New Orleans Republican., 1872-08-28

1t says:
For the past two years some of our mer-
chants and manufacturers have been sell
ing quite largely to the Attakapas country,
in Southern Louisiana. That trade came TO
them; they did not work it up.
In the year 1870, Captain E. B. Trinidad
had a steamboat built here at a cost of
$4,000, and at the same time bought
S2I. 600 worth of steam machinery, cast-irOn
articles, boilers, etc, and took them down
to BAYOU Teche. In 1871, he came again to
Louisville, with two merchants Of New
Iberia, who bought furniture, hardware,
and other articles to the amount of $23, ,000
and Captain Trinidad built another boat at
a cost of $33,OOG So much for LOuisville's
trade with Attakapas country during the
past two years.
The Attakapas Mail transportation Com
pany, T. Upper president, and E. B. Trini-
dad superintendent, proposes now to give
| to Louisville the trade OF the following
| parishes in Louisiana, through which they
run their boats AvOyelles, Rapides, St.
| Landry, POinte COupee, supplied by Bayou
| COuItableau; st. Martin, Iberia, st. Mary,
Lafayette, NermiliOn, supplied by Bayou
| Teche This trade connects directly at
| BTashear City by MOTgans steamships with
! Southern Texas and the Rio Grande, with
! points III Mexico, by King & Kennedy's
! line.
! of Red river, 1855 miles; from the Red river
| down the Atchafalaya lGj miles; through
| Chico and Grand lake, 81 miles, connecting
with Morgan's line at Brashear City; from
! thence up Bayou Teche, G5 miles, to New
Iberia.
What has that country to offer to Louis.
vile is an essential question. Is there
money in the trade! We propose to sketch
briefly the answer to these questions, and
enlarge at some future time upon the de-
tails.
Upon what is known as Judge Avery's
island, petite Anse,' in IBERIA parish
there is an exhaustless mine of pure rock
salt which has been mined to a depth of
seventy feet and prObed 100 feet more,
with the same result-the discovery of rock
salt ninety-thTee and half per cent pure.
The island contains 23O0 acres and is I75
feet high, the salt lying within an area of
one mile. This place is 200 miles from New
Orleans by water and ten miles from New
Iberia, and boats run within a thousand
feet Of the mine. 1t is always accessible,
as a tramway has been built 20 the landing
A specimen Of this salt was experimental
upon by the New Albany Glass Works last
year, and was pronounced superior article
for the manufacture OF glass.
Five sacks Of it were used by J. II. Nc.
MahOn, Esq, who pronounced it the best
salt he had ever used-at least forty per
cent stronger lldu any OIlhr. MS salt
can be laid down in Louisville at $40 per
ton.
This business Louisville can obtain if she
wants it. A specimen Of the salt will ap-
pear at the Exposition.
The Calcasieu sulphur mines are located
in an exceedingly rich deposit of ninety
four per cent pure sulphur. in Calcasieu
parish in Southwestern louisiana and ac-
cessible to Brashear City by the Calcasieu |
Viyr f7alpaSiay1 how md nd +la
or when the railroad is completed west |
from New Iberia, 10y rail. The vein is III |
feet thick, All feet under the surface. A !
company, backed by large foreign capital !
lists, has placed machinery, costing 100000, |
on the spot, aud the mines will be fully |
opened by November This valuable arti- |
Gle can be laid down in Louisville thirty |
per cent cheaper than any other sulphur |
can be brought here
The Attakapas region makes abOut IS, 900 |
hOgsheads Of sugar, $4,000 barrels of mo- |
lasses and 10000 bales of cotton Hides |
and moss can he bought in any quantity. |
One Of the most valuable materials for !
making paper, bagasSe, the tibTOus refuse Of !
sugar mills, can be brought to Louisville |
at 50 per ton. Thousands Of tons of old |
iron can be picked up about the country, |
the waste of sugar mills and cotton gins for |
many years. The direct trade which the |
Attakapas Mail Transportation Company |
propose to inaugUrate will divert to Louis
vile fully one-tenth of the large product Of
sugar, mOlasses and cotton mentioned
above, besides a heavy item in peltries
moss and iron.
The merchants in what is called the AT
takapas region number over 500, and aTe
ready and desirOus to trade with Louisville,
and have no hesitation in saying that they
are tired of the high prices in New Orleans,
and do not propose to deal there if theycan
help it.
The merchants who have bought goods
here say that the goods are better and
cheaper than any they have yet bought,
and they have been enabled TO sell them at
a good profit, and at prices far below goods
bought III New Orleans.
The needs Of that country are: Wagons,
stoves. groceries. tobacco, agricultural i'm
plements, etc, to the amount Of $2,0O0,O00
or $300O,O00 The merchants will give in
return the rich mineral and agricultural
products Of the country.
From $4,000 to 100000 bushels of coal are
needed down there for planters, steambOa
and steamships.
Captain Trinidad states that Kentucky
coal will find a ready sale at Brashear CITY
for the steamships, and it will have the
preference over Others as it can always be
transported with facility ana cheapness.
The Attakapas Mail transportation Com
Dany, through Captain Trinidad, has al
seadv brought considerable trade to our
,ity, and now proposes to commence regu-
ar trips from New Ibera thrOuge the
Jayous and Red river to Louisville, with a
small boat at first.
Captain Trinidad asks no money now
rom Louisville merchants. His credit is
established here, and he only ;
,sks for the enterprise OF his company the
rood wishes of our citizens, and when the
Attakapas products are brought here to j
rive them their attention and patronage. i
Captain Trinidad is now looking for a small
owbOat to purchase for the new trade. E
We have thus merely touched upon this a
lew and pregnant enterprise. 1t shall re-
GIVE further and vigorous attention on our
Dart. Here are people producing the richest
taples of the country, who come to us and '
ay: 81 We want to trade with you; you
laYe groceries, tobacco, and general mer-
handise; we have cotton, sugar, mOlnsses, /
nd other valuable productions Of our sec
ion"
They also propose to bring these articles
0 us, showing MS their preference and their
Onhdence.
We can hardly question the response of i
ur merchants. for they will welcome this I
rade. Let them vigorously grasp it, for it I
will 90 somewhere else if we are Indifferent
r slow to receive it. Then, when the full '
MEASURE OF our advantages are disclosed,
4uusviIle can well afford to spend money
0 increase the trading facilities with this :
Industrious and prosperous people.
InOIL nT-,7 ron rrrJEIT