Des Arc citizen., 1866-03-08
New Method of Tran p0rtatiOn on
 the Mississippi


 the Mississippi Valley Transportation compa- ny has just made thc purchase of T powerful steam tug ia That city for the new line about to be established between theports ofst Louis and New Orleans We are on the eve ofa grand and important Improvement in trans portation fscilisics--onc by no mems in ad- vance oftfic denand for such m enterprise, but, on the contrary already forced upon the men ofthe day by the largely increased bulk of agricultural commodities which tho rich lands of tho Nortwest are throwing upon the markets. No railroaa accommodations can be rendered sufficiently adoquate for the pur- pose, nor can such amethod of transpor ssion De made economical enough for the service. It is impossible to freight thechcap yet indls- pensabies article of corn from the interior of Minnesota or Illinois to New York by rail and leave.any profit wllatexer for fae producer, and tue alternative is presented of either abandoning the cultivation of that great ce- real, or Of finding out some cheaper method of distributing 1t among the distant consumers of the country
  tho river have concluded toabandon the arti- foial channels through which, qt an enormous expense, they have sought the sale of their produce, and adopt the grand ialand sen Of the eontinent--the broad and noble Missis- sippi--as tho artcry through which the life of trade and commerce is able to course it's way, no mattor what gigantic proportions the re- sources of Choir teenling section may assume It issto meet this expectation of the people of the Northwest to become link in tho chain connections which moaern enterprise and nccessi ties are stretching throughout the land --that the Mississippi Valley Transportation Company arc organizing their energics and resources. The plan Is extremely simple in design, and will, upon the first presentation. commend itself to the approval of every one The main object is to transport ght at thc least possible cost To effect thisaIl expenses which can possibly Do dispensed with are to be curtailed; and as these expenses are con- nected with the cost of the vessels employed and the expenditures incurred in running them, q reform in their construction. eanip- mont and running outlays covers tbe entire programe of tho arrangements By dispcns- ing with the palatial cabins Of our steamers. and tho retinue of servants required under the existing style and sysfem, one-haR the sua can be saved in the baldine Of a boat in tho srstplacs, and far more than that ia is usual expenditures afterwards powerful tug, wiht accommodations only for tbe neces- sary officers, and power sufficient to propel half dozen or moreslarge bargeS, is tho method as we understand t. of the new company for transporting grain and other articles to tho gulf ports This system will admit of sbo most perfect and satisfactory scale ofeeonomv and whaio the riEaF Is free, and capable h jFs proportions toinvite competition to any ex- tent, there can exist no possibility for exsor ton in charges CT inadeqaaoy offaoiinies for ati tunes to come. The links of connections at the port of New Orleans with the leading markets of New York and Boston aro complete, wh'ie others equally important with Phiia- delphla. Baltimore and elsewhere arc in sue cessgnl formation.
 10 we go. The spring. now wiah its foot upon Inc threshold of our temperate cline, will witness tho inauguration and success oi this new enterprise from sf Louis thence to New York and onward. There is no ground for apprehension that tho magnificent steam CTS of&hc Mississirpi will eo..out of fashion through this commercial innovation. We shall slll have passenger vessels of the same elegance of appointments and alaboratensss Of hnisa-veey possibly, as they wia be exelu- sively. or more particularly dedicated to the passenger business--of superior qualities. A voyage ontho graissless river in tho world. and threug, q eounFty of various lastitudes pna productions with continues Inc of cities throughout its whole extent, wili excite
 iiie desire of that traveller for all times to
 come. The new method ipjures no older