The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-30
ST. LOUIS VS.. NEW ORLEANS,

The agitation in Congress Of the Fort st
Philip Canal and the Eads Jetties schemes
has given rise to quite lively and spirited
controversy between the respective advo
Gates of the two measures. The St. Loui
Democrat is particularly caustlc in its re
marks. In it's last issue we find the follow
ing article, which we republish from The
fact that it contains some sweeping charges
against a number Of our prominent citizens
and duplicates them in some transactions
that our readers may not have heard Of be-
fore. That they may see how these matters
are viewed from abroad and enjoy the spicy
and interesting information it contains, we
reproduce the editorial Of the Democrat
headed
Few Orleans Sold Out.
We have repeatedly expressed the conviction that
the st. Philip Canal heme the device Of ring
of spectators, who seeking enrich themselves
at the sacrifice Of the true interests Of New orleans
and OF the whole Mss sippi Valley. This charge was
not lightly made, but we have not hitherto deemed it
ece sary to make public all the facts upon which it is
based.
We happen to have the best authority for stating
that the ST. lip Canal schemers, thou still tax
pains in public to pretend that their surveys yet
insufficient to fix the precise location of the proposed
canal have actually already surveyed and plated of
large city along its proposed banks aud It's nth,
and that these surveys were made by Prof. Forshey
himself, before he went on to Washington in the ca
paciy OF disinterested engineer and chief Pharsee
the profession.
OF the city lots thus surveyed and plated over two
thousand acres have been entere in the of DR..
Copes of New Orleans. who recently in this city
trying to organize reess engine company. Several
hundred acres more were entered by one Beck Nth,
formerly Of the army, and who has brother still in
the Sc vice 1t is asserted that these two hold the
land for themselves, Forshey, Howell Hebert Oges-
by, H gby, and the leading members of the Louisiana
delegation in Congress- We learn that the plans of
the proposed city were drawn recently at Pass Chris
tan by Prof. Forshey himself and leave every one to
Judge whether the prom, would be likely to have
him and Hebert, their representatives at Washingng
ton destitute Of interest in the city lots conte-
plated. The land las nearly all be- entered within
the past six months-since the canal project
tured. Beckwith is now at Was Jington to control
$. pher, Sheldon . d the otter Congressman who it
was feared might otherwise finch in the job of selling
out New Orleans to ring of spectators.
For it is shameless g, ling outof that city, all
can comprehend. The scheme is to transfer the ee-
vators. warehouses. and shipping business for r
egn trade to the city along the canal; to build
up near Fort st. Philip metropolis of commerce
which must if successful, forever cripple New Or
anp; and. under pretense of serving the CITY, to
make it of no more importance in commerce than a
way station on q through railroad line fine work
for the New Orleans Chamber of CONNIE to engage
in! 1t is easy to how the few parties the ring
have deludei others with the idea that the al
would help the city. and that other plan Of relief
oHu' uuuaPpAy ~ Is easy ALSO 10
stand how visions of town lots of enorm value
may have convinced some members of the press Of
New Orleans.
As for ourselves, we desire to the mouth of the
Mississippi opened to commerce, and if the canal
the best promise of that result should not
whether any ring in New Orleans made money out of
it or not But no canal with locks, delays and uncer
taiDties, and with the depth proposed, will meet the
wants Of the Mississippi Valley. The commerce of
the nation needs an open channel Of depth ample for
the largest vessel Of commerce. We do not mean to
permit any ring Of spectators to levy perpetual tri
butte upon the commerce OF this valley.