Show Major Quinn Polled Blales engineer In charge of the lighthouse In the Sew Onion dlilrlct lara that the lower delta del-ta and the am marine along the lull of Mexico are slowly sinking ran inoro than n > tar experiments nllh the gauges hare been In progress nt tho t olQ rt no I conclusion that the level of tho cult baa been railed one foot sine Ill Thla the major attributed to n gradual though Irregular subsidence of the land ntong the tonal and lie believe throughout the Mlulislppl delta nod the outturn portion of Loulilann |