The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-08-14

GENERAL SUMMARY.

The wholesale grocers of Boston hay
organized Grocers' Board, for the mutua
benefit OF trade and the examination and din
cussion OF questions of vital interest TIL
ofhcers have been elected and bylaw
adopted. go n.
The number of hogs taxed in the State O
Missouri for 1875 is 1859, 404, valued q
S4,328, O95. Cass county has the largest mum
Der. 81, 1856, and Scott county the smallest
1S47 The average value per head is 80 cents
In fancy county and So 70 in St Louis
county. AsE Fe1 Ekf 4
Ths failure of Geo. p. Mitchell l. Sons one
OF the most respectable West India houses at
Halifax, is attributed, the Reporter saws, en-
tirely to the fact that trusted agent in Mon.
treal has Incorporated their property to
the extent of nearly 5000, OOO" It is thought
that little consideration from creditors will
enable the firm to carry on their business
again as successfully as before.
The San Francisco Chronicle of the 3Oth nit.
says: We can add nothing to our remarks OF
last week regarding the wheat prospects of
the State. Our original estimate of the SUI
plus OF wheat at $50, 600 tons we still consider
as near the mark az we could make il now
with later information before us.
The Chicago Mercantile Daily, in speaking
of the many blast furnaces out of blast. thinks
that high price of coal has a good deal to do
with the dullness, and urges the railroads to
carry coal at lower rates, a. it il the interest
OF the roads to keep the industrial establish
menfs working, large part of their business
being derived from the moving of manufac-
lures made on their lines
The Philadelphia North American an
nounces the early establishment of line Of
clipper packets between, that city and San
Francisco a
At Omaha, for the year 1874, the average
freight received and forwarded by the routes
centering there was over 200 cars per day.
Agricul ural implements to the amount Of
S7O0OOO were sold last year, notwithstanding
1T was grasshopper year. The average de.
posts of our four banks 1.-TWO national and
two private) were So. 457, 874 49, Deposits
Tor the year were 500, 308. $50; exchange sold
$25, 768,426 80; post-oface money orders
$l,054, 705 SO.
The Honstoa and New Orleans Railroad.
The Houston (Te1as) Telegraph, througha
reporter, has interviewed Judge ]. F. Crosby, 3
who has just returned from New York, where
he has been in the interest of the Houston
and New Orleans Railroad. From the Tsle-
graphs article we make the following extracts:
Judge Crosby informed our reporter that by
January next the road would be built to the
S.AihAoy 4sAvCAs ,GaA IL AInt.CldbS Styl0, anu In
fact, that the whole road would be built as
rapidly as possible to the Sabine River, one
hundred and ten miles from this city. That
new locomotives had been ordered, and that
as soon as the consulting engineer, who would
probably be Capt Hays, of the International
and Great Northern road, arrived in the city,
proposals for contracts would be advertised
for. A small force began work yesterday on
the road cleaning of underground along the
right of way.
The officers of the. company are Mr.. John |
e. Terry, Of New York, President; Judge J. |
F. Crosby. of this city, Vice President and |
General Manager; and Mr.. T. w. House, of |
this city, Treasurer. The duties of the other |
Offices wiz be performed BY assistants in New
This road is being built with the distinct
understanding that the Louisiana end of the
same will be pushed forward with equal ra-
pidity.
! Reporter-Judge Crosby be kind enough
to give me in brief the history and present
status of this road? Ut
Judge Crosby-Well, sir, the road cost in
cash its present owners 81, 500 OO0, and owes
the State for sixty eight miles, from Liberty
10 Orange, on the Sabine River $500, 600
This S. 500, 600 is represented as stock in the
new road about to be built. To build and
equip this new road, $4,000, 900 in bonds on
one hundred and ten miles from Houston to
the Sabine River, q little more than S19, 900
trustees reserve 5000, 900 for paying, the
States lien, therefore there will only be sold
ut present 81, 40O,0 900 Of bonds; $700, 900, Of
these have been subscribed for by frat class
men at seventy cents on the dollar, no interest
being collectable thereon until all-rail connec-
ton is had with New O rleans. -.agrg tn |
One great difficulty met with in the nagotia-
lion of these bonds, is the fact that not q /
man in Houston OF Texas had dollar in the ! |
enterprise, and of course strangers were 10th
70 purchase these bonds. while our own peo-
pie stood back and took no interest in the /
The further sale of the remain.
ing bonds issued will DO secured if the rciti
sens of Houston will take but o. small pro !
portion of them at par, upon the express con-
lition that they are neither to take the bonds
aor pay one cent until the road is completed
20 New Orleans. sfat ast' ,.s s=s cl ,1e
- Monthly Tobacco Report.
From the monthly tobacco circular Of Mr..
T. Greenfield, of this city, dated August 18th,
We take the following extracts:
Every day since my report of 9th ult was
ssued the i've Western tobacco States have
been flooded with rain, and it is now esti-
aated by many we'll informed men in each of {
hem, that one-half of the large and pfomis-
ng crop during the close of May, nearly all
# June and early July has been either over
opped by weeds and grass, frenched, or
Washed out of existence '.<
"The July returns to the Department of
Agriculture show that the acreage of tobacco
. greater than last year, the increase being in
he three great tobacco producing States
daryland bas increased her area per cent; :
virginia 80. Tennessee 20, Kentucky ~, lndi-
ma 40, Illinois SO, Missouri co." go
As rule have no faith whatever in the
eport of our Government off oials, but as the
obecco crop is yet growing and not in con-
ition for Stealing" or "moving." think
heir report may be trusted. r