The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-30
Exchange Clippings, May II.


Cincinnati Commercial
DumOnt has received seven tons OF OILS steel,
the first instailment for the battery OF six boil
Tor Gait Br3wng rev. w. t tIa Nan
Orleans and Bayou sara tra,e. The work o.. on
this fine steamer is progressing finely at tho
an WTs shs i be te e. conrac for new
- steamer for the Onachita trade.
| The Evansville Evening Tribune Of Saturday
The Sam Roberts and harges. arrived early
this morning Capt Branch Will ,oaa one r. OF ne5
bargs VIII bs oa 1Gs ~ the louis
track with 5000 bushels Of bulk wheat. when she
will leave for Huntington with her tow; For
| make another trip to New Orleans with her
until the rates of freight look more favorable.
THE COAL BUSINESS AT CINCINNATI.
To the Editor Of the Iron Age:
Illustrative of the extensive coal business
recent r9as o. annual report Of COL i. d. Maxwell su
perintendent OF the Chamber Of Commerce;
that over q 600 oo4 bushels 81 coa was hand nsa
Cincinnati the front rank as the largest coal
distributing point west q Pltt ,ha, ,a aop be
balance from West Virginia and Ohio, 1t Is az
Interesting fact that the powerful towboats
e e5pf HnG dph sfs
saiely pass al the 6 bridges n a4d Danger iqsm
gSns to 9" 900 bushels sf Of Sh coal n S
towboat j. u. Williams arrived at Naw Orleans
last month with 10000 shells: !, we mnd CT
rived Mt that market. The capacity OF thesa
= boats which are 80 successfully managed in
coal 50 moderate delivered at Cincinnati by
river. that all composition for this business on
the part of railroads is abortiye and entirely
efforts Of the rival extensive coal
operators have resulted In cutting Off all the
corners in this business, until it Is now con
Quoted on the most improved hard pan basis.
Iglproof of the advantage of rvertrans portation
o1br that Of rail, u barge OF coal obtaining
1900 bushels can be delivered by river from
Piusburg to Cincinnati for 500: by rail II would
require 40 cars. 800 bushels per car, at lowest
cut freight rate Of $40 car. aggregating $1,000
differences of $1,000 In favor OF river transpor-
tation. This practically demonstrates its supe-
To provide for the contingency Of low water
our dealers anticipate the wants o. their trade
planting coal mines. To this end the Phil ps
Coal Elevator Company, located here. have In
creased their extensive yard facilities to cover
during the year to the remotest points in the
West and Northwest ace sable by rail-. am
above firm for some Of the data of this commu.
nication. Our large coal elevators can now
conveniently handle 10000 bushels OF coal pei
day; being located near the river and hav M
J complete trackage facilities, they are enabled Il
handle coal ut very small figure,
am reliably informed that - State geolo'
gions of Western PENNSYLVANIA suecih g tina
4 coal cropping out on thu foughi"gheny ant
MonOngahela rivers aS the richest gaS e bal. ant
that, ex1eptir the WestmOreland coal from th'
gas coal bed On the Yought gheny river shipped
Vast by rail- all coal in the Interior on railroad
Y Il an inferior grade. Hence it is the good for
tune of our city to take front rams in quality II
4 we'll as quantity. Our railroad faeiuies arr
equal to any in the country and able to max
low competIng rates to any point in. Indiana
i Illinois Michigan Iowa and Missouri.
The future OF the coLl business In our city il
most hatteriDg, the average daily consumption
being now at the rate Of 100 900 bushels per ia
Throughout the year. with fir prospect o
doubling that quantity wi'Rln IN y Eg
Cincinnati o.. May 10. 1878
The Vicksburg Herald says
On yesterday Wa found our friends, thOs
musical star gazars. Matson and Zieg or in fin
\ health and spirits and excellent voice. Capt
d McPheeters WAS looking portly and hand
some as ever. and Osborne as nice as raw
berry cake, as he always does. Matson has nc
operetta, entitled Tho Ftatboat Collision in
II Fog" which he and Iiager render with fin
III effect. passenger, VINO l. musical yirtuosC
FL gives us the following accOun Of it: Matso
n wheedle- eede eedles up among he high note
Z to indicate the falling of the fne mist. and as
2 begins to thicken up. he whOie- odle ode
down toward the bass AS it gets darker he feel
\ his way douutfuly and cautiously anon
l. the fats and sharps, principally among tn
Wlreaks in with the gourd horn ~ the fog sigma
md the constant footing denotes tn It there ar
,everal Fl tbot ats sAr together, W 1lia III Es0n'
harp ticks in the upper oCtaves show that h
iahoatmen are "cuesin'' each other Grad
tally the footing anu "cussin' get worse an