The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-06-11
CHEAP TRANSPORTATION.

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CHEAP TRANSPORTATION.
In order that New Orleans may become pa
exceQencs city famed for the cheapnsss
its goods, wares and merchandise. It u nscea
sary that transportation should be chsspened
The Southwestern buyers reckon tho cost 9
goods BY the sum which it takes TO dehve
their barrels, bales and boxes on the sidewalk
in front Of their stores, a. we'll - BY the COS
of getting back to the city beeves, wool, cot
ton, sugar, grain, -four and lumber enough 4
pay for their purchases The New Orlean
dealer must be able to assure his patrons tina
the goods they buy will cost them less whez
received at home than they would have cos
II they had been bought in any other city
and he must also make them satisfied tina
their farm products can be put on this marke
at less expense than on any other. What Il
intended for export must be brought here 81
the lowest possible rates, and when here be
burdened with the lowest practicable charges
and commissions. Southern cotton and
Western grain must be put on shipboard after
paying the least local tribute possible. The
business Of both producers and consumers
must be done for them here at cheap rates.
High port charges, high interest, high COM
missions, high insurance, and high freights,
are all hostile to the welfare of this port
The most pressing want just now is cheap
and quick transit between this city and the
inhabitants of all parts of Texas. We want
railroad which will connect this great reoeiv-
ing and distributing, importing and exporting
city, with the railroad system Of the young
and growing Southwestern empire. Saga
cious and energetic, the citizens of Texas are
covering their State with railways and reali-
zing their benefits in increased values Of lands
and products Increase Of wealth and num-
bers is rapid, and with this growth is an in
creasing ability on their part to add to the
trade Of this great natural emporium Of the
South. The only trouble is the want Of .
railway from New Orleans to Texas. There
is barrier in the form Of less than two hun
dred miles Of prairie or level land, over which
in two years, ct . cost Of three or four mil
lions, good road could be made. There is an
abundance Of patronage in Texas for the cheap
FOODS Of New Orleans if she will only reach
mt her hand for it. There are armies of
Texans who are waiting and hoping for rail-
DAD from the Trinity to the Mississippi, be-
ause they know that it would at once in
rease the value of their lands and products
Texas and New Orleans have each valuable |
nd great interest in the other, which neither |
an attain for want of railroad They are |
oint heirs to most magnificent legacy of |
,utual benefit, which they can not enjoy un-
i they are brought together by q railroad.
low long must the prairies of the Opelousas
nd the swamps of the Atchafalaya or the
eche continue to be barriers to our pros
Gritty and the enjoyment Of q priceless herr
ger
A practical solution of this question is very
esirable. but that must be reached through
ngineers and capitalists. Any road to Texas
i'll be likely to pass through or near the
'wn Of Opelousas, whether the terminus is
} be ct q point west or northwest from that
lsca In the general direction from New
rleans two roads are already built, one end
g ct Brashear. eighty miles distant, the
her ct Donaldsonville, about - miles.
would seem to be very obvious policy of
company which should undertake
connect this city with Texas by
IL to buy one or the other of
ese roads, or to form an arrangement with I
. owners Of one or the other Of said roads
; the carrying through freights and passen-
rs at equitable, uniform and permanent !
'es II necessary to an adjustment, the {
V company might we'll afford to own both 4
these roads, or to prorate with ono and
y tho other. In time . double track will 9
needed, when . second road from New 9
leans to Opelousas, by the way Of Donald
willie, would be found serviceable to the I
npany's line to Texas by the way Of Q
shear. &
The road to Brashear is owned and success v
y operated in connection with fine line o
steamers to Galveston and Houston. The p
owner could Without difficulty O
tinue his road to Houston, If freed from
but he has invested 20 much p
ney in his steamers and has put 50 much Il
lay upon the channels Of rivers, upon ID
arves, ferries, depots and rolling stock, q
he cannot expect to expend money and Ii
render franchises merely for the benefit Of ii
public to make . road which must drive Of
ship property. It would be preposterous I'll
the now corporators to ask the owner of Il
Brashear road to do that which as indi. Fl
aals they would certainly and promptly &C
Ise to do. His stake in the route to Texas
Atchafalaya Bay and the Gulf is enormous.
'ould be sheer absurdity to ask him to
BaxdnR Il Hifhnuk ~, nuni~ala.A L.