The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1882-07-11
OUTLETS AND JETTIES
JETTiEs N. G. WITHOUT OUTLETS.


on The Lake Borgne outlet VIII
he 10 the Jctties E.s Necessity
s,.,,, r.o,,, c.u,,,,, rnIs, Own
.a.,n.,,. NJ 80, uonsc com.
iPsii"ony h''orc to". 80
mitfec-Points for Senators 10 e""'
uer'
Having shown that the Lake Dorgne outlet,
or nood.moutb cannot iniuro the icttles at tho
r,o,,,,, -, 49,, >,,ss,ost,,I 900 now nronoae IN
asm demon ' that tbey viii be Of positive
benefit to them.
In forming the jeitles nj tho rivers mouth,
a.. si.l,a,-,,n,, an,c,t,, w,s -, nocosa,ty
no uise"ui si"s N'P"' w.,
lowered. rms caused 'ne south fass 70 snoa,
anu a. .,lo sa,'u titno sem inoio ma'o. uomn
tho Southwest Phss ana dcepenod IL 10 twenty
two feet. on these points we have Captain
Fnds' own stntemcnt m,de IN tho House
80 o,'t p,,.a. ,,,,o,a,,,a,,, Co,,,,,oo az
no,eo anu hNeI improvements W iiii'i''oo on
February 20, He said that In order TO restore
the normal volume of water at South Pass, no
wna comnclled
~, p,,,., n,,..,.,. Amman ,,o
s,.' 1870.
Main Passes
TO raise the nood.l and restore the securing
,ov,or ~ tho ,tvor Thla ana r,isa ,bo oood
nO"'i VI '"o iNei' -" wv lN,9. '"V
limo nj the head OF the passes ana proDaoly
prevented tho more rapid shoaling OF the
South, or Je,ty, Pass. But these distractions
dams had certain bad effects:
They shonled tho eea.bar Mt tho Southwest
pace ;ro,,, 90 % 10 Zoo, o,1 ,ho ha, n, tho
iuss nun - W - ioot anu 'no na' Nv 'no
gulf END OF tho other pass from IL TO u rect.
These facts and figures are obtained from
reliable bar pilots, the engineers being, singu'
larly enough,
Profoundly silent
on ,hcuo ,n,eres,,pg mot,ora. Another bad
cfrect of ihcse ohstrnctions dams, nj tho
nasses was 10 ra,se Tho Hood line nj New or.
ihanns 60, 20 soa, ht,nnr tpon a. ,vna In iezz
aIdbouob tbero ,vns icss ySaier in tho rlvor M
Natcbnz. vickebnro and Tho month OF Rad
River IN sal inan there was in 1877. These
Water are W 'r The nnnts poed 'u'
Tbese Observation-Disclosures are Tho
S'..
M"he e""se Oh inc Src"t VSerHo"
OF last spring. Hero is tho proof; The onlclal
reports OF the water gauges show that as late
as the 10th OF June the river at New Orleans
had fallen only one foot and seven inches be.
low the highest point reached this year, while
at vicksburg, 400 miles above Il had fallen
V,cksbure. dams at The month Kent Il biSh M
Nav Criasns md beiow "'sA Wv
Captain Eads admits that only onetenth of
or Jetty pnss Tbe remnining nine.tenths
n,uet dow through tbn cher 1oasoa How
preposterous therefore is the claim that an
outlet, or food-mouth, that Will carry of, say
one.half OF the nine'tenths, can injuro the
jetties
The Outlet Necessary TO the Jcttics.
~ a. o,no, h,nd a. o,,,,o, nil, Il a ,,o,,
,ood w. ,bc Iattioa ~ "a rcnriyed 10 roo,SStoin
oyan tba prnsent dentb pf chnnu el thrnuoI,
S,, Wv III, pnea ~ ,r,o ,.aa,s inn,,or M "a
soutn OF Jeuy russ ioi TWO year. i9iis1r. nne
id1t ~, ,I ~ no MI Won, 90 nroar, !, 4,
o. raIsa tha noodi,vn ~ ;be bbaoI ~ tho
w aaaSV ,rt, az ~ ~, 10 49, ,,,, rais,,, ~
-, ' ~ "i' 90 OHv ~ ,ho e,h h
uans IN M, ny hHa"s "a III, t' p Osaaea
psio, ,s, ha c,. o,s,ru o n, o, D ~, ~
Vu.v. 49,, 80 MY Iii, o9 ~, Ui
, ", ,h oond i,rc ne Nnw nrienns inst tho
sns vi Wv, ,,h a. o NV ot,,rni o,,tb 30
az 49,; .s ria ,iat hntn, ~ FOOT uo,hi ",
% Nv ' t @ dSItSo mi ny m
iiotp VI iesS man , Oh t ,a vi M
ou,, ,o nmid 40 Gnu rocm,o,o tho yoiu,,a ~,
um a,n mV"ia ~ raos aho hooda ~ ,ta
nse ~, az, -, aih n, nn, oil io,aos az ,o,I
ns hacE somc want miloa tho Goo5.Iine ~
ihs paoh so ~ ~, nna a1, ' h a rian as
.S noau' Ui ny pueso 1 ~ - .oto, ,,S,, 80
~ Io,1 posa s ne ~ oiva e,om FORTY loot 81
n,oc ~ ,ha iotty me, ~ Tho ietty aystan,
, III ,ho !o''' oh"hhe'' 'ho 'o''! sy''on
w
Eads 1nuOrscd This statement
when he told the committee above referred to
s'That ifall the water OF the river could b.
amount of depth of water"
Captain Ends must perforce DO accepted rs
the highest known lefty authority!
Some PalDabIe Reasons.
ne no ,,r,nor A. "a oos,, 20 don,ono,rata ,h n,
,,S ~ ~ - 40 S1s Nv, 90 IAN Sanh
WI. t., hn Tansan, 20 ,,a n,a ~ ~ uao
49, ooraaa ne 600 hor ~ tho ,,,r,,th 80 III
Mdssissinnd Tba reasnns ara voru a,n,nio
,,a.x Nh IL and vayy nhyiama may v,ead MI
" 10 istatad ~ ha NJ nnco ,,ndarsioaa and az
cented " O' N ~
First-If the bIIsslssIppl were n clear stream
there would DO no par az us NOUN. Ihen, as