Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1911-05-12
WATERWAY PROJECT
OF VAST IMPORTANCE

4 49, ''aA>s WIZ ~ = - w WI, hOt
lowing paints, the presen,
through rates from New Orleans
and Vicksburg are lowered, on
tirst-class, in cents per hundred
pounds the following, viz: Jeffer-
son 81 cents, Avinger, 80 cents,
Daingertield, As cents, Winsboro,
"a cents, Greenville, Is cents,
Mckinney, II cents, Marshall
81 cents, Longview, 43 cents,
Mineola, 30 cents, Wills Point,
Il cents, Dallas 6 cents. These
are the reductions on tirst-class
on the other class as well as com.
modities, which include carloads
and less, the reduction ranges to
the above named points from to
81 cents per 100 pounds.
How Freight Reductions Will be
Obtained.
Tt should be well known that
from the southeast the through
rates can in most cases be lower
ed by use of the New Orleans or
Vicksburg combination, so of
course, the illustration above re-
fers to New Orleans and Vicks-
burg, Miss, proper, and as a
basing point of shipments from
the southeast via Vicksburg and
New Orleans. st. Louis is used
as basing point by the railroads;
practically all all-rail rates, from
points where through rates are
published, are certain figures
higher or lower than the rates
from st. Lonis TO Texas points,
and from st. Louis to East Texas
points the present rates, by use
Of the proposed Shreveport-Jetf-
erson waterway, can be reduced
and the rates from other inter
state points Of origin to East
Texas destinations are accord
ingly reduced the same amount
the RACES from ST. Louis are.
BY use Of the present rates New
Orleans to Jefferson rates are re-
duced as follows: First-class 80
cents, second class 20 cents,
third class % cents, fourth class
35 cents. If no further recuct,
ion resulted, by the use of the
present rates and the proposed
water rates, first and second
claes to all points within radius
Of 66 miles of Jefferson, third
class within SO miles and fourth
class within lO2 miles would be
reduced. Think of the territory
affected by reductions in com
modify rates not only to Texas
but from all seabOard territory
as well as from New York proper
Red River Navigation is Resumed
The above figures are based
on the rail rates New Orleans tC
Shreveport and the water rates
Shreveport to Jefferson plus the
rail rates from Jefferson to the
points named. This, however,
is not true statement. If the
opening of the waterway here &c
Jefferson will have the effect OF
restoring navigation on Red
River, which it most assuredly
will; with the tremendous ton.
mage, by reason Of the opening
of this new territory, navigation
of Red River will surely be re.
sumed and | take it for granted
the same freight rates that APP.
piled in the past, which are the
only figures we have to go by,
will also apply in the future
The steamship companies com
ing into the port of New Orleans
have in the past been willing +
divide the revenue with the steam
boat lines on the river and made
a through rate which is naturally
much lower than the water rate
TO New Orleans and the rail rates
New Orleans to Shreveport. As
an example, If the rail rate New
/ Orleaus TO Shreveport was &c
cents the steamship companies
would expect their rate and reve
nue. TO be as great from New
York 10 New Orleans as the raj
rate is from New Orleans 20
/ Shreveport.