, 1880-07-28


neither citizens nor votors. 1t may be TINT 4 |
like difference exists Mt this time. 1t Is pos
stblo TINT tho Council, with NIL these facts |
before them, will bo able to n'ake wiser,
moro Just, md generally bettor division Of
the wards than is possible upon the meagre |
returns which hnvo 50 fur bccli 1r,ado.
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WATER AND RAIL TRANSPORTATION.
Tile papers of St. Louis announce that
during the Inst two weeks TINT city has bcen
receiving graln at tile rato Of q million Of
bushels pcr week, aud the snlno papers arc
asking If this emil 10 tho turn in trade" for
wlic, TINT city Inns bscn 30 long waiting.
The elevators Of TINT city nro full, md tic
supply Of bnrges Is wholly Inadequate to
meet tho demand for dowl,.the-rfvcr trans
portuttUn. As llns been noticed III these col
u,nns, wheat las recently been shipped from
st. Louis to tIls city, tho 1neans Of lisposing
of 1t Mt st. Louis being deficient st, Louis
being located so,Me 2tO or moro m!les south
OF tl,is city, tile receipt of new wheat at TINT
point begins several weeks before 1t docs ut
Chicago.
Tho condition OF the river at this time III
st. Louis and below is such that navigation
is easy and practicable. Under such circu1n-
stances tho shipment OF grain to New Or
leans is botA economical and natural. Tle
great waterway, II always III n condition for
navigation, would furnish MI NnfAtlng routc
from the Interior or producing sections to
tho Atlantic coast, but that waterway is,
unfortunately, so seldom in d condition for
navigation TINT tho railroads nre aDa to Ills
regard 1t ms offering any seriolis competition
IN the why Ut transportation routes. II the
river was always in u condition to receive MS
we'll as to ship gran from st, Louis, Tint
route would be tho one naturally selected;
then st. Louis would be able to malntain q
fleet of barges, and tho cost Of transportation
from the Upper Mississippi md It's tributaries
would be practically nominal is compared
with rail routes. The present stage Of water
III tho river IL somewhat exceptional, but
while 1t lasts advantage will bo taken Of 1t
to crowd into tho season NIL the business ttlat
can be possibly done III that time.
The value to tho Whole country, to pro-
duccrs and consumers, OF having the grent
rivers OF the country IN condition to be al-
ways nnvigable Is SO great that 1t can hardly
be estimated In iiEures* OF course It IL not
expected, nor Is 1t desirable, that tho rail-
wuys sliall be superseded, or that they shall
tlo less business than now. Tho owners Of
tie seven hundred millions Of dollars Ill
vested In tho railways running east mid
west IRON Inc ollssonFl' hllu 4llsslsslppl
Rivers to thu senc0hst will never ,gfve
up or abandon their property. Nor will
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