New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-04-07
THE JETTIES,

| THE JETT1Es.
| The decision by majority of the rive,
outlet improvement commissioners in
favor of concentrating the current and SO
securing out channel has made it the
duty Of all who dissented from that spe-
cific mode of improvement to withdraw
their opposition and give their aid to the
fair trial of that which is an experiment
1t but reverses the order in which the e1-
periments of canal or jetty should have
been made. We advocated the first be-
cause We believed in its permanently
Had it failed to realize our expectations
we should have advocated jetty or other
mode OF attaining the great object. Were
there time-were not our city in immi-
nent danger of being isolated by the
trade crevasses which break over all re-
strictions and flow away to the Atlantic
ports and outlets, we would welcome
series OF experiments to be conducted at
the expense Of the federal government
until our outlet was unimpeded
We reserve and retain our opinions as
to the comparative advantages of the
various modes Of improvement, but never
theless none are more jealous or more
determined than ourselves to give to the
distinguished protector, we will not say
all the rope necessary to entangle himself,
but the fairest opportunity to demonstrate
the success or fallacy of his theory. We
hope he will have no difficulty whatever
in commanding all the money he may
need. We trust he may obtain all the
labor he may need to NOW every willow
from the banks Of the Mississippi and that
our city may pay out the price of labor
and materials to the very last dollar
which can be advantageously expended.
The summer approaches, our receipts of
produce do not increase. One of our city
tnanciers gives the following curious con-
graduation on the prospect before as:
The extraordinary du!lness Of the winter
has been followed by sprightly demand
for accommodation at the banks, which |
though cheerfully contrasting with the for
ner stagnatiOn, is by no means sufficiently |
large to absorb the large surplus that has
been accumulated in the banks during the !
depression. The impression prevails that
he coming summer will be more pregnant
With profits for bankers than usual during | (
hat season OF the year in this city.
This ''sprightly demand" for accommo-
lations at the banks succeeding the ex- !
raordinary dullness of the winter would
induce us to apprehend very stringent
eason. The pregnant profits. of the /
anker" are to us rather ominous.
In spite, therefore, of these cheerful 0
redictions We know that dull winter v
III not make business summer. The II
opropriation of a million or more for o
eepening the river must be expended in it
eat part in and around New Orleans, lie
I'd may enable our merchants and shop I~ol
'epers to escape the talons of the s,
mixer. The payment of these wages to b,
lored borers, who alone can chop al
lshes or dig in the swamp, must inure Ia
the commercial benefit of New Orleans, al
d we hope for the immediate beginning 7,
the jetties, not merely for the promo D.
n Of the scientific experiment, but as do
'nishing means Of assisting the laborers sd
present without employment. -
We have no disposition to give party
sct to this appropriation, but it is
per to remember that Republican ba
'sident and Congress have given this ;nf
N to Louisiana at a time that she the
5ers for want Of employment 1t is rui
pable that in the intolerant party ma,
It's Of the two last years, the power of art
lisiana, small as it is, has been par int
zed by the discussions Of her people. to
ice the city Of st. Louis has taken out We
ars OF administration = perhaps it con
I'D be more proper to say commission VIII;
New Orleans. She has 3ro
red upon our commercial RICH is, as suc
ed control Of our affairs, and we Of q
d silent, awaiting the result of ex- the
ments made with our most vital in ma,
SIS. We acquiesce. We accept the pre,
|
sion Of the engineers. We take no the
ption at the award of this enterprise in
1e or m ore individuals whose interests Con
renown are possibly incomp atible ICES
ours. More than this, we will aid thai
tally every effort which may be made prec
We effect to the jetties, and while We turo
not be surprised, will be sincerely oc ir
fed if they control the river and s;tv
nand the gulf and give us all the orde
is which have been promised in refer
behalf in =,
DEMOCRACY. IRON
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