New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-10-24
vicksburg, Shreveport and Texas Railroad
Company. ...

V1ckSburg, Shreveport and Texas Railroad
Company. a@s
We find in the Monroe Register of Thursday
morning, October 18TH the report of President c.
G. Young, of the vcksburg Shreveport and Texas
R. R. Company. The report opens with a state
ment of the damage incurred by the Eastern
| Division of the road, the consequence of break
in the levee, by which about twenty miles of the
road was submerged for several weeks, some por-
tons of the track being displaced and the earth
! work damaged in places. Since the subsidence of
the waters, repairs of the damage have been meas
| uraby completed Mt a cost not exceeding ten
thousand dollars. Notwithstanding the delay, the
road has been extended five miles since the last
annual meeting, and the cars are now making daily
i trips to Quebec on the Tensas river, while the
/ work is being energetcally continued beyond the
temporary terminus A new first-class locomotive
has been purchased and paid for in cash. is named
the B. NJ Johnson in honor of citizen of Shreve-
4 port, and is now in the Brooklyn Warehouse, OPP
posite New Orleans. The Company has now on
hand, or on the way, rails, chairs and spikes
enough to complete the road to Monroe, and lay
| the track across the parish of Caddo from Red
river to the junction with the Southern Pacific
Railroad at the Texas State line.
During the year the city of yieksburg has made
q subscription of 100000 to the capital stock,
payable in five equal annual installments. The
local Indebtedness of the Company is less by
SIS AT than the aggregate of cash and cash assets
on hand. The Company expended during the year
| the sum of $1ss201, and the entire amount of ex-
penditures, from the beginning of operations, has
been 81, ,619 The means for prosecuting the
1 work to completion are made up from individual
i
scription in six per cent bonds city of Vicksburg
subscription, contractors subscription to be paid
| in work, rolling stock and material, first mort
! gage bonds, lands donated by Congress, cash ON
| hand, value of finished road, and of work done on
unfinished road and material on hand rights of way,
| depot grounds and franchises the aggregate of
the whole summing up s9,s07 ,al2 "a, against which
there will only be $4,000 900 in stock, and 81 eee
900 in bonds, or 100000 in ALL
i The value of the 100000 acres of donated land
is estimated at 81 100000, or ten dollars per acre.
| and sales have been made at prices ranging from
81 so to ST so per acre. The Company has had
an agent for some time examining the lands and
the more information is derived the more fully is
the Company satisfied of their value. Incon-
venience has been suffered in consequence of the
lack of steam ferry at Vicksburg, but before
| the end of the year the Company will commence
to run steam ferry of its own in connection with
| the road. The exhibit of the status of the Com.
pany made by the report is very gratifying, and
leaves no room for doubt that there will be any
failure in the agreement of the contractors to I'M
conditionally deliver the road to the. stockholders
on the first day Of January, 1864. We congratulate
the Company on its condition and its prospects.
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| MAGNIFICENT Stock OF GooDs.-The lengthy
and attractive advertisement of F. strnger Co., to be seen in
columns speaks for itself and is in keeping
mense and magnificent stock of goods and the elegantly a-
pointed store to which calls public attention There is not
in the city and few in the country dealing with
leans but who will notice and read it, seeing
1t who the paper and there is city or
country be he young or old short tall and pursuing bust
profession but who articles adapted TO his
wants by calling IS Camp street. between Grayer and Com
man wants suit get married in let him 20 to IS
Camp; dress suit dance and his
opera in let him IS Camp business suit in which he
will feel and comfortable and look stylish let
him go to IS Camp Undertaking, we'll made of No.
eria let him to IS Camp where and all Of these articles
be had at the lowest prices which properly afforded
and where the and most polite attention.
anty Of being suited if he is all reasonable in his ancies
awaits the customewo after he as bought his Clothes
to gloves handkerchief and such little articles may also buy
the best Of trunk carpet bag them If he
them the best sort of umbrella protect them from the
! weather,
IS
| MACHINERY AGESCY.-We ask the favorable at
ention Of readers the advertisement of
Nudge new firm in the machinery agency business and firm
bound to become popular only because of its trade facilities
but because of the personal qualities and reputation
bers Each has wide acquaintance and Mr. Nudge
the junior thousands will recoect him the agreeable
and competent gentleman long the tho Charles
Hotel Messrs A. NJ have their Union street.
and for the sale of every description
other machinery required for mill plantation ue
Guiding Coleman, Brown Co.'s approved single double
cylinder cotton gins which winning
planting community for efficient operation Specimens of this
gin and of other machinery be examined the of
Mcssrs Albertson Nudge those designing purchase
should certainly call them They agents
patent steam and the machinery which they sell is from
which have had long experience in manufacturing
for the Southern market.
LEIGHTON is HERE !''-I.et the many patrons of
Leighton old stand St. Charles Streets
rejoice for he is here ready supply them with all the No.
goods in his line that they may desire he very
large and elegant stock of clothing made his
factory of first premium shirts made under his immediate super
vision and of all kinds of furnishing goods of the
Any gentleman of cultivated taste be shifted at LGhons
his twenty of experience has been
purchases article which is not readily saleabe sensible
buyers See his advertisement headed Leighton is here
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FASHIONABLE AND PLANTATION CLoTHING.-City
and planters will find the extensive of N c.
Folger Son. 80 and 81 Magazine very heavy and in
diligently selected of plantation and fashionable clothing
the former being for both and women including hats
and socks The assortment of citizens clothing of styles
thorough make, and all goods will sold
market rates. See advertisement.
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GENUINE JoUyIN GLoyEs.-Messrs. Lion & Pin
sard importers and dealers in fancy merchandise Nos 81 and
56 Royal street, have just received heavy and largely
sorted supply of gold genuine Jouvn gloves manu-
featured expressly for their house. which they advertise for sale
| at seventy five cents per pair.
| TRUNK GOODS AND WATERPROOF CLoTHISG-