, 1879-03-01


| SECURED for twclyo months Sl5ODO0 shall bo
| ,.,l RI. ,ror,v.fn fcct hv On fect ,v,,o
r p,a,, ~. H.. s.,." ,.sa, .a,,,r.1 ,r,,o, 49, n".s
cnonnel ha' never ocoh escnfeu, ~ W. weea Inc uov
or1,nicnt has already nhlu $aooo,oUVs Or $250,0oO
more than tho contract had tie channel SO slip.
,ln,cd hecn scct,rcd.
In tho ,oco ~ .hn.o fnct, mi. an ,.,,a
Nv Aasa y. sAe.o .asse s'.' 'sis
congress anu inc country tllat there 10 now due
this contractor 81, 100000
OF course, the amount Of one, two, or oyet, ton
mtl,,on dollar, IA mcro tr,l,o 10 srch .,ovorn.
an. ~ .h,s on1 ta naon,n ~ s.ea M a's
"iGn1 ~ ,"ls' Wy t.'e pe"o'e san as We'll anosu
to DO ronped OF that amount ny lctty Jobs as by
| Indian Agencies Of other steals, whom IL ts 30
! oasy 10 collect that amount by m incrcasea tux
on tca coffoo, or other Imports usrl hy tl,e nso.
pio or ns Inc reducing ol ts'e saIaraes Of women
and other employees Of tue Government,
Was this nll, don't know that auy ono would
nays uoS .ehs . ~ say ~ "psu UT, oe auesttoh the
nn,t nu.'fe' u 'l' 1''1 "a' NH u'sA' buch fe-
p9t H., -, .,a h.r =. H., ,,,,.,, ,... ,,,.,,
bas as tlo oar o. tle mouth Of tho mississippi
'R1scf' Which no hilnan hgcncy can remove Or
overcome, costs tho poonle OF tho Mississippi
| and Ohio Valleys fully el,00000 day, did
o1trareI hid njun,]nrrI mamie. nntcr nv mnsi
eolcmn protest opnInst si,c torjsintion' for IN
whoc thInE, from its acjpsuey, i trfel Il 'io To
nGlay ~ !9bH m a. h9ssip'o !ic opehlnG Or the
mississippi nvor Wish an outlet that w hc per
i can ony @ Ge soeurcd &c by ~ cais f''" ''tA' WHICH
So much for Sir. Cameron and bis Committee.
nrnr tn rive a1 nnd cnn,fort to tfia III, tVhar
did they nd that the letsY work Yas aso substan-
| tial, tFea from danger or injury by wayc.octiou
or destractton BY the teredo'" or t!,at thero
was no ill outsIla OF the jetttce area, althorrf
there was not as much water on ,he bar by
eight tnchos as there was a year aro but tIat Il
| was much narrower, md that twcntv.s,r fcct
| WIS oil the water tho commerce Of tic Kitsas-
s!ppi Valley ncat!cd9 '''N '''''N0-
10 have arrived ut all tl,cso conclusions thgs
| Board OF Engineers ccrtaIn|y meyer saw Can't.
Brown, ihD unyQyunlellt Enetnecr. or bsa bsr,r ~
Gen. ComstocL's reports on Tic ..Jcttics,"
| for they aro full Of stutcmeuts that the work
Of the bar, from go to 800 feot only where tho
jet.!es wero exposed Ia thu actIon Of tte WAVES.
| bo icp!accsl. A for Ills "torcdo,n I viii eiys
tho exaet words ot Capt. Brown In Ills report,
Tbe worm. and their o(feets in in ;cuvr, war,
aFst ou.e;vl f. 6ceeber is7 lo .peeaiaH. Ms5f of
.othe, IL ts nnatl Of anuurS is7 vyfn1 GnEMt
sapiine, bay caton BY wor,s 4 tho sr@os wow r"G
Sro t6o .uraec snee iop nae ess
tt tbs condition Of aile ,uttresse. ~ taa
end. js.tss hssa 6esn mns. a IL tao 1Gwas nya
sssa IL H. H. 9oo 70 na - a wows TIC
ta iot.Ies are bydjy nec,ed somcns t., cmas r's M
dlsnegratlt,n. No tfaccs Of worms i,ayo' 'IGn Guon
FL pe@ aSoto 1 oS ss b.
Of lilo sast jottr, apd none have boon obserssI I
Win ut INV n0.nt '" ""' 'oo' ~ '1o S"''ace Oh
| irt,s ss"s,,. s". ~. ,,,,
o!ltside, tLe tnaps mud reports 81 Zen. Com
tho tImc. Capt. Huras' rcport shows lie aver
ng9 III from In, Jane io.e to June, ls73 from the
Gnu o. tne }ctltcs OUT ono n!Ie aud quarter,
"aa clescn lect a'ld seven iootca.
but Il CohAresa rGasly wants to know the
.fao H!a, exts,t Of s!,1a !l aI ts iettes wi1 gys
.na o!c,al ,s ssounmnags from Mares, 18Th to No.
!ilo 4, 1ar lla ~ waa el3ht leet; t'"o ncs out
! ths illl Wns thlsty'tour feet; two and l,att
niles ont = Was fortytwo tost; four miles out
out It was twunty-seven fget
In this conurctlon ! Will give The all or bur
cxtansio'l ny reference to the report Of Mnj. G.
W. Howell ior 1877. On page 40 he sayh:
main passos. III =. H'SsS9 o oo snd md
al fce show cf'tltuslyelY that the growth of tlls
IT, Ti II ees f5sa.{ n tho
Marc 1s7t md ssn,enscr 1 e xa.Sa{s a.
tuwatur perlous. would taka il 10 in" 3nrs ttr ~
,ftcon t.n,rs ~ lone, q. fortrdyo yusrs A. IN ~
tast our for e!ctcn and onc .thisd n,ilcs) to l
va. ens:tenth Of The !sp!h: giving thrtr yeaFs to
sinee Can't Ta!Gotes survey IN daa8 ihe ILL., 81. 600
tset ont ttcn mllcsl. hes bean a.o feet, which, ut
tnce ~ o,v"tesn "ou'o curry 10 tue ss
1h.s Aurynye ii tha an1tttt f,r mi, tu
and IsSh nca ~ wn III! ey .,aas as m TIT e
tic Int ths M ID ons. o!sysut Of the 1eut Of waee M
nj 10 oDu fact out foves four 1es) from tto crest
Of tic bar, At which rato It would ak0 It twenty
two yensa 10 reach tho surface, on linn further
east years. aud on tho wens l!na tWsn-
T.sx years
Thls al to the eastward, as wall as to the west.
ward q the jcttics, not only c1pludes thu a.
sl,1npsion ot 3 literal current. but .hut it Is
going on, and u y ttn,o tint those whose inter
cat It Ia to keep Tho river from being opened, us
Wgll o. improved, was proDcr!Y understood.
bnt II makes no difference how many million
cnh!e teet OF 1na,s thy river dumps Into tho Gull
cfery yeur, or Wllat havoc tho terados may make
with thu otherwise permanent Willow sttcks,
The Wattsifnl engineer. tho Intelligent COM
mtttces. Anfl the oyer faithful railroud nuws-
papers. tn whose colutnns tho 1etty chanucls arc
always btsnMtcas, Will al bear Witness that
they nevct heart of bar outside, aud that the
"tetsao neysr has M IND tl'e aHdAeity to insert
Ills niarios IN t,ie Of tlc. 1ctty willows.
As regards the lst's bar that h.s grown SO
narrow o. late. .on,e two years ago Capt. brown
said: "F.e ll.tia bar Of LOU teet wide Is all That