The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-29
4. r. Kouns, John Il. Hanna, Robt.

Coast; W. j. Iehan, Bart Able Red nlyer
Thompson Dean, Ohio; Assumption. Henry Tete
Trenton, Lafourohe; ". ]. Poilevent, Tensas am
and barges, 81. Louis; 81. John, Baton Rouge
Gov. Allen, Bayou Sara; Isabel, Emma, Lowe
Coast; Ashland, Memphis, Natehsz, Vloksburg
Yszoo Valley, Yszoo.
The weather yesterday was clear and plosssn's
the kind Of weather needed for vegetation, onlJ
Little more OF IL would be better.
Business dull, except with the Col KounB
Hanna and Bertha; they three had good trips.
The Ave yaluable letter. stolen from the eve
tanned, sA34 80 in currency and 1868 90 In drafts
Payment of the drafts has been stopped.
Abe Frank Pargoud, leaving to-day ut 2. m.
for Vicksburg and the Bends. VIII extend hei
trips beyond dreenville TO Arkopolis, connecting
there with tho Arkopolis and Pine Bluff Railroad,
and giving through bills TO all points on that
road. The Fargoud has plenty OF time to attend
70 this increase OF business, and her many
friends can rest assured that not ono Of them
will be neglected. The veteran Capt. j. III.
White commands, Msssrs. Holmes and Gaines
| clerk
The gilt edge Maria Louise, Fl. ]. Brinker.
| master. arrived Tuesday night from Shreveport,
aud will return Saturday without fail.
| The Cotton Wiley. joe Carlton master, Messrs.
| Haskell aud ailruth clerks. arrived Tuesday
night from Camden, and will return Saturday,
aate sI points on The BaoE and ouaohis rivers.
| The Tom Parker, Capt. l.. p. Delahoussaye's
regular through Bout River packet, not being
ready TO leave yesterday. OVERLAND until p. m,
| to-day.
The Trenton, leaving to-day for LRfourohe,
| goes through to Thibodsux.
| The tri-weekfy Upper Coast packet Eva will
arrive this evening and return Saturday as usual.
The Eva goes 50 high as Ben Tureaud's.
The Sandy No. 2leayes Saturday for the Opc"
The Natchez Is due tonight from vlcksburg,
and will return ab usual Saturday.
The Bart Able leaves Saturday as usual for
| Alexandria and Grand Eeore.
| Passengers North, Eat or West, by the way OF
| the Ohio, read tho advertisement OF the Thomp.
son Dean. She Ia one Of the finest boats that
comes from the Ohio, and plehsanter trip than
| can be enjoyed on her can not BIO had. She Ii q
| boat that is worth the while waiting for.
| Sundays Cincinnati Commercial publishes an
interesting revisw Of It's river interests In speak
ing Of ono OF the heaviest burdons to steamboats,,
| insurance, il suggests as q remedy:
| "What is needed Ia for the boats to be brought
under one management; should o Vanderbilt arise,
| or some powerful company capable OF owning all
| the boats running regularly, ana OF assuming al
RISKS, notable era would be iHaugurated In tho
carrying trade Of the river. Needless lisks and
| the destruction Of property which they entsil
would then DO carefully avoided Syshm would
be introduced, growth In tho trade Of the whole
river sought rather than Of some particular boat
at the expense OF Others rich harvest be reaped
by the boats, and the cost Of transportation ut
the same time materially reduced.
sin the absence OF great capitalist and man
aRer or . suitable company, remedy for the
exorbitant rates. resulting from freights and in
surance together must DO sought amongst the
material at hand. The ''pool' into which the
New Orleans boats have gone might BIO made the
germ OF an organization from which much good
could be expected. IL responsible association
could be thence developed that would control the
boats and assume the risks now taken by the in
surance companies, by proper management great.
ly reducing the hazards, and thus In o de-
gree the present cost of transportation,
the much wished-for work would be
done. The shouldering of the risks would prove
fruitful source of.expedienss for safer naviga-
ton. special pilot could BIO placed Mt q COM
pafatively slight expense at each OF The ten or
dozen really dangerous places between here and
New Orleans. More care would be exercised In
running on dark nights, and as marked change
take place In the safety with which goods are
transported rs has lately been made In the
amount given crew and power can move. The
sums, large in the aggregate, from which iDsur-
ance companies derive their profits and pay their
LOSSES are cuff eent to enab.s the boats to grow
speedily rich, with freights reduced to u lower
figure than has yet been known"
or The relation Of steamboating to railroads it
says: ,,,,,.,
Of to-day Is Its hostility to the railroads. A
wiser policy would be to make friends with the
engine whose whistle 10 heard in 80 many places
where the steamer can not go. Shippers much
prefer 10 bill goods through to their dsstina ion,
and the route offering this advantage, other
things being equal, will get their patronage. So
great is the inducement to shippers which such
an arrangements offers, that the Clyde Steamship
Company have lately established branch lines to
number of the New England ports, for the
purpose of affording this advantage. Through
bils OF ladiug can now BIO made out
Being the sars siT' a RST' York The on sG sss
smaller vessels, and then transferred to the ocean
steamers without being rebilled. The enterprise
has been much commended by those whom 1t
was meant to benefit. In sending goods to or
from interior points. the same advantage would
bring it's reward. 1t is nowise improbable that
the river trade could be much augmented were
the blind hostility to railroads removed, and an
arrangement effected with the trunk lines lead
ton, New York, Phiiadelphis, or Baltimore, to the
lower river points, could be billed through to
their destination, "a also the products shipped
from these points eastward.
"By consenting to the loading and unloading of
cars on the public landing, steamboatmen-a
it is strange they do not perceive it-could ad-
vance their own interests, and the common veal
as we'll. An incline could be built, and freight
transferred from to the boats, or ptCe uersG,
at fraction the cost that is now incurred.
half cent hundred is sufficient to determine
the route over which heavy and important ship
ments shall be made. Terminal and transfer
changes have amounted in this city to many
times that sum, and have worked disastrous re-
depot Is practically sar from the public landing
as Indianapolis would be were the facilities for
transferring goods what they might easily be
made. The consequence is that fIeights that |
would otherwise be shipped by way Of Cincinnati |
are daily driven to other routes"
OF it's system Of wharfage 1t says:
"The wharfboats are owned by the several |
That commerce may not be I'M
peded by boats lying at the lsvee an unreasona-
bic length OF time, wharfage is charged by the
city. II . boat remains at the landing for more |
than two hours, but less than twenty-four, she |
is taxed 50 80. a boat OF 600 tons burden, cas-
tom house measure, may lie at the wharf twelve
days for 80. Thereafter the rate lie much higher.
For merely making the landing, if che leave
within tso hours, boat is not subjected to any
charge"
The Robt. Mitchell, for Cincinnati, had light
trip out.
The Golden City, for Cincinnati. leaves to-day.
The largest steamboat aioat, with the largest
cargo ever put in one hall, will be found at the
landing to-day from st. Louis The Grand Re-
Duhlio Sha ia receivjn0 tn retJ1rp gaturday |