The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-04-26
WHARF BOAT, AT OHIO CITY,
Mouth Of Ohio Rtoer

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$ II s; 81 III f + + 5ss
ed perfectly sound and well known to be one Of the very
up for the accommodation of the travelling Community.
Shippers of freight to this point may be assured that no pans
intended be held this point warehouses on the bank,
and Others are in & Of eT es and freight held subject
to the orders Of shipper Or the holders Of Teeep
coed fifty per ton Consgnments respectfully solicited
Beat Stores will always be kept It on q hfnd 20
SAMUEL T. ALIEN.
Refereness1; Pearsens, Ohio City; Wood & Shaw St.
Louisville Ky; John R. Shaw & Co., Geo. w. Givens,
TT The Ohio River and its tributaries and the Mississippi
River above the mouth of the Ohio are generally too low to-
IL N es so 1ess above
low price from here New Orleans So that will be seen
Ohio City TO New Orleans low prices and during low
the se o RGye re %o no vt 1 oha
trade and from point not above the mouth OF the
than four months ont Of the twelve in Which the largest
of steamboats, be employed above this point with any
up the most of the season from this point to New Or
leans 1t follows that from Ohio City they can afford to carry
from three unnecessary hpmentsthe freight in some
instances becoming damaged from five to ten per cent by
instances to double what it should do we believe
that by the producer shipping direct Ohio City and from
there New Orleans there will be saving IN freight OF at
least 33 per getting the same to market Freight can
be stored warehouses Ohio City (when not needed TO
immediate slpment for at most halt the cost OF storing
and shipping in the cities above the mouth Railway VIII
be constructed from the Wharf boat the warehouses the
bank the intended to be stored so that
possibly be soled damagedand when stored
at Ohio City there remain until suitable market OF
fers the Atlantic Ces-there being danger of
low water thing else preventing shipments from
that point at all times to meet any contract OF sale.
Advances can be obtained on warehouse receipt IN any
of the cities above the mouth readily than if the prop
erty Ill hand 1t being point where 1t Is always ayaa
bleo parties can sell the any of the Atlantic Cities
lby means OF IN few hours II he market should
time with certainty of reaching the market from this point
Parties shipping the Fall, with view to get out their
Produce previous the upper being DISTRACTED by Ice
or from any other will find for their interest to store
this point and to avail themselves OF the
in New Orleans which generally the closing of
navigation above the mouth of the Ohio thereby reseTvng
themselves the OF sending 1t forward at suitable
time and having sold on arrival saving the heavy charges
in New Orleans OF Storage, Drayage, etc
The Missouri River every getting and
dangerous navigate and 1t thought that the only
means of getting Produce from that rich and fertile part of
the State will be by of Railroad, which
contemplation, from Lexington to Ohio City; but, when
boats at all on the Missouri RIVER the great advan
tage OF running direct Ohio City will at once be
Ohio City high ground, entirely above all overflow,
and beautifully situated AT present the steamboat Convoy
and several other large boats running regularly from this
place New Orleans and will continue to keep regular
line between the places. ne OF boats about to be
established Ohio City TO PIttsburg and all the in
termediae points and also from Ohio City Gaena and to
Peru the Illinois River and also to Lexington on the
Missouri River,
Merchants residing above the mouth of the Ohio will gen
orally make great saving IN the of eIghts and
lhe of receiving then goods by ordering them shipped
from New Orleans to Ohio City, and from thence they
be put boats that will deliver the their place of
destination without delay.