New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-04-24

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than this, it crossed all these natural OF
stacles and channels; it crossed the COZ
tinent. This railroad now takes CON
merce between the West, the East an
Europe. The merchandise, the mail, tn
travel is now conducted by rail. Th
upper Mississippi river is bridged il
many places, and even at st. Louis Their
will be thrown open on the ninth of Ma,
a bridge or viaduct which, it is estimated
viii carry by rail across the Mississippi
! sixty thousand tons. We need not tax,
the capacity of the st. Lawrence, the two
| New York railroads and the New Iorl
| canal, to fetch and carry the commerce O.
the West. It is unnecessary to give in de
tail the tonnage OF the Pennsylvania, Mary
land, Virginia, Georgia and Carolina
railroads. This would show an aggre
gate Of more than twenty-five millions Of
tons, hundreds Of millions Of merchan-
disc and millions Of passengers in move,
ment over certainly twenty-five thousand
miles OF the sixty thousand OF railroads
in the Union. These facts may be
proved by those who seek for causes in
the report Of that Senate transportation
committee which held its sessions and
took testimony in every principal
city CT the Lakes, the Valley and
the Eastern seaboard. They will be
vouched and corroborated by the
decline in Western exports and imports
by way Of New Orleans. 1t will be found
that these commodities which New Or
leans must formerly have received are
now carried to Eastern cities, and that
several OF these blockaded cities of the
Baltimore, Norfolk, Richmond,
Charleston and SavannaL-row receive
by rail the Western commerce once sup
posed the inevitable property Of New
Orleans.
We well remember highly poetic figure
adduced by railroad engineer, we be-
lieve Mr.. Hewlett, when advocating the
construction Of the jackson and other
connecting our city with the in
terror He warned New Orleans OF the
nascent power OF the cross rail then just
nanifesting itself to the vision of few
IS sagacious as himself. His figure was:
New Orleans is sleeping like an Eastern
queen n purple pomp. with the deadly
.spic at her breast" We thought the
igure iancitul at the time. We respect it
more at present.
We may even note another agency of
ailroads. 1t is the necessity that roads |,
4 running order should.fll their trains at |
ONE rate or other, has transferred much |
measurement goods from the coast ships |
nd steamers. The superior speed and
atesy 0: rail has taken the travel from the
cast and, indeed, from the river steamers.
This has been recently enhanced by the
among the roads, which has
rough, down the rates. With a mono
oily Of travel, the mail, specie and fine
Gods, the railroad becomes q formidable
Of even parallel lines Of coast
teamers. These paying articles with
rawn from the water lines, throw upon
&c latter only the heaviest and least pro-
table class OF freights. We are not sur
rised, therefore, that several coast lines
ave been Withdrawn between New Orleans
nd Eastern ports. 1t does not prove
diminution OF or trade or travel. but
$ transfer to inboarG lines OF rail. We
II not object that freights formerly paid
d foreign shipping interest should now
} 10 strengthen the capacity Of our own
ilroads for agricultural and other devel-
)1nent Eat We have assigned true and
fifteen. reasons why the Crescent City |
IS been OF the wane relatively as to ether
ties, while she Still really handles more
lues than almost any city il the MON
hat does the Herald say, what Will the
ew Orleans Bulletin answer. to the fact
at New Orleans, while assigned to the
nth class il population, is the second
y IN the Mon in the value of her .
,eign exports? We know the Eu- {
n viii By no means ike that this
i shall get out. 1t would damage the 9
lsation arranged for the centennial by | d
:. Mari when it has been arranged that $
ui5iana shall be presented in metaphor
i rags and misery as contrast to her
ppy sisters, who will assemble in family
rmony On tia. occasion. Yet it IS so
It New Orleans has much commerce and
my resources, which with the con-
ence Q. hel sons ind citizens will be
veloped under a sytem Of domestic
O. railroads into Texas and
xieo, and BY the adoption Of measures
similar in principle to those !,
ich have diverted so much Of her trade h
other cities. The time will come under IT
h modern and practical counsels that a.
" Orleans viii replace the trade she may
regGj7. Tie dead city is standing n
} Herm:one, upon lie pedestal It will q,
u
time descend re stoue 70 ro1c. Approach,
rke al that look or you III marvel.
With proper apologies for quoting facts
poetry among partisans and politicians, -
affirm that New Orleans IS not "a dead
= and that the causes Of her arrested
gress are not political but material. ba
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ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAMS.
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