Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-10-26
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
Mississippi Valley Navigation
COMPANY
-OF THE
U AND WEST,
No. lIs CarOndslet Street New Orleans.

No. l8 CaroHdelet Street New orleans.
Capital Stock, sl,OOO,O OO
Shares teaeh), -S100each
To the owners OF Real Estate in Louisiana,
Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas
and Alabama:
THE COMPANY KNOWN TO THE PUBLIC
il as the " Mississippi Valley Navigation
Company OF the South and West" is organ
lied under q charter nom the State Of Lou
islanR. This charter authorizes q capital
stock of five hundred thousand dollars, with
the privilege of extension TO one million.
That the public may know the exact ahieot OF
the Company, the third article al the charter
Is given entire as f9llQwsl
THE object Of tnls Company Is to con
struct or otherwise to procure and maintain
one or more steamboats, or other vessels, to
run on and navigate the Mississippi river, or
It's tributaries, for the purpose of ca 'rying
freight, mails and passengers; to construed
docks wharves, buildings and such other con-
structions as may be necessary 70 the build.
ing and repairing Of vessels, and generally 10
exercise such incidental powers gnd pFivi-
leges as are hereby or may Ne conferred on
them for the purposes aforesaid.
The Company propose, under the provision
Of this charter to construct a line OF LQW
PRESSURE Steamboats, to run between The dik
ferent ports On the Mississippi river aud its
make better fin5e. and EelEht ana passeD.
sers without r~oqnding-to, and, by means az
endless chains and elevators, receive grain In
JULIA anu AAcNAAA6p ~ w NA nnlRAAAcALl III
rectly on beard the vessel intended to receive
il, instead of the present mode of putting IL
hrst on shore, thereby saving time. labor and
expense. The Boats Will also be divided into
Instinct compartments-so, II they encounter
snags, or any accident should happen TO the
hull, the boat will not be endangered Thar
will also have complete apparatus ~ estin-
gushing IRE by steam, SAa Eopduetfpk Water
over the yessel Aar dohsstie use aud vii be
IN every respect safer, swifter, and better
Adapted,for carving PASSENGER sed nelsht,
and at a cheaper rate thaA any boats nov
navigating the Mississippi river,
Owing % the difficulty Of obtaining cash
subscriptions TO any enterprise, no matter
how greet lis merit. sae Company have de
terTninak@1 Ia receive subscriptfonsi In Landto
tne Capital stock. In doing so, We nave ii
once a substantial basis; and a. Il Is very
reasonably expected that within a short time
lands VII g2nsilsEsoly appreciate In value
Entirely seperate and distinct, and when
added 20 the expected earnings OF the boats,
70 make the stock 3 profitable Investment.
Parties having land which produces them
little CT nothing. pat on which they are a
ing taxes, and which cannot be sold al pres
ent, except at q great sacrifice, and perhaps
not at all, VIII, on reflection. see this to be an
excellent M unusual plan for realizing on
them, a. the certificates OF stock of a CON-
panY can be much n ere readily disposed Of
over la go acres OF good land have already
been offered and subscribed.
Socks Of subscription 20 the capital stock Of
the Company are now open at the once, Ia
Carondelet street. New Orleans.
Parties at g distance, desiring to subscribe
sfn' ~ tgfie mortvsee eertideafes4 evtdenee
that the taxes have been paid, OF
responsible parties respecting the yalue OF the
land, price, and, In fact. all Information ne
Sdsa III the land oifersd.
BY order OF the Board Of Directors
CHAS. r BENTON, Secretary.
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