The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1881-09-14

,.aon, ceremony, aud rejected II al '.ss
.;,ho,, discussion. Since then 'e'nS
h.. dane nothing. Aud yet the ~
.oooy Atchafalaya yawns its grow , 80
mo mouth wider aud "'uet' wv am, !;
river has ac'ua''1 80 III .,med navis
The Mississippi like some cna'"s' Two
.,;m,l under The Influence OF ses NJ,
.,on, bends its course more anu more -,
,,ward the same al oe''o''"S Nav
chasm. Aar"e' " :. a. r,o Mou
~ to do anything towards avert'ng 7
this dire calamity, one OF our repre- he
,ssen,a,iyes (it was Mr.. Ellis, ! De' - ,
1l,eyc caused to be engfailea 0" '"s rnll
:, river and harhor bill the follow ,ar
;n,. .rbc Secretary Of Waris here .;,
by directed to cause thorough 1 y :, lea
90, n he made Of the mouth OF heo T..
xc--a and plan FOR its permanent
Iimoroyemsnt TO be reported Ae 80" "a
$ arass NJ, or before The first Monday -,
= . If Decemher, 1881, with estimates -
IF ofc,s" In other words, Congress -
49,. dared the Secretary Of War 10 .
800 - ia done that which Major :
|! pn,a,,d should have done three :
years ago. That he is either l''cou, .
ev ,etens or negligent is certain = !,
ar ;noounc,ent. he should be remoSea' !.
At, # negligent, he should be censu'eu' !,
nth Certainly he has shown h'mse'' Nv
i,h ,erly incapable Of dealing with Tue
ose great and important p'oo'e"s 90"
iea- m;,ted to his charge.
But Major Benyaurd says IN his
Don telegram to Gen. Wright: 1ns's
and will be complaints made, however,
d. for the purpose of influencing tue
after hire Of a plant as well us lof Tue
,;rv ,,,,nose Of increasing charges on up
moi and down freghts.' In other words
aura, slnjor Benyaurd officially informs n,
river. his superior that for personal Prov
nor., ,,,a INC will falsely represent 'he
ID in ,,on1;.;on of Red river. AS !, ea'
y the other river men have comp'a'noN'
=, ITO difference is that we have done 81
Rem. er our own personal aggrana'ze
, stu ment. Such Inference, Ia So '"' q
Nv CO. i, related to me or to my a'soe'"..
on the in the Red river trade, is Within
,kened and deliberately untrue AS " "
lion Of hire Of a plant, Major Benyaunfaa a q.
dated swers himself, for, in his reply
lie as Cen Wright, be admits that the
n,t ,,as made to send the Essa
.en the ans to Red river. What IS the
y. has .ovons9 A Government dfedge
y. with Ana if our object was to induce
r aud Il Government to hire afp'ah' q
e money WHY should we suggest, as we u''
DIS own Congressman Ellis, tue sond'hs
,neuded coverumept boat, and thus dc
BY Con. the very object which Ma)ot !
ID river. yaura says we aimed ar
opropria- And as 10 increase u - 20. !;
i Forty erv child can understand that
urpose. 10 our interest 10 "a'e -,
paea that Water routes can compete WIN
! away in roads only because they are che
No, i, 4 railroad is almost completed
,uruose of New Orleans up the Red river
he mouth to Shreveport. We Of the rive
, Of June ouly hope to compete with "
This sum inn able to carry fre'ghts Gu
Engineer then that road. II W. w.
,ose. The navigation we can do it, u
navigation and high fre'sas'
tho Miss. driye us out Of the trade
Y,e,ce has And vet Major Benyaufa u
Major Ben auducity and elfrontery 10 =
He knows that we falsely represent ''e
practically I,ion of Red river in order 70 y
afalya. He frci .hs chal ges, which Will ev
the utmost lvdrive us out Of business :
ssippl river words; accot"'"s
passing in state !alsehoods 'os '4s -
Red River cu,tipg our own throats'
water into Such rs the stuff and II
ave New Or uhich this engineer ponrs !
! dead lake, a,r ~ his chief. His ans
new Union Gen. Wright won't ho'a "
tue bay OF ,o,,or than his dams at =
west OF New you. Year after year ne
that there is money to close that serious
anger of this Red river. lie has built "
He knows lam Almost any ''poa-a
ent, oil the Ia aineer can build d Dam .
ded on the jet leak in river, but this ma
It the one hun Engineer Corps OF the Uo.
srs Of real es Army has shown h''nss' ,
would become % tho task. Why is u
vast commerce va,er in sic Alexandria
), won,a receive shalta bar only Ell