The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-07-23
rur rREIcuT MEETING AND ITS
RESULT.

At an early hour on Saturday NOR
inc our streets were thronged with
he delegates from Avoyelles' Grant 9
md Na,chitoches, and with mer t
,bapts and planters Of this Parish, i
who came here in response to a call
oublisbed in our last two issues 10
n Get in this Town on the day above
named, for the purpose of comforting
with representatives of the Red XIV
or Transportation Company upon
the subject of revising the Alexan
dria and Grand Ecore card rate Oh
1878. The steamboat interest was
oblv represented by Captains Aiken
sinpo,t, Jacobs and Drown, the two
former having arrived the night be-
fore on the 10 Bryarly, and Captain
sinpott having came all the way
from Pittsburgh expressly to a''eno
this meeting. A preliminary meet,
Ing was held at the Town Hail. at ~
o'clock a. NJ, for the purpose OF Sc
lecting delegates to meet those ,'o"
the other Parishes, which being DONE
the meeting took recess while III the
t delegates retired to room over M,
Leyin's store, to the business whlcl
!. had brought them together. In an
e other column we publish the result
it Of their deliberations and OF thel
II conference with the representative
re If the steamboat interest, copy
ID which we have been kindly favore
with by the courteous and efhclel
d. secretary, Mr.. L. V. Marye.
8, Great interest was manifested
the matter throughout, and althoue
re- the rates were not reduced on all 9
M ticles to the figures asked for al
ed expected by our people, yet CONGO
On sions were made on both sides, a
for in friendly spirit, all parties bel
on imbued with the philosophical pr
his ciple of olive and let live" I
ella feature of the reduction in rates
t tafe will mention as especially comm
rity dable. and that is in making
e1 On freight on potatoes and onions raj
ore here Is cents per barrel. Ih's'
) or or heats can we'll afford to do, as IL
fled, articles come into market after
c cast last busy cotton season is over wlth'
State by making this moderate chars
;icles will tend to stimulate this indus
shed The passenger tariff, however,
their the only thing not reduced attn
- it. is the universal opinion of tn
oe irons of this trade that it could
that sonably have borne reduc''e
,es Of Is per cent.
~ ~ After the rates hal been a
dole. upon by the Conference Comm
,sovs the Rapides delegation return
:. .va the Town Hall, and subm'tte'
,st;tn. proceedings to the meetlns' VII
- -, the meantime had again assc'
strong and they were duly ratified.
ovorv The rates adopted are to g
1877, effect as soon as the packet c
:, non sumo her weekly trips to
= on;n. Ecore. This, however, does
70 have ply solely to the large boat n
ing built by Captain sinnott,
any boat that can make tue
I'D Sill. trips when the water perm
q ,oF e. Slo was the sense of the meet'r
" that no Jefferson rates al
the Grand Ecore trade, with
e regret ception perhaps Of Cane River :,
accident is navigable but short Will,
sp NJ the year. Wetrust and feel u
bach, Of ao 10, sa a; sn,s and that. as
as kina. raj sequence of a lower rate OF o
coal oil, there will be an increase OF
the can. to both the steamboat and
setting tron :, and general prosperity
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