The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-05-17

4 IA hill itoR0nHtitute Lake Charles
La port Of elltry has been intrDauceti
lin Congress- Ebs our representative
Hon. o.. H. Aclzlen, and has been
lireferrea TO the COMMITTEE on Com
maree. There are important req
lsoiis for the passage sUftthis bill
4 Formalv wears from forty itodigllty
sailing vessels liave been engaged
Hin camvimg lumberfrom tile Gaica-
lssieu river ito Galveston mud other
lpoints on the Texas 1coast. Many
ltof these vessels were built ON the
lCalcasierIriver and;at 41akeC Charles,
land their owners reside here; and
NEW vessels are built llleresannually.
l Yet, under recent instrucfiaiis, NOT
lone of tllese vessels is allowed TO
lIlail from Lake Charles nor from
1.-THE lCalcasieu riuer. AL Calcasieu
river vessels must hail from Bra
shear. tHnrgan City.l
Thecosequenceisitllata!stranger
i'm Galveston desiring ttoG0me here,
inr to slip freight here, may walk
lalong the wilarves There far days
Hooking in vain for a vessel having
t.s0f Lake Charles tor a.s0fiCaiess-
sienm painted below her name,
Though llle will find many vessels
.i-.s0f Brashear,T which Were never
lat Morgan City, and which rnn ex
.bGlusively III the Nlalcasieu River
TRADE. Galveston treislrs for Lake
IiChafles have sometimes been Sc
iriously delayed for .tiiis reason.
4 Observation-Disclosures fSfheG ;glcasieu
Elriver now aneuIfts 10 some forty
llmillion feet 0f sawed lumber saiIllu-
I.allv, and within itwoNears tFomBfhe
Iseompletim of our railroad will
ltamouilt ito one llnnttRetl milii0n feet
lper annnm. Nlle Ndllow pine sd
IICalcasiei has 10 very lliGil lrAputa-
Ittien abroad for durability. and has
llialFeady attracted the attention OF
fnrcign capitalists at ttlie Ilstte
NToIlu's EMpoaitian at Rnris, and i,
direct iluniler trade with France
would lhave been iiliaugufated two
years ago If lFrelieh Slips eossld
iilhave tculne directly 10 LaiseGllarles
ii;as u port afentlY. Me IhaNe seen
10 letter recently received hy oui
3Iffowmsnlal 4sim. III. Haskell. Esq.
from Henry Flofenville. al Nantes
Iitontt tire Seine. aliiaanee,1 dealer III
'Ima,iigation sl,iaterial, iltNdra,ili,
works. and Anieiiiean lumber. IN
which ;fhe writer Says Erenah cap
| litalists are really aud anxious IL
'ltopen Il direct lumber trade with
tIIgCaleasie,i, hut cannot do so pmItl
Il Lake GhaifIes liz declared ia port al
.ti,eitrw. When SHIRT is done Elrcncl
lbanitatl,ef loaeiail NeSsd!s aatl eamt
! ON the inortIl or south 0f Cubs
-elttllfo,tgl an open sea aud gulf til
Observation-Disclosures. .At3preseln
allsnaINessals Electromagnetic
/ lon account Of the dangerous iia,ii
cation from the,easternend of Sllil
vi Island ITO the mouth of Narmllior
Bay, to go first TO thean0utl of tlls
mississippi, ithencelto New Orleans
';and procure . coast l'ilot To talk
them 10 the mouth sof AtchafitlaNs
Bay; thence 10 send q row boat ~
l.saiI boat oNer Thirty miles 10 Mor
gan City QBfashear) salHl enter thail
svessal and discharge their cargo, il
salsY, soil lighters; take aboard hal
sIlIast if needed. and come to .GaIca
'lssiels load with Lumber and return
ltoBlasllearal,d acknowledgements
All this trouble, expense and los
Hot time heavens margin fpr profit
bland 80 I'VE lose IL valuable foreign
!. lrtrsde.
1 A few years ago, by special per
J Ilmif fromtthe Secretary sefltie Treas
llngy QHon.B u. Briatow) the lfencl
/ lIbark a. August and kauataser ealn'
There direct ltfum HaNre, and tool