New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-25
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THE soUra PASS JE1slss.

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progress MADE py James =: Ge&e = re In
Provsmsnt q the 1eush rass q. ~ Alssia
siRRi up 2 teee9asy :, I0e
Ine weser :! - seas9p q ~ 49, - y
rougn On tee pas g ~ efute e. tns
eevefal Neeke elepeo 49, - 1W eays q
smoote veso eeece9 ioe eeEvoy can 2
ootained, ano ZOE tnle Eeeee@ ~ soun9lng
on {ne uaciIg ot so2 m39es. :. aoa'e -
sent nerewite, ~ y es ,y.nS asSs,; nH ,:7s =.
IN ny reposs o. November .: 1 100 s. .s
Metn4a ci oTasekacuIg ..Sss1s N.;i, seSi.v.5 vi
described; q that method y stu u followed q
repeat it here.
EAST JErT1.
The present condition Of this jetty 10 ~
follows:
A row of piles starting from the landh
end on the east side of the pass follows tho
general direction Of TIE pass, and curves
slightly 70 the westward; the htervalsbe:
tween thePiles varying from eight to twen.
ii ,94l feet. . -.
In November the outof pilo W1s In Shirty.
five feet Of water ounide OF the bar. A
TOW PaIAiet " Iuo IIsS ss,o Gwolvo Acoe
soo1 - f.o.. ~ l.nS;s srS Th;s s.~ord M
Nv No. hs l;re "f .hsSt.n,Srs M a.;vsr IN n.
aast .i1a for itsvhkie ieno4 xiono tha
Chsnnsi-s;ia of the seconS rov - nikno'
a. far "A IL extends. ma Hhen slAno the
channel-si of tNs firSt row n nliee' mat
tresaes. an touch}ns IA nilas. kave heen
ami snns,nose1 =. 'esnh Sther m A tn
make a cont{nnona 6aa. sTNe lover Nver
of maf%reseee r. nsnnaIv frnm fNrtv to 6ftv
feat wide' fhav;dths II thc lsSers dini:-
ishin9 toward the surface Of he Vster,
wide. AZ 6rst the mattresseS we're I'll.
loved To s;nk in their piaces bv the secu.
mutation of eedinent: letferlv thev havo
haen nsneIlv snnk nv .rrhhle Atone fhrovn
IN them
CAPTAIN Blown states that on the mat
tresses tventy.five feat vide niar the snr.
sfona Are now nsed mar "uhic foot % Of mat.
[ treas and ahont fivs pounds % on En- the th;rtv.
for,aSt;on A'" "s % '''0
On Eahrnarv thi. ;atAv f;no,ud;rv tho
sbeat n;i;noI "a. nm h ~ vater v for = S;s.
ta,sse - TX ySI feat f.o,. the Is,d,. 80
Tha fonrdat;on rn.t.ras Il. ~ s1tarded sSo
feat furtho- Tha .rrarceySart of 80
1900 !. .Hnv, ~, rU .haat ~ ha.eu;.h y. ~"''
~'1's'' 40 'A'o"-t =. ~.1ooS ~ "0''"'
WEI 5E1TT o. ~
A rev Of piles from sixteen. to twenty
feet apart. and 77O4 feet in lepgtlA runs sp-
proximately parallel to tho lower portion
Of the piles Of east jetty, and at . distance
of 1000 feet from it. Another short row ct
what 10 called Kipp's dam connects the
head of this main row with the,west shore
of South Pass. Mattresses Ave been
placed asainst the upper side OF this short
row, and the ylamraised above water On
the channel side Of the main row the mat
tresses have been brouIht up to low water
opposite point 9944 feet from the head of
the east jetty.
The foundatioa mattresses extend 500 feet
further down. On the west side Of themain
row of pilee, . single tier of mattresses has
been carried down 400 feet from the head
of west jetty.
In the progress of the work of the west
jetty, and apparently to obtain some scour
NOSE rapidly than by the slower process of
water surface, an attempt was made to close
the Kipp dam and the upper 5000 feet of the
west Jetty BY plankinR, 0lled aprons. These
aprons were of plank fastened to string
pieces, were seventy five Or 100 feet long, and
OF such width as to reach from the top Of
the first or second layer of mattresses, al
ready sunk, to the water surface. They
were hoated to their places against tho line |
Of piles, and then righted up with pile |
driver or by some other method.
Inc sprons 1eing IN posltion along the
,on f;ncha. -ssn1t;rc .oo,,ra1 ~ osIs hais =. -
nd haIow the dam .src;ad 49, wv .aua,aI ~
,;le. 'arT nat ~ .tha .n.o, *hox
!, sttrsas d.rd ara an o o5J;t;nn'I ~ @ .ne'
,rm % .ecs,ra >-~>- " '''">0 'A0 mp
IN the esst s;da of the sheat n;,;r, of +h.
,.st ;ettv the bottom I has heerp pH secured od out
,aar IN The n;l;n~ =, some ,,ieoa. ~ ~"
ientb of savar.i fe.f hv the ect;"~ ~ % tho tho
raves and the varv;rs G;ffaran"a of r.taD Z
aveI On it, tvo :;dass Roth resnIts sSom
Ia d;fI;cnitv "ttand;no tha nsa of shoa.
,;i;no ~ ni:nt;nc in sncb ros;+;ons '"'o'
Sayaral mattres.aa neer Ipw-wotor ,oro,
,,thonoh loaded with stone hana heen,
;fteS off their hads and aid cbsnna,vord
~ ths action of The tba vares "n ~ ~.
,osed y marta Of tba ;ett;es To Nrauene @ +h;s
isnia acemsnt in futnra The niap ~ hoam
egnn of Ir;v;no n;Ias oho,.. @ nnoa ;r th;"t -"
ve feet along tSa cbannel eSae of tbs ~
or tier of mattressaa and throu1h ~
,ver tiers '''' " 'sA 'n0
The experiment WAS also tried of DRIVING
toat stakes fonr or five feet IonS thron1h
ne ton mattresses ~ and into that hslov