, 1881-12-18

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! LAKE BORGNE OUTLET.
peop1e of New Or1eat.s Examtnin.
Capt. Co,vdon's Plan-The New Or
/ l<ans sy .flroads Favor lt-Cowdon,s
prurosI4iun. ...
St.p ORLEANS Pfcayune, Dec 49,
| Yesterday was the day appointed by the Coup-
cit for their meeting with tna advocates Of the
Lake Borsne outlet, who wish the Council to in
tlursc tho scheme. There were present Capt,
| r.. F. Lcuthers, Capt John .Cowdon, Mr. John
Roy, and Judge ". ". Howe, attorney.
Judge Howe opened tho proceedings with the
! following rcmurks:
+, Nix MAyox ASp GESrLENEN OF THE Cousc1t:
| have BEEN requested to appeur here tuday to
/ usk your Recommendation for bill which is to
bo submitted to the present Congress Of the
United States with reference to an outlet to the
| Mississippi. The bill in question is as follows,
| u,ld lu great degree explains Itself:
t 4 BILL providing for the Improvement Of the
= pav,yut,ori uf the Mississippi River, fur the
! rrc,Ap,ation If its r,pAr,an lands and for the
!, increase .,f lner henlthtulnesS and the con-
! structlon Of au ARTIFICIAL outleLato the said
| river erow the City of New Driclns,
! WHEREAS, Jutu coisti0n, Of Memphis, Tenn,
has prutoscd to improve the navigation of the
! Mississippi River aud to beuent It's riparian
lauus by opening nn uutlet tor Its Waters, about
| ten miles lro1n New Urttaus, fruun said river
| into Lake Bargne, tho sA1ne to be nut less than
ul.e- haif t!e "a vtdth and To have the discourage
/ Of NOT less tnun :aIOJJ cube feet per secoud Ut
! the highest st,lge Ut water III sAd river; and
| WHENEs:, IL ~ tor tho INTEREST Of tho United
Suites thut SAID proposition should be accepted
! ailu said 'r.4TK dune ~ said COs1don and his
I s1c.sl1es and uss.gIts: theTefprc
Ae it t:'tucte by tls Se,tuts and Hntse Of ecpre-
setat.cts" " ile ~ ed states q 4Eeffca ~ Cur
don with such others as may be associated with
him, and his u1id their assigns, allu he ant they
hereby are uut thurjxej, Du the conditions AMI
ter}l5 herein SGT forth, to ctnst outlet for
the waters Vt tho a1Issts5tppf River from punt
suuut ten III. .les ueiDw tho City Ut New orleans
tu Like Hufgne, Oh sucn tunds as they any uf
them may owll, or tnlly hereafter acquire such
outlet tu be not less than One-half mile IN
width ano sufficient capac'ry to discharge when
the Mississippi, river Is Ut ts greatest light Ut
least .JuJ cubic feet OF Wafer per sec0tlu; Ald
the uutlet u be provided with proper leyees Or
e1.bauklnents IL preserve the lands abuve and
below It frutn inunuu.Ou.
oec. = Innt, us compensation for the land ac-
Qulreti and used far the construction vi Raid
constructing said outlet, the said John Cowton,
his assuc,ales and assigns shall receive tr,m'tte
unted aa1es. and q; shai eo pad oy tne secretary
be !M.u iu instatl1nen!s, and as the work pro-
gr,.=ses, MS fullows: when the said Cowdon, bis
ussoc.ates. and assigns shull have filed with the
Secretary Ut War ptat uf land required for the
purpose Of constructing said outlet, and shall
hure constructed Two ieSees Oh sAid auo to
fur4n the containing haHks Of said uutlat. said
Ieyees being parallel to each other less
than half nile apart, and each extending frum
saad RIVER 70 Lake Borgue a,td 1a eaci1 u built On
nnu. und c:lch hurny not less thMn six feet ]
i'll width at the base Tor every foot Ut height, |
hight frutn Tue natural surface of the earth Of I
MT less than tw,, feet above the highest water
level frs'sn the RIVER t. the lake level, and the
s,tut officer at the corps Of the uuited StAtes |
Eng!nrers detained by the Secretary OF War,
sha hyo Sers s 9af s19n lsyess - n1ys s;s been
ciates and assigns shalt be cnritcd to be- paid,
and shall receive, as aforesaid the sum Of S:.5J,
0uN- And when the iands hetween said 1evees t
shall have been cleared, grubbed aud exca-
waited in such way that the outlet SD I'LL be /
formed frutn sad river TO sn.d Luke eBnrgne t
capubie OF d,scbargpg Mt the greatest hight Of
water in the river toe Ain''unt of MT less than
:.0U, ,o00 cubic ieet Q: water per second, or when
New Orleans; the1l said Cowdon, his associates.
and assigns shall be entitled to receive. and
snaIl be paid. rs aforesaid, the sum OF $50o,uoo
us nlAl pay ytneltt.
SEC $. THAT the snid outlet when completed
shall. so fur us the same may be utilized f.,r>{
navigation. be tree Il channel fur the use Ut
any ships. steauiuoats. or o.ner water Craft Of
amy kind that may pass through the same.
SEC. 1. Tuut tue sun OF S75u,U0O be and the !
same IS hereby appropriated out Of any moneys
lu the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to
pay The expenses of the work. pruviced .for In
t9is net. IN the manner aad By tho department
il the bill is attached the following certia-
cafes:
Ne, the undersigned, believe tha. the Lake
ION and mis- associates will be If vast benetit to
The country by lowering the huod-llne of the
time improve low wafer navigation. We fe-
srcctfully ask Congress 10 make the appropria-
ion as Aove stipulated. |
j: c. Ctarke, Vice-Pgestdent Chicago, St. Louis
Charles 4. Whitney $ Co., General Managers
Morgan. La., r. Il. 4. s.. s; ;t4upnny:
- rpriti thT,HAt P1,siHp Pat |
Fred Wolfe, New Orleans i Northeastern
Fickspurg, Shreveport PAcltc RAIL
oud: Cincinnati, New Orleans i Texas Pacific
{. c. Cordell. Presldent.Poltce Jury of Tensas
Junn Il. Conway, ex-Mayor OF New Orleans.
Hugh 4. Lucns4 State SENATOR |
E. t. Kidd. state Stnut0r- e
A. G: G,bson. Representative;
\. W Faulkner, Representative.
G. = "ul1,p,, state Senator.
c. Newton. State Senator- y
j. u. Witlnms. LOUISIANA
Z. F. Lcathers, steamboat Natchez. 1
After reading the bill Judge Howe continued
S io!lnws:-
AS yoil will see By the petition annexed to the :
raft Of the bill it is recommended By the repre-
entatives OF the leading trunk railways which
re ts,,so now making New Orleans their te{sninal
do not profess, Of course. to be IN engineer |
: I'LL expert in hydraulics. 1 simply knt,w fTtm I
bservauon. as well az common report. that !.
ause have pecn requested tn say it by gentle >
zen who CHIN IT. understand the subject. and
'ho bclieye that the Irnposed outlet will be !: ! :
ifety-ya[ve 10 diminish the ri six of overflow,
ztd-at of.ce to benefit navigation, benefit tbs y
pnrinn lands, and remove considerably the =
;ngers 10 the railway cn1baukmcnts which are |
ow, and will he. m important fuctor in our |
as higaways Of intercourse and COIN | c
tcree. | >,
,iisay men d. not WISH to injure tho Ietties =
ute the reverse The r.liLwuys depend for. L