New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-24

to become the great cotton mart OF the
world, for the cotton States will find this
eventually the best market for disposing
Of the Aeecy staple. Railroads will hasten
to make this the great centre Of trade for
the South, and the noble river that sweeps
by the Crescent City will bear to it the
bulk Of the grain and other produce har-
vested in the Western States Railroads
can do all for this city that they have done
for New York, and the Mississippi river
and its tributaries give New Orleans ad-
vantages that New York never can possess.
The barge system Of conveying freight on
the Hudson river to New York city has
been q success, inasmuch as it is the cheap
| est way of getting produce to market.
When lines Of barges are established be-
tween here and st. Louis, which Will IN
doubtedly be done as soon as ample ton
mage is provided here to convey the grain
Of the West to foreign market, then will
New Orleans, with the aid Of the Missise
sippi, successfully compete with Chicago
and New York for the major pass Of chat
tradeo The work in chs direction
has already commenced. Through she
enterprise Of q Western maD-hrr. Highly
! quite q diversion of the grain trade totbis
city has already been made He has dee
monstsaseJ that shis can be made the
cheapes: sag 80 ship grain % Europe
from The States Of The American Union.
His most serious obstacle however, just
now, is want Of sea tonnage. He was the
first TO establish grain elevator here, and
among che drsf TO advocate the establish
nens Of lines Of barges 20 convey grain and
otheS produce &rom the Western States 70
this city.
As prooS thar the grain trade is grove
ing here it was announced the other day
that q floating elevator was in the course
of construction in this city of double the
capacity OF any other floating elevator in
the United States, and that it would be
finished and in active operation in three
or four weeks timeo Il is intended to be
able to deliver to receiving ships ten shou"
sand bushels of grain per houro The RE-
| PUBLICAN also suggested at the same time
that if theye was railroad track IL this
city connecting the Highly elevator with
the Jackson and Great Northern railroad
and the New Orleans. Mobile and Texas
! railroad, Cen thousand bushels oS grain
could be sent off daily 90 Montgomery
Alabama which now goes By another
route. Railroad connection with Mobile is
already causing quite an increase
to our cotton seceiptso Considerably
oveg thousand bales a day were yeceiSed
here Last week from Alabana, and the Gee
eeipts FROM fbe same source on Tuesday
were 1856, portion OF which came Srom
Tennessee by she way Of Mobile. The
Mobile link and $be New Orleans ana
Texas 5000 has been in working ogdeY but
! a few months. barely long enough 90 Yet
the business public of adjoining States
know its advantages as o means % como
munica:ing with che grea: metropolis OF
the South, and yes New Orleans is SENSE
big feeling the new guIsatioD OF trade
created by this link Of . road that is deso
tined in Jew months 70 connect heg with
the yich and growing State OF TeXaS-a
State that is equal in extent Of territory
80 france. and capable of sustaining q
population equa! to that which France
now contains. II, Shen. QUE railroad con-
nectjoD with Mobile IS promising. what
! can be said of our saiIgoad con-.
| nectioB wish Texas. when she New
Orleans, Mobile and Texas railroad is
completed; TO Houston: Then the pro-
ducts % that immense State will tend
| this way il earnest Her cotton, wheat
| and cattle Will naturally seek the Best
market ana they will find that in the me-
sropolis Of the Soutl. the great centre Of
trade for the Mississippi valley, the great
| West, che cotton States and Europe.
The position Of New Orleans is equa! TO
that Of New York and must make her. in
the course of time. as great centre OF
trade with the States Of the American
Union and this continent as with the
states of Europe and the eastern conti-
nent. We now have 8 prospect o3 rail-
road advantages thac must speedily give
renewed vigog and growth 20 our CONNER
cial relations. With the soad 70 Houston.
Texas; finished and branch Of it CONE
pIeted from Yerniliopville 90 Shreveport,
we shall! see the commencement OF q
golden era that viii make New Orleans
one Of th8 chief cities Of the natiQ0,