New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-07-18

Jackson square, is the larger portion o
what was called the old Star line wharf
now used by Captain E. A. Yorke for hi
Havana and Philadelphia steamers. Thi
wharf is also in fine condition, and mos
convenient one for receiving and delivering
freight, as it has large shed opposite.
| Posts II and IL, the first 800 feet below
the Second District ferry. have been used
until recently by the Mallory line of New
York steamers. A few new piles driven al
their ends, and some new plank in the place
of broken ones, would make this desirable
| steamship or sailing ship landing for one
| or two seasons.
Posts IL, Ia and Is. the old, time-honored
Picayune tier, is used necessarily, winter
and summer, and needs to be substantially
rebuilt The inner portion of this wharf
has settled go low that when the river is
high one needs boat to get upon the end
of it. This landing should receive imme-
date and faithful attention.
Posts l6 and 1.-THE outer end of these
wharves have seeded and gone into the
river, the piles swaying to and fro W it'll the
current, being held only by slight portion
of them being imbedded in the mud. These
two wharves will have to be entirely re-
built 1t is several months now since a
vessel has been able to land at them.
Post Is is almost entirely new. 1t has a
fine street approach, plenty of leyee room
and needs no repairs whatever.
Doe< 10 So 1ooeo1 10 bo 3;rb%ho,so 40
partment, and is kept in repair by the lesees.
Post 20 has long since ceased to exist, and
the place where one of the most valued
ship wharEes stood is in possession OF
Messrs. Kendig & Co.. and used as coal
landing. The city has once or twice tried
to build wharf for the benefit of the
Bordeaux trade, but each time Mr.. kendig
has successfully enjsined them. conse-
quently 300 feet of the most valuable wharf
space in the city yields only the small
revenue Of from 5000 to $500 per year.
Post 81 has entirely collapsed since the
river fell, excepting about thirty feet of
the inner portion. A new wharf will be
che only way out of this difficulty. This is
just above the Third District ferry and the
LAST wharf in the Second District. At all
the wharves in this district there is plep ty
of water for the largest ships.
Post %. the first wharf in the Third Dis
trict, liz in tolerable good repair and, with a
little Strengthening on the lower side. will
last year or two. The wash OF the fer
ryboats at this wharf undermipes the pill
ing and soon weakens the whole structure.
Post "a was rebuilt last winter, and is in
splendid condition. which is very necessary,
as the largest ships we have lie there
abreast, and sometimes four ct eyery wharf
in this district.
Post 25 will need to be entirely rebuilt,
as the down river side has caved IN, and
thereby destroyed the usefulness OF tho
balance.
Post 26 was rebuilt last season, and is in
good condition. The mooring posts are of
the best, and the wharf is capable of ae-
commodating it's full complement of ships
Post q was also rebuilt last year, but
when the river fell tho outer end fell also,
leaving only about thirty feet Of the inner
three wharves below, it is almost imp ossible
to find piles long enough to stand, as the
current sets in SO continually that il ashes
away the foundation. and away goes the
wharf.
Post % is a complete wreck. The outer
portion has slid out. and all that ho Ids it
from going down river is the stringers. A
new wharf will be needed to replace this
shell.
Post 90 needs a few piles driven upon the
lower side, which will stiffen it up tor a
year or 80.
Post 80 has settled in places, and will
have to be ripped up and leveled. This,
with a few piles driven at the outer end
where they have settled away from The
stringers, will make it very substantial.
Posts 81 to 81 are q steamship landing
built last April by Eager. Ellerman & Co..
for three different steamship lines. at a
cost of 49, 900, the steamship lines adv anc-
ing the money, and being paid back the
levee dues were collected. This wharf is
1000 feet long, and built in the most sub
stantial manner. In fact, if this is far
specimen of the style Of whsrves Messrs.
Eager, Ellerman & Co. intend building for
our ships, there will never be cause for
complaint. The mooring posts in this dis
trict need to be more substantial tina n in
the others, and as many as practica Bile
should be driven in the levee between the
wharves, as more drift in high river
lodges under the bows of the ships here
than in other part of the city, and the
strain upon their moorings is at times i'm
mense.
Post 80, at the head of Felicity road, is a
wharf particularly desirable to the toba Geo
trade, as it is just opposite the warehouse.
1t was originally built unusually strong,
and is to-day capable of bearing up its en-
tire space with hogsheads of tobacco. With
q few new planks and moorng posts it will
render good service the coming season.
Post 40, the lower end of the Fourth Dis
trlct steamship wharf, which in all is early
1000 feet in length, is in very bad co ndi-
ton, and was made much worse by the
cargo of the chip Hagarstown breaking it
down while discharging damaged cotton.
Three hundred feet of this landing needs to
be entirely new, and the German steamship
line that formerly occupied it deserv YES
good wharf, as it is the first to venture here
in the fall, and the only line that publishes
its programme at the commencement and
carries it out to the end of the season
whether their steamers lose or pay.
Posts Al, AZ and 43 are that portion of the
steamship landing lying between St. An
drew and Josephine streets, used usually