New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-12-10

and labor are cheap, to construct, what
has always been in demand here, small and
Comfortable dwelling-houses. They should
be built with. due regard for health and
with view to afford chesp rents. In
this climate large tensnt-houses as they
have them in the Northern cities are not
used from the fact , that it is no!
considered safe to the health of our people
to crowd them together in that manner. It
is quite common in New York city'to find fif-
teen or twenty families occupying apart
ments in a. tenant-house. This style Of
living can not be considered as conducive
to health in any city, and certainly it would
not do in New Orleans, where fevers are
more or less prevalent. Give US, then,
the requisite number of small, comfortable
and convenient houses, that can be rented
from twelve to fifteen dollars per month.
1t is believed that houses of this kind could
be built at this time at a cost
that would allow liberal per centage in
the way of interest on the money so eX-
pended. 1t is certain that rents have
proved very important item in the way
OF living in this city, and small houses are
in demand. Having secured house at a
reasonable rent, food and raiment are to
be looked after, and there can be no good
reason assigned if the capitalist performs
his duty honestly, why the laboring man
should not obtain these articles OF a
cheaper rate in New Orleans than in
other cities in the Union. With the great
river Mississippi, extending thousands of
miles into the interior of our country,
running before our doors, and pour
ing into our warehouses the products
of the great West, articles of food
and raiment should be cheap here. But
we are not confined to the Western States.
We have Texas, an empire within itself,
and country stretching way beyond it TO
contribute to our prosperity. With the
Opelousas railroad in honest and judicious
hands we can make haste to extend that
road to the Sabine river, where it will meet
the Houston road finished to that point,
and thus connect the city of Houston and
the city of New Orleans by rail. This
will give us other connections by rail into
the interior of Texas and secure for our
merchants the most of the trade of that
vast State. Beef then would become cheap
in our market. The fertile prairies of
Texas abound with cattle, and with quick
and cheap means of transportation our city
could be furnished with delicious meats at
the moderate price Of from six to eight
cents per pound. 1t is the long voy-
ages and expensive transportation in
Cured by shipments of cattle on
the steamships plying between here
and Texas that makes our people
consume comparatively poor meat at a high
price. Texas affords tender and luscious
beef when it can be obtained directly from
her rich pasturage. Let our capitalists
and merchants look to this and push
through the road, and we will secure cheap
food for our working people and an i'm
mense trade for our merchants. We have
seen good -four sell in this city at six dol
ars barrel, and we believe we shall see
t selling at that price again. Then, with
he establishment of cotton and cloth mill,
n our midst, what is to prevent US from
heap living and plenty of work