The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-04-28
WHARF BOAT, AT OHIO CITY,
1fouth of 0bio R;pe,

ls. anSss gsM h bzp EaVs tts s
$ss sT ooN
best Wharf Boats the river The cabin neatly fitted
Shippers of freight this point be assured that pains
will be f render peee, and p Gu
and Others are in progress Of erection
to s me BE he pa o ano nsd csp
The price OF Storage Labor Forwarding Me- VIII not e1'
'' Boat f! Stores oS, vii III always be Kept on hand
sAM NV s' + A11Hs, o. w. sof 'NDD w.
Refersnees-H Peanons, Ohio City; Wood 4 Shaw, St
Louisville Ky; John R. Shaw & Co., Geo w. Owens
be navgaed by the largest class Of boats except for few
the dangers shoals snags, rocks ETC. above the mouth of
the Ohio River, boats generally need freight at this
low price from here to New orleans So that viii be seen
oo cy b New ss at o~
stages wate in al the rivers above the mouth OF the Ohio
Ohio River to New oreans"hee being generally not more
of steamboats, be employed above this point with
thing like fql freight and consequently are Obliged to lay
leans 1t follows that from Ohio City they afford to carry
from one to three nnneeeary hpments- freight
instances becoming damaged from five to ten per cent by
IN some e doo Ee what Should We
that by the producer shipping direct to Ohio City and from
there New Orleans there will be saving in freight OF at
least 33s per getting the same to market Felghtca
be stored warehouses Ohio City, when not needed TO
immediate shpmen) for at most onehaLf the cost OF sonng
and shipping cities above the mouth. A Railway will
be constructed from the Wharf boat TO the warehouses the
bank to the property intended to be stored so that
possibly be soed damagedand when once stored
at Ono City it there remain until suitable market OF
ters of the Atlantic Cesthere being danger of
low water any thing else preventing shipments from
that point at all times, TO meet contract OF sale,
Advances can be obtained warehouse receipt, IN any
OF the cities above the mouth readily than 1t the prop
erty was ill hand being point where it is always ayalia
bleo sell the OF the Atlantic Cities
(by of teegaph) in few hours If the market should
Justify and they contract TO deliver the same at given
tme with certainty of reaching the market from this point
Parties shipping in the Fall, with view to get ont their
Produce previous to the upper rivers peing Dy ce
the this point and to avail themselves OF the advance
New Orleans which generally the closing OF
themselves the power of sending forward at suitable
time and having sold arrival, the heavy charges
in New Orleans of Storage, Drayage, etc
dangerous to navigate thought that the only proper
of getting Produce from that rich and fertile part OF
the State will be by means OF Railroad winch Is now In
all the Missouri RIVER the great adYan
tase of running direct Ohio City will at once be
Ohio City high ground, entirely above an overflow,
and beautifully situated At present the steamboat Convoy
and several other large boats are running regularly from this
place to New Orleans and will continue to keep aregua
line between the places. A line OF boats about to be
stablhed to run from Ohio City Pttsburg and all the in.
ermediae points and also from Ono City TO Galena and to
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 freigts and
The time of receiving their goods by ordering them shipped
from New Orleans Ohio City and from thence they can
destination without delay.
Oaio CITY. .hissssDDi Co.. No. Feb. l. 1913. mhl6 I'm