The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1897-05-28
because
THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE
GRAINS AND PRODUCTS

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GRAINS AND PRODUCTS
from this place are conducted with
so much more expedition than else,
where and with such greater profit
10 the producers. The railroad ears
reach New Orleans from points in the
interior laden with goods for expor-
tation.
Ihese cars cannot be returned emp
" hence the advantages New Or
cans possesses as a general market
are ooubiy beneficial TO its citizens.
me railroad give to New Orleans
boiil foreign and lncsl trade
The ships from the South American
ports thai bring fruit TO the wnarves
or the Crescent iCty are enabled to
return with cargoes. which obviates
the necessity of making profitless
voyages lin ballast" All of these
advantages have been so we'll recog-
hlzed oy the importers and manufac-
luFers that the commerce OF the great
city Is being constantly added to.
THE SHIPS THAT LEAVE THE
WHARVES OF NEW Or
LEANS LOADED
with goods from the warehouses of
the city do more to disseminate ideas
about the superiority of New Or
leans commercial advantages than
hundred million explanatory dis
courses.
In 1896 there was an aggregate Of
over thirty miles of wharfage front
in New Orleans. Since that time this
has been materially increased by the
improvements made A OF Port Chal-
mette. The Port" is now included in
the enumeration of the port facilities
of New Orleans, for the reason that
Congress. by special act. extended
the port limits of the city so as to IN
clude Chalmette. The building up Of
Chalmette was due to the energy and
sound business sense of those gentle
men who were promoters of the New
Orleans and Western Railroad Com
pany. This corporation has belt ia
cilities in the rear of the city which
enable it 10 receive goods intended
for foreign shipment a the very en-
trance to the city. switch them to
Chalmette located just below New
orleans) and place. them aboard ship.
There is magnificent wharf mile
in length at Chalmette and all ships
ARE ADMITTED THERE WHARF
AGE FREE.
The town (or 1t is large and pros
porous enough to be so styled Is just
below old New Orleans and has ware
houses. congresses, and all other nee
essary commercial advantages. An
elevator having a capacity of 500. 00G
bushels and a cotton warehouse with
a capacity Of $4,000 bales, are among
the principal business buildings. The
New Orleans and Western has done
much for the commerce OF the port
and promises to do as much more.
The wharfage on the West Bank of
the river extends the entire length OF
Algiers. a thriving and populors SUI
burban town. The river ie well pro-
vided with dock yards where the larg-
est ships are repaired. Smaller craft
are constructed at these yards. The
wharfage on the east bank extends
beyond Louisiana avenue up town
and below the Northeastern depot
down town. There Is no modern i'm
provement for shipping
WHICH THE CRESCENT CITY.
DOES NOT POSSESS
for in this, as in all things, its peo-
pie are abreast with the times.
If any skeptical individual doubted
the superiority of New Orleans over
other cities OF the South in the line Of
local manufactures. all that. the
HOIDe-lONiHE natiRG MOAAA AldNG ~ az
in order that he might be convinced
would be to take him for a ride along
the levee front and point out 10 him
the countless factories. the chimneys
of which rear their heads above the
surrounding buildings. 1t would be
impossible in TIE narrow limits of
newspaper article to treat OF these
manufactures In detail. There are In
New Orleans cotton mills clothing
manufactures. lumber mills. box fac
tories. soap works. brick Yards REIN
eries-in short every manufacturing
industry known to modern invention.
The saw mills are for the most part
located on the river front. but a
great many are in the rear of the
city and upon the banks of the
old and new basins.
INTERNAL ARTERIES or TRADE
The brick yards are distributed over
the city without regard IN locality.
The cotton mills are not far from the
big river, nor are the soap works
nor the refineries At the latter places
sugar is taken in rs raw state and
refined. TIE ether factories mention
ed are located in various sections Of
the city. Every year the statement
issued by the Mechani s. Dealers and
Lumbermen's Exhange. one of the
most important commercial bodies of
New Orleans. shows an apprec,a BILE
increase in the number of manufac-
tories OF this city.
Formerly New Orleans could not
by any stretch of imagination be
called a manufacturing city. OF late
years. however.
THE ADVANCEMENT IN THIS
DIRECTION HAS BEEN SO
RAPID
that 1t can now be ranked with the
leading manufacturing cities Of
America. The materials used in man.
ufacturing goods for local sale ana
for shipment are of the bes.. As the
character of Torkmanchip is unex-
celled in this or any other country,
New Orleans naturally possesses
name for excellence of manufa tured
goods that nothing can set aside.
The population Of the Southern me
tropolis is fully 100000. If not more
1t is more cosmopolitan in character
than. perhaps. that Of any other
American city. This Is due to TIE
fact that Louisiana has a history
different TO that of any other STATE
in the Union. While under the Frencn
rule II was populated principally by
Frenehmen. whose sons and daugh-
ters remained in New Orleans and
other Louisiana towns an6 their pro-
geny also.
WHEN SPAIN GOVERNED THE
PROVINCE.
spanlards were in tee ascendancy
and the same rule With regard 20 he
grandchildren Of the French was ef-
fsctive in their case. The visitor to
New Orleans can see upon its streets
every day men and women oe every
ration coming-ing, and IN perfect
harmony.
The world at large have a most
Improper conception of the term
"Creoie." II will be difEi-ult to con-
vince some persons that the Creoles
are among the wealthy ard honored
people OF the State, yet such is the
fact. AS the lamented Judge Gayarre,
lit a..fa lat