain Eads' project the
best for all description of vessels, the Fort
St. Philip canal, with the usual state of the
passes preserved. would answer very we'll
indeed.
That is. the system of Eads, which
asks no money from the government at
first" is the best for all descriptions of
vessels. The canal, with the present sys-
.em Of dredging added, would do very
we'll. 4 legislator is then to choose be- /
,ween plan that asks no money at first,
md one which asks 100000, and which !
must require the same annual expense Of !
lredging besides. If these false and in
'idious propositions were true, no legis- !
ator could hesitate a moment to vote |
'gainst the canal. The ''practical planter"
having got in the whole of the Eads fall |
acy, and conceded the inferiority Of the
anal, concludes by saying. in the unso.
'histicated innocence of his heart. that he
Ioes not see any use for an improvement /
{ all, thus:
As long as there is plenty Of freight here.
essels will continue to come somehow,
nd neither canal. jetty or anything else
you'd bring them here II ,hey could not get
ny freight.
We really hope our unsophisticated
eighbor is sincere in saying that it
'ishes "to give both sides fair hearing"
'e confess our Incredibly that the ''man-
cement knows nothing Of ''the trick
cene." Changing somewhat our figure,
70 feel little like the pugnacious Betsey
rig, when, setting her hands akimbo,
he slightly closed one eye and audacious-
: remarked: "Sairey Camp, don't be-
eve there's no such person." We would
Ike to know that practical planter" That
all. The introduction of the Eads' fancy
| the awkward disguise of practical
lanter, with Or without the knowledge of
lie management, is not ga fair hearing of
9th Sides 1t is an anonymous and in
dious allegation of all that can be said
II one side and Of all that can be said
,ainst the other. 70 publish such a
aper without caution or comment is
inconsistent with the declara.
on: };
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The Fort st. Philip canal has heretofore
ceived and still receives QUE unqualified
melton.
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