New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-02-07

The Washington correspondent of the st.
Louis Republican furnishes the following,
under date of February 8. 1t seems tho
people of the Eads bridge ring are yet far
from happy because the whole matter of
impeding the navigation of the Mississippi
has not been left in their hands, with full
powers to carry out their programme. Tbs
correspondent says:
II appears that the Senate Committee ON
Transportation, after the failure to get
! quorum Monday m0rnihg heretofore re-
! ferred to, held meeting that evening and
took inai action on the Mississippi mouth
Question. As was intimated in these dis
Patehes would probably be done. they con-
cluded that it was unaa visable to have any
Improvement conducted by private CON
tract. After hearing the report of the cub
committee on this question and some gen.
eral discussion on the subject, resolution
expressive of their views in the matter was
adopted, and will be presented to the Sen
ate Thursday or Friday or some day next
committee recommends the improve
ment OF the mouth of the. Missis-
sippi by the jetty system, as proposed
by James b. Eade, civil engineer, and
approved by the commission Of engineers
appointed to report upon the subject in
that. in accordance with said report, tho
said improvements be applied to the
South Pass, and that the preparation Of
plans and direction of the work be entrusted
to the said James B. Eads, as the chief en-
gineer, with a compensation Of $4,000 per
annum. The plan proposed to carry out tbis
recommendation is to add al appropriation
Of 81, SOC, 900 to the river and harDor appro-
priatiOn bill in the Senate and the COM
mittee will recommend such action Western
members who have been made acquainted
with this course of the Window committee.
freely accuse them of moral cowardice It
Is known that prominent members of tho
are that The work would be most
cheaply done under the proposition
OF Captain Eads but they are afraid
OF accusations that it is q job and lack the
courage to recommend what their own good
Judgment dictates. Captain Eads is, Of
course. honored by the high compliment
paid him, and by the further assurances of
the committee that they are willing to.
acknowledge that he has saved the country
from an enormous waste of money! in ex-
perimenting with canal that would have
been practically worthless. He can, of
course, not refuse the preferred position
now that he is so identified with the under
taking, bat he still advises against the
improvement oflthe South Pass, and thinks
that the Merchants Exchange of st. Louis
and other similar cities in the mississippi
valley should take immediate action and
demand the improvement Of the Southwest
Pass as the only one commensurate with
the commerce of that river.
In this connection special correspond.
emit of the st. Louis Demoera, says:
Colonel Louis Woolfley 10 here, and has
again submitted to the House COMMITTEES
on Commerce proposition to keep at all
times twenty feet OF water at the mouth of
the Mississippi river, in consideration OF
the payment to him of $3.50. 900 the first
year, and $l0c, 600 each year thereafter. 90
long as he performs the terms of the con-
tract. To-day he succeeded in getting the
House Committee on Commerce to agree to
recommend the appropriation asked for,
with the following proviso to follow the
appropriation for the mouth of the MISSES.
sippi river:
Provided, that this appropriation shall
cease to be available when its necessity il
superseded by any other work OF improve
ment authorized by law