The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-10-17

From the Chicago Tribune of Saturday we
copy the following; ult'
Hon. W. M. BurweIl, Of Louisiana. was on
'Cbange to-day. He is on visit to this city.
deputed by the commercial interests of New Or
leans to represent to the Board Of Trade the mu.
tual advantages to be derived from more inti-
mate connection of the two cities. We have
already noticed at length the movement on foot
to divert q portion Of the grain carrying trade
down the Mississippi The elevator at New Or
leans is now completed and will have storing
capacity of 10000 bushels, which it is proposed
to utilize by towing grain down the Father OF
Waters in fleets of boats built for the purpose,
thence shipping 1t in ocean vessels to Europe, or
even TO the Atlantic cities, which. 1t is claimed,
can be accomplished at much cheaper rate
thsn, as now, by rail, lake and canal, from the
farming districts within few miles of the Missis
Il is y ell known that past experience in SHIP
ping corn round through the gulf has not been
peculiarly profitable, loss of heating having
occurred in almost every instance, the warm hui
midity of the gulf stream being found more detri.
mental in producing precocious termination than
the transit Of the equatorial zone outside OF that
stream. But there are not wanting arguments IN
favor of the route, or well-posted men who be-
leve that the passage can be made in the winter
months without risk. The New Orleans mer-
chants have determined to try it. and are aided by
capital from outside. which ct least assumes fair
trial, which they claim has not yet been made.
Come citing with this is the proposition to supply
the Northwest and especially Chicago, with many
OF the products which now come by way OF New
York.
1t is stated to be in contemplation to establish
q line of vessels to the Isthmus of Panama. BY
which heavy freight can be brought from Cali.
fornis' much more cheaply than by the overland
route, with the Pacific Railroad in its favor. and
1t is believed that the opening of that route
across the continent" will so much increase the
traffic between the Pacific seaboard and the (now
calIedl Western States as to make such line az
absolute necessity for the transit OF the hCaver
classes of goods which will move in upon rs 10
rapidly increasing abundance-too great for the
of expense did not interfere in favor OF the
scheme. The same course is proposed with re-
gard TO goods from New York and Europe, de-
signed for the trans. Mississippi region.
The contemplation of the possible change ir
the grain-carrylng trade of the Mississippi Valley
is unpleasant to Chicago people, and particularly
go to Chicago editors. Had any other writer than
q Chicago editor penned the above, the wilful
Measurements in IL would merit the severest con-
demnation. We now speak especially to that
central portion of the article wherein It 10
that 1.-The warm humidity of the gulf stream is
detrimental etc., and that nearly all ship
ments Of corn arrived at their destination IN Q
damaged condition. The "warm humidity"
dear Tribune, is all In your eye, and We have sta
tistics to show that no greater per centage OF
corn shipped to New York or Liverpool via the
spoiled or damaged from germination than was
the case with corn shipped from Chicago via the
| lakes and the canals, even with the inferior
facilities to be had at New Orleans but which are
| now happily improved 0 thousand fold. The
| coming twelve months will settle the question OF
| The great grain movement down the Mississippi
| foreyer.-[St. Louis Democrat.