Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-11-23
The Gut Navy Yard.
Times-Democrat

that the old government reservation
in Algiers, selected many years ago
for this very purpose, is best suited
for it in every way.
The commission has been a long
time investigating the subject, and
has looked at the matter from every
point of view, and It's finding may,
therefore, be regarded as a strong
tribute to New Orleans as a port.
1t found here the deepest water on
the Gulf, the safest and best
harbor, with ship supplies abundant,
and the best poit tor Uncle Sam to
build his ships; and if the United
States can build ships for its navy
here cheaply and satisfactorily, it
ought to be equally possible to
construct vessels for our merchant
marine.
The special advantages New Or
leans held out as navy yard and q
ltort we're presented so forcibly and
intelligently-and so successfully,
toby the committee of citizens
who undertook to lay this ma ter
before the Naval Commission, that
we need not go over them again
1t was shown that the harbor offer
deep water, excellent anchorage.
protection from violent storms, pro-
lection from the enemy; and that
all the labor needed in ship building
all the sailors required to man tbs
vessels, all the supplies OF iron,
wood, coal and ship stores could be
most readily obtained; and The
action of the committee in selecting
New Orleans shows that it cordially
indorses and approves all the9.
points.
But while New Orleans has been
selected, this does moi entirely end
or settle the matter, The cOinmis-
sion does not really select the site,
but it merely recommends it, and il
remains with ongress to approve OF
disapprove of lis finding.
Here, fortunately, New Orleans i.
very strong, as has been shown by
the many Endorsements and recon
mendations it has received. Tbs
commercial bodies of nearly all TIE
cities in the Southwest and Miasis7
ippi Valley declare in favor OF the
location of the yard here, and
pointed out that they would share ii
the benefits resulting from thi.
selection
ST. Louis, Kansas City, Chicago
Memphis and more than a dozer
others, through their mmerclal ant
industrial bodies, expressed the hop,
that New Orleans would be selected
The Naval Commission declared al
the time that such recommendation
did not properly come before il, O.
its duty was simply to consider b.
matter from n naval and eugiGre
stand point, and that he gcso,utlo.
ador ted by The various commefe'~
bodies ought properly to 90 ba.r
ongress. Now hat toe wa ter
before Congress they eau bc caiIr,
up, and will strengthen the Claims .
New Orleans for the navy ward mi
clt, has less to fear lrolu gampe,ll
before Congress N4an il bad te..o
the commission 10 IS REASONABLE
certain, therefore, that uules, Nes
Orleans makes the same mistake 1
did once before, when this mat er o
a navy yard came up ana when !
lost the excellent chances 1t haC
then, the yard will be established
here. The matter ought to b.
brought before Congress - soon a
it meets; aud with Che strength tha
New Orleans has there ought to 10
little difficulty in passing a bill ina
will formally locate the navy yarO
here and make the necessary appro
priations therefor.
1t will take some time to construc
the docks, works, etc, required
and we will want to get the yard il
good order at an early day, as Their
is every probability that Congress
will, from this time forward, make
liberal provisions for the consiruc
ton Of an efficient navy, and that al
the navy yards aill have plenty o
work to do.
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In the Circuit Court at Natche