The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-30
"A PROBLEM.
a Talk With Railroad and Business
Men on the Commercial
ElituatiDu


Men on the Commercial
Situation.
Our merchants have been complaining re-
eently-tha produce men and general trades
people. northumberland business ts far from
haing Az active ia 1t might be OF this period Of
tho season With the COMMUNICATIONS came. how
ever the information that the railroads were,
on tho contrary doing Il handsome business
ami la some Instances tho handling of freight
was greater than 1t has been known for some
years past This apparent commercial contra
dietion caused q DEMOCRAT reporter to visit the
Offices Of tho three principal railroads having
their terminus IN New Orleans. with the view
OF a&tainlng reliable data In the matter. The
result whilst 1t was not as satisfactory as might
have been desired to eject solution OF tho
question ri issaa realized certain facts Of such
Interest that thay ere published In order that
our readers may draw their own conclusions.
The first Office visited was that Of Morgan g
New Orleans and Texas Railroad where our
reporter met Mr.. George Pandely. tho saperin
tendent 81 tke road, to whom tho object OF the
call was broached. Mr. Hutchinson Was pres-
ent during part Of the interview.
In answer to the questions of our reporter.
whether It was true that the railroads were
ioug lafge BUSINESS Mr.. Fandely answered.
With sigh Tint within tho past fourteen dars
the energies and endurance Of the employees In
all the departments OF the road had been put to
severe test the work occupying about nineteen
hours of tbs day, aud In some instances forty
eight hours work on stretch had been neees-
sary Tor thu handling Of the imnense amount
Of freight coming to and leaving the city by
that rGnh
Stitl answering our reporters questions. Mr.,
Pandnly added that the only was be could ex-
plain the conn plants OF n portion OF our com
mereial community was that this was not the
snas9n Of hs year when pn,dhaaa +, were mahe
their crops and TINT the principal artlelea being
| handled by the railroad contrary and its steam
and u large quantity Of freight In transltu. To
| illustrate ihe magnitude of the work said Mr..
| Pandely on Thursday no fewer than
THREE HUNDRED And SEVENTY FIVE
| freight ears representing about 4b,0n0 barrels
capacity, had O. ossed the river on tue Morgan
ferries und returned 10 this side AZ full IA they
had gone over. Such m immeneo quantity of
freight handled In one day had never before
been experienced by the MorgHE Railroad. aud
| the wor k of the past fGstnight WIS also unpre-
oedento.l Two steamers ~ the Morgan Line
| arrive here every week from New YORK the
/ larger urOportlnu Of the freight being Tor New
Dreana, and y,et a. largo ~ are these ship,s
they don't begin to suffice to carry on the bust
ness, nor 70 take tho offers OF freight for New
1 York
it was tho eplnion Of this gentleman and Mr.
Hutchinson that never WAS ,helo time when
| New Orleans needed ring Itself na 1t does
now and 70 adopt measures to develop It's trade
Wh Texas where only ,, three 9r iour merna i
1R1nEle houses from New York. st Louis and
| other commercial oities Wern represented by u
| dozen or moro dEummals, Individually, Mr.
| Fanlaly made tho revelation that the Morgan
/ Line VI steamers were actually carving coffee
and other merchandise from Now York to st.
Louis.
and another instance Of the oddities Of com
merce was illustrated by he statement TINT one