The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-07-11
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dent Ii included an entire encircling Of
the port. with a speaker pointing out
the points Of interest
A Busy. Modern Port
The port of New Orleans takes in
about Il miles of the harbor 1t has
a frontage of about Ala miles on both
sides of the river To this a recently
completed Industrial Canal adds II
miles, making total of 52.4 miles.
Seven miles is equipped with wharves,
steel sheds, cotton warehouses, grain
elevators, coal tipples, oil refining
plants. and many other modern facili-
ties. Private wharves, elevators and
warehouses bring the total improved
frontage to nearly nine miles, with
berthing space for 80 vessels 500 feet
long. The harbor averages three quar-
tiers of mile in width and the depth
of water is from 30 to 70 feet at the
wharf line to 1873 feet in midstream.
Here we saw vessels from many parts
/ of the world, either coming into port
or being loaded or unloaded at The
wharves. Here we saw a large ocean
steamer entering a drydock for repairs
The floor of the dock was just about
clear OF the water when we saw it, and
the big steamer was high and dry.
These docks are operated by allowing
the water to fill chambers within them
They then sink into the water The
ship to be locked then enters the dock
and is secured. The water is then
pumped out of the chambers, when the
dock floats and lifts the ship high and
dry.
We saw a dock being repaired. A
small amount of water was let into
one side of it. That side sank a little
while the opposite was tilted upward,
allowing men TO work on it.
A large ship from South America
was unloading bananas. An endless
the vessel being unloaded The bananas
were placed on this belt, carried in
constant stream into the warehouse,
where scores Of men were kept busy
carrying them from the belt
The port is one of the largest and
busiest in North America We saw not
only numerous ships from all parts Of
the world, but many river craft were
moving about. Huge steel barges were
in sight loaded for up-river trips. Fer
ries were crossing the river Great
tanker steamships were coming in and
being unloaded by system of pipes
that pumps the oil direct from the ship
into tanks on land. Warehouses were
seen full of cotton. Shiploads of coffee
were arriving from South America. 1t
is said that most of the coffee reach
ing America passes through New Or
leans and New York.
Editors Talk Shop.
Fifty years ago the National Editorial
Association was organized in New Or
leans. The association again met there
this year on its Golden Jubilee ami
versary Business sessions were held
in the mornings when shop was talked
and all manner of things of interest to
the publishers were discussed. After
ment, when either the city, the chamber
of commerce, the New Orleans news
paper association or some other organ
ization acted as hosts to the editors
The tour of the city and of the port
were only two of such items of en-
tertainment. One afternoon was devoted
to trip to Gulfport as guests of the
Gulfport chamber of commerce, an en-
joyable experience. Later in the week
three-day tour of the Evangeline coun-
try was taken. You know it was near
New Orleans that many of the Aca-
dians landed and made their homes
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by the British. And from this adventure
Longfellow got the inspiration for his
beautiful poem of Evangeline' This
tour included visit to the capital at
Baton Rouge and visits to eight or ten
other cities in that section of the state,
at all of which the editors were Won
derfully entertained.
Mixed in with the shop talk at the
sessions of the convention were two
addresses by people of note. One was
by Dorothy Dix, she of the heart throb
column. This talented woman lives in
New Orleans, and we saw her lovely
waited the editors by her wit and charm.
The other address of note was by
Walter D Fuller, president of the
Curtis Publishing Company. the largest
publishing company in the world, pub
fishers of the Saturday Evening Post,
the Ladies Home Journal and the
Country Gentlemen. Mr.. Fuller spoke
on Some Common Problems Of Cen
eral Periodicals and Newspapers" He
remarked that his company had been
member Of the National Editorial as
ISOLATION almost from its inception, and
then | remembered that the Ladies
Home Journal had its beginning as
weekly newspaper Mr.. Euller's address
was interesting and contained much of
value. He was accompanied to the con-
vention by Mrs. Fuller and they took
active part in all the festivities.
There was a long program Of other
features but they consisted naturally
of shop talk and would not interest
the general public
Warm Hospitality.
1t can be said in concluding this
sketchy comment on our host city that
New Orleans exemplified in every de-
tail that warm and cordial hospitality
for which the South is noted The three
of us, Mrs Rowe, daughter Helen and
myself, took great liking to this
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