The depth before that time, I think, had been twelve feet.

Captain Eads afterward sent me a beautifully bound copy of the history of the Eads's jetties with an inscription certifying to the facts I have stated, in his own handwriting.
I told this story afterward at a meeting of the business men of Boston.

Mr.Corthell who happened to be present made a speech after I got through.

He is himself a very eminent water engineer.

He said that he was associated with Captain Eads at the time and had often heard Captain Eads tell the story.
Captain Eads afterward had a scheme which always seemed to me very feasible for a ship-railway across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.