Report Of ths State Engineer Of Louisiana upon the In


pr0Veuent Of the West Pearl Pass
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report Of lES Stae Engineer OIL Louisiana upon the In


proVsment Of the West Pearl Pass


To the Honorable, the Senate and House
Of Representatives Of the State of Louis,
lana:


Upon personal examination OF the
Works upon the West Pearl River, the
State Engineer concluded that the most
important improvement 10 be accomplished
in that section, swas the opening of a
passage from the East fearl is rendered
dangerous by distractions in its channel,
commencing some twenty-five miles from
itsmoulh, and extending twenty~seven
miles. These distractions, known on the
river by the name of "Kaats," are so
formidable as 10 prevent any passage,
except in very high stages of water. Above
this point :he navigation is good, or can
easily be made so. 1t was then of impor,
tance 10 open passage, leaving the East
Pearl at a point above the "Kaa,s,' and
entering the West Pearl a. a point below
the obstruction in this last river. This has
been DONE The West Pearl has been
made perfectly nayigable fer sixty miles,
and steamboat passage cut thro' Holmes
Bayou to the East Pearl. Boats carrying
from six to eight hundred bales of cotton
can, in ordinary stages Of water, get through
this passage with safely. In high stages Of
water boats will be enabled to reach
Jackson City, the seat of government O
the State of Mississippi. This work is
but a commencement. The navigation o
the East Pearl must be improved. Thi!
beautiful stream is subject 10 being render
ed navigable for four to five months in the
year, into the very heart of the State 0
Mississippi. When ii is remembered tina
this river flows through one of the ricl
cotton regions of The South, and through
immence forests of the best and mos
valuable timber, it will, | think, bt
conceded that its navigation is we'll wortl
the attention of the States of Mississippi
and Louisiana. Its importance 10 the
City of New Orleans is self evident
I he immediate advantages already obtain
ed from the work performed, by that sec
ton of the State of Louisiana, are increa
sed facilities for rafting timber Some e
vii disposed persons destroyed, during the
summer, a boom the Department had con
structed at the upper month Of Holmes
Bayou; it has been replaced by one O
more strengh and permanency.


P. O. HEBERT,


Sta,e Engineer.