New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-06-12

NUuBEB sEyENTY,THREE.

The government of the United States had sent
General Bernard, in the year 1880, or thereabouts.
to the city of New Orleans for the purpose of ex-
aiming the ground and selecting a site where the
nearest communication from the river Mississippi
to the lake (Poutchartrain or Borgne) might be es.
t0bished, for the convenience of transportation or
other requirements in the military service of the
United States. Upon this errand or commission,
the general Just named, then being at the head of
the engineer or fertilization department arrived in
eur city at the time above stated. Now it so hap
pened, that the modern invention of railroad, then
just started upon somewhat more extended scale
in England or Great Britain where this mode of
locomotion had been long in successful operation
in the coal mines of Cromwell, had found in the
Prussian engineer Zimpel a most jealous defender
or propagation, who had also then justarrived with
this notion, in our metropolis. Hence, when Gen
eral Bernard had selected the identical site of old
Marigny canal, from its starting point upon the
Old Leyee in the Third District at the present de-
pot of the Ponchartrain railroad towards the lake
through the cypress forests, as the nearest con
Meeting route from the river to the back waters of
the sea and Gulf Of Mexico, itatonce occurred to
number of enterprising gentlemen and capitalists
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establishing railroad line, much more exped.
tious mode of communication and transportation
than that Of q navigable canal. Upon these prem
ses and considerations company was formed, and
an act of incorporation passed by the State legis
atre Of Louisiana granting to this association, if
we err not, perpetual or very long charter for
the exclusive use of a railroad connection from
the city to the lake Pontchartrain. To induce the
State legislature to accord to this association the
exclusive monopoly of this railroad communication
it was given, as one ofthe reasons that this import.
ant improvement would act as most powerful
agent in comforting upon the down town section
innumerabe advantages for local improvement
and advancement, and for these and other weighty
causes. the heavy monopoly was thus obtained by
the Poutchartratn railroad company.
Now, We must state our impression with the ut
most oandor and truth, when we say that in this
respect not only the public of our city generally
but more particularly the people of the down
town interests have been most grossly imposed
upon. Not that the company, which has thus un.
dertaken to profit by its charter, has taken any
unfair advantage of its positionfor it has the ex-
elusive right by its charter, and therefore may
well insist upon having all the clauses Of its con
tract with the public fully enforced and carried
out that is to say, that no other enterprise shall
interfere with her assigned privileges and preroga
tives; but we say that the interests of the lower
section of onr metropolis have received no aces
sion of strength or no impulse whatever, as they
were promised by this local improvement or this
incorporated association. Why this is so, or why
the result has turned out 50 little to the advantage
of the Third District and its lower suburbs may
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tinuaton Of our local considerations. For the pre-.
sent we shall direct the readers attention to
another subject equally as interesting, and per
haps Of some greater importance to the district
which we have just now under review. General
Bernard having thus indicated his preference to
the lower portions Of our metropolis for the CON
templated connection with the outside waters of
the Gulf bays and inlets of Louisiana coast this
lead again another association of enterprisng
capitalists to the idea Of establishing, what they
thought necessary to nfuse vitality to the hitherto
neglected section of the old suburbs Of Margny,
Moonlight, Declouet and MonHeuil. Hence the
formation Of that gigantic company establishing
the down town steam cotton presses. Now, when
these stupendOus buildings, engine, whar7es and
other accessories had been put in successful OPP
GRAFTON, even a paper mandatory was erected, |
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vas liza +ba 5isoo1,er,, ~ r,o1,f,,
,opcarn tho nrodnot costi,o, ,,,,,oI, 80 - -
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ii"'lulaStule tAan eout4 pe EeaAzea pJ us dls-
oosal in the public market Although, at one time |
there had been A eomplaint reanectfnr rho wan, ~
,Iao No.. ~ - ~ y CIV -
lean VI 'ie"i ""tei vi Cn9 river peihg re-
puted not favorable for the making Of fine white |
difficulty had been easily overcome by,
fnrr,;r,, ~, a,+o,oi,-o asori -
u iiiins eA AeS7tVoH AoE ram water IN
lhe YARDS OF the paper mil establishment; still
this company found it profitable to quit that manu-
factory, and after lapse of perhaDs some +ventv-
ave years, the whole of the extensive BUILDINGS
have been taken down. and the materials M
7oub+ baep ar,rlo.a5 IN +ba ra,,oi o,7 .a..
-'upt o4en e4nP-o9 Gu - INC i7p"t anu recon
suucuOn OF the vast magazines, stores or sheds, !