New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-31

/ no parry CONSISTS OF senators W =
John Sherman, Roscoe Conkling, +. eol
wood and II. 6. Davis. The object Of u
visit is to obtain statistics relative TO fEcigh
/ transportation in the interior and to thu
seab0ard, the feasibility of certain i'm
provements in river navigation and the cos;
thereof.
| The following points constitute the main
! objects Of inquiry on the part of the com
! mittee:
| lows: st. Louis to New Orleans for twenty
| years: VI. Paul 70 st. Louis for twenty
years; Cincinnati to New Orleans for TWEEN
| ty years; Pittsburg 70 New Orleans 70.
| twenty years.
Second-Disadvantage Of climatic IA
| ture involved in the transportation of corn
| and grain from St Louis, via New Orleans
! and the gulf. to North Atlantic and Euro
| pean ports.
Third-Average number OF days IN the
| year of more than ten feet OF water at st.
! Louis; average number of days in the year
| OF less than ten feet and more thal eight
feet of water at st. Louis; average number
of days in the year of less than six and
more than four feet Of water at st. Louis;
average number Of days of less than four
feet OF water at ST. Louis.
Fourth-Advantages gained by trauspog-
tation OF corn and grain in bulk.
Fitth-Number OF days of suspension OF
navigation at st. Louis and other Western
river ports, on account OF ice, Tor the last
twenty years.
Sixth-Amount of value of corn and
gram and of other exports at New Orleans
during the last twenty years.
Seventh-Towage and pilotage charges at
New Orleans.
corn by river and gulf route
Ninth-Probable cost OF proposed I'M
provements of the Mississippi river. above
and below St. Louis.
Tenth-Probable cos: of improving tie
mouth OF the Mississippi river
Elerenth-Rates of freight per ton from
New Orleans to ports OF Europe during tie
last twenty wears.
.Tweltth-Rates OF freight per ton from
New Orleans to New York for the last
twenty years.
Thirteenth-Probablec cost of constructing
the Fort st. Philip canal, its length and the
commercial advantages to be expected from
its construction
ourteenth-Estimate6 number of tons
OF freight transported each year from st.
Louis to New Orleans.
Fifteenth-Estimated number of tons
transported each year from New Orleans to
st. Louis.
Sixteenth-Amount of wheat and corn
received at New Orleans from Western and
Northern States by river.
eventeenth-Estimated value of mer.
chandise OF all kinds received at New Or
leans by river from ports above that citye
Eighteenth-Estimated value of merchan-
disc Of all kinds shipped from New Orleans
by river to points above that city.
Nineteenth-Other facts which NAV aid
IT. arriving at an estimate of the value of
the commerce of the Mississippi river, and
OF its navigable tributaries.
The appointment of the senatorial trans
portation committee is largely due to reso-
lutions of the Louisville Board of Trade.
offered at the meeting of the National
Board of Trade held in Cincinnati in the
year 1870. The resolutions were as follows:
Resoired, That cheap transportation for
it's heavy products to the markets of the
world is not only necessity to the West.
but equally demanded by the best interests
OF the whole country.
Res0ired, That the most feasible plan to
secure this end is to provide direct and
continuous line of water communication
between the Mississippi river and the At.
lantic ocean. in a latitude favorable to the
safe carriage of grain in bulk. and We. com.
paratively free from Instructions by frost:
that such a communication can be read "
secured by the Ohio. kanawha and James
rivers, through Virginia and West Virginia
to the Atlantic ocean, near the mouth of the
Chesapeake bay.
Resotyed, That said line Of water COMMIT.
nica!iOn is a work OF great national !mDor-
.ances and as such is entitled to receive
such aid from the general government as
will secure its completion at the earliest
possible period.
Res.'red. That the executive council are
hereby appointed committee &c memorial.
ize the Senate and House of Representatives
OF the United States, on behalf of this body.
and ask them 20 take the subject % said
water line communication into favorable
consideration at an early day, and to grant
such aid as may be necessary to secure Its
early cOmpletioEo
Pending these resolutions at the close Of
the session, the following resolutions were
submitted in behalf of the Louisville Board
or Trade. and were adopted:
The subject OF the resolutions submitted
by the Board of Trade of Louisville, and
now under consideration. is one OF great
importance, and has been but recently
brought to the attention of the majority of
this body, and should be fully examined
and maturely considered before final action:
therefore
Resolred. That the whole suhjec. be re.
ferred to a committee of fifteen. with in.
structions to fully examine the same and
report at the next meeting.
Resolred. That the report of this commit
tee be placed in the hands of the secretary
forty days previous to the next annual
meeting, that he may transmit copies of the
same to the constituent bodies.
The following committee was appointed:
Porter, Of Louisville: Stanard, of St. Louis.
Burwell. of New Orleans; Topp, of Mem.
phis: Brown. of Portland; Converse. of Bos.
ton: Hincken, of New York; Monroe. of DI.
buque: Mum. of Chicago; Taylor, OF St.
Paul: Gano. of Cincinnati: Wethereli. of
Philadelphia; Parr, of Baltimore: Hughes,
of Norfolk: Darlington, of Richmond.
The committee made a report subsequent
~ to the national board. which was after.
ward the subject OF a memorial to Congress
looking TO the facilitation and cheapeaing
of transportation Of Western produce. and
the Senate Committee on Transportation
was the result. The report of the commit.
tee OF the National Board of Trade. most
valuable and interesting document. is found
in the 'Reports of the United States en-.
gineers on the survey of the James river
and kanawha canal and the advantages of
the central water line as d national work"
The meeting of the Board of Trade on
Change yesterday was attended by ma.
jority of the principal business men of ths
city. President Duncan called the meetin.
to order and announced that a senatorial
Committee on Cheap Transportation would
be in the city tomorrow Tuesday and that
some action should be taken toward their
reception. Upon motion the president ap.
pointed the following gentlemen as the |
committee: A. o. Brannin, Thomas y. Mar |
tin, ST.. Z. D. Standlford. j. j. Porter. j. !
w. Goslee, j. NJ Harlan, J. B. Wilder, Hor.
acc Scott, w. G. Hite. j. 2. johnson, J. 6.
Baxter. V. P. Armstrong, w. B. Hamilton, |
G. w. Morris. r. II. Campbell. Subsequent |
to the appointment OF the committee dis |
patch was received from Senator John ". |
Stevenson stating that the senatorial com. !
mittee would reach the city by way of the |
Short Line railroad at 1890 p NJ. to-day. |
The committee were then instructed to !