New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-07-24

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Te np titude of incidental auxiliary and aplaS
ently fritlilis theSprospef1ty 81
sitv Ispeuds Isl hard ever
Nose Who hsSe with the cityss good, slsllens
look one or the talli "
VITA 81 cor and Judge Y
par to It'll civic aud public when may ss.sst
ii beof the greater g great = ~,
Il IL some 81 these lnnor
g mn ffV-t progress and interests of
81 he well doubted Whether they are not
rnoe beneficial than any Ct me
1srgar ma more They are the little
conan tbat I'll Iant The great artere
sr,sII ssraats that give lgress and egress TO me
q; avenues Witllout the lesser there could
hardly be TIC create .#
Prominent among these minor interests TO Wnlch
~ refer. ana hardly less useful than though less
generally dged and y that one
hic IN means of omnibusses and stag es brings re
mote sections OF great cities into close ata
residing in very remote stfees aliu
the farthest suburbs to be within few squares q
desired spot which for dime or sfal's-
norts the business man from his shady home N ~
to the hustle Of the New Leyee, MN
frpn die New Levee to 4 beyond the OWE
shipping which enables the ladies' ouS e,opcle
or sipue 10 make a Journey three or SIX mes iol
shopping purposes and IN tact nafries q ~ q.
the CIV 10 Die easily attained center and
ME freat advantages and almost absolute
snra # tbis arraug ement will strike every one on
moments reflection and yet, Of all the people VA
avail themselves daily of these adv thefe VIZ
few Who have any knowledge whatever OF #thef eA
liant. their nature their cost, or IN TACT
Whatever concerning them re " y sonleNnsss IT.
II o,,la,. moreover that there have never been pup
Il l;se III our city any statistics with regard to .his
very city interest one which = apollsilesu
II would affect all the real estate No ~
suburbs Is well as in the city proper and cause "
II much annoyance and dditional# expense az wy
n drnths, In order to supply some information On So
md inlpor subject We nave peel "
tic trouble Of obtaining the following history Of ON
nibnssing this city, and as comes from flfst hanos
n 1T can be looked upon in the main as rellaple.
The frst line of onnibusses started in New Orleans
4 commenced running in May, 1882 It was begun W
Tie Leyee Steam Cotton Press and ran from the Pfess
n III tie Pontc hartran Railroad Depot and thence W
Canal street, over the same route as Of Iele
Fl were two omnibusses, or rather entfaIce
"A being on tile the fare was twelve and 9
I, half cents The priIaar OF the press m y
I tabshng the line was to aceem #lnetenan'S
a, above Canal street doing business with inc Ffess
. which accommodation was Afterwards gwen " RaS
passengers and individuals having no business rea
/. tons with the Cotton Press The advantages Of IN
3 found be so great that IN March, III
Ala COMPANY started two additional nibusses at
q charge Of ten cents each, running over the sam
route. u In Is47 the same Company started an add
n1s maxim FIVE in all running in the sam
Is line. IVA :, u, ..... !.
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x 4, terest to Messrs Hart Thomas & Co. in the omnlb
interest and they transferred theirin
& est below Canal street j.. sawsoa y 70, w
L have now 4 monopoly Of all the business below Cam
street except that which belongs to the Bayou Brldg
u ~ BAYOU Sc. DIN line. The old omnlhnsses Whlc
some Of our citizens recolect named some Of u
III PEOPLE, 7, Col. May Leut. Beauregard ga
III Alto Our Soldiers, Il etc. were built BY the
x, ehanics belonging to the Press and named IN cor
Of the successes won by American am
{. in tile war with Mexico.
m Hart Thomas s. Co. come next IN q description
the omnibussing business Of the city 1t IS true tn
John Hosy and Kip & Reed, with some others, we
before them in the different lines, but TIN
the present owners Of nearly all the rights OF the
= predecessors, together with some they never ha
u u Messrs Hart, Thomas & Co.. own four lnes-t
N. Magazine, Tchoupitoulas, Annunciation and Can
and Prytana streets routes. The Tchoupitouas Ii
IA three and five-eights Of a mile long, the Magazi
II two and three quarters the Annunciaton one
one quarter, and the Camp one and three-quarte
These lines we're started BY different persons, at
~ ferent times. t55
" Elessrs. Hart s. Thomas have been in the busin
a about eight years, and it is really wonderful wi
An amount Of business is transacted by them,
~. many men and animals they employ, how many
ferent trades and what quantity of material tt
have need Of. The same too, may be said Of all
-, omnibus lines-that theyare little worlds of TIL
y, selves sustaining boarding houses blacksmith
wheelrght shops, harness makers, carpenters, pa
ers, and q number Of other trades aud oceupat
not generally supposed to be allied to the business
wy ~. running omnibusses Messrs. Hart & Thomas
W., employment to about one hundred and fifty men
whom one.third are drivers, and some dozen OF
ioss teen women They have twenty mechanics and e
80 or ten backsmths. They have three large estab
1nents Of which the chief one is at the head OF Ich
u, Ia itouas street. and occupies nearly square The
building is stable $50 feet long and two stories
cara. containing 255 stalls. The loft is capable OF
ass tanning fodder for $50 animals, sufficient for
rh1y months It probably the largest, finest and
emil. arranged stable in the South, is well ventilated
q IN a we'll OF cistern in it, and is handsomely pair
en- at On the opposite SIDE OF the yard Is u"e
8 the house two stories high for the accommodation
. hands. The office is in one end and the remand
s occupied by a large sleeping hall. dining T.
otee kitchen and chambers. Beyond the dwelling hous
Hotel the shops for the wheewrghts painters and sad
mage ali well stocked with material The blacks
+ the shop comes next, adorned with long rows of
II be shoes and iron for tires to the carriages. These
rroll ferent apartments are methodiealy arranged
tick conducted without trouble. They enable the Com
Of our to do all Of its own work at home and at very
Face siderable saving.
Q the Hart. Thomas & Co. have 512 head of stock
eStat mules and las horses The average price Of mi
ons stated to be $3.50 to $780, and OF horses about
A mule will last about seven years. whereas q
~ = generally wears out in three or four years. Fac
o,ul mai is allowed fifteen pounds Of oats and nine
of hay per diem, and ten horses OF mules are
49, cred necessary to run one omnibus The emp
III are mostly Germans The drivers get $40 al
and found and the hostlers receive from SIG to
When they first entered upon the business,
= 'n'9 Hart & Thomas built number of omnibusst
v' attery they have bought them in New York,
it more economical and convenient to do so
ne average cost of good carriage is 5000, and wi
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