New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-30
HORSE P0WBB IN NEW ORLEANS.

HORSE POWER N NEF ORLEANS.
1t will not be until the gentlemen con-
tending for their official inheritances shall
have been paciGed with possession that
matters of minor importance can have &C
cess to the public ear If the whole official
pny and plumber Of the State and city
were placed on one side and the more than
one hundred and fifty millions Of com
r2erce annually negotiated in another, it
would be seen that the smallest interest
makes the most disturbance. Mr. Burke
said, "a single grasshopper will make
more noise than a hundred oxen grazing
| in the same field" It is the. same case
with the clamorous ward politician and
| the heaviest merchants upon whose indus
Try this city sub8ists. Ills AUST complaint
that the daily journals are often numbered
with 3 record Of proceedings in politi-
co-legal cases, when measures involving
the chief interests Of the city are left to
anonymous communications, printed in
small type and set in obscure corners.
There are two such measures in our mind
to which We apply these general obserya-
tious. !. The employment of rail for
moving trade ID the city. 2. The organiza-
ton Of AZ exchange for Western produce.
The city Of Ne# Orleans once enjoyed
exclusive right to import and export
all commodities Of the upper valley. It
|
| have been subjected to such charges as
would sub8ist as many people as possible.
| Hence the extensive houses for receiving
and forwarding. with the brigade of drays
employed in making the transfer. The
competition Of other ways to the sea has
compelled New Orleans to modify some
! wha. this system. Much commerce is
! nov consigned to the railroads, boats and
vessels. and the connection between inn
| ports end exports made upon cheaper
terms and IN much better order than for.
lneylyo Bl! there IS st present an i'm
| ;nenae force of manual and animal labor
f.; employed in making the transfer and
| distribution OF articles Of commerce
which might be economical with ad-
vantage TO our city. It is especially
important since. g productive force which
w shall estimate At seyen thousand men
and seven thousand mules, might be more
adyantageously employed IN producing
additional crops when labor is SO much
needed. Nov. IN the providence of God,
the science Of man has been inspired to
produce inventions by which this opera-
ton Of moving weights can be. effected
| othaya;se sham hy shat Egyptian chariot
known as the modern dGay. There is
dynamic force which may be substituted
goy muscle. and By which weigh: may be
hoissed from. ov moved into, the deep hold
81 me ship. There IS further device. and
that Is perhaps ~ Egyptian device also,
! By which one A0Sse may draw over e fixed
rail 50 much rs ten toca.s wo'tl,! draw.
over an ordinary highway.
When we take into eonsiGers;it.s sho
gsaas competition FOX 0uE trAie-~ho"
| bridges ate built across cur rivers Ggh!ch
s,.rly the trade to which we are entitled by
every indication Of nature-hcw elena
tors Of bulk grain and Of rolling freight
fac. tat8 the !no9ing O. commodities di-
rectly 70 the great markets of the East. it
! becomes important to see if we can not
make th;s transfer and distribution mere
rs cheap and safe as elsewhere. The frs:
an! most obvious step in this direction
will be 50 compress cotton and land all
through freight as rear The river as posi-
bleo Then where cargOe5 Of rolling freight
are to be moved 70 or from ship to river
boat, the railroads now on the levee should
take ~ yard engine and truck the whole in
one train. This would not only save OK.
Eense, but deliver through goods Of any
kind in better order. and in more compact
stovnge. The laying Of freight tracks
OF the street. subject to use Hy
any wheel carriage. you'd promote
distribution Of freight Throughout: the city.
Tha! It is practicable, may be seen at any
time BY observing the drays drop into the
present car trace. as a relief 20 the iossos,
leaving the track Whenever necessary. II
may not occur 70 every one that it is the
heavy floats laundering over our streets
which makes .heig repair SO costly. and
even demands the mos: expensive mate
rial. The transfer Of all loaded sohic!es
to r.j! would relieve tIo streets. and lease
them free t9y lighter carriages