New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-27


complied with the same, as your committee
would have been compelled to send fof
many persons, and also books and papers.
and as the present General Assembly has
but few days longer to remain in session.
it would be impossible to finish such an ex
animation, and your committee, therefore,
beg leavesto submit the following report:
NEW ORLEANS, MOBILE AND TEXAS RAILROAD.
This company. we are sorry to say, has
done but little during the last year, but we
have been informed that other capitalists
have taken an interest in the company,
ard, therefore, it is to be hoped that IN
few years the road will be complete.
Your committee was informed that the
company had not complied with the act
No. 95, of the session of 1871, relative to
the New Orleans, Mobile and Texas rail
road Section one OF the act provides that
the company shall commence work within
six months from the day OF the approval OF
the act on the road from Fermilionvlle to
Shreveport and your committee summoned
Mr.. Whitney and Mr. Hutchinson, both
gentlemen being directors of the company,
and also Mr.. Bailey. the superintendent OF
the road, to inquire II the company mad
commenced work, as provided in the fore
going section-requlrlng the company 10
commence work. Mr.. Whitney and Mr.
Bailey stated to the committee that they
could give us no information, as they had
only been connected with the road for about
one month. Mr.. Hutchinson stated to US
that the company had commenced work.
but could not inform us as to the amount OF
work that had been done, as he had only
been a director of the company for about
one month. Your committee also received
information that the company had violated
| the act relative to the New Orleans, Mobile
| and Texas railroad, of the session of 1870.
| Section two of the said act provides that the
| company shall make no distinction or dis
elimination on account of race or color on
| the cars of the company, and the testimony
| before us shows clearly that this act OF 1870
| has been violated, and persons nave peen
elected on account of color from the first
| class passenger cars of the company and
| were compelled to 90 into second class cars
| Smoking cars) by order of the conductors
| of the train; but as these cases are somany
before us. we concluded only to embrace
one of the cases in our report, and the testl
| mOny is as follows:
| During the summer of 1871 the Hon. Is.
| E. McCarty, member of the House OF Rep
resen:atives from the Sixth Ward. in com
pany with his wife, took the cars in New
| Orleans for Bay st. Louis, and took their
| seat in a tirst-c. Ass car, when the conductor
| forcibly elected his wife from the car, and
compelled her to take seat in the smoking
car. The conductor did not compel Mr;
McCarty to leave the car, ne knowing fuli
| well that MIR. McCarty would not stay IN
| the car after his wife had been elected
| therefrom. Your committee sent for MIR:
| Whitney and Mr.. Hutchinson, directors OF
| the road. and they stated that they td not
know of any order that had been given to
make any distinction on the cars, and Mr..
Bailey and Mr.. Phelps, both superintendent
of the road, stated the same, but stated TO
the committee that they had only been
| IA a
and thew could not be responsible
for the actions Of the officers of the road OF
last year. and they stated that no Cistlnc'
ton was made on the cars at the present
time. Bnt it is our opinion that, as the
charter of the company has been vloiateo
| by the conductors, the company should ot
| held responsible. and the committee is OF
the opinion that his excellency the Cover
nor and the Attorney General should try
and compel the company TO comply WIZ
their charter, for it is the opinion OF the
| committee that the same distinction anC
discrimination is enforced at the present
time. the same as under the officers OF the
road of the year 1871.
MORGANs LOUISIANA AND TEXAS RAILROAD
Your committee has examined this roae
from New Orleans to Brashear City. ant
we are pleased to state that the road Is IN
GOOD condition. and within the last foul
|
road from Terrebonne Station to Hou'na' {
distance of fifteen miles. This new road i
a great accommodation to the people III ant
around the town Of liouma. The company
is also working ON the road from Brashea
to Opeousas. and your committee has oecl
informed by Mr.. Pandely. the superlnten
dent OF the road. that this road VII! be com
pleted by the first of January, 1873.
NEW ORLEANS, JACKSON AND GREAT NORTH
ERN RAILROAD.
Your committee have examined, VIII
great care, the jackson railroad, and ar
pleased to notice that il is being rapid.
put in fine condition. There have beer
laid under the present management. a60u
| sixty miles OF new iron and over 2oV.uo
! new ties. and 80 new passengerand frelgh
cars have been put on the road; also twent
new locomotive engines, besides consider
able machinery for the shops-ln al
! amounting to something over two million
: of dollars worth of new property. The
; are showing very commendaple zeai
/ building up the property OF the State an
I city of New Orleans. We find that tn
COMPANY has conformed in all thing
to their chartered rights. The con
; | pany has suffered q great loss by tn
;, crevasse of last year, and they are entitle
l., to the support and Encouragement OF III
), Legislature, Of this community, tor tn
!, ! great energy anu luuuSlls " me- nv 80
:, open at such a great cost, their loss pelh
|, nearly a million of dollars.
l. Had the stock OF the jackson railroa'
). which the State and city sold to the presel
l. management of this company. been sold
/, them even at a less price than they pa
}. for the same, it would have been WI:
l, sale for the public good. for the cor
E. munity have realized more than 1o'
}. times its value through the skill and ca
al OH nrpSpnf
:, and we think that if more of such men
t. are now at the head of this work coul id
g brought into this State AND city with lar;
capital. this State would soon blossom as
rose. and the losses Of the people by Il
:, late war would soon be made up. The be
- interest OF the community demands III
we foster the coming among us OF SUE
CAPITALISTS, and as many as can be broug
to this State the better it will be tor t
interest of the State at large.
We chperfully commend this company al
its present owners and managers to t
most favorable consideration OF the &c
eral Assembly of this State.
nj Respectfully submitted.
JOHN GARSTKAMP
Chairman;
We. MCCARTHY.
& HENRY L. POND.
E. +. BUCKINGHAM,
i, A. BELOT.
#. O. H. HEMPSTEAD,
d. GEORGE l.. SMITH.
7, The report of the committee on outsta1
d. inc vouchers was ordered to be printed
u. pamphlet form
III Mr.. Harper, of st. Charles, offered t
n following resolutions, by unanimous &C
~ sent, which were read:
% Res0Ired. That for the purpose of me