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ewccn thu Gu1f? Then thcrc arc the "m,d

twccr tho Gulf? Then there arc the ''mnd
inmpa." Tie bottom will oitcn ri.o mp ut tho
a'IE II tho middle Of tho channel, and m iHasd
Will bn formed. II rtses with sncl irrea'Htihn
inrce !, that everything above has to give way.
lItsa t.1InEA hre constantly, coming t,
,,,aox dr. TUG jotteA} MI. wo como 10 the
Theory of "trosnrc." Wiifo this proceRa Of
Net"dinE" ts s1'ng on. why mav 1t not go 10 far
as y Undermine tin Iettes and these structnrna
into the river II rvnr they got of tleir fn,tn-
uation' II ihns thnnta oyct Ret OH .,,cl, thing.
they nhiEt remain in the h1tsorn ut tie channel
n1ehace TO cotnnerce, OF be tlEhcd ont at great
EXPENSE.
ANOTHER CONSIDERATION
H. that the jetty will 10 notue cxtrtt .obstruct tho
irsa outlet nf thn river. 1lta cosHc lleuce Of
tllat wonltl be ~ raise tho water nlfya. Either
that or t1re rev outlet will he MALI at sumo
weak point acrnfs Tho narrow strlt, winch di-
vidcs tho river from tic dull, Each OF theso
contingencies would be sc1io,,e. DnruE tlts
tic high water laAt srrinE high wind would
oftrn blow tho water over tt,a trlm Of tho
level for hundreds '' nl"H. few
tib whole ot Lon)aiana. insteal Of Tho largy
portion Which nas submerged, In cafe Of tho
making Of a new channel. te South 1'ass. where
tn country 1nlSl,s haso losn Hrentlin ts ohet
en',l,sh water might mt bo Acns. into tt tn d.
anv erolng." IAn MiHeiBsippt II + rtver Ca
pab!e nf any freak. and it lad nt roo'l run out
Of new outlet AZ through Rontil l'anB.
COSTS Or TIr1: DIFFERENT rLAys.
Az to tlle coAt of :l,n respective plans, tho
1'oa,d gives tho prnh'.hlo ro=t OF the canal AZ
$il hl4 2o') the jettcs ut sontil PAS ns ,9l2-
III; AMI at Southwest ra.E as slG, ,O53,124. An
TIE 13oarsf seiect HIasI Pass. that Of co,1rtn
must he taken as thu basis Of comparison. al-
Though Capt: Entls' 1'aH was to improve Hnush-
west l'ass. 1t will be observed that tile Buard
elve tho ca"a! all advantage Of over
s'''2 s,s but over tahs se 'iyan e out at sat tet
even. ant! there II but difference ef .3500.Nuu
while with sho canat tho hation has SECURED u
permanent outlet. Tie jotticn ar" Ill exreri-
aihual approximation 10 carry them further out
| into tho Gulf, amt of course will loot UP HI
| iinmense grm in tue long rui
| WHERE DOCTORS ntHAnnEE."
| In this contest hetwucn the canal and 1ettiee,
| where there il such wide difference Of or Mon
I lnt"cen engineers, renrlc who are not cng-
ilecra. of courpo have right to M opinion. aly
[ OWL ii THAT thu jetty plan will never rcalize
the hopes Of in f1letaia aud TINT tho orgnato1A n
of the idea dil not thoroughly believe III it, 1t
wuB gotten Up III sort of e,tt enterprise affair.
Capt. Lads was to get 100 trnin tho Goy-
oitilent Wien he obtained 20-foot chn,lnc nilti
The baauco pf 10000 U0u when he had Hec,trer.
depth, believe. Of ~ feet. Az Capt.
Howell Las very ofteu obtained a depth Of 81
feet ot water with h.b drelgr-boats, with an out
lay of ONLY sf25, COO year. il looks us though
there onEls to bc u rory profitable JOB In doinA:
| tht Fame thing at ;3,t!Bn. Gla. Capt. Eads and
lns cornlany cpnl1 Afford to retire on that. aud
[ let Tho eo.ooJ'Uoo 20 by default.
| 1T LOUIS VI. NEW onLtAxs.
| 1t is nttatie fact that III this matter the
| h,tnincss men Of New 0r!cans have leen solid
| for Tie canal, nllie the NJ. l.ota t,curle hnvo
cutlstuntly advocated the jcttits. May there not
lie rca-on for this The hurlnc.s men OF
| New Orleans hnox that their sole hoYs lor 4 re-
sisal Of their trat'a lita in III inYrovl outlet.
oth5 rI.nt Iar1r
| the fmt Ut. Philip Canal will 10 D s'rt outlet.
| Tho iettIon nra al experiment. anL it viii
| take years TO decide their yane. When Vessels
| drawing Is feet OF wafer cap come ulouys!e tho
elevator in New Orleans t'lls city can hayo 4
grain tralr, bat hefore that timo it will labor
u,Ider great di6adranteeo. it, touiH is differ
eHtlv situated. 1t liaB usher ueiels Of sustain
luz lthsf. IT. has tIc same advantages ef trai".
porlation to the East that other Western cisi'
Lavc, and. tn addition, it has tho advantas
over all the others III respect tlH!
it has All outlet on tho Gulf iii Galveston, wit,
which city st: Lotls Las rcccutly's'ccn connected
by rail. Galveston Ha. bur IL now being i'll.
proved, aud thcfc II not mtleh doubt TINT IN s''t
Or three yearH tllat city wltl provo itself ses,
formidable rival to New Orleans, It IL the in
tercs: Of St, Lonis to assiss Galveston
because tho merchants Of 81. Louis cs1
trade with Galveston about as oas. :;
as with New Orleans, md to much lastc
alyantage than can Chicago, Cincinnati, u:
Lnuitytllo. III fact. Gnlscstuu is out OF tl!e
question 10 fnr as Tho latter c!na arc concartied
With New Orleans thoso cities haye by rail ahoui
III tair q chance ~ st, Lolia. Chicago in par'
ticulatly furAlnate in tho Illinois Central Haul
road and its bouthcrn connections. Tho ttadc
| by that line, in tl,is direction, has more that
doubted since the through connection Aas bceu
| accomplished,
! SHARP rEACrirE.
Nov, In order 10 gain ta advantage over ho,
e.reeIal rival and sllt e. tAtcAf0-an we'll A.
aver Clncluciunati and I.uurylite anu oyory.
b.nly estt OF tho MsslAsipll Liver. wllo do t,o
tsnso with St. Louis. why should not that place
| seek 10 fGstcn sone such hu.sEAss un tle Mattcs
of tho river or tho jetty plan IN order to ross
pine river outlet like tile canal, md thus do.
Wiys those cities of an omslee in tAia direction
while her own interests would 10 subaervcd BY
Galveston The 1t. Lou,A i'aol!e and the rail
road 1i,ig are backing tic jelly ttan. Let The
press ut the West look well iutu tllH natter bu
foso they gyo their Hauctiou to tho jetty pan Il
fur nn to advise tlelr Representatives. ~ Con
Ercne to Tuta for it. II. q. q.
Divorces in .7faiHc.
Portland CarrtarehdFnrr # tht itextan J0frnut
Tie Legislature has dceued not to make ahy