, 1879-04-04
commentary on the assertion that Canadian iron
only needs protection 10 obtain tho homc.mar-



Nearly $4,000 ,pn0.
Cincinnati Commercial
Suggestions have been H1at1e TINT tho friend.
ltneas for the 1ettca at tho mouth OF tho MlssIs.
slppl. whfrl, Inns been frequently remarked In
the New York Dress, arises from tic fact that
the failnrc In material Improvement Of tho Nils,
htssIpol Navigation aids In the maintenance ot
] The suprcn1acyot Tic Eastern metropolis. Twcn.
ty.ave years ago the foreign trada Of New Or.
| leans WAS otc-ti,lrl that of Now York, while at
present It is not onc-tcnth, and tho commerce
on the Mississippi River ia less than TINT Of tho
Eric Canal, nr either Of the great Eastern and
Western lines Ut railway.
Recently statl correspondent Of tho New
York Tribune. Mr. E. v. Htnalicy, visited tho
jct.tcs, anil WIS told tic us,a! story, to,,c4 no
with valuable Information mentioned that
tho profit TO the contractor on i.,c
stone t,,a. usci r cd ,he construction Of fig
that part nj the world. Mr.. smallcy was tre-
pared 10 hny there was trustworthy clut,uel Of
twentyti!Iee leet. a1tl tlat hcaTs'y.sadcn stcam-
;.s, Srs o. 3on tona wcro going through without
cause disastcss. Since the milo writer Waited
thn jettics quite 4 fleet has bern aground, The
Mtkado tTpstco the ta!o a,olit n rcliablc chan.
nsl. an'i attempted get through. drawing lcss
tcct eleven fnos,cs at. She stuck, and Tie ro-
suit ~ thus stated:
Tho steamship Attaado TINT was asroun, at cruna
1Hlani. tn South FaAs. after etcierIng 70u balcs
Of cotton, Ninety tons Of oil cake md reventy tons
boats.
Mr.. smallcy snys:
,Thc, work On the je.tlcs il by no means eo,n.
the action Of tho waves llns damaged Fonu SOS
yards of fhn structure. and this misfortune hns
fof r. lid s ms 10 make the walls cf
Tint 10, 81 tho point where, II anywhere, the
1etttcs might be oE s0ma use, tho willow wall
work will not stand. The moment thu water ia
about the depth found nn the bar tho waves will
cheerful to know, that more substantial work is
be!ug. attempted, The work Mt South Pass,
therefore, resolves itself Into matter nf soiTi
breakwater buildng and dredging. This iaqui,o
olu-!nshioned. lhc great p'incinlc OF the 1ettlcs
The pian OF Capt. Ends was to to IN fhrcc NJ,
turfas. wa
1877: ''
The average shosllng IN front Of the jc,l!ts from
June, 1h;d. to June. l.77. ono and aaartcr miles
ont. has been clcyon feet 1cyen inches.
Maj. Howell saws:
. The Surveys covering sllls bar. formation OF the
thle formation has been greatly un,orcstimatad Il,
tha nast: The NJ! at Southwest Pass. soyon and
W. of March, is74. an sepscnoer 1s7 AZ apa n
clMdinE three high. porlnlH. would take it 10
year.. At 60. o0o feet ont tor cievcn an, ,hIrI
ncs>, the oil was nne-scnth Of Tho lcpIh. giving
thirty years 10 seach the surface that place Il
lS.a thu n! 5t 900 fect ont tcn tu[Ic* han been
90 feet which, at tho san,c sate continucl would
carry II 10 the surface In eighteen ysars.
IIG SURVEYS mt the HnHfh mr. t1ffv W pa In
and 1871 INCLUDE two: h!ell.siscr porods and ID
tie oas thc ll Is onc.c!cyenth the dtpth of water
Of the Lar. 1t which rate Il wou!I take it twenty.
two years TO reach the surface, ai, line further
tast. twenty rsElt yea., and on the vest ns
thc exact I. ot'lcal sounltnga oG South, Pas4 trom
March IL 1874. 70 Eoscmber: 1S77Jj. Showing tho
crest Of the bar: Ono mile out thu dll yas feet;
ont It waa 42 teot; four nes out It was 1., fest;
ltncs, two aud ona-half miles distant, cast nnt
west, the a!l was regular. but not quito so much,
at that pacf.
:, Now, what is Eads to DO with oil this mudl
His great principle will not carry 1t away. IIis
willow walls cannot interfere with this 'forn,a-
tion. II thrre hatl not becn n viola-
plan toc throwing nway yast sums of money,
a1ll q cha,lce for n credit mobIicr with q proit
81 Sab0 Fer cublc yartl Of stone, tllc support Ut
CohGre6s cpulu never hnrD bcgn obtained. ills
now claimed that tile calculations Ut Ends layu
bcen in a;t respects verified. Why, thin, bo-
s!cgu C&ngross far the money wanted when q
depth ot twcntJ-stx feet was 6ccured, thu ac-
tuat depth attaiacI being only twcnty-t!lreu
ieett Then It Is uur recollection hc told ttn
Senate Committee Oh Transportation In 1873
tnt the scpair ct tp 1ettics walllll mot cost 25
tn hftT years. lie Inns changed hts mind about
that at least.
The claim Ia set TIT, that before tho JcttIcsl the
depth OF watcr at Southwest Tuss wns but scy-
cntech fect, md tllnt Eaa has Mt lcast given us
i've feet additional w1ter. Thu truth IT, vessels
drawing twenty feet pasArd up wlcu ts,uru was
neither dredging nor jcttirs, Mnd deeper vcsscls
cannot pass nov. Maj. Howell, III Its report,
In May, 1871, shows thedcpth Of water Ut South
west Fass to l,aye been from twenty to twenty
unc feet. The amount Of II all Is tint the great
cnterurisc OF Eads has, at u cost w to data Ut
near, $tNO Co., lnado the South Pass
Olllnl to the SUuthWest Pass Us II Was.