Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-10-30
Mississippi Valley Navigation
COMPANY
OF THE
SOUTH AND WEST,
No. ll8 Carondelet Street. New Orleans.

No. G8 CarOndeIet Street New Orleans.
Capital Stock, 100000
Shares (eaeh), -$1OOeaeh
To the owners Of Real Estate in Louisiana.
Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas
and Alabama:
i as the Mississippi Valley Navigation
Company of the South and West" is organ
lied under a charter from the State Of Lou
isiana. This charter authorizes 2 capital
stock of i've h8Bdred Thousand dollars, with
the prtFilege OF extension To one million
fhatthe public may know the exact object Of
the Company, the third article of the charter
IS given entire as follows.
"The object OF this Company Is to on
stTuct or Otherwise to procure and maintain
one or more steamboats, or other vessels, to
run on and navigate the Mississippi river. or
its tributaries, for the purpose Of ca TYing
freight, mails and pasSengerSi ia construct
docks wharyes, bBildiuss and such other con-
straetidns as may be necessary to the build
Ing and repairing Of vessels, and generally to
exercise such Incidental powers and privi-
leges as are hereby or may be conferred on
them for the purposes aforesaid.
The Company propose, under the provision
PRESSURE Steamboats, to run between the diff
ferent ports Oh the Mississippi river and It's
t maSs better T l1Ga. i %M ss2IgBBt l sSs p s5ssR,
gers Vithppt foandfng-tp, and, by means OF
enlleSs chains ana elevators, receive grain in
DIRK dul QlSEndEEE ~ Nv W. aAlpAltull IL
reetly on hoard the vessel iRtended to receive
It, instead 81 the present mode OF putting II
first an share, thereby saving time, labor and
expense. The Boats viii also be divided INTO
distinct COMMUNICATIVE, II they encounter
snaga, or any accident should happen to the
hull, the boat will not be endangered. They
Will also have complete apparatus for extin-
gushing fire by steam, and conducting water
over the vessel for domestic use aud viii be
In every respect sgfsr, swlfter, and better
adapte5 f2E eAfEying passengers and freight,
and alta Cheaper rate than any boats now
navigating the Mi2siEsippi river.
Owing to the difficulty of obtaining cash
subscriptions to any enterprise, no matter
how great its merit, the Company have de-
terminated to receive ubseriptiQns IN Iandto
the Capital Stock. In GaiAs 80. we nave at
once a substantial basis and as il Is very
r~eaS9aaalf expected hat within short time
iands Wflfe9nsideraply appreciate In value
this plan win afford US a source Of revenue
entirely seperRte and distinct, and when
added 10 the expected earnings Of the boats,
cannot, In the natural eQuTse Of things, fail
to make the stock 9 prnhtahle Investment.
Parties having land which produces them
little or BotAtps, but ON which they are pay
ing taxes, aud which cannot be sold at pres
ept,e except at a great sacrifice, and perhaps
not at all, will, on reflection, see this to be an
excellent and unusual plan for realizing on
them, as the certificates Of stock of q COM
pany can be much n pre- readily disposed of
than lands.
over l25,OO0 acres Of good land have already
been offered and subscribed.
BaORs of subscription to the capital stock Of
the Company are now open at the ONCE, lis
Carondelet street, New Orleans.
Parties at a distance, desiring to subscribe
lands, must send to tie local agents ab-
straet Of title, mortgage certificates, evidence
that the taxes have been paid, testimony OF
responsible parties respecting the value OF the
land, price, and, in fact, al he-
cessary to give the Company a satisfactory
idea OF the land offered
BY order OF the Board OF Directors
CHAS. R BENTON, Secretary.
IT President.