Southern shield., 1870-06-11
THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY .v.sF'IG.aTFON COMPATY'
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To the Owners of Real Estate in Tennessee Mississippi Ala hama and Arkansas ....

Tennessee, M1SslSSlppl x4la-
 bama and Arkansas e,g.vI THE COMPANY KNOWN TO THE. PUB
 lie as the Mississippi Valley Navigation Company of the South and West" is organized under charter from the State of Louisiana.- This charter authorizes a capital stock of five hundred thousand dollars, with the privilege of extension to one mllllono That the pubic may know the exact object of the Company, the third article of the charter is given entire, as
 "The object of this Company is to construct or otherwise to procure ana aasa malntan In one or and navigate the M ssissippi river, or it's tribu- taries, fUr the purpose of carrying freight. mails and passengers to construct docks. as may be necessary to the building and repair ing of vessels, and generally to exercise such incidental powers and privileges as are hereby or may be conferred on them TOT lhe purpose aforesaid" yHs
 The Company proposes, under the provisions of this charter to construct 1ine.o1 steamersto run between the different ports on the MlSsis- sippi river and its tributaries. They will be constructed upon the low-pressue principle they will carry less steam they will make better time and be in all respects more safe than any description 9f boat eyer placed npGm oui if disaster. whether by fire or snagS, shall hap pen to one. the boat Is not endangered. In case of fire, apparatus for turning steam upon it will be provided. and II Is onstratod tha' stea.n is the most effective eXtingniser of fire In case one compartment IS broken through by contact with snags. and nils with water, the others are not endangered, and the boat canho' sink as pumps provided for such an emergency will be sn instant operation. Safety to passen- gers and freight is great end, worthy of tht struggle of the people of the Mississippi Val Nearly three nundred thousand dollars il money and work has already been subscribed tt the capital stock of the Company; The Louis jana Legislature has passed a blli su9scrlolns .L nd nll nf n Company An additional snm of that amount will. without a doubt, be subscribed by tn, same body. The Company have resolved tt take land for stock, and this IS the feature l' CTS of real estate. In the southern states oI account of the disorganlzed condition of labor lands are an incumbrance. Vast tracts tha yield no revenue to the proprietors, pay eX0rbi tant taxes, and thus cripple their only product l i've resources. This Company IropOse tt take these. lands at fair valuation and issue t the owners their stock in lieu. II lands shal enhance in value, so will the stock enhance 1T value, and thus the land proprietor will carr! | i his pocket the equivalent Of his lands, to 5' | (. inverted into money or property wlthont de | Iy The success of this great en erprlse IS be 1 yond question The stockholder. in addition tt | the benefit of the enhanced value of his lands will be part owner of a line of boats, and be en titled to dividends in their earnings.
 1 Persons wishing to exchange lands for tin | stock of the Company will send to the Agent a | Memphis a description of them, their product | i've qualities. the timber, bottom or upland whether overhowed or not if Overhowed wha
 proportion how near the county town, t' rail
 road depot. river, and all facts necessary to at ford tie Company satisfactory idea of tn
 land. This may be done by certificates of reli able disinterested persons residing in tn | neig oOrhOod. he present actual value of tn
 land nay be proved in the same manner Tn
 part offering lands must state in his proposi
 ton the lowest fgureshe will take The Con | nt'esyjll not give exhOrbitant prices. Tn ! m. feagaust be unencumbered by Judgments
 zis, .os tax sy etss asis E Scatc S5Stc oi iuuges, ''7Si "2N.is. .'oss., : .,,,,,,a, spectahle af s~-~e saalS colilllld- This is believed to be the best opportunity to dispose of surplus lands in the South and West that has yet been or can be offered
 Many of the best and wealthiest citizens ot the South and West are warmey embarked in the enterprise. The General Headquarters ot this company are in New Orleans. but agencies exist in all the principal cities. The enter prise has been indorsed by Underwriters Chambers of Commerce. Engineers, Mechanics practical nayigatnrs. and all classes of practical men. Ht8at Hs s..
 The foregoing facts are submitted to the pub lie with the confident belief that they will be un derStood andappreciated. .I.t ....t.