New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-11-26
steamer fiirf for .AItai.apa-.

TIE. =. |. tjt;> Itruclu' o. T.u...tAy say:
When to."ur. +. u. Richardson. @. Nv
IBERIA. Attuhapa- district. Louisiana. IL.
proposed that OH! merchants >uou.G tu.. a
portion OF their attention toward -rcu::n-
the sugar trade OF Ills !naLnitccI.t re-. /.
and SEM steamer int" the Tee cr,.,-.y
for the purpo>, ot opening up such a t.a..t.
II va, >Uppu>r,l for many weeks .li. ca
tam Garter. %. the Red river tle,.. voald
send one Of his boats. The captain Wa O..
II The -ra~.'ic Il. The t!Iur. and thou Ii l.
agent .t"lt regarded the pro,,o>!,.cI.. v, .tll
considerable favor. yet he could not t-ie,.
I" tie sending ct 4 boat uut.l The return Of
the proprietor. VIXEN Captain Carte. re
turned. the water i'll the Atciata.ava and
Trcllr was found to bt too low t. risk Il NJ ot
his 300 ton boats
Colonel Richardson. with i,e:,ryc-ancc
which would take no denial, immediately
ortn"t a CORES ron,itncr with Col.luodo.t
Davidson and Captain Corrntz. After con
siderable negotiation, Captain CorcltL
promised the steamer Elrt. She Wa, tlcn
away NJ, on the head waters of the Missouri
and did no. return 70 this city uutil abeut
ten day ago. Consequently She could not
leave. "a Wa, expected. on the first to tie
htth OF the present month. After she az
rived II was found necessary ~ send her a.
dock tor repairs. and thus her day Of de
paltlnc was further prolon.cd These de
lays probably gave origin "a the following
lll-natuIed paragraph from the Cincinnati:
foH,tu'lr,n| OF Iuestlav:
The effort OF 81. Louis 10 bald UP It
trade with The Atchaialaya country Is not
meeting with much eucoura cement.
The effort OF ii. Loui- 10 build up a tYa,l,.
with the Atchatalava country Is meeting
with all the encouragement which the cir
cUmstances of the case warrant. II Is well
known that the expense of running "A steam
boat per day will not come much unt.er
one hundred dollars be she ever So
small Il boat or ever 50 carefully managed
She must have a captain Al say five dollars
per day at the least: two pilots at the sane;
mate. say four dollars; TWO strikers two
dollars each: five rou>tahouts. one dollar
per day each: chanhcrlnai,l steward!
cook, waiter etc. However small the boat
she must carry about thar force. which will
cost the boat fifty dollars per day at least
Here are nineteen mouths to he fed. which
Will cost at least fifty cents per day each.
or nine dollars and fifty cents more. Then
the fuel bill Is a large bill. lights insurance.
repairs. Wharfage. taxes, etc, viii easily
hrln. up the expense to one hundred dollars
per day on the snalle,, steamer. when
gong for trade. Consequently a >ttamhoat
owner can not be blamed for I,rocretlIn-
very cautious Y III penetrating new territory
and taking the chances of obtainin. a new
trade
In reference to the trade of the Attalapa-
country. however We feel SIR, tha; Colonel
RicLur,l,nn know, .v,,.lv ,. VIA. h, !
-rc;k. He was :, smear ,,1.n.., f,r many
wears ON Inc T,rhr AMI rninys ~, rx..rI,.I
anInnr ,L, ,,i.,nte,. Of .L,. ~,
or ,i< uari,Lr. which m.,l,c u. what !.
known =. In, Att.,k,,.,. l;.t,;,.+ +In .11.,.,,
Eden of Louisiana. He know. from ,r-i,.l
conversation and correspondence with Tie
wealthy and refined ,,tHutpt. Dt that IIl,D-
nernus rnIIn.ry nm :, i,j;r.., ,,,J, Wi ~
awaiting shipment sufficient SUGAR Of tn.
new crop to load two ,urh steamer. rs th,
Flint. colonel Richardson ha, zone "u
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