New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-10-31

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with the totnpetseieh, aed brvAks dounat
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g WIS. 10 reflect shAt tAese swe r$ilroads
have each fetyy and landing st the eisy;'
each depot on the west bank, and each
has some coopens mstasisg % the same
day and hour, payable BY the same stsss
and city, We acknowledge cur profound
gratitude to the fsagaoio6s statesmen who
have psovidsd for prospective travel and
trade which is to ne4life sach duplicsts f.
cilities. People Of lass fOlesiEht sSd more
careful Of their coupors would have Der
haps msde the point Of Western de-
parture from the highest point at
which navigation could be 4 Utilized.
They might perhaps have Thought
one depot, one ferry and one track sui.
fcient for the use Of this last half or quar-
tst OF a century. Such cautious proje tOrs
might perhaps haye observed. thst other
large aties have but enc trunk .raai ht, tith
brsneh and lateral feeders. and they MpnA,
have doubtless thought .thst whsd puslic
works we're to he made with public credit,
. kaAt million paid fR .tsusnty miles Of
parallel raN had As well have been en-
ployed in extending either rail twenty
milas further Wsst a,
NEW ORLEANS AND MOBILE ROAD
., Embarrassed among. the faculties de-
seribed We decided upon patroxiaug the
'Nsw. Qtisans ind Texss railroad. II was =
work somew hat remarkable for its financial
history, and for having first introduced the
Credit Mobilier, "money no object" and mo
cure, no pay" principles among us. We
had been familiar with the road from pros
pectus to injunction. 1t had offered some
political issues. and we had experienced
more or less party embarrassing mt at the
hands of our Democratic friends, who had
profited with others in the broke rage and
who had at least obtained the chist benefits
of its local expenditures, and of whatsoever
advantages it might bring to commerce and
to agriculture.
We made choice of this route for a short
excursion intended through the sugar plan
tations on the river, and go went in search
of the ticket Office. The administration of
both our railroads is, with that of many of
our banks and other com meroal enterprises,
in New York. The office to which we we're
directed was transparent with windows,
through which nothing except the furniture
was visible. A manuscript notice informed
callers officially that there was nobody at
home, 30 we departed for information else
where. A polite railroad runner informed
US that the initial point of this road to the
Pacific was on board small stern wheeler
at the foot of Canal street. Having on the
morning of our depar .ure, arrived near the
foot Of Canal street, We interviewed short
and puffy policeman, who seemed to
have been molten and run into his
blue small clothes, and whose regu-