New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-23

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kx1seeBal lu16suaGien for IL People,
Tho following eorrsspondsnoe gives d
the bEietsse space and the simplest Language
just such Information = h needed BY oul
citizens 70 enable them to understand fully
the immense benefits to b reaped BY New
Orleans In tho building Of tie New Orleans
Pacific railroad:
10 I. 3. Wheelook, ESQ, President Kew Orleans
rAeiAc Railroad Company:
DEAR Sn-I most respectfully apply "a
you for informatios - to Whist extent that
railroad will benefit the GLASS Of citizens in
this parish represented in the undersigned
organization. - tho subject directly in.
terests tho members Of this organization,
and viii be acted upon ct tho next meeting
Of their central council.
Therefore, should like to have such in
formation - my position in this organ isa-
ton demands Of mo to lay before the m en-
bers ut the next meeting, to be held April
II, 1876.
Any information you can furnish me will
be respectfully submitted.
Respectfully,
PAUL GRANZIN,
President Central Council Mechanics and
Workingmeis Association of New Or
leans.
New Orleans, April IL, 1876.
Mechanics aad workiugmen's 1ssocis tion Of
New Orleans
DEAR SIR have the honor to acknowl-
edge the receipt Of your communication Of
the thirteenth instant, only this day re-
ceived. If You have made no mistake in
dating your letter, tho delay in ito trans
mission 10 unaccountable.
For tho information of your respectable
and intelligent association, You desire to be
informed how and to what extent the class
of citizens interested in your industrial or
ganization will be benefited by the CON
struction of the New Orleans Pacific rail
way.
To this reply:
l. That on completion OF the road
between Alexandria and Shreveport and
Marshall, it is not doubted that 400, 900
bales of cotton more than now reach our
city will be received.
2. That ct least 100000 bushels of
wheat, now forced to the glutted market of
St. Louis, will also be shipped to this place.
3. That it il, ct the most moderate calcu-
lation, absolutely certain that in addition
to the largo quantity of wheat We shall re-
ceive, 1t least 10000 900 bushels of corn,
oats and barley will also reach eur levees.
4. That almost one-half ct least of al the
beef, mutton and other essential substantial
edibles We consume will reach % over this
road when once established. and thus great
~ cheapen the cost of living to the work.
ingmen.
S. That it is . very moderate estimate
that ct least other articles of merchandise,
besides those enumerated above, to the
value Of, say s., 0o0, 900 per annum. Will find
their way to certainty here, namely, hay,
hides, tallow, peltries and miseellaneoua
agricultural products.
6. In return for these shipments to our
city, our shops, factories, tradesmen and
mechanics will send of their handiwork,
thus giving steady employment at full
wages, to every class and description of oul
! fellOw-citizens.
Our stevedores, longshoremen, draymer
and laborers will have full and permanent
employment, just as our traders and clerkl
of every description will have; and the
grain trade that must, by the necessities o.
commerce come here, will happily be in the
summer, when traffic of other sea-going
characteristics has been discontinued and
employment of labor is not to be had.
How. then, you will naturally demand
can we be sure Of the results here 80 CON
tidently predicted
answer, that the only formidable, if not
indeed, the only real rival We have to con
tend with, will be st. Louis, which now, BY
two railroads, is in indisputable monopoly
of the country whose commerce We lay
claim to right to control and must if VI
only build this road. say We must, be
cause with rail to Marshall, We are two
hundred and fifty miles nearer to that pro
gressive town than is our Western rival, ani
also have in our favor the natural prefer
| ence and affections Of the Texas people.
have the honor to be, yours, very respect
fully, e. B. WHEELOCK,
President New Orleans Pacific Railway
Company.
New Orleans, April Is, 1876.
The Tax Obstructiouists.