The weekly Louisianian., 1874-06-06
OUR TO TIE oH1s

oua OUTLETS TO THE@ o1zs
From the beginning of The ~,
lieation Of the Louu14s,ss W. - l pub
from /, time to time, urged, as 81 o na' .:
the prime conditions precedent mt ~ 81
the commercial and industr; sa'' ;, to
vs'opnent Of the Mississippi r,, H.,
and more especially Of Lan;s ss''e'
the accomplishment Of soms '''a
oy which, the multi'orm and n p,"''
nifcent values Of this tsr.;. mag.
productive section couu be ,ssd and
and cheaply placed in she snsn;.S
american, aad European n npsulsn
We assumed, that no matter k's
thoroughly the production ., WV ~.
&C., .% ~ projected BY per.
'ected and. adequate system ~ n
le'ees from food and overflow, IL.
necessities of the people and t th'
wealth Of the country, would b.
only partially served, until com.
permanent and reliable outlet con1a
DO secured from the great river IA
the Gull: While welded to M
particular: scheme, whether bv,,
artificial channel. or by jetties o,
dredging, for the purpose o fimp,o,,
ing the natural channel-the out1..
Is a deaideratum, as necessary to,
our growth, as the air We breath ~
the life of the body. From caretn,
study, not only Of the surveys md
researches of the skilled and M.
fessional Engineers, COVERING .
period of more than thirty vea,s
but also from more than ordipa,r
to the elementary: facts.
in the consideration Of tba
subject, We have strongly favored
the construction ofan artificial chan.
mel BY the excavation of a canal from
. point near Fort st. Philip to deep
water in Breton Island Sound, ~
The most feasible method Of secur..
the much desired outlet to tbe
Gulf. We had hoped for
specific and favorable action BY
on this subject and a
'enerous concert of endeayor on
he part of the Congressional Ro.
'resentatives. Of the several con.
titlencies most interested in this
would have secured early
md favorable consideration to this
of prime Importance to at
east one-third the settled portions
+ the Union. But bad faith on
le part OF the st. Louis interests,
and taking advantage Of
Ne Eads Jetty Scheme, has event.
ated in division of counsel and
fort, and consequent weakness, TO
1ch an extent, as to excite the fear
lat neither j%etties nor canal will be
'cured by US in the near future,
I'd Louisiana and the Mississippi
'lley must commercially languisA
I'd wait, still q while, before tho
'structions to our growth at the
outh OF tho Mississippi can be re.
owed. The visionary scheme Of
ads, which has been either the
use or occasion, or both Of on.
saster, will come to nought, i
ongress is at all controlled by the
ews Of the ablest Engineers TO-
the matter has been referred
Gen. Humphrey, Of the Q. s.
ngineer Corps, addresses q letter
the Chairman of the House Com.
ittee, having charge OF the Eads
tty Bill. Hesays:
1t is probably entirely unnecessar!
me to say here that the statements
lich MI. Eads has made in the
mphlets he has published concern
the conditions existing in the Mis-
sippi river and at its mouths are the
re revival of old assumptions, which
oerimental investigation has long
CO shown to be utterly u~nfouoded.
fact, General Humphreys lettern
as on the whole u~nfavoraos
The Eads project" 49,.
JoURNA11sT1o Pscm1AR1rm-%
arier7Jou1nal seises the occasion
Muxat Haletead's address %
M lsn~1 1 lk.n kha,