The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-04-21
WHARF BOAT, AT OHIO CITY,

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M saNd Hs D has o been np ae o ea ve
best Wharf Boats the river The cabin neatly fitted
shippers Of freight to point may be assured that
@ BE pa to nd on o 6aa
and Others in progress Of erection. .,,,.
Charges at all times be paid and freight held subject
TO the orders Of shippers the holders of warehouse receipts.
The price of Storage, Labor, Forwarding, &c will not
'ef Bof sto eea VIII iii always be- Kept on hand
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Rete1e"f,sTH pearsGns Ohio 3 City; WOOD Shaw St.
Louisville, KY. John r. Shaw II Co, Geo. W. Owens,
River above the mouth of the Ohio generally too low 10
be navigated by the largest class boats except for few
the dangers Of shoals snag rocks etc. above the q
the Ohio River boats generally need more e,ght at I, this
low price from here New Orleans. So that will be seen
t o wv New %as ss aE and
stages OF water in all the rivers above the mouth Of the ONO
traG and run from point above the mouth OF the
Ohio River New Orleansthere being generally not more
steamboats, be employed above this point with any
thing ike full freight and consequently are Obliged to lay
the OF the from this point 70 New VI
leans 1t follows that from Ohio City they afford to carry
em oa a S s o@ s freight
instances becoming damaged from five to ten per cent by
IN ome naneeS to doUbe what Should do We believe
that by the poducer shipping direct to Ono Iy ana rom
there TO New Orleans there will be saving IN ffeg OF al
least S3 per getting to market: can
be stored in warehouses at Ohio City wen not needed 10
immediate pnent) for at most the cost storing
and shipping the above the mouth Railway Will
be constructed from the Wharf boat to the warehouses on M
bank to convey the property intended to be stored 50 tat
cannot possibly be soed when once soIe
at Ohio City there remain until suitable market Oh
ers of the Atlantic Ciesthere being no danger OF
ice low water any thing else preventing Shipments rom
thai point al all tunes, TO meet any contract OF sale
Advances can be obtained on warehouse receipt In any
of the cities above the mouth more readily than if the
erty in hand it being point where 1t always avala
be-o parties sell the OF the Atlantic He,
(by means of telegraph few hours if the market should
justify IT, and they contract TO deliver the same at given
time with certainty of reaching the market from this point
Parties shipping the Fall with get out their
from other cause viii find for their
the at this point and avail themselves OF the advance
navigation above the mouth of the Ohio thereby esering
TO temselEes the power OF sending forward at suitable
in New Orleans of Storage, Drayage. etc
the simple fact OF SO much freight from all points above
this place respment should prove concusvey all per-
that it the natural and proper point OF shipment
The Missouri River every year getting worse and more
getting Produce from that lch and fertile part of
The will be by means OF Railroad which now in
concentrations from Lexington to ONO City, but, when
boa ca mn at all on the Missouri River, the great advan
tage of running direct Ohio City will at once be
Ohio City is high ground entirely above all overflow
and beautifully situated At present the steamboat Convoy
and several other large boats are running regularly rom l
place to New Orleans and will continue 70 s a 70 b
established from Ohio City to fftsDurg aIa an e u
termeate points, and also from Ohio City to Gaena anu 10
Peru the Illinois River, and also to Lexington Oh Tie
Merchants residing above the mouth of the Ohio WILL gen
orally make great saving the OF freghts anu IA
lhe time of receiving their goods by ordering them shipped
from New Orleans Ohio City, and from thence they can
be boats that will deliver the same at their piace o
destination without delay. -,
OHIO CITY MississipDi Co., No. Feb l. 1S.s mhl6 i'm