New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-18

the head of canal-st. and this site is favored By
All e bofels banks offices ana leading stores. and
that all lines of street railway cars run 70 ane ne
t fESm ataaon dFeo the prnepa steam ferry
between the city and ITS large suburb Agie tsrm nj
nus Of Canal-st.. which is but short distance
away s iron French market At which suburban
trains stop. as we'll as at the station ON ElysiaH
Fi fbs ou is and N%shye Railroad controls
the ancient r, mean the river along the neutral
rromnd IF Eysian Felds-st to Milneburs on
IT, TPoUcbartrain distance OF about FIVE miles
The Ponchartrain road is double tracked for nearly
its whole extent and is provided with many slos,
and Mineburg is quite large during the sim o1Is
Vile and Nashville uses the tracks OF the h G
chartraIn Railroad 10 much advantage in reacpIts
industries Civ EnieTinr the cisv rom the East.
the Louisville and Nashville Railroad is doupp o..
terminal yards. having turnouts at river landings
and at commercial plants along Inc o5 snsblsd
e 1o4 tbroTghout the wear In and out OF New
such time as Nardl Gras conventions and reunions
The Southern Pacific Is extending It's already great
terminal facilities here. having begun on the Lstn OF
November the constitution Of an entire new Pl9ir
viii have 2lC feet OF w@tec front 10 feet at eESn
ample steel sheds and commodious office structures
Wi, 9g ay innrove 0reans' water front
At these wharves will arrive and from them aeparS
New-Orleans and the latter and Hayana; and 70
tEege sheds Will be fer~ed. from The southern Pa
cites great terminals IA Aleiers. the freight for It's
own lines that which is 70 he forwarded over otneT
systems being ferred to their terminals It's local
freight is delivered its great Poydras-s station
and warehouse II shares with the Illinois central
and the YazCo and MISSISSIPPI taHey. tue ChlOh
Passenger Depot on HOward-st
passenger service between New OK ana
New-OrIeans and between Havana and New-OT-
leans is as perfect modern mana cement ana
modern shipbulIding science can make it, TWO OF
The vessels the "Proteus' ard "Comus- bsing
among the finest ever turned out by American ship
wards These are steel vessels Of 1000 tons burden
with biJge keels to reduce the roll of the Shins
they are fully equipped with every Imaginable De
vice and auxiliary insure the safety OF passengers
from the periIs If the sea, and are furnished ana
appointed with every possible comfort ana cohNel-
fence. .,-,--,
The three things that passengers particuiariy
note in these ships are the with which they
mass every steam vessel they overhaul the excel
ience Of their cuisine, and the urbanlty or thelr
officers and socitude they display In caring Tor
the comfort of those who are fortunate as 70
enjoy the hospitality OF these lines. Too much
cannot be said for the steadinesS OF these ships
and the almost utter lack of the distressing vi1ra
zion which has seemed TO be inseparable from the
great power fast liners. II IS hard to imagine a
more delightful voyage. especially at this season
hen grim winter holds the more northern cllmes in
it's grasp, than that down the coast, through the
blue waters of the Gulf and into the land OF palm
trees and orange groves. Unlike the transatlantic