The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-07-26
THE MISsISSIPPI JErTIRs.

CAPTAIN EadS' Opinion OF Hia
Work-Another opinion Not 20
Flattering-Some Doubt rs 60
the Permanency Of the Improve
menls.
In letter recently written BY Captain
Eads to Hon. 7. T. cri.tendeu, Of Mis.
souri,, the following faets concerning tho
Mississippi jettiss are given, and the
efforts Of Mr.. Crlttenden to secure the
improvement Of the Mississippi river
gratefully recognized. Captain Elds sayI;
"The lefty channel Is now Alaosl "a
good a. the entrance TO New York hAr-
Dor. Larger ships and steamer. Walt
the port Of New Orleans than ever before.
Ocean freights have been 50 greatly low.
cred IN consequence that the saving on
cotton alone, from the port Of New Or
leans, the past season, WAS over sixteen
hundred thousand dollars. Every intel
ligent man 10 Missouri knows that rev.
oiution has been wrought In the grain
trade a. . result Of this deep water. As
the channel deepens and commerce. Ad'
iusts itself 10 these new conditions, the
benefits 10 the producers in Missouri will
be still more extensively enjoyed.
"The permanent improvement OF the
Mississippi operates as q regulator OF
transportation charges, and thus adds 10
the value Of every bushel Of grain grown
for export TO Europe or for consumption
10 the Atlantic States, and It also cheap.
ems TO the farmer all Of his merchandise
and other supplies brought from the
East
The following report was recently is-
sued from the Office Of the United States
Engineer at Port Eads, La:
4On July 2, at average aood tide, there
was channel over South Pass bar 2l.9
feet deep, having st least width OF 100
feet; st high tide Of the day depths were
increased one foot, and At low tide lessen
ed one half loot Two small Jumps, or
one larger, II they connect, prevented the
existence Of channel % feet deep At ay-
erage food tide.
IN view OF this report the Memphis
ApoLdaehe publishes the following cri,i.
clam Of Captain Elds' work: Long ago
CAptAn EAua received SOVO,VVV lOE y
channel 20 feet deep and 200 feet wide;
next $4,000 for q channsl % feet deep
and 200 feet wide. he was also recently
paid, in advance, for 4 channel "a feet
deep aud 200 feet wide, on showing ~
Of a practical" channel Of nearly "a
feet. But on July 4 this channel, con-
sidered within affaction Of "a feet deep
and 200 feet wide, And for which the sum
Of 1900, 900 has been paid by the Gov
ernment, was only q feet deep, "havipg
least width Of $50 feet 1.-TWO small
Jumps prevented the existence Of chan.
mel % feet deep 8! an average food tide"
So Captain Eads cannot depend on a
q. foot chsnnel, though already paid
for "a feet. Il Is the fault Of the mud
Jumps. That's exactly what persons Of
little faith 10 the jetties have argued.
Several days after Captain Browne Off.
cial report Of the 4th instant, the Teuto.
mia had 10 wait "a hours for food tide 10
give her safe passage. She drew only q
feet. Captain E.ds started out sneering
at dredging. BE has accomplished moth.
ing except by dredging. BE dare not re-
move his dredge boats for one month.
Yet the ietties are great success. And
they ars-in Eads newspapers which do
not print the facts.