New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-24
New FrefRh. DenOt.

The first outward bound freight train
from the new depot Of the Jackson railroad
started out last night at eight o'clock. The
depot occupies the grounds and buildings
formerly known as the Vicksburg cotton
| press, corner of Front aud CalliOpe streets
embracing two entire squares, to which will
be added another square of ground now
vacant. At present only outward bound
freight will be received at this depot, though
cotton and heavy articles of freight for
shipment will probably be taken through
to tie spacious cotton yards of the old
Vicksburg press, or by rail to the river at
post twenty-one. The shipments of cotton
from Memphis to New Orleans by the Jack
son road have been largely increased with
in the past year or two, instead OF its being
transported to the East by rail
Recently about 100 tons of bridge mate
rial for Texas have been brought to New
Orleans by the jackson road and taken by
rail to post twenty-one on the river for
shipment, thus saving all expense of dray-
age. Several hundred tons Of the same ma
terial are yet to come.
The work of preparing the old VicksbuTg
press buildings for the purposes of a freight
depot has been progressing SO quietly that
the announcement, yesterday morning,
that outward bound freight trains would
now be received there took the entire com
munity by surprise.
We can not enter into details in describ-
ing the depot and grounds, and need only
to say that the advantages of experience
have contributed greatly in rendering the
entire arrangements for receiving freight
and loading it into the cars very perfect.
There are numerous avenues leading to this
new freight depot all of them hard, solid
roads, and, in addition to the superior ease
of drawing heavy loads over these roads,
there is the further consideration of shorter
time, less distance and diminished cost of
drayage on all articles of freight that go
from the business houses of the city or yes
sells at the Ievee for shipment to the in
terror.
The legislation Of New Orleans has, to
hack drivers; but now that the Mobile rail
road, the Texas railroad and the Jackson
railroad have their depots near deep water
and in the centre of business, the CONNER
cial interests OF New Orleans will be pro-
NOTED, and draymen and carriage drivers
will still live, while the tax on the transit
of freight and passengers through New
Orleans will cease to be Onerous.
Let the commercial world know that our
local charges on freight are small and reas-
enable, which have heretofore been large
and unreasonable, and New Orleans will
feel the beneficial influence at once.
In our immediate vicinity there are three
spacious freight depots, all easily accessi-
bic to the river or the marts of trade in our
city. Freight will arrive and depart daily
from and for the principal points in the
country which viii come and 60 through at
cheap rates without breaking bulk. st.
Louis sends immense quantities of -four by
rail direct to New Orleans, via the jackson
road and the Mobile road. New York and
Boston freights come through in cOmPeti-
ton with the water routes, both as to speed
and cheapness. Louisville, Cincinnati, Chi
cage and other leading cities ship direct to
New Orleans by rail, from whence tran
shipment can now be made with little ex-
pense to all ports Of the world. New Or
leans is progressing.