New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-07-28
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u. I}. Slawson g4Sp.sNe peissSs als
more routes than any other omnibus -
the cty Their Lines are chiefly below Canal streee'
alt,sangb me runs 10 the aterworks, one to Laiay
ette square and another Common s.ees' III,
Ss6i, vent into The business in April lsaS, Win
f,yn otapibusses and commenced running on Tchoup-
toplas. Hill opposition to Hart, Thomas Y Co. ~ ran
from Rlbanks Warehouse, W. lehoupleouas anu
chagtres streets, To the lsnn
Six months he had twelve Or fssen ohiilousses sly
from 100 I'd 75 horses lats beatae sssen
cents I'll tickets aud ten cents cash ash:
II, Or abont 1859 MI. SIawson started q line from
e corner of Chartfes and Canal streets ID Rampant
doSn Rampant to Love, and thence to the Mexican
.Gulf railroad Depot The route IS about two miles
ma I. half long, on which there Is five and six
on,nbusses. The same year he also started q line
runIlinr from the same point On Ghartes street
Is Marais street, thence down arais street to rs.
planade bout two miles long. There were three
oranbusses On it, but after an pertinent q three
years ii was Withdrawn. 4. NJ
HI the same year NH. sayson started the lne that
now runs down Royal TO Maine, and on Maine streets
some III uares Back Of Caibore. originally ran
down Bourbon instead Of Royal There are TWO 4
ia every half hour On the route which is two
miles and d half long They start from the same
point on Canal street as the others it5s
The line which runs Oh LeYee street from the Pont-
chart,ain Railroad Depot to the Waterworks was
started ~ Nil. slawson in conjunction with Hart Y
THOMAS IL 1852 The route i three miles long and
Iwi shortly be extended 10 the Bulls Head. There
are now Oh il ten Or twelve carriages
III about the same time the line was started which
runs from Lafayette Square down Camp and Charities
20 Dauphf street. down Danphin to Louisa opposite
lie Government Wharf The line started in con-
nrection With Hart, Thomas 4 Co each lire putting
on d like number Of carriages. The line is three
miles long, and now employs from twelve to fourteen
carriages. III d. II
! shortly after opening the Lafayette Square line,
NH. slaHson opened that which now runs from Canal
street mp Tchoupitoulas to Annunciation Square.
Like tie TWO last named it was started in connection
with Hart l. Thomas. The route is two miles long
and has four omnbtisses. My # x n
IN the latter part Of 1852 the line that runs through
Common street ia Claiborne thence down Claiborne
| to Espanade was opened tits two miles and half
long, and uses five and six omnibusses.
The old original line, started BY the Levee Press
and now owned BY Mr.. Slawson, uses ten and twelve
carriages and continues ODE Of the most impor-
1 tant and profitable rontes in the CITY,
BY this statement it will be seen that Mr. Slawson
city, and that he is now very heavily engaged in the
II business. At one time there were nine different
routes on his hands, but by an arrangement entered
into between Messrs. Hart Thomas \ Co, in the be-
Il ginning Of the last year it is 50 arranged that
most Of the routes above Canal street are unby the
I former COMPANY, while those below in the hands
u Of .slawson & %. Mr.. saWson now has six routes
Hart & Thomas four, Irwin two and the Bayou Bridge
1 Line one.
Mr. slawson has several stables at different points
ii which he keeps $50 head Of stock, of which about
N 40 are horses and the rest mules. He employs
40 hands, Of which about 20 are mechanics, 50 drl
. yers, 40 hosters, 6 watchmen, u women and the
rest i'd miscellaneous tEdtes. About three years age
b he brought 100 ,sass from Kentucky in single lo1
a for which epaids IB 900, since which time mules
q have advanced in value from fifteen to twenty PEI
cent. The general facts concerning carriages, run
Ming expenses, wages, fodder, etc, that are STATED
concerning Hart & Thomas, hold good with the line
n Of SaWson & Co., and need not be repeated. Thi
number Of persons carried per day is from 5000
"a to 5000, yielding an income Of from $3.50 t.
$500. The lines i'll the rear Of the city carry grea
many ladies' but very few ride in the front routes.
of the omnibus lines above Canal street, there ar
but three in the possession Of other owners than Hart
Thomas 4 Co. One Of these, running from the Pont
g chartrain RaiIroad Depot via Levee street to tn
!, Water Works, we have already mentioned. The othe
two run from Canal street, one via st. Charles
h Julia, thence to the New Basin, up New Basin
9 Hercules to Felicity road and back to Dryadt
market The other rms up ST. Charles to St. Josep
street. thenee to Carondelet on to Apollo and ent
o on Eighth street. Both Of these lines are owned
Mr.. Pat. Irwin The Apollo street line is two mile
nJn,t, r-at Il
4 one mile and a. half. The latter line employs s
i omnibusses with nine hours to each. The omnibuss
commence running at six o'clock in the morning, Al
quit at nine in the evening. The Apollo street Iii
has ten. omnibusses that start from each end eve
p eight minutes Mr.. Irwin started both lines in 1856
" and has now twenty omnibusses, one hundred al
+, thirty mules and twenty horses employed. Like t
q other omnibus proprietors, he does his own repairn
" painting and iron work, deemng it cheaper and mo
I'd covenient Mr. Irwin has sixteen drivers and for
hands all told Since the starting Of the lines, II
2 estate at the extreme ends has risen more than
per centin value. The general facts embodied in Q
= notice Of Hart, ssThomas & Co., and J. B. sawso
= line, apply equally to the lines Of Mr.. Irwin.
price Of cattle, amount of feed. wages of men, a
all similar matters are set down at nearly the sal
50 figures ii each instance Il.
no The Bayou Brld9e OF bayou ~. join llllt fuHnl
vi from Canal street down Royal to Hospital and dol
Hospital to the Bayou Bridge, is the only other
II now in operation.
W. The length Of the route is about three miles a
as there are nine omnibusses on it. employing fifty mu
e,i and thirty horses. Most Of the stages made
New York and all are filled with registers. N
" drivers and nine hosters are employed, at the sa
rates as on other lines. The backslnthing and otl
work is also done at the stables. The omnibusses
&c this line are of yellow color, by which they can
easily distinguished from those of other lines. NJ
IL of the travel towards the Bayou Bridgeis Of pie
les ure character very little business going in that dl
Ink tion and the evening is accordingly the most b
ing and profitable portion Of the day great many
down to the park TO get breath Of fresh air an
pull bite of the green grass the ride amply repay
fish all who put themselves to such amount Of rou
M andexpense. The line is owned by Messrs Roderigt
Benachi & Co., who have had it for some three mon
ro past and added materially to its efficiency The
are is one ticket to the stables and ticket and
red to the BRIDGE or ten cents cash to either place
hee The distance from the stables to the bridge is
u mile and the road is in excellent condition,
AZ street through which the stages now run will be
on TALLY changed, however, soon as st. John Roa
n1s' properly sheled and rolled, and a finer and 4
rts thicky populated portion of the village will be