The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-03-16

Times. DomocrRt.l

Inc 10leot engineer 000 TIE 0eot a0
'hority on hydrographje science tha,
The world has ever seen, James b
Ead', having bridgeti the Mississippi
river and removed the bsr &t il.
mouth, devised plan for the passage
of the rugged isthmus dividing the
| waters Of the Atlantic aud Pacific, q
plan warmly endorsed by many of the
most eminent engineers living.
Having undertaken, at his own risk,
! what the government feared 10 atiempi
In the construction of the Mississippi
je'tiee, aud having, as he thought aud
was warranted in thinking, won the
confidence Of bis government by his
triumphant success in accomplishing
that famous feat OF engineering, Capt.
Eads again went to the government to
ask II to lend its couoieaance TO the
carrying ont of . project worth untold
millions TO i's co,nmerce, and offered
to build q brosd railway capable Of
transporting bodily the largest ships
fully taden II the government would
give him . charter.
Congress coldliy listened 10 Eads and
fatty refused to charter his company
or 10 aid him in the mighty work
Wnlcn ne pfOPOS00. ..- .,..-..
Soon after the refusal of this govern
ment TO give heed to his proposal, the
great engineer passed away, and there
ts little doubt that his deaih was has
tened by disappointment ard by the
vexatious delay se commencing work
which would hsve been . eliminating
triumph in his brilliant engineering
career. a~ sas u F1Ta-7 N-
Mexico was kinder to the Tehaunte>
pee Ship Railway Company. That
country gave 10 II the right of way,
grxo ts!l to it large concessions OF lands
along the liue OF The proposed route,
and offered to lend II governmental aid
In sevsral other important ways.
Since tho death Of Capt. Eads the
Tehauntepec Ship Railway Company
has been under the direction of Col.
James g. Andrews, the associate OF
Esds in his great works at the South
Pass Jetties and .the s.. Louis bridge.
Its recent president was Secretary.
Wiudoua, the present Secretary Of the
Treasury, who was elected soon atter
the compaoy's organization:
News now comes from Mexico which
would gladden. the heart Of Capt. Esds
were he alive. The Mexican govern
ment, through the accredited agent of
the Ship hallway Company, has made
another proposition, granted another
which seems 10 assure the
OF the Tehauutepec Ship
Railway. Mexico, we are informed by
Capt. Il. l.. Corthelt, promises 10 guar
aDtee 5 per cent interest on the $6O,-
OO0. 900 worth OF bonds, the sum con-
sidered requisite for the construction
of the railway, In case tho company's
earnings should not be as much as 5
per cent or II this interest falls below
&c, 600 600 q year the Mexican govern
ment proposes and promises to make
up the entire amount of that deficit to
the stock holders.
This inestlmabIy valuable concession
was mol wruog from Mexico by pesIst-
cot appeals to her government. Mex
leo proposed the concession on her own
volstiou. More than that, the govern
inent shows now so much interest in
the construction Of the ship railway
that it has secured the working model
OF the Tehauntepec Ship Railway, for
merly on exhibition in the Worlds
Iudus,rial aud Cotton Centeunial Ex-
position here, and sent that over 10
Europe TO be Displayed In the coming
Paris Exposition among its chief ex.
hibits.
The action on the part of the Mexi-
Can government In guarant teeiug In
vestors against loss promises to settle
At an early date the question OF the
railway construction. Capital feared
to venture in . grand national scheme
where ii was unprotected by Q national
safeguard. Now it has the benefit of
such safeguard, end there is no doubt
about procuring the necessary funds 10
finish this important work OF securing
close communication bet ween the chief
oceans of the world.
A Strike on The Fort Scott Railroad.
Between fifty and sixty colored la
borers employed at work on the New
Orleaus, Natchez aud Fort Scott II. r.
to-day struck for an advance in wages.
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