The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-31


selves, as they were doing before. and as they
always do when times are prosperous. Yet. If
any one will take tho trouble to look. Ii will be
discovered that the houses more numerously
untenanted are the costly ones and the old
houses. The large three story. ten to fifteen
room houses, are the ones which have been
most numerously abandoned. They are held at
$50 to $50 a month. but new houses, and all
h % enf 5s% fea0 q
very great, and though this affords grounds for
cause Of the increase In the number of vacant
houses, the belief Is an illusion"
The
MORTALITY STATISTICS
i used by the directory man were taken from the
\ records OF the health department and make st.
Louis the healthest, large rgg city n the world
year a was was 500, The directory man shows in ike
ationfacII ties than any other city In the United
connections wi other parts Of the country, he
says; FEom her warehouses nous h 70 the see the
sed rarely az ooed a
any year. and quite frequently open the year
round thus giving her communication with
railway facilities and central position greater
advantages than are enjoyed BY any other city
Ex-Mayor Joseph Brown. member of the
committee appointed by the st. Paul conven-
tIon last fall to- visit Washington and work for
saan appropriation for
THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
Esaas returned home for the purpose Of raising
rsaore money for the committee. He met num-
aaeer Of merchants on Change yesterday and
save them an account g. Of the work SO far q. a.
committee went to Washington about three
bu falling tS t9 accomplish the 9b
OF hs ss tSea2 home Ths
,lyyaEsR necessity said MIR. Brown. ON account of
I thelircited means at the disposal Of the com
as The he pesssge Of the he appropriatlon biz
by the committee were Msgsrs. Hogan
and both a,. # 81 Louis The h result
In relation to the present status OF affairs and
as Rere hs snd
the Mississippi had got enough for the present.
pointing to the jetties. and many Of them were
Co 6e w.t.
very much OF that feeling was. We feel assured
overcome. In view Of the tact That TIE Commit
and, as the Committee on Levees and Missis-
sippi River improvements seemed to. think
ing 81 the channel we tried 70 get separate
committee appointed: but Mr.. Randall. the
Speaker. opposed i. as did also the Committee
nents. In view of the fact that If we trusted
our bill with the Leyee Committee. it would
have to sa CT t send L 60 e
mittee on Commerce SO that when reported it
will be q part of the general appropriation bill
for rivers and harbors for the entire United
The bill prepared BY us and introduced into
the House BY, Mr.. Knapp. Of Illinois. was, re-
Mr.. Reagan, of Texas. is chairman.
Since The, introduction Of the bill our time
and h ha;s been the OF the
tee. We feel assured that we will get an appro-
griation. but Just how much has not been
appropriation Is made others will be obtained
annually without much effort. The recon-
mendations Of the Engineers Department for
the committee seem afraid Of recommending
even bali that sum. II we could induce not
an Rs pt to afe
natural highway. and thereby set the iaboring
pssed But Both poa paTes to Be-
afraid to. stand before the country with their
record. am able to say. however. that there is
81 the Msssspp rver but you ss
will all readily see how useless it would be to
or the to %bso
6aIbors n tie United States WIN not Be- over S
got an appropriation for s5.soe,ooo for two and a
half miles at the mouth of the river, and why
cannot $40 coo or $50 600 900 be had for the
tire rtver2 Simply because Capt. Eads did not get
tract 2r nat and vi will get when
make ses re a
much more to do to secure and maintain thirty
feet, Of water. Indeed. think he made entirely
Think the government drove TO hard a bar
gain with him in demanding a hirty- foot chan
mel. when they have but twenty six feet at New
what he has accomplished, and Il he can maEe
lit permanent he will deserve our everlasting
praise. But when he talks of coming to st.
Gxyith frrnn nj,
1.-two and one-third miles Of river at the mouth
cost %, 500 GOO. what wiz 1900 niles COST
River improvements, before whom Capt. Eads
appeared Ct ~, W,.ashington. look upon it.
TN l1 1a1, 1fti has bosn tnr9daeea 81 Senator
Of engineers Capt. Eads to be at the head of
the com ann to survey and plat the river
which seems not only waste of money. but of
lime. The government engineers have already.
s: river G% st.
1 aas If Senator CockreIl' is bill passes. Which.
fsacxever. Is not very likely 1t would have ten
no ot az Two
]. mississippi river.
4 louise bv MIR. Knapp are well known to you
ander the direction Of the secretary Of War for
at lowest stage he wee ns
Paul and the mouth Of the Illinois river. eight
mouth of the fOhio, and ten feet between the
mouth oil the Ohio and the city of New Orleans.
.Governraent engineers eto have charge OF the
greatest obstacles to navigation. exist. The
deepening OF the chsnne! Is to be effected by
dykes and Ming, dams built where the river u
with the liver. OF the entire appropriation
100000 is to be expended between New Orleans
and the mouth Of the Ohio. ssoo 900 between the
3MoyEtEi OF the Illinois river to the. head Of the
ssss Npinas canal. aad ssl7.o 900 betYeen this