The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-27

| business transactions have suffered such OBJ
| etaona aE to ba unsatisfactory and unproflta-
| bile. and thus. by the logic Of tho situation
| both the producer ~ tho country md the
merchant II th"cify hqye Hstanal alch rs-
| 'laus Inconvenience and lpa4 na 81 fill both
| wi apprehension raf tho future What has
] gerp"ue stra mag always happeu agatu,
NJ II nends ~ lllu4'r ration 10 apnyinre our
| merchants that vnrr raw rrpaliiIp ~ thl4
ven 4 cgpnii"non will tc4urt IN tbs virtual
| e@ttImtian IT Tho Il drIge1 traLa rs an aaeea
| cory tile eojamalea II Now Ota.srs.
| II faefia +tranRe usy iacttslhla TINT. I'M
t'ei th@ I'll .HtaG tHeaa thaln should hr stleh
| apahT among ON eepitalietp an tho snhiae'
~ tn" NNw DtI ana rAeiti II etsaY. Thare
| is no c<ll1nItfpn f. he flrnl In thu fact thnl
-" Morgan sieuaion IL helng raplIly pushed
| forward to onnneet with he Houston line 10
| tn" Sabine ityol. Ut In tho fuihpr fact that tho
gentlemen who have recently purchased the
Ntnhshulg aud Montnn rGad are ,,rlaistt .pa
I" hn determined t. complete tho rond To
Rhl. v"p4rt at tho eAtIltet possible moment
Although the@a two lines are Import ami Fac
tofa il orr commercial protetu and may he
tnaen to Cpnttihltn enormously to our hlisI
ness they Will not IN any sense overcome thn
n6iainK difficulty In tho ml.ttar Of tho Ilad
River Valley. md tlpnr compilation will bring
uss ~ a"aIei r. that most desirable eoua,,,n
natisn regular and reliable and rapid onin
11Hhlentlon with tho tloh aud productive
tf"ets bordering npon IIel river What VIZ
me- 4 and must hHyo. no Ippttt,r how many
tnil unya may be constructed In other diTnr-
ttona. J. N lin" stirling drnotly through the
h@ali Of tho lla1 iiv"r Valley md connecting
SIR. vaport with Naw Orleans hy that routn
>" long ttiat line remains untinlah,"l. -
long VIII one ~ tho most Important links In
Lila" chain Of our trtdo he iui"f4iug.
II ia no neemsaary To revIov the history q! |
tho N,'w plloaui Facitir Railway onterprIae
~ I" stat, It's condition nj the present tmo
!ae IeaiIng lHhIle arc familiar With tho
whala 'lltanpt,tntt altuni,a and with all It's
ntoa,'net d,tala TINT ihn company havn
t,o .i,ste,I IN tteip pattintlo Efforts notvih
Hlafailug III lsep3rnEofneut and obstacle /
not VII Iiat audi z tha InfiJelpura II MOI tho
hostility q tnn,ya wac l.huGi have hsNnn most
pHthlaia Htie In thair pdpoa4cy. aud That they
he tt0le4lrtl onward untll literally won
dtsrflI t"sulI hna heen achieved ia aIrnady
practical attua'i ~ II tho m ler taking III this
iup4,eut. and that gituatlNn may 30 skntrtl i
In very foya worJIp II amounts 10 this
that wa FAevn al ntli tIsInssnl tho sert,tl II II
railway tiotu Baton Rouge. by way 81
t+ia4tsn lots. through Avnyeles aud nDInta
Coupe" To Al, taatIrla. nn,i. 10, onward
through Nntrhltpchna. Mansfield and kN4tahi
10 Shreveport. huina hundreds or thou
lone. More than half tho distance md that
includes tho on4 inmrng Diff 'ultns OF tho
route has boon graded. only u si ght esrr-
'ise ~ public spirit and commercial entor-
las boom gRmtf,A away In cotton f,lttlrn. '
turing tile y .at Wig hfern months In NaY Or
cams would have placed tho road upon 4 slb
,tantI,l basis and set tn completion beyond
he money that now liea In doubtful stocks
md poorly paying securities would oomuletc
he road and not only add V tstIy to the 4rrl-
wal prosperity of New OtlNans bat afford 10
'erativa Investment than they now possnps 6
Why il It that suoh prospect fails to aDpsai
q our merchants and mpneysd man2 How
j. II that Nav OtlAlus can hfiug lieraaNf to
,artnnt road pass into tbs control Of outside .
md prthtpa be turned Into hostile .