The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-11-10
MUNICIPAL MATTERS.
THE BELT RAILROAD.

Difficulties to be AdJusted-Arriyal Of the
President of the Mobile Railroad.
We understand that the differences existing
between the Belt Railroad Company and the
Crescent City Street Railroad Company are in q
good way of being adjusted. Howbeit, it is the ex-
pressed determination of our city fathers that no
undue impeachment shall be offered to the Belt
freight railroad, which, it is thought, should be
facilitated in completing their circutous route by
laying their rails along Louisiana Avenue TO the
main track of the Jackson Railroad at it's juno
ton with that avenue.
Incidentally we may add that it is very gener-
ally reported that the Crescent City Railroad
Company have offered to sell to the Belt Railroad
the branch Of the Tchoupitoulas street ine
which extends from Louisiana Avenue to the
New Orleans Park. The Belt Railroad Company
say, however, that they are not in the street rail
road business and don't wish to buy. If the re-
port be true, it must be owing to the fact that
| the street railroad company have not yet been
able to make arrangements with the New Or
leans and Carrollton Railroad Company for the
privilege Of using the Lamm system Of con-
densed steam locomotives. owned exclusively by
the later company.
To complete the Tchouptoulas street line
along the river front, across the park to Carroll
ton, would require the laying of only mile and
o half or two miles of rails, and it would seem
that with any other style of steam dummies than
the Lamm patent it could be made profitable.
THE THIRD DISTRICT LINE.
Mr.. Raynor, the president of the Mobile Rail-
road, having arrived in this city, was Informed Of
the proposition of the city to grant his company
the privilege of establishing belt railroad in the
Third District, somewhat similar to that con-
nected with the Jackson Railroad up town, and
| as we'll of the Offer made by the Levee Cotton
Press Company to donate to his company several
squares Of ground in the Third District
| for freight depots, machine shops, etc.
Mr.. Rsynor, although seemingly disposed to
consider the propositions favorably, hesitates ia
coming to q conclusion. There appears to be
| hitch somewhere which, it is thou ,ht, will not
prevent the construction at least OF road along
the levee front far the lower cotton presses,
and thence to the rear of the city in locality to
be selected as the landing OF cattle intended for
the slaughter-house. In fact, it lie believed that
| the Jackson Railroad Company is willing to ac-
cept the terms and conditions Of the city should
Mr.. Raynor decline them.
The importance of this branch railroad, in
connection with the Mobile railroad, however,
becomes more apparent every day, especially
when the list Of cotton exports from Mobile is
considered. The shipping news column of our
Mobile exchanges show that the exports OF the
great staple by the Mobile and Montgomery rail-
road for Fall river and Manchester, Mass, Balti-
more, Troy and Pawtucket amounted on one day
alone this week to sos bales, which might other
| wise have found their way to New Orleans were
| the branch road established here, which, as we
have already shown in previous articles, must re-
duce the cost of handling 80 materially, that
Northern competition must fail in the face of it.