The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-04-25
WHARF BOAT, AT OHIO CITY,
Mouth of Ohio Ricer

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ed is Perfectly and well knoT to be of e s
up for the aceommodation Of the travelling eomnunity
Shippers of freight to this point may be assured that no pains
intended be held this point warehouses on the bank
and Others are in progress OF erection ,-,,,
to the orders Of shippers or the holders warehouse receipts
The of Storage LABOR Eff W not
RS7t stG1es will always be kes 0s G fn5 CO.
SAMUEL 4. ALLEN,
Referenfss7; Peasons, Ohio City Wood 8 Shaw, St
louisville KY; John R. Shaw & Co., Geo w. Owens,
New Orleans
s The Ohio River and its tributaries and the Mississippi
River above the mouth OF the Ohio generally too low
be M BY the m class Of boats EXCEPT
the dangers of shoals snags rocks etc. above the mouth OF
point to finish out then and are wiling take at
low price from here to New Orleans so that 1t VIII be seen
Ohio City to New Orleans at low prices and, during low
stages owate in all the rivers above the mouth OF the OHIO
trade and from point not above the mouth of the
Ohio Rverto New Oreansthere being generally not more
Of steamboats, be above this point with any
thing like full freight and consequently obliged to lay
the most of the from this point to New VI
leans 1t follows that from Ohio City they afford to carry
e @ low in
instances becoming damaged from five to ten per cent by
in some instance 10 double what It Should do We believe
the producer shipping direct Ohio City, and from
there to New Orleans there will be saving in freight OF at
least per cent in getting the market Freight
be stored warehouses Ohio City (when not needed TO
Immediate shipment for at most ehat the cost OF storing
and shipping in the cities above the mouth. Railway will
be constructed from the Wharf the warehouses the
bank convey the property intended to be stored that
cannot possibly be soed damagedand when once stored
at Ohio City there until suitable market Of
ers in OF the Atlantic Ces-there being danger OF
Ice low wafer any thing else preventing shipments from
that point at all times to meet contract OF sale.
IN he med "A
OF the cities above the mouth readily than the prop
erty was In hand 1t being point where It Is always avaa
ble-or parties sell the OF the Atlantic Ces
(by of telegraph few hours, if the market should
Justify and they contract to denver the same at given
Parties shipping the Fall, with to get out their
Produce to the upper rivers being INSTRUCTED by ice
the this point and to avail themselves OF the advance
New Orleans which generally the closing OF
navigation above the mouth of the Ohio thereby Teservng
to themselves the power of sending forward at suitable
In New Orleans OF Storage, Drayage, etc.
The Missouri River getting worse and more
of getting Produce from that rich and fertile part of
the State will be by OF Railroad, which is now in
contemplation, from Lexington TO Ono CITY but, when
boats all the Missouri River, the adyan-
tage OF running direct to Ohio City will at be
Ohio City high ground, entirely above all overflow
and beautifully situated At present the steamboat Convoy
and other large boats running regularly this
place New Orleans, and will continue 10 keep regular
line between the places line of boats about TO be
temediate points and also from Ohio City Galena and
Peru, the Illinois River and also to Lexington. the
Missouri River,
Merchants residing above the mouth of the Ohio will gen
orally, make great in the price OF ireIgh and in
lhe of receiving their goods by ordering them shipped
from New Orleans to Ohio City, and from thence they
be put boats that will deliver the same at their place of
destination without delay.
Ohio Ctr. JNssissippi Co.. No. Feb, l. 1913. mills I'm