| Show QUAINT CITY OF NEW ORLEANS LA Many Eastern Tourists Visit It For ForIt It Its Uniqueness uth L Oa J H ui Jt 1 Spelt Upon Rull 11 and 1 Nw New Orleans like Quebec Is II 4 one ot of till the unique cities of 01 tb the It retains many ot of the customs Of a hundred vests ago aco and lea Ita people ate re still oil impressed With the same IUD ct aru by which their anc c wn stop were Tb ne e for tor Instance are veritable cIU cities of i the Ille dead the tombs being laid out In data with streets running bet between them and the bodies all U being burled buried bovo Q ground The reason for lor this I is that the land is II below tb the level Ivel ul of the nv nver er r and nd In consequence no DO graves can be dU dug on account or of the seep ep r of water Into them There are re many of the theold old quays and doc docka remaining aD and the Same old oid steamboat song on from tb the throats ot of dusky water minstrels that d delighted the Inhabitant ot of early arl dayh may mar still be beard It I la for this rea r suit IOD that lUll many travelers to the E Eo East io o as ae tAl fu south as New Orle Orleans in 10 dr der to witness the m quaintness that apparently must ways wan be a of the city Rui Hui there have bOOn been great reat Improve i v menu there ther a also and lid tb the railroads are re principally rN responsible for tor the greatest ot of tb them m I with lat last year ear the nit 1101 foie Central inaugurated ISif lit In lt its terminal at New Nev Orleans the lion of gravity yards at ae Harahan just Juat above bov the olty and II a double track along the city tro front t which Is II now bel being l extended from Stuyvesant docks to Southport and Harahan yards arda This greatly tile the handling or of the enormous and relieves merit yard tb the export port being brought direct along the river front from aft yard ard to and docks Instead of being hall handled led via government yard rd as huh The Illinois Central freight terminal at New orl Orleans the new gray ra raIt It Ity yard ard at a Harahan named after fter Vice flee President and Mn Manager I Hara Harahan ara han which it is located eight mil miles the city the main port term terminals lal at and lid at t d docks where huge hue elevators are located and enormous quantities ot of grain are load loaded fOci ed Into ve sela e for lor foreign purl ports the Levee depot at the toot foot of 01 street on tb the rIver front where ml mis I local freight I la received i the fruit wharf at the loot foot tit eat Tulla Thalia Street tr t adjacent to the Levee depot where bananas banana and ad other fruit products product are handled yard ud where there then I is another large elevator for lor drying and n purpose and nil where flour nour grain In and ha hey for lor local trade are r receIved government yard ard where trains were chiefly chien handled for formerly merl merly but this yard I is now relieved by bythe bythe the new system Item of distribution Inaugurated at al the Harahan yard which although not Quite complete is now la In operation The new gravity yard nl at Har wa I is located on the site alte of the old Elmwood and Louque plantations eight miles mile above the city It IS II three mU mUes deep by about OGO It feet and nd will when com comprise of rail arranged In tracks having a total capacity caNetty of 01 car can carThe The cot cost of the track alone alon I s estimated at In this yard rd the necessary switching of can rara Incidental to the breaking up of 01 trains with through and Inward freight will be performed by means lDean ot of the force of gravity It utIn acting on Inclined planes along which the var Sous loul gravity tracks track are re laid It I ii cum that In iii this wa was a dozen dolen men could rould readily handle hand I 1000 can cra dally The gravity ralty yard ard pro proper er consists of arty can tHre each or a total capacity ot of 1700 rr care careIn In addItion to the thirtyfour gravity ralty for Inward freight there will be tn ten tracks track for receiving inward Ir freight ht till tea tracks for lar making makin vp up rd freight and nd ten teo tracks for tor holding outward freight the total ca can I of tracks track including th hr Ad nAh 11 rel I and nd other other general service tracks track I around We the yard being 1800 care When a long freight tra reaches the Harahan yard bringing grain cot cottun cottun tun and nd other products of the fertile Mississippi valle valley a switch engine reo re replaces places the regular engine The Tho train I Ithen Is then backed Ul U the Incline until It reaches the summit where the bullon commences Each car ar is II ld kicked off In rotation and glides lIde swiftly down the incline along Ste particular switch under oder the Supervision of attendant switch men In this wy way the whole Is II speedily dl die and the freight assorted with celerity and accuracy The Tb grain irian elevators of the company constitute a great t of themselves and anel their total tore capacity is I bushels ab |
