Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-07-27
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OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEE OF vlCKs-
BURG.
The late soundings as compared with
those Of June l5ib, show q I'LL IN
thiTiy.three days OF 8 feet 10 inches
extreme sOundings, but probably the
34h feet cast opposite north eRd Of
WhaFfb0at, was on the email rock ledge
known to be there, and the fair casting
was that Of 81 feet 8 inches, shOwing .
fll or deposit of about 6 feet in thirty
three days, but this 10 sufficient to satis-
fy our City Fathers that ten to fifteen
thousand dollars would be thrown
away In wharf at that point, and that
should the Wharfb0at remain at itB
present station until low water,it would
rest on q plateau Of mud solitary and
alone, and satisfy certain party, that
II the Aldermanic meat-house would
retain itS proximity to the landing,
II must migrate with the wharfboai,
which will be compelled to seek deep
or water ere the river reaches its lowest
stage These soundlngs force home
the painful conviction 10 the minds of
those " no have been incredulous OF this
state Of things, As we'll as TO confirm
the expressed opinion Of the writer, as
we'll 90 many other thinkers of
our city, that At low water Vicks-
} burg pM hare no pdteF.trORG--
scarcely skif landing. The coal
feet, coal Office, terry landing,
Wharfboat and flatboa,s ell must seek
deeper water. But this is not the worst
: feature. The foot nj the lake shut up,
1 and we have In front of our city fear
, ful breeder of disease, every breeze
! from the surface of which viii bear the
! seeds OF disease and death broadcast
through our city, worse than the river
: Of death, aud our city become q very
; charnel house, and the terrible fshry
= smell mentioned few days since 10
the HERALD, become q constant and
almost uncomfortable presence, from
:, which all would desire to fee
! And thus our city loses Its Wharfage
!, revenue, which, had it been judiciously
!. applied at the proper time, wOuld have
paid the interest on o sum sufficient tC
have prevented the cutoff, and have
created q sinking fund that would have
paid the debt principal and interest
But the golden moment was let pass
hence our present condition. II is gen
orally very ungenerous 10 say-ah ha
, / told you so. But in the present in'
u stance, the arrogance Of the opposer
y to every remedial effort looking to |
prevention Of the present state Of things
y y aud the heed given to them, makes !
y proper aud necessary that the power
y that be may reflect upon, and al leas
y y give some consideration to the opinion
le Of practical thinkers which ioretold lhi
U state Of things as truly as il they har
y already transplred.
~ But is there q remedy, is there pos
- ibility Of restoring, in any degree,
~ waterfront TO Vicksburg, and retain
y ing il there2 The papers say that thi
y, is the object of the very able Unitet
y y States Commission now in our city
y !, But carpeting the Louisiana shore at
y cost of $4,000 to $4,000, or at an,
- cost, will not accomplish the object, no
4 benefit ViCksburg one dime in the wa,
= o! waterfront; IL will no
~ ~ advance the water one inc
VI toward Vicksburg. 1t mat
y, ters not to Vicksburg whether thu
VI wharf-boat is at the Fair Grounds o
u u q, the base OF the hills near the Gibbt
"a place; il will cost ous merchants, o
III III rather our citizens, (for they must pa,
90 ~ 1t in the end,) no more to get thei
" goods from the last, than the frs
VI named place. Major Raworth says b.
a. a. can just flop his track over and brinl
's the freight 10 the Elevator or Depot,s
~ \ they are paid for the transportation 9,
y that Vicksburg has no other interest Il
y, the protection OF the Delta Point thai
~ that Of social humanity resulting iron
~ ~ q community Of Interest and whatever
y CT railroad connection may be affected
~ thereby. Delta fastened the cut.ol
\ probably at least Two years, II not In
g definitely, aud she comes with yer,
o. o. bad grace, through Maj. Green and hi
aI employees, to ask Vicksburg iu be
" present financial prostralip 10 perml
. herself to be made the ca 4 paw wit
~ which TO pull her chestnu,s cut Of th
" y: 6re, for this seems to have been, an
u' still to be, the moving pu yer that ha
~ thus far manipulated ali action had /
" the premises. How our citizeus coul,
y. have been mede such dupes Of, passe
80 comprehension.
le But to the remedy. First the Chicka
~ saw bayou route tor the Yazoo rivel
ue is out of the question; 100000 woul
81 be the lowest cost yet could be ex
VI amined). The next route to be Consid
- cred, and probably the only remainin
.e one and tue most practicable, is thG
't by way of q canal from the wrong en-,
= OF Old River to the Bend in the lal;
eu above the United States Cemetery, at
cost of fifty to sixty thousand dollars
'' This would certainly result In bringin
the YazoO river into the lake at lh
er head OF the Bend, past the U. 5. Gene
ch terry, aud past our city and landin,
ge and insure us an open channel at a
OF times for boats Of the capacity of th
On Psrisot Line, keeping the foe
20 of our lake opeu, as Oh
&c River is now kept open, aud probabl
as TO greater depth, Msomuch as tn
ok current would be increased by thrO "
er, ing current Of u miles from tn
o, mouth Of the YHz0o TO Vicksburg int