The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-11-03
EAD'S .JETTIES.
T}.e efest Report 70 gse Torera.n,ent as to
the Condition eIia Prospects Of fAe
Hork "a, Them.

New York Tribune
The report of Caatain J. b. Eads,
chiefengineer of me Mississippi ietty
works contains an account of their con-
dition up to the eighteenth of August.
The maps which accompany it show also
the state O! the barwhen the work was
begun. the present depth of the channel,
and other matters Of interest, including
copg of the grant from the United
States to Mr.. Eads. The bar at the
mouth Of the pas through which Mr.
Eads IS required TO make ultimately a
thirty-foot channel is formed entirely
in the sea beyond the termination Of the
banks Of the pass - is two and one
fourth miles IL. is.;..ssI. .rhe- jessies sare.
built in two paIalIel 1ines> about one
thousand feet acress the bar, into the
deep water of the gulf, throughout this
whole distance. The securing caused
by the jetties, which was manifested at
their upper ends, has made steady pro-
gress downward to the sea since October,
but 50 recently as last January only
seven and a half feet in depth could be
found at high tide on the crest OF the bar
which is about two miles distant from
the east bank of the pass. The success
Of these works, in view Of the facts, seems
marvellous, and apparently contradict
every objection that was urged against
their trial \ channel, clear through
from the deep water Of the pass TO the
deep water of the sea, twenty-one feet
deep, had been excayated by the power
of the current up to the eighteenth of
August, and the improvement in depth
and width of the channel has gone on
steadily since that date, the survey on
fifth of September showing a channel
over twenty-one feet deep, with least
width one hundred and eighty-fye feet,
in which vessel drawing twenty feet
could float without touching bottom
Unfortunately these splendid results are
hot yet available to commerce, ,on account
ofa shoal existing in the Mississippi river
twelve or thirteen miles above the let
ties, which was there when they were
From this shoal to the Jet /
ties the depth of water in the pass Is
over thirty feet Dir. Eads says in the /
Believing that the public interest was
wholly upon the question |
Of our ability TO treat successfully the /.
bar in the sea, the works for this pur-
pose were pushed with great vigor, while /
those required for the reduction of the !
shoai existing thirteen miles above, in /
the Mississippi river, andobstructing the /
into the pass, were not begun T.
SO soon nor constructed with such rapid (
ity. - principle which /
namely. the-co 81 the 100
water, forms tae l7Y76t the plan FOR the
reduction Of this shoal, and the compile
Jiou of the works designed cannot fail 10
bc equally successful
The Mississippi river rises and falls
independently OF tie tides about three
ieet at the head OF the pass. The water
is now extremely low, and consequently
Of study and hard work. The lecturer
was not surprised at Mr. Moodys great
power over his hearers, because that
gentleman, he had understood; had spent
years of toll in preparation for his duties.
Some amusing "reminiscences were re-
cited of amateur aPirants for literary
fame who imagined themselves pos
sessed of geat genius. He.,quoted one
very laugbable stama, illustrative OF the
poctical license supposed by such persons
70 make their writings acceptable. Pas
sageS from Shakespeae, Milton and other
great authors were taken up and Analyzed
to show that although the poet was born,
he WAS also made. The writer and
orator were Is much subject of certain
fixed rules as We're the artisan.