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NEW ORLEANS 
 
 WHAT TO SEE AND HOW TO SEE IT 
 
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NEW ORLEANS. 
 
 'EW ORLEANS, the metropolis of the South and 
 Mississippi Valley, and the Winter Capital 
 OF America, is a city of 375,000 inhabitants, 
 and was founded by Bienville, a French- 
 Canadian, in 1718. It lies 110 miles from the 
 mouths of the Mississippi River, and com- 
 * prises the entire Parish of Orleans, with an 
 
 j j area of 196 1^ square miles. It has a harbor 
 
 ranging in depth from over 200 to 3.5 feet; 
 thirty miles of wharves, a part of which are covered by municipally- 
 owned, modern steel sheds, and a public belt railroad, which, free of 
 charge, transfers commodities to and from railroads. It is the largest 
 coffee, banana, sugar, cotton, rice, sulphur and salt market in the 
 United States, and, by reason of its geographical location, enjoys un- 
 usual rail and ocean transportation facilities. Its population is prin- 
 cipally American, with a large number of French-speaking inhabitants 
 — the Creoles of Louisiana, who live, for the most part, in that section 
 lying below Canal street, known as the French, or Creole quarter. 
 
 There are over fifty thousand miles of railways with terminals at 
 New Orleans, with other lines under construction, and one of the 
 largest car-repair plants in the United States is located here. The 
 grain elevators at New Orleans are among the largest at any seaport, 
 and the largest sugar refinery in the world costing $4,000,000, has 
 just been completed. Its street-railway system is one of the best 
 in the United States, and practically universal transfers are given. 
 Its hotels are modern and ample, and some $4,000,000 have recently 
 been spent on two new ones, now opened. 
 
 The proximity of New Orleans to numerous great natural products 
 adds immensely to its 
 prestige as a port and 
 manufacturing center. 
 The largest sulphur and 
 salt mines in the world 
 are less than 200 miles 
 distant in Louisiana, 
 and in the same section 
 are located the immense 
 sugar and rice planta- 
 tions arid the great oil 
 fields. Only a short 
 distance further, in 
 Louisiana, are the 
 greatest long-leaf yellow- 
 pine forests now the lake ix city park. 
 
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 MARDI GRAS PARADE OS CANAL STREET. 
 
 remaining in America. At Bogalusa, in St. Tammany paristi, north of 
 New Orleans, is the largest and most modern saw mill in the world. 
 Cotton is grown practically throughout the State. 
 
 The recent discovery of natural gas in Northwest Louisiana, near 
 Shreveport, credited by government experts to be the largest proven 
 field in America, gives additional potency for wealth and manufac- 
 turing development. This gas will be brought by pipe line to New 
 Orleans, a distance of 352 miles. Other gas fields, only a few miles 
 
 distant, but as yet un- 
 developed, give promise 
 of future great supplies. 
 There are immense 
 stores of lignite in 
 Louisiana, while, iron, 
 coal, marble and build- 
 ing stone are being de- 
 veloped and will ulti- 
 mately be produced in 
 commercial quantities. 
 
 Louisiana does not 
 tax foreign capital in- 
 vested in mortgage se- 
 curities. Under these 
 FRENCH MARKET. " favorable conditions 
 
NEW Ofx'LEAXS. 
 
 OLD CREOLE COURTYARD. 
 
 millions of dollars have 
 sought tax-exempted in- 
 vestment in New Or- 
 leans and Louisiana. 
 
 The Panama Canal 
 is 600 miles nearer 
 New Orleans than to 
 any other large seaport, 
 and an ever-growing 
 trade is being developed 
 with Cuba, Mexico and 
 Central America. New 
 Orleans is the headquar- 
 ters of the Twelfth 
 United States Railway 
 Mail Division, and the 
 home of other import- 
 ant Governmental De- 
 partments. One of the 
 two greatest steel float- 
 ing dry docks in the 
 world is located here, 
 and the United States 
 Naval Station and Re- 
 pair Shops at New Or- 
 
 leans are the most modern of any in the United States. 
 
 The assistant purchasing agency of the Isthmian Canal Commis- 
 sion is located here. 
 
 From a health standpoint New Orleans compares favorably with 
 any large city of the United States, the resident white death-rate aver- 
 aging less than fifteen 
 per thousand. Three 
 great municipal im- 
 provements, are in a 
 measure, responsible for 
 this excellent showing 
 — drainage, sewerage 
 and pure water. The 
 first has been in opera- 
 tion some seven years. 
 and dry excavations to 
 the depth of fifteen to 
 twenty feet are now 
 possible; whereas, until 
 the installation of the tiik l.\w.\ — newcomu college. 
 
NEW ORLEANS. 
 
 ON ST. CHARLES AVENUE. 
 
 drainage system, such 
 was out of the ques- 
 tion. The sewerage is 
 conveyed into the 
 river far below the 
 city, while the water 
 for domestic consump- 
 tion is taken frcm the 
 Mississippi at the up- 
 per end of the city, 
 passed over filtration 
 beds, chemically treat- 
 ed and distributed to 
 the mains. The water 
 is soft and of unusual 
 purity. In addition to 
 the health feature, the inauguration of this new water system will re- 
 sult in a diminishing insurance rate, due to the high pressure avail- 
 able for fire protection. 
 
 These public utilities are owned and operated by the City of New 
 Orleans, and, in addition, the city owns and operates its own street- 
 repair plant. 
 
 All railroad and steamship lines give a free stopover of ten days 
 at New Orleans on all classes of tickets, while the Progressive Union 
 pays the fares of merchants from Louisiana and numerous surrounding 
 States, to and from New Orleans, who make their purchases here, mak- 
 ing New Orleans a great jobbing market. 
 
 Socially New Orleans is delightful; and, by reason of this, and her 
 historic interest, cosmopolitanism, foreign characteristics, her famous 
 cuisine, her Mardi Gras and manifold amusements. New Orleans is 
 known as the "Winter 
 Capital of America." 
 Motor-boating and 
 y a c h ti n g on Lake 
 Pontchartrain may be 
 enjoyed all - year - 
 around, due to the 
 open winters; and in 
 summer-time, New Or- 
 leans is cooler than 
 New York, Chicago 
 and many of the large 
 cities far to the North. 
 This is due to being 
 surrounded by rivers 
 and large lakes, and 
 the near proximity of trench oper.\ house. 
 
\E\V ORLEAXS. 
 
 OLD ST. LOUIS (royal) HOTEL. 
 
 the Gulf of Mexico to the southward, the prevailing breezes in 
 summer-time being from that quarter. Within less than two hours 
 by rail from New Orleans one can enjoy salt-water bathing in Mis- 
 sissippi Sound, this beautiful stretch of coast, from a few miles east 
 of New Orleans to Mobile, Alabama, being known as the "Riviera of 
 America," and is filled with Northern sojourners in the winter-time, 
 and New Orleans residents in the summer. Waveland, Bay St. Louis, 
 Pass Christian, Mississippi City, Long Beach, Ocean Springs, Gulf- 
 port, Biloxi, Scranton and Pascagoula are the most noted of these Gulf 
 Coast resorts. 
 
 From the standpoint of the epicure. New Orleans is the one bright 
 spot on American soil. Her cooks, descended of the best of their kind 
 in France and Spain, and taking on the added art of the Creole, pro- 
 duce viands which have created for this city a reputation at home and 
 abroad. Shrimp, both river and lake, crayfish, crabs and oysters are 
 among the specialties of New Orleans sea food. It might here be added 
 
 OLD "DLKLINU O.VKS IN t'lTV r.\I!K. 
 
NEW ORLEANS. 
 
 NEW $2,000,000 COURTHOUSE. 
 
 AUDUBON PLACE. 
 
 PUBLIC LIBRARY AND LEE CIRCLE. 
 
NEW ORLEAyS. 
 
 that New Orleans is the largest 
 oyster market in the world, and 
 one of the largest fish markets 
 in the United States, while the 
 huntsman and fisherman are of- 
 fered the rarest sport in the 
 bayous and marshes of the 
 country immediately adjacent 
 and within forty minutes' ride. 
 There are several large public 
 libraries, five large metropolitan 
 American daily papers, and one 
 French daily, 112 public schools 
 and kindergartens, many private 
 schools and six universities. 
 The chief of the latter are the 
 Tulane University, for boys, and 
 Newcomb College, for girls, both 
 under the same administration. 
 Tulane is specially noted for its 
 medical department, while its 
 academic, law, engineering and 
 technical divisions are develop- 
 ing rapidly. 
 
 From any point of view New Orleans is a city of destiny, and with 
 deep water from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, and the open- 
 ing of the Panama Canal, will become a port of tremendous power in 
 the commercial economy of the world. 
 
 HEALTH AND CLIMATE. 
 
 The citizen of other sections of the United States is prone to ex- 
 press surprise when it 
 is stated that New Or- 
 leans is one of the 
 healthiest cities in the 
 country. Yet this is a 
 fact, and borne out by 
 statistics which show 
 that the average resi- 
 dent white death-rate 
 is less than fifteen per 
 thousand. With many 
 beautiful parks as 
 breathing-spots, and be- 
 ing practically sur- 
 rounded by such large 
 bodies of salt water as 
 
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 Pontchartrain, Lake 
 B o r g n e , Mississippi 
 Sound and tlie Gulf of 
 Mexico, and the fresli 
 water of tlie wide and 
 winding Mississippi 
 River. New Orleans is 
 not only healthier, but, 
 in actual fact, much 
 cooler in summer-time 
 than most cities of the 
 North. The b r e e ze s 
 from these bodies of 
 water are constant, 
 and, particularly at night, they are cool and refreshing. 
 
 Immediately adjacent to New Orleans, and within reach either by 
 rail or boat, within an hour to two hours, are the beautiful lake and 
 gulf coast resorts. The "Ozone Belt," on the farther side of Lake 
 Pontchartrain from New Orleans, in St. Tammany Parish, is noted as 
 being the second healthiest spot in the United States, and is particu- 
 larly beneficial for tubercular and kidney troubles, by reason of its 
 pine-laden atmosphere and its mineral waters. Covington, Abita 
 Springs and Mandeville are towns within this Ozone Belt. 
 
 RECLAMATION OF LANDS. 
 
 OAKS i.N audl;l!o>; park. 
 
 The reclamation of swamp lands in Louisiana, particularly in the 
 immediate vicinity of New Orleans, has opened up to habitation and 
 cultivation some of the richest soil in America, and has had its in- 
 evitable beneficial effect upon health. Conspicuous in this has been 
 the consequent development of truck-gardening, with the im- 
 mense New Orleans 
 market at hand, and 
 the entire North 
 to draw on, particu- 
 larly during the win- 
 ter season, when 
 fruits and vegetables 
 are produced here 
 months in advance of 
 the northern crop. 
 The farmer of the 
 East and Middle 
 West would do well 
 to investigate. st. koch's shrixe. 
 
NEW ORLEANS. 
 
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 PURE WATER. SEWERAGE AND DRAINAGE. 
 
 HUTCHIXSOX aiEMORIAL, TULAXE UNIVERSITY. 
 
 New Orleans has 
 spent $28,000,000 in 
 completing one of the 
 most elaborate sys- 
 tems of sanitation in 
 the world. The huge 
 water-filtraticn plant 
 gives to the residents 
 a crystal, soft and 
 wholesome water. 
 The drainage system 
 has dried out the sur- 
 face soil, and huge 
 skyscrapers, with 
 deep cellars, are to- 
 day standing in New Orleans. 
 
 The sewerage system discharges into the Mississippi River far 
 below the city, and all three of these great public utilities are owned 
 and operated by the City of New Orleans for the benefit of her popu- 
 lation. 
 
 The waterworks plant, one of the best in the United States, is the 
 largest of its type in the world. It comprises a system of sedimenta- 
 tion, coagulation and filtration through American rapid filtration 
 system. There are two pumping stations of 80,000,000 gallons capacity 
 per day, with an average pressure of 75 pounds, and a maximum of 
 100 pounds, while across the river there is a 4,000,000 gallon miniature 
 independent system. There are 500 miles of distribution mains and 
 pipes and active filtration was begun February, 1909. The cost of the 
 waterworks and filtration plant is $7,000,000. 
 
 The sewerage sys- 
 tem has been in opera- 
 tion since October, 
 1905, and of the 375 
 miles projected, 305 
 are completed. There 
 are two main pumping 
 stations and five sub- 
 stations. The cost 
 when completed, will 
 be $5,500,000. 
 
 The drainage plant 
 
 of New Orleans was 
 
 put into operation in 
 
 .January, 1900, and when 
 
 OLD ST. LOUIS CEMETERY. Completed, will cost 
 
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 NEW ORLEANS. 
 
 IN AUDUBON PARK. 
 
 $15,000,000. The area 
 drained is from the 
 Mississippi River to 
 Lake Pont char train, 
 and from the upper 
 protection levee to the 
 lov/er parish line. 
 There is a central 
 power plant generating 
 electricity for the oper- 
 ation of seven pumping 
 stations. There are 103 
 miles of canals, twenty- 
 three miles of tide-level 
 out-fall canals and 
 
 eighty miles of low- 
 level canals. Of the 
 latter, twenty miles are 
 masonry- lined, five 
 miles are wood-lined, 
 remainder being open 
 excavations. The lat- 
 ter will eventually be 
 masonry-lined, and in 
 the built-up areas, will 
 be covered. A total of 
 45 per cent of the drain- 
 age work has been 
 completed. 
 
 NEW ORLEANS A 
 
 A MIDWINTER PICNIC. 
 
 THE CABILDO. 
 
 CONVENTION CITY. 
 
 As a city for the 
 assembling of conven- 
 tions of all sizes and 
 all kinds, international, 
 national, interstate and 
 state, New Orleans has 
 no superior. Accus- 
 tomed for many years 
 to handling huge 
 crowds at carnival 
 time, the people and 
 the facilities are in a 
 position to satisfy ev- 
 ery demand. Especially 
 is this true of recent 
 
NEW ORLEANS. 
 
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 CITY HALL. 
 
 PUBLIC WATER FILTRATION PLANT. 
 
NEW ORLEANS. 
 
 SWINGING ON THE LIMBS. 
 
 years, when three ho- 
 tels, two of them of im- 
 mense size, have been 
 added, while one of the 
 older hostelries has 
 added an annex of simi- 
 lar proportions. 
 
 The great extent of 
 interests in New Or- 
 leans, her cosmopolitan 
 people and habits, her 
 wonderful variety and 
 delightful cuisine, pecu- 
 liar to New Orleans and 
 no other city in the 
 
 world, her innumerable 
 opportunities for enjoy- 
 ment (particularly open 
 air) and the hospitality 
 of her inhabitants, 
 makes New Orleans a 
 city of vital interest. 
 
 The Convention Bu- 
 reau of the New Or- 
 leans Progressive Union 
 invites correspondence 
 with organizations plan- 
 ning their annual meet- 
 ings. 
 
 METAIRIE CEMETERY ( MODERN ) , 
 
 THE LAGOON, CITY PARK. 
 
 HOTEL ACCOMMODA- 
 TIONS. 
 
 No city in the South 
 and few in America 
 have more ample or 
 modern hotel accommo- 
 dations than New Or- 
 le.ans. Among the larg- 
 est of these are the St. 
 Charles, the Grune- 
 wald and the Montele- 
 one, all of fireproof con- 
 struction and built with 
 the particular idea of 
 light and air. The ap- 
 
NEW ORLEANS. 
 
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 pointments of these hotels and their service are superior in order 
 and delightful to the tourist from other sections of the world. Their 
 tables are supplied with the most abundant fish and game caught in 
 the immediate vicinity of New Orleans, while the truck and fruit dis- 
 tricts are an ever constant source of fresh supplies winter and summer. 
 
 A ST. CHARLES AVEXUE RESIDENCE. 
 
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 iEW ORLEANS. 
 
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 the city's entertain- 
 ment facilities. 
 FREE STOPOVERS 
 FOR TRAVELERS. 
 Every railroad and 
 steamship line enter- 
 ing New Orleans al- 
 lows, without charge, a 
 stopover of ten days on 
 all classes of ticlcets. 
 Notify the conductor 
 of your desire to stay 
 over and the accommo- 
 dation will be given 
 at once. 
 
 The Hotel Dene- 
 chaud, while not so 
 large, is also new and 
 up-to-date and similarly 
 efficient in its cuisine. 
 The Cosmopolitan is a 
 place of note, its res- 
 taurant being particu- 
 larly a feature. The 
 traveler via New Or- 
 leans or the sojourner 
 has a variety to select 
 from and every ac- 
 commodation that 
 might be desired. In 
 fact, the hotels of 
 New Orleans are a 
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 MARDI GRAS. 
 
 To the average vis- 
 itor "New Orleans" 
 means "Mardi Gras." 
 
 Mardi Gras is the 
 French expression for 
 Shrove Tuesday, which, 
 being the day preced- 
 ing Ash Wednesday, or 
 the beginning of Lent, 
 makes it easy to follow 
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 al translation — Mardi, 
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 is considered that, in 
 its application, it also 
 stands for the last day 
 of the "Carnival;" the 
 latter signifying in this 
 same connection, "fare- 
 well to flesh meat," and 
 finding expression in 
 gala days of revelry. 
 
 Common usage in 
 the case of the Mardi 
 Gras at New Orleans 
 has somewhat broad- 
 ened its original appli- 
 cation, so that, to at 
 
 STEAMBOATS UNLOADING COTTON. 
 
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 least the layman, 
 synonymous 
 Carnival, except 
 there is always 
 Mardi Gras Day. which 
 is not only the last day 
 of the so-called Carni- 
 val week, but the great 
 day of them all. In it 
 are culminated the 
 grandest efforts, and 
 the entire day is given 
 up to a continuous 
 round of gay pageants, 
 masking and merrymak- 
 ing, feasting and terp- 
 sichorean assemblies. 
 The mainsprings of 
 
 activity of the Carnival 
 festivities are the 
 secret societies organ- 
 ized for the sole pur- 
 pose of celebrating the 
 pre-Lenten period. The 
 names of the principal 
 of these societies are 
 numerous, and of them 
 Rex, Proteus, Comus 
 au'l Momus are the four 
 great organizations. 
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 ganizations are: 
 
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 Krewe of Nereus, 
 Olympians, Falstaffi- 
 ans, High Priests of 
 Mithras, Elves of Ober- 
 on and Atlanteans. 
 Throughout these soci- 
 eties there runs a won- 
 derful system of organ- 
 ization, as complete as 
 that of a well-discip- 
 lined army. Although 
 co-operating to a single 
 end, so secret are their 
 proceedings that even 
 
 BUSY POYDRAS STREET. 
 
 STEEL SHEDS ON WHARVES. 
 
 the personnel of their 
 membership is un- 
 known outside the 
 council chambers. But 
 they work the whole 
 year through (it is 
 said, that as a pageant 
 parades the streets, the 
 work on that for the 
 next year is actually in 
 progress), and they 
 spend for such pur- 
 poses fabulous sums of 
 money. The result is a 
 brilliant succession of 
 costumed tableaux, 
 masked and unmasked 
 
 balls and street pa- 
 geants. The features 
 of the latter are floats, 
 or cars, on which is il- 
 lustrated in spectacular 
 gargeousness some 
 well-chosen subject. 
 
 The subjects of 
 these pageants are 
 changed every year, 
 and are kept a pro- 
 found secret until their 
 actual appearance on 
 the streets. A sufficient 
 guarantee of their 
 
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 NEW ORLEANS. 
 
 splendor and 
 intei'est for fu- 
 ture seasons is 
 their past re- 
 putation and 
 ttie citing of a 
 few of the sub- 
 jects that 
 have been il- 
 lustrated i n 
 the gorgeous 
 pageants o f 
 the past: By 
 Rex : The 
 A r a b i a n 
 Nights ; 
 Realms of 
 Flowers; Visions, Dreams and Legends; Chronicles from Fairyland. By 
 Proteus: A Dream of Egypt; Tales of the Genii; Tales of Childhood; The 
 Rubayiat. By Comus: LallaRookh; Scenes from Biblical History; Songs 
 of Long Ago; Babylon, the Magnificent. ByMomus: A Dream of Fair Wo- 
 men; The Passions; Paradise Lost; Scenes from Popular Poems. 
 
 In one form or another the Mardi Gras festivities have been ob- 
 served in New Orleans, although at broken intervals, for nearly three- 
 quarters of a century; and continuously, each year, since the close of 
 
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 the Civil War. It had its origin in the custom in olden times of Lou- 
 isiana's planters and merchants looking to France, their mother coun- 
 try, for their fashions, amusements and literature; one of the results 
 of which was the introduction, in 1827, of the first grand street pro- 
 cession of masqueraders in New Orleans by a number of young Creole 
 gentlemen, some of them just returned from finishing a Parisian edu- 
 cation. This was followed ten years later by one on a much larger 
 and grander scale on the Mardi Gras of 1837; and from these the Carni- 
 val method of festivity may be said to have been fully launched in the 
 Crescent City. 
 
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 SOUTHERN PACIFIC SHIP TO NEW YORK. 
 
 activity and general festivity, culminating in the so-called Carnival 
 week and reaching its height on Mardi Gras Day. On the day 
 before Mardi Gras Day. Monday, comes Rex, King of the Carnival, ac- 
 companied by his nobles and attendants in waiting, to his "much-be- 
 loved Capital." His proclamation, long before posted throughout the 
 country, and familiar to many, shows excellently the mock assumption 
 of regal power, and the spirit in which the festivities of Mardi Gras 
 are carried out and heartily received by the populace of New Orleans. 
 Rex usually, although not necessarily, makes his journey to the city 
 by way of the river on his "Royal Yacht," escorted by the "Royal 
 Flotilla" — which royal yacht and royal flotilla vary, according to his 
 whims, from private yachts to visiting war vessels of the United 
 
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 States and foreign na- 
 tions, with accompany- 
 ing tugs and merchant 
 steamers. The arrival 
 of the gaily decorated 
 flotilla, amid the boom- 
 ing of cannon and the 
 loud sounds of music, is 
 to the stranger an in- 
 teresting feature of 
 Mardi Gras and should 
 not be missed. On 
 landing. Rex and his 
 retinue, in brilliant mil- 
 itary and civic proces- 
 sion, escorted by his especially selected body-guard — usually some 
 crack military organization, visiting or local — proceeds to the City 
 Hall, where he receives the keys of the city. From then on his rule 
 is absolute, and his "royal standard of purple, green and gold" waves 
 over the city in token of his sovereignty. In the evening of the 
 same day, Monday, occurs the tableau ball of the Krewe of Proteus, 
 at the French Opera House, preceded by its grand pageant on the 
 streets. 
 
 AT THE SUGAR LANDING. 
 
 JETTIES AND LIGHTHOUSE AT MOUTH OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER. 
 
NEW ORLEAXS. 
 
 29 
 
 HE next day, Mardi Gras Day, 
 brings the masking on the 
 streets and a general spirit of 
 revelry, also the daylight page- 
 ant of Rex, and the evening 
 pageant of the Mystic Krewe of 
 Comus, the latter followed by 
 )a grand Comus ball at the 
 French Opera House, and the 
 Rex ball; or, as announced, 
 "\ JF5 ■'" 1 "grand reception at the Imperial 
 \Jr** Palace by the King and Queen 
 
 of the Carnival and Royal 
 Party, and ball in the Palace ad- 
 joining the Throne Room of the 
 Imperial P a 1 a c e." Then, of 
 course, there are numerous 
 other balls and entertainments 
 throughout the city. 
 Rex and his queen — for at the social functions he is accompanied 
 by his queen, whose crown and jewels have been on public exhibition 
 
 A CARXIVAL CROWD IX CAXAI. STRKET. 
 
30 
 
 XEW ORLEANS. 
 
 for days before — Rex and 
 his queen, after their re- 
 ception is over and the Rex 
 ball is fairly launched, go 
 to the French Opera House, 
 as a matter of courtesy, it 
 is presumed, to King Co- 
 mus — for Comus, too, is a 
 king. This ball, the Comus 
 ball at the French Opera 
 House, is the elite affair of 
 the Carnival — "the essence 
 and pinnacle of interest in 
 all the ceremonies of Mar- 
 di Gras." At it the extrem- 
 est of full dress is exacted, 
 and the ladies are only al- 
 lowed to be seated during 
 the period preceding the 
 general dancing, the gen- 
 tlemen standing in the 
 background. First come 
 spectacular groupings, or 
 tableaux, of the costumed 
 maskers from off the floats 
 of the street parade, after 
 which the music strikes up 
 the first notes of the lanc- 
 ers. Then the maskers 
 leave the stage, each select- 
 ing from the dress circle 
 the lady of his choice, they 
 return with them to the 
 stage, where, led by the 
 King and Queen, they 
 dance the figures of the 
 old-time Southern lancers. 
 At its conclusion masks 
 and costumes disappear 
 and the general dancing 
 begins. 
 
 FUTURE jNJARDI GRAS DATES. 
 
 1910, Feb. 8. 
 
 1911, Feb. 28. 
 
 1912, Feb. 4. 
 
 1913, Feb. 4. 
 
 1914, Feb. 24. 
 
 1915, Feb. 16. 
 
 1916, Mar. 7. 
 
 1917, Feb. 20. 
 
 1918, Feb. 12. 
 
 1919, Mar. 4. 
 
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 THE FRENCH QUARTER. 
 
 (Competent guides may be obtained by iuquirinj; at liotels, railroad offices or 
 I'rogressive Union, Telephone Main 1099.) 
 
 To the visitor the French Quarter is naturally the most interesting. 
 The old quarter is bounded by the river, Canal, Rampart and Esplanade 
 avenue, and here are to be found the quaint and massive old French and 
 Spanish houses, the wide, paved courtyards with tropical vegetation and 
 flowers, the antique stores, famous restaurants, quaint shops possessed 
 by quaint people, nearly all speaking the French language in preference 
 to English. 
 
 Canal street is the dividing line between the French and American 
 
 Quarters. The French 
 is "downtown" — to the 
 north. This is due to 
 the fact that the Mis- 
 sissippi River, as it 
 passes the head of 
 Canal street, flows di- 
 rectly north. Hence the 
 residents speak of "up- 
 town" and "downtown" 
 instead of north and 
 s u t h — a point well 
 worth remembering in 
 going about the city. 
 
 In the French 
 Quarter are located the 
 greater portion of the 
 historical buildings and 
 sites which are enumer- 
 ated elsewhere. 
 
 ANT4QUE SHOPS. 
 
 The young French 
 colony of New Orleans 
 attracted many of the 
 foremost families of 
 France, and they 
 brought with them 
 thousands of articles of 
 art, virtu and embellish- 
 ment of the nobles and their followers, who sought fame and additional 
 riches in the land of the Mexican Gulf. 
 
 Hundreds of families cherished their treasures as the only thing 
 remaining to tell of the days when La Belle France had been their 
 home, and to their children they bequeathed the gentle reminders of 
 bygone days, with the injunction to keep them forever. But time re- 
 moved the cherished traditions which, together with the growing needs 
 
 I'KKSIDENT TAFT AXD PKKSIDEXT WEKLEIX, OF THE 
 PROGRESSIVE UNION, AT MIDWINTER GOLF. 
 
34 
 
 XEW ORLEANS. 
 
 of the owners and the 
 wheels of fortune chang- 
 ing continually, brought a 
 large number of these 
 treasures into the hands 
 of second-hand dealers and 
 the showcases of the col- 
 lectors of antiques. 
 
 It is in the quaint old 
 French portion of the city 
 that the newcomer natur- 
 ally seeks the shops of the 
 dealers in odd things, and 
 it is here that they are 
 found. Not numerous, the 
 supply being small and the 
 antiques real, for there is 
 no factory making New 
 Orleans antiques. These 
 shops may be found in 
 Royal, Bourbon and Char- 
 tres streets, in the vicinity 
 of Canal street. 
 
 SHOPPING IN NEW 
 ORLEANS. 
 
 No city in the South 
 and few cities in America 
 boast finer opportunities to 
 gladden the feminine fan- 
 cy, for among the great 
 department and millinery 
 stores the variety is un- 
 ending. Importations are 
 largely direct from Paris, 
 many of the establishments 
 having permanent branches 
 there, and the modistes of 
 New Orleans are cele- 
 brated for their elegance 
 and style. The retail dis- 
 trict is principally along 
 either side of Canal street. 
 in the center of the city, 
 and within immediate 
 walking distance of all the 
 hotels. 
 
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 35 
 
 OUTDOORS IN NEW ORLEANS. 
 
 New Orleans, by reason of its open winters, is the place par excel- 
 lence for outdoor sports, and is abundantly equipped for the enjoyment 
 of such votaries. There are two golf clubs, several tennis clubs, nu- 
 
 ArrOMOIULE RACING. 
 
 AUTOIIOAT KAtl.M. OX LAKK POXTCIIAiailAl N . 
 
36 
 
 XEW ORLEAXS. 
 
 POLO AT CITY PARK. 
 
 A CRACK GULlEii. 
 
 A CHAMPION TEXNIS PLAYER. 
 
NEW ORLEAXS. 
 
 37 
 
 merous rowing 
 clubs, splendid 
 yacht clubs 
 for both sail- 
 ing and motor- 
 boating, an au- 
 tomobile club, 
 baseball and 
 football, bas- 
 ketball, track 
 and field 
 sports, canoe- 
 ing, a p o 1 o - 
 club, athletic 
 clubs, with 
 salt - water 
 plunge baths. 
 The visitor is 
 hospitably en- 
 tertained, and some friend may always be had to obtain privileges of 
 the private clubs. 
 
 FISHING AND HUNTING. 
 Nowhere else in America are the disciples of Izaak Walton and 
 Nimrod likely to find the peculiar combination of advantages possessed 
 by the immediate vicinity of New Orleans for fishing and hunting. 
 
 SOUTHERN YACHT CLUB AT WEST EXD. 
 
 »*»iiiiM'Kwa><— MMMiaitfcF 
 
 BOWIXG REGATTA AT WEST END. 
 
38 
 
 XEW ORLEAXS. 
 
 The hundreds of lakes, 
 bays, bayous, lagoons and 
 streams of fresh or salt water 
 surrounding the city offer the 
 rarest sport for the duck hunter 
 in winter-time, and either fresh 
 or deep-sea-fishing may be had. 
 Wild turkey, quail, doves, snipe, 
 [(lover, papabotte, geese and the 
 mallard, teal, spoonbill, pintail, 
 canvasback, redhead, ringed- 
 neck and other varieties of duck 
 abound in great numbers. There 
 are innumerable private or pub- 
 lic clubs which afford entertain- 
 ment and facilities for the visit- 
 or, and the exhilarating sport of 
 hooking the great fighting tar- 
 pon, jack-fish and "leaping" 
 shark is found all along the 
 Mississippi Sound, or nearer in 
 the passes between the lakes and 
 the sound. Big game, such as 
 bear, deer, panther, "bob-cats," 
 as well as opossums, raccoons, rabbits and squirrels, may be had, and 
 even an occasional alligator. In a ride of less than one hour from New 
 Orleans the visitor is in a sportsman's paradise. Speckled and green 
 trout, sheepshead, pompano, buffalo, sunfish, redfish, red snapper, drum. 
 
 BASEBALL ALL THE YEAR. 
 
 TULAXE GOING AROUXD THE END. 
 
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 39 
 
 black and striped bass, Spanish maclverel, perch and croakers abound 
 everywliere. Mucli of tliis sport can be obtained at the very city 
 limits of New Orleans (for the parish and the city are one and 
 the same), making New Orleans literally a sportsman's Mecca and 
 metropolis. 
 
 13A.SKET CALL AT NKWCO.MU fOI.LKGE. 
 
40 
 
 NEW ORLEANS. 
 
 UKKAKIXG THE SOUTHERN MILE RECORD. 
 
 CREOLE COFFEE. MOLASSES AND BEVERAGES. 
 
 In addition to many otlier distinctive attributes, New Orleans is noted tlie 
 world over for the exquisite quality of her Creole or French dripped coffee — the 
 genuine, aromatic, delectable cup so rare elsewhere and yet so common In every 
 household, hotel and restaurant in New Orleans. 
 
 POLE-VAULTIXG. 
 
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 41 
 
 PLEASURE YACHTING. 
 
 Genuine Louisiana 
 molasses is another home- 
 grown and home manufac- 
 tured article which sur- 
 passes in taste and quality 
 the syrups of this or any 
 other country 
 
 New Orleans is noted 
 among good livers for nu- 
 merous other special bev- 
 erages of an unique na- 
 ture. The famous Creole 
 gin fizz, the Creole cock- 
 tail and the Creole ab- 
 sinthe anisette are among 
 (he most noted, while the 
 brulo is an after-dinner 
 concoction of Just celeb- 
 rity. 
 
 Recipes From the 
 Creole Court of 
 Cooks. 
 
 The celebrity of the 
 dinner tendered President 
 William Howard Taft by 
 the citizens of New Or- 
 leans, at the Hotel Grune- 
 wald, under the auspices 
 of the New Orleans Pro- 
 gressive Union, in 1909, 
 resounded to the farthest 
 corners of the earth ; and, 
 generous of her accom- 
 plishments. New Orleans 
 is willing to take the 
 whole world into her con- 
 fidence as to the manner 
 of preparation of these 
 
 OFF FOR A CHRISTMAS CRUISE. 
 
 CANOEIXCi OX LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. 
 
 famous dishes, designed, 
 as they were, especially for 
 the First Gentleman in the 
 Land. 
 
 The day being Friday, 
 a lish dinner was in order. 
 Here New Orleans is at its 
 best, for with the great 
 fish and oyster-producing 
 waters of I^akes Pontchar- 
 train and Borgne, many 
 bayous, and the bays, in- 
 lets and banks of the 
 Mexican Gulf to draw 
 from there is a marvelous 
 variety of the finest fish 
 in the world availaljle. 
 
XEW ORLEAXK. 
 
 BATHING ON THE GULF COAST. 
 
 NIP-AXD-TUCK. 
 
 To the un- 
 initiated tlie 
 menu of the 
 dishes served at 
 this dinner 
 would be mean- 
 ingless save for 
 the reputation 
 enjoyed by the 
 cooks of New 
 Orleans who 
 cooked it. A 
 better idea, how- 
 ever, may be 
 gathered from 
 the following re- 
 cipes gained from 
 the celebrated 
 ''Court of 
 Cook s." w h o 
 parted with 
 their inmost 
 secrets. These are the 
 component parts of their 
 liest dishes. There is an 
 art about the thing that 
 cannot be reduced to writ- 
 ing, but, by following di- 
 rections closely, any good 
 cook who can appreciate 
 Latin temperament may 
 produce any of the dishes 
 given below with a fair 
 degree of success. 
 
 Bouillabaisse. 
 
 Six slices of red snap- 
 per, six slices of redfish, 
 one-half bottle of white 
 wine, one-half lemon, six 
 large, fresh tomatoes,- 
 three onions, one herb 
 
 bouquet, tliree cloves of 
 garlic, three bay leaves, 
 three sprigs of thyme, 
 three sprigs of parsley, six 
 allspices, two tablespoon- 
 fuls of olive oil, one good, 
 strong pinch of saffron : 
 salt, pepper and cayenne 
 to taste. 
 
 This is the dish that 
 drew from Thackeray that 
 famous tribute to Creole 
 cookery : "In New Orleans 
 you can eat a bouillabaisse, 
 the like of which was 
 never eaten in Marseilles 
 
 RK(iATTA OX LAKK POXTCHARTRAIX. 
 
NEW ORLEANS. 
 
 43 
 
 or Paris." The reason is clear; for in those old French cities the bouillabaisse Is 
 made from the flsh of the waters of the Mediterranean Sea, notably the sturgeon 
 and the perch combined, while in New Orleans it is made from those matchless 
 fish of the Gulf of Mexico, the red snapper and the redflsh (poisson rouge). It 
 will be noticed that it takes two kinds of flsh to make a bouillabaisse. The first 
 bouillabaisse was made in Marseilles, and the old Creole tradition runs that it 
 was the discovery of two sailor fishermen, who were disputing as they were in 
 the schooner as to the proper way of cooking a sturgeon and a perch combined. 
 One succeeded in making a delightful dish that would have gladdened the heart 
 of any old French "bon vivant." The other failed. The successful one enthusi- 
 astically offered to teach his friend, and as the latter was following the directions 
 implicitly and the finishing touches were being given to the dish, the teacher, see- 
 ing that the critical and important moment had come when the flsh must be 
 
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 TENNIS ON THE SHORE OF MISSISSIPPI SOUND. 
 
 taken from the flre or it would be spoiled if cooked a moment longer, cried out, 
 bringing down his hand emphatically : "Et quand ca commence a bouillir — 
 baisse!'' Hence, the name "bouillabaisse" which was given to the dish from that 
 moment. From all portions of Europe people go to Marseilles to eat a "bouilla- 
 baisse" on the seashore. 
 
 The taste of the bouillabaisse still lingered in the mouths of the old French- 
 Creole settlers of New Orleans. The famous old chefs sought two fish from the 
 waters of the Mexican Gulf that might be used in the making of the dish with 
 a reasonable hope of success. They chose the red snapper and the redflsh. The 
 result is told in Thackeray's tribute. The Creole bouillabaisse, with the modifl- 
 cations and improvements that early ingenuity suggested, is a dish that was the 
 standing offering in ante-bellum days to every distinguished Parisian or foreigner 
 that visited New Orleans. Its reputation is sustained by the Creole cuisinieres of 
 our own day. It is made as follows : 
 
 First cut off the head of the red snapper and boil it in about one and a half 
 quarts of water, so as to make a fish stock. I'ut one sliced onion and a herb bou- 
 quet, consisting of thyme and bay leaf, into the water. When reduced to one pint, 
 
44 
 
 XEW ORLEANS. 
 
 
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 take out the head of the 
 fish and the herb bouquet 
 and strain the water and 
 set it aside for use later 
 on. 
 
 Take six slices of red- 
 fish and six slices of red 
 snapper of equal sizes and 
 rub well with salt and pep- 
 per. Mince three sprigs of 
 thyme, three sprigs of 
 parsley, three bay leaves 
 and three cloves of garlic, 
 very, very fine, and take 
 six allspice and grind them 
 very fine, and mix thor- 
 oughly with the minced 
 herbs and garlic. Then take 
 each slice of fish and rub 
 well with this mixture till 
 every portion is permeated 
 by the herbs, spice and 
 garlic. They must be, as 
 it were, soaked into the 
 flesh, if you would achieve the success of this dish. Take two tablespoonfuls of 
 fine olive oil and put into a very large pan, so large that each slice of the fish 
 may be put in without one piece overlapping the other. Chop two onions very 
 fine and add them to the heating oil. Lay the flsh slice by slice in the pan, and 
 cover, and let them "etoufEe," or smother, for about ten minutes, turning once 
 over so tjat each side may cook partly. Then take the flsh out of the pan and 
 set the slices in a dish. Pour a half bottle of white wine into a pan and stir 
 well. Add six large fresh tomatoes, sliced very fine, and let them boil well. Then 
 add half a lemon, cut in very thin slices, and pour over a pint of the liquor in 
 which the bead of the snapper was boiled. Season well to taste with salt, pepper 
 and a dish of cayenne. I-et it boil until very strong and till reduced almost one- 
 half ; then lay the fish, slice by slice, apart one from the other, in the pan, and 
 let boil five minutes. In the meantime have prepared one good pinch of saffron. 
 
 OUT FOE A SAIL. 
 
 SEEING NEW ORLEANS II.VRI30R. 
 
NEW 0/?LEA.V.S. 
 
 chopped very fine. Set it 
 in a small, deep dish and 
 add a little of the sauce in 
 which the flsh is boiling to 
 dissolve well. When well 
 melted and when the flsh 
 has been just five minutes 
 in the pan, spread the saf- 
 fron over the top of the 
 flsh. Take out of the pan, 
 lay each slice on toast, 
 which has been fried in 
 butter ; pour the sauce 
 over, and serve hot imme- 
 diately, and you will have 
 a dish that Lucullus would 
 have envied. 
 
 Gumbo Nouvelle 
 Orleans. 
 
 To a chicken add half 
 a pound knuckle of ham ; 
 chop up both in one-inch 
 pieces and fry them brown 
 in two tablespoonfuls of 
 boiling lard ; add to them 
 four large crabs cut up, 
 two dozen oysters and a 
 pound of peeled shrimp ; 
 cut into this four dozen 
 small okra pods, one large 
 onion, a little red pepper, 
 and salt to taste. Let all 
 simmer on a slow flre for 
 about twenty minutes ; 
 then flll up with warm 
 water, enough to cover 
 the contents two inches 
 deep. Let this boil for 
 two hours. Serve with 
 Louisiana steamed rice. 
 
 Poulet Creole. 
 
 Here you have a dish 
 for which any old Creole 
 of New Orleans would go 
 on foot from Carrollton to 
 the Barracks, a distance of 
 fifteen miles, merely to get 
 a taste of : 
 
 Two very fine chick- 
 ■ens, two tablespoonfuls of 
 butter, two tablespoonfuls 
 of flour, six large fresh 
 tomatoes, six fresh, sweet, 
 green peppers, two cloves 
 of garlic, three large 
 onions, three sprigs each 
 of thyme and parsley, two 
 i)ay leaves, one pint con- 
 
46 
 
 NEW ORLEAXS. 
 
 ANGLIXCi 1(IK SHKEPSHEAD. 
 
 IN A DUCK BLIND. 
 
 somme or lioiling water. 
 Salt and pepper to taste. 
 Take two spring 
 chickens and clean nicely 
 and cut into pieces at the 
 joints. Season well with 
 salt and pepper. Put two 
 tablespoonfuls of butter 
 into a stewpan, and, when 
 it melts, add the chicken. 
 Let this brown slowly for 
 a good five minutes. Have 
 loady three large onions 
 sliced. Add these to the 
 chickens and let them 
 brown. Every inch must 
 be nicely browned, but not 
 in the sliglitest degree 
 burned. Add two table- 
 spoonfuls of flour ; let this 
 bi'own. Then add a half 
 dozen large, fresh toma- 
 toes nicely sliced, and let 
 these brown. Cook very 
 slowly, allowing the mix- 
 ture to simply simmer. 
 Add chopped parsley,. 
 
NEW ORLEANS. 
 
 47 
 
 thyme and bay 
 leaf, and t \v d 
 cloves of garlic 
 flnelj' minced. Let 
 all brown witlio-it 
 burning. Cover 
 
 and let it smoth- 
 er over a slow 
 but steady tire. 
 The tomato .juice 
 will make suffi- 
 cient gravy as 
 yet. Add a half 
 dozen green pep- 
 pers (sweet), tak- 
 ing the seeds out 
 before adding and 
 slicing the pep- 
 pers very fine. 
 Stir well. Let all 
 smother steadily 
 for twenty min- 
 utes at least, 
 keeping well cov- 
 ered and stirring 
 occasionally. 
 
 When well smothered, add one cup of consomme. Let it cook again for a full 
 hour, very, very slowly over a very steady fire, and season again to taste. Cook 
 ten minutes and serve hot. 
 
 DEER HUNTI^JG. 
 
 Casburgot Chambord. 
 
 A fine sheepshead, three pounds in weight ; two dozen oysters, one-half can 
 mushrooms, three large tomatoes, one cup of stale bread, three sprigs each of 
 thyme and parsley, two bay leaves, six allspice, three cloves, one bottle white 
 wine, salt and pepper. 
 
 Clean and wash the sheepshead carefully. Cut a space six inches square on 
 the surface of the upper side of the fish, and carefully remove the skin within 
 the inclosed space. Then lard this space closely with very fine larding needles, 
 and fill in with spice, thyme, clove and hay leaf, all minced very fine. Rub thor- 
 oughly inside and outside with salt. Make a good stuffing by taking one dozen 
 oysters, one cup of stale bread crumbs, wet and squeeze of all water ; one large 
 onion, chopped very fine ; a half tablespoonful of salt and black pepper to taste. 
 
 AFTER THE GREEN TROUT. 
 
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 NEW ORLHANS. 
 
 QUAIL SHOOTING. 
 
 A MONSTER SIIAKK OF THE MEXICAN GULF. 
 
 Mix well and fry iu a pan 
 with a tablespoonful of 
 butter. Stuff the body of 
 the fish and sew up with 
 soft thread. Lard well and, 
 after rubbing thoroughly 
 with the lard, place iu the 
 oven. Pour over, immedi- 
 ately, a bottle of white 
 wine, and let the flsh bake 
 well in the wine. In the 
 meantime, prepare the fol- 
 lowing sauce : Take one 
 large tablespoonful of but- 
 ter, one large, chopped 
 onion, one sprig of thyme, 
 one bay leaf. Brown the 
 onions in butter, being 
 careful not to burn, and 
 put in three large toma- 
 toes. Add the chopped 
 herbs, brown, and add the 
 pint of oyster-water, which 
 has been heated with 
 blanching the oysters. 
 (Blanching means to place 
 the oysters on the Are in 
 their own water and heat 
 thoroughly without boil- 
 ing.) Season the sauce 
 with pepper and salt to 
 taste. Put the fish in the 
 dish in v^-hich it is to be 
 served and garnish with the 
 oysters, placing them over 
 the flsh and mingling be- 
 tween about ten fresh Cre- 
 
NEW ORLEAXl^. 
 
 49 
 
 ole mushrooms After garnishing the fish nicely, pour the sauce over all and set 
 in the oven a fev\' minutes longer and serve hot. 
 
 A M "RMXG'S ( ATCH of TARPON AND JACK-1-ISH AT PASS CHRISTIAN. 
 
50 
 
 XEW ORLEANS. 
 
 CRAWFISHING. 
 
 CUTTING CANE NEAR NEW ORLEANS. 
 
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 51 
 
 
 
 COTTON PICKING NEAR MONROE. 
 
 liK E lIlliL^ilil.NL. l.N SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. 
 
52 
 
 NEW ORLEANS. 
 
 GREAT SULPHUR MINES IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. 
 
 POINTS OF INTEREST. 
 Below Canal Street. 
 
 (Competent guides may be obtained by inquiry at hotels, railroad offices or Pro- 
 gressive Union, Phone, Main 1999.) 
 
 The Cabildo — Here the transfer of the Province of Louisiana from France 
 to the United States occurred December 20, 1803. The old Spanish Court build- 
 ings. Opposite Jackson Square. Levee and Barracks or French Market cars. 
 
 St. Lodis Cathedral — One of the earliest Roman Catholic churches in 
 Louisiana ; several times burned and present building erected in 1794. Levee 
 and Barracks or French Market cars. 
 
 SALT MINE.«; AT WKEK S LSL.\.\U. 
 
XEW 0RLEA^^8. 
 
 53 
 
 A MODEL LUMBER TOWN. 
 
 French Market — Here may be obtained fruits, vegetables, meats, fish, 
 game, etc., in wonderful variety. One of tbe world's famous market places, 
 occupying four city blocks. Levee and Barracks or French Market cars. 
 
 Oyster Lugger Landing- — To this river landing come the luggers bearing 
 oysters from the many lakes of the lower coast, the most succulent oysters in 
 America. Levee and Barracks or French Market cars. 
 
 United States Mint — Esplanade avenue and Decatur streets. A good 
 quantity of the silver and fractional currency of the country is minted here. 
 Levee and Barracks or French Market cars. 
 
 United States Naval Station — In Algiers, across the river. The largest 
 steel floating dock in the world is located here. 
 
 MILLIONS OF FEET OF LUMBEB. 
 
54 
 
 NEW ORLEANS. 
 
 CATTLE RAISING IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA. 
 
 Haunted House — Royal and Hospital streets, occupied at different times 
 by Lafayette, Marshal Ney and Louis Philippe. Clio or Carondelet cars down 
 Bourbon street. 
 
 Beaueegakd's Home — Chartres street, between LTrsuline and Barracks, op- 
 posite Archbishopric. Once the home of the noted Confederate General. Levee 
 and Barracks or French Market cars. 
 
 ARCHBiSHornic — Erected in 1727 for the LTrsulines Nuns, nine years after 
 the founding of New Orleans. Levee and Barracks or French Market cars. 
 
 New Courthouse of white marble. Royal, Chartres, Conti, St. Louis. 
 Three blocks below Canal street. Cost .$2,000,000. 
 
 Napoleon's House — Chartres and St. Louis streets. Erected to receive the 
 Prisoner of St. Helena, who, in 1831, was to have been rescued by French patri- 
 ots of New Orleans. Before their vessel reached St. Helena Napoleon died. 
 Barracks or French Market cars. 
 
 Hotel Royal 
 — At Royal and 
 St. Louis Sts., 
 formerly known 
 as the St. Louis 
 Hotel and built 
 in 1816, at a 
 cost of iFl,.".00,- 
 000. In the 
 seventies this 
 hotel was 
 bouglit liy the 
 State and used 
 by it until the 
 c a p i t o 1 was 
 moved to Baton 
 Rouge. States- 
 men, royalty 
 and famous 
 men were ban- 
 
 BARGELOADS OF OYSTERS. 
 
XEW ORLEANS. 
 
 55 
 
 BRINGING OYSTERS IX. 
 
 queted in this place, Dom Pedro, 
 Emperor of Brazil, and afterwards 
 his grandson, being among its guests. 
 Grand Duke Alexander of Russia was 
 a guest in 1872. General Boulanger 
 was a visitor before his famous at- 
 tempt to overthrow the French Re- 
 public. Henry Clay was banqueted 
 here at a cost of $20,000, and our 
 late President, William McKinley, 
 was entertained here on his visit to 
 New Orleans while Governor of 
 Ohio. On the ground floor, under 
 the dome, are left some remem- 
 brances of ante-bellum days, for here 
 it was that the slave mart had its 
 headquarters, and the block where 
 slaves were auctioned is still there. 
 Levee and Barracks, French Market, 
 Clio or Carondelet cars. 
 
 Feench Opera House — Bour- 
 bon and Toulouse streets, five blocks 
 below Canal street. Some of the 
 most noted singers and troupes of 
 the world have appeared here. Ade- 
 lina Patti made her American debut 
 on its stage. Clio or Carondelet 
 cars. 
 
 Convent of the Sisters of the Holy F.\>iilv — Orleans street, between 
 Royal and Bourbon. I'nique as one of the two negro nunneries in the United 
 States. The famous Orleans Theatre, where the remarkable Octoroon balls were 
 held, once occupied this ground. Clio or Carondelet cars down Bourbon 
 street. 
 
 Old St. Louis Cemetery — On Basin, three blocks below Canal street. Oldest 
 cemetery in the city. Many of the Spanish and French colonists, some of royal 
 blood, are buried there. 
 
 St. Rock's Cemetery is especially dear to the Creole Catholics, who make 
 pilgrimages to the shrine to pray for things desired. Villere or Claiborne 
 cars. 
 
 Old Absinthe House — Bourbon and Bienville streets, two blocks below 
 Canal street. Famous as the one-time headquarters of the famous pirate Lafitte. 
 
 O'Reilly's Headquarters — 
 Where the bloodthirsty Spanish Cap- 
 tain-General lived in 1700. St. 
 Claude and Hospital streets. Es- 
 planade Belt cars to Rampart and 
 Hospital streets. 
 
 Congo Square — Rampai-t. St. 
 Peter, St. Ann and St. Claude 
 streets. Here were held bullfights 
 in the Spanish regime and voudou 
 dances in slavery days. Esplanade 
 P.elr cars. 
 
 CiTV Park — A beautiful park 
 belonging to the City of New Or- 
 leans, located on Metairie Road, 
 near Canal. It contains one hun- 
 dred and sixty acres, laid out with 
 
 A MILE OF RICE MILLS. 
 
56 
 
 NEW Oi: LEANS. 
 
 A LOUISIANA OIL FIELD. 
 
 pretty walks, flower beds, 
 and with a chain of arti- 
 ficial lakes running 
 through it. It also has 
 a grove of live-oak trees 
 festooned with gray Span- 
 ish moss, which is said 
 to be the finest in the 
 world. For many years 
 this grove was the favorite 
 dueling grounds of the 
 city. Canal or Esplanade 
 Belt cars. 
 
 Spanish Fort — A small 
 village with pleasant gar- 
 dens, situated on Lake 
 Pontchartrain, at the 
 mouth of Bayou St. John, 
 where General Jackson landed in 1814. This historic place is reached by walk- 
 ing, driving or motor boat. One may alight from the Esplanade Belt car at the 
 bridge where it crosses Bayou St. John, follow the white shell road along the 
 clear winding stream and enjoy a glimpse of Holland, for the wide flats and the 
 sails of the oyster luggers form a pretty picture as they move in and out with 
 the tortuous stream. Spanish Fort, on the lake front, two and one-half miles 
 distant, is one of the most picturesque spots in New Orleans and is in process of 
 complete rehabilitation. The New Orleans Railways & Light Company will run 
 a trolley line, and pavilions, walks, restaurants and vaudeville amusement will be 
 established. Just across Bayou St. John from Spanish Fort is the famous Noy's 
 restaurant made famous by Thackeray, who declared the bouillabaisse there to 
 be finer than that of Marseilles. 
 
 Old Soldiers' Home — Camp Nicholls is situated on Bayou St. John, is five 
 minutes" walk from Esplanade avenue, and here live veterans of the Confeder- 
 acy who are old, poor and decrepit — sad and silent reminders of the Civil War. 
 Esplanade or Canal Belt cars. 
 
 Metairie Cemetery is the handsomest in the city. It contains many beau- 
 tiful monuments, among which may be mentioned those of General Albert Sidney 
 Johnson and General Stonewall Jackson, also the tombs of the Army of 
 Northern Virginia and the Army of Tennessee. In the vicinity of Metairie are 
 Greenwood, Odd Fellows' Rest, Firemen's and others. Canal or Esplanade Belt cars. 
 
 Chalmette Cemetery 
 is located near the old his- 
 toric battlefield where the 
 Battle of New Orleans was 
 fought between the British 
 and American forces on 
 January 8, 1815. The Dau- 
 phine car will take passen- 
 gers within a short dis- 
 tance of the entrance. This 
 is a national cemetery 
 tastefully laid out and 
 beautifully kept. 
 
 U. S. Barracks — The 
 United States soldiers are 
 stationed here, and visitors 
 are hospitably entertained. 
 The Barracks are located 
 at the end of the Dau- 
 phine car line. 
 
 
 
 WHERE TABASCO 
 
 SAUCE IS 
 IBERIA. 
 
 MADE AT NEW 
 
XEW ORLIJAXfi. 
 
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 NATURAL GAS WELL NEAR SHREVEPORT. 
 
 West End — This place, often called the Coney Island of the South, is 
 situated on. Lake Pontchartrain at the mouth of the New Basin Canal. It is the 
 lake resort of the city, where thousands of people spend their evenings during the 
 summer. Here are located a hotel, pavilion and restaurant, band-stand, club- 
 houses, beautiful 
 gardens and oth- 
 er attractions. 
 West End is the 
 breathing spot of 
 the city, and is 
 shortly to be im- 
 proved at a large 
 expense, many 
 additions be ing 
 made which will 
 make it one of 
 the finest plea- 
 sure resorts in 
 the country. 
 West End cars. 
 
 A MODEL SUGAR MILL. 
 
58 
 
 NE^y OULEAXS. 
 
 ABOVE CANAL STREET. 
 
 A ROAD IN THE "CZDNE BELT." 
 
 lishtful park, with walks aud 
 benches, bisecting a residence por- 
 tion of the city. 
 
 Lee Circle — Where St. Charles 
 street and St. Charles and Howard 
 avenues join. On a grassy mound 
 stands a colossal marble shaft sur- 
 mounted by the bronze heroic-sized 
 statue of General Robert E. Lee, of 
 the Confederate Army. 
 
 New Orleans Library — Do- 
 nated l)y Andrew Carnegie. Lee Cir- 
 cle and St. Charles avenue. 
 
 Loui.siANA State Mu.seum 730 
 
 Carondelet street. An interesting 
 exhibition of the natural products 
 and manufactures of the State. Coli- 
 seum, Clio, Carondelet, Annunciation 
 and Henry Clay avenue ears. 
 
 AuDrBON Park— The largest 
 park in New Orleans ; contains 250 
 acres ; formerly the site of the Cot- 
 ton States Exposition, held in 1884. 
 This park is celebrated for its grove 
 of magnificent live-oak trees draped 
 with gray Spanish moss. Has pretty 
 driveways and one of the largest 
 conservatories in the world. Oppo- 
 
 LiBERTY Place— Head of Canal 
 Street, where the White League riot 
 occurred in which the citizens de- 
 feated the Federal police, some 
 eighteen prominent men being slain, 
 on September 14, 1874. 
 
 Lafayette Square — Camp, St. 
 Charles, North and South streets, live 
 blocks from Canal. Statues of Ben- 
 jamin Franklin, Henry Clay and John 
 McDonogh. The latter bequeathed 
 large sums to public education, and 
 nearly all the New Orleans public 
 schools are named after him. The 
 City Hall and Progressive Union face 
 the square on opposite sides. Also 
 site for new Postoffice on Camp 
 street. 
 
 Margaret Place — Intersection 
 Camp and Prytania streets. First 
 statue ever erected in the United 
 States to a woman. A tribute to 
 Margaret Haughery, a plain baker 
 and milk woman who accumulated a 
 large fortune and gave the greater 
 portion to the children of the poor. 
 Coliseum Place — A long, de- 
 
 LOADIXG COTTOX UP TJIE KU EK. 
 
NEW ORLEANS. 
 
 59 
 
 site one entrance is Tulane 
 University, ("an be reached 
 by Tehonpitonlas, Maga- 
 zine, Coliseum, Henry Clay, 
 Peters avenue, Prytania, 
 St. Charles Belt or Tulane 
 Belt cars. 
 
 AV.i.TERWOEKS .\XD FIL- 
 TRATION Plant — Cost $7,- 
 000,000 and gives New Or- 
 leans crystal, clear and 
 pure, high-pressure water. 
 The largest and most mod- 
 ern in the world. St. 
 Charles or Tulane Belt 
 cars to Spruce street. 
 
 Howard Memorial — 
 Confederate Battle Abbey, 
 where are contained sou- 
 venirs, battle fla 
 
 OAK GROVE ON THE TCHEFUNCTA. 
 nd historical relics of the Civil War. 
 
 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. 
 
 TuLAXE University — St. Charles avenue, opposite Audubon I'ark. St. 
 Charles or Tulane Belt cars. 
 
 H. Sophie Newcoxib College — Washington avenue, Camp, Chestnut and 
 Sixth streets. It is here the celebrated Newcomb Art Pottery is made. Prytania 
 or Coliseum cars. 
 
 SOME INTERESTING TROLLEY RIDES. 
 
 (All cars center on Canal street. Universal transfers, except between Belts and 
 
 West End lines.) 
 
 The Esplanade Belt runs along Canal street to Rampart, turning into North 
 Rampart until Esplanade avenue is reached ; out Esplanade until Bayou St. John 
 is crossed, then along City Park to Canal and Canal back to the city. 
 
 In this ride can be seen the aristocratic streets and avenues of the latter 
 Creole days, with many handsome residences and spacious grounds. 
 
 Along this route the Fair Grounds and Race Tracks can be reached ; also 
 
 the famous Jockey Club, 
 with its beautiful and 
 handsome structure. 
 
 Over the bridge of the 
 old Bayou St. John the car 
 passes to the Country 
 Club ; then the beautiful 
 oaks of the City Park can 
 be seen, stately and grand, 
 with tufts of gray moss 
 hanging from their enor- 
 mous branches and cover- 
 ing over eighty acres of 
 the park. 
 
 The car soon reaches 
 the various cemeteries ; 
 then turning into Canal 
 street, lands one in the 
 heart of the city after an 
 hour's most interesting 
 ride. 
 
 NATIONAL CEMETICRY 
 
 AI.KXANUKIA. 
 
60 
 
 NEW ORLEANS. 
 
 The Canal Belt traverses the same route in the opposite direction. 
 
 The St. Charles Belt starting on Canal street, turns into Baronne ; out 
 this busy street to Howard avenue, then past Lee Circle into St. Charles avenue, 
 out this beautiful avenue, past Tulane University, to Carrollton, along Carrollton 
 to Tulane, then to South Rampart and back into Canal. 
 
 This ride carries one something over ten miles through some of the pretti- 
 est and most fashionable parts of the city St. Charles avenue varies in width, 
 averaging about one hundred and thirty feet, having in the center a grassy strip 
 known as the "Neutral Ground," bordered for most of its length by rows of 
 trees. On either side of this are roadways for vehicles, the cars being operated 
 on the Neutral Ground. 
 
 STATE CAPITOL AT BATON EOUGE. 
 
 The most magnificent structures, the residences of wealthy and influential 
 citizens, are located along this route, each with its large garden of tropical 
 plants and yard full of flowers At St. Charles and Lee Circle is the new build- 
 ing of the New Orleans Public Library ; St. Charles and Clio, the Athenaeum ; 
 and, further out, on the corner of Jackson, is the white marble home of the 
 Harmony Club. 
 
 The car then passes Rosa I'ark, Tulane University, Audubon Place, a resi- 
 dence park, where there are a number of fine residences, Audubon Park and the 
 Golf Links being near by, soon reaching Carrollton avenue ; then Tulane avenue, 
 to Athletic Park ; past the Hotel Dieu, a private hospital ; Charity Hospital, the 
 Parish Court House, into South Rampart and back to Canal. 
 
 The Tulane Belt traverses the same route in the opposite direction. 
 
 ^Yest End Line makes the most delightful suburban ride out of New Or- 
 leans. The West End electric express trains start from the corner of Canal and 
 Baronne, running along Canal to the cemeteries, past the Half-Way House, along 
 the New Basin Canal and Shell Road to West End, on Lake Pontcliartrain. This 
 ride covers about fifteen miles. 
 
NEW ORLEANS. 
 
 61 
 
 SIGHT-SEEING FACILITIES. 
 
 To the visitor and resident alike are afforded ample conveniences for "seeing 
 New Orleans." There are public automobiles in plenty in addition to the street 
 car service, while on the river large excursion steamboats make daily and nightly 
 trips "seeing the harbor," which is one of the most magnificent in America. 
 
 Those seeking open-air diversion on Lake I'ontchartrain will likewise find 
 excursion steamers plying from West End and Milneburg, some making short trips 
 only, others crossing the lake, twenty-five miles, to the lakeside hamlets of St. 
 Tammany Parish, and up the beautiful, mirror-like Tchefuncta River, once or 
 twice a day. 
 
 Competent and experienced guides are easily to be had upon inquiry at the 
 hotels. 
 
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 BURNING G.\S WKI.L IX CADDO P.\RISII. 
 
 THEATRES. 
 
 Crescent Theatre — Baronne and Common. Road companies. 
 Daupiiine Theatre — Bienville and Dauphine. Stock company. 
 French Opera House — Bourbon and Toulouse. Opera. 
 Green WALL Theatre — Iberville and Dauphine. Road companies. 
 Lyric Theatre — Iberville and Burgundy. Stock company. 
 New Shubert Theatre — Baronne between Lafayette and Toydras. Road 
 companies and vaudeville. 
 
 Orpheum — 432 St. Charles street. Vaudeville. 
 
 Tulane Theatre — Baronne and Common. Road companies. 
 
 Winter Garden — Baronne, between Lafayette and Poydras. Vaudeville. 
 
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 XEW ORLEANS. 
 
 HOTELS. 
 
 St. Charles — St. Charles, between Gravier and Common. 
 New Grunewald — Baronne and University Place, near Canal. 
 New Denechaud — Baronne and Perdido. 
 Cosmopolitan — Royal and Bourbon, near Canal. 
 Monteleone — Royal and Iberville. 
 The Inn — Carondelet and Perdido. 
 
 RESTAURANTS. 
 
 Above Canal Street. 
 
 Fabacher's — 117 St. Charles. 
 
 Grunewald"s — Baronne Ijetween Canal and Common. 
 
 Lamothe's — 720 Gravier. 
 
 Denechaud — Baronne and Perdido. 
 
 Maylie's — Men only ; 6 o clock dinner ; Sunday, 5 o'clock, 1001 Poydras. 
 
 Lopez — 922 Canal. 
 
 Rathskeller — 414 St. Charles. 
 
 Reno's — 728 Gravier. 
 
 St. Charles — 715 Gravier. 
 
 The Old Hickory — 306 Carondelet. 
 
 Tranchina's — West End, Lake Poutchartrain. 
 
 Below Canal Street, French Quarter. 
 
 Begue's — Decatur and Madison, 11 o'clock breakfast only. 
 
 Co.mmercial — Royal and Iberville. 
 
 Cosmopolitan — Bourbon, near Canal, for ladies. Men's cafe on Royal. 
 
 Schadmberg's — 835 Canal. 
 
 Fuerst & Kraemer — 833 Canal. 
 
 Fabacher's — Royal, between Canal 
 
 and Iberville. 
 La Louisiane — Iberville, between 
 
 Royal and Bourbon. 
 The Gem — Royal, between Canal 
 
 and Iberville. 
 Antoine's — St. Louis, between Royal 
 
 and Bourbon. 
 A la Renaissance des Chenes 
 Verts — Opposite entrance City 
 Park. 
 Noy's — Spanish Fort. 
 Moreau's — Milneburs. 
 
 RAILROAD DEPOTS. 
 
 Union Station — Howard Ave. and 
 Rampart street. 
 
 I Clio or Peters Ave. cars direct; Car- 
 ondelet, St. Charles, Dryades, 
 Henry Clay, Annunciation, Coli- 
 seum, within one to two blocks.) 
 
 THE CAXE-KXIFE. 
 
 Illinois Central. 
 Yazoo & Mississippi 
 Southern I'aciflc. 
 Texas & Pacitic. 
 
 Valley. 
 
XEW ONLEAXS. 
 
 u;i 
 
 Terminal Station 
 
 (Canal and Basin — all cars.) 
 New Orleans & Xorth-Eastern. 
 New Orleans Great Northern. 
 Louisiana Railway & Navigation Company. 
 Frisco & Colorado Southern. 
 
 Louisville & Nashville, Canal street and River front — all cars. 
 New Orleans, Fort .Jackson & Grand Isle — opposite Canal street. 
 Louisiana Southern — Elysian Fields and St. Claude street. 
 
 BAGGAGE TRANSFER AND BUS COIVIPANIES. 
 
 New Orleans Transfer Company, 840 Common street. 
 Parcel Transfer Company, 784 Union street. 
 I'elican Transfer Company, 911 Gravier street. 
 American Transfer Company, 1007 (iravier street. 
 
 HACK AND CAB FARES. 
 
 Carriages and cabs meet all trains and boats and the rates are fixed by City 
 Ordinance No. 1185, N. C. S., adopted April 4th, 1902, copy of which must be 
 posted in each vehicle, and the driver must wear on the outside front of his coat 
 a numbered badge. Violations of the ordinance are punishable by fine and im- 
 prisonment, and complaints must be made at the Mayor's office, City Hall, or to 
 the Chief of I'olice. 
 
 All depots are on the city side of the river, but if a carriage or cab has to 
 cross the river, the passenger or passengers shall pay the ferriage to and from 
 any hotel and the following depots and steamboat landings, between Julia and 
 St. Louis streets. Hand baggage free. Trunks, 25 cents each, unless otherwise 
 agreed upon : 
 
 Union Station — Southern Pacific, Illinois Central Railroad, Mississippi Val- 
 ley Railroad, Texas & Pacific Railroad, 50 cents per passenger. Additional half- 
 mile or part thereof, 50 cents. 
 
 Terminal Station — New Orleans & North-Eastern, Louisiana Railway & 
 Navigation Company, New Orleans Great Northern, Frisco, Colorado Southern, 
 same. 
 
 Louisville & Nashville, Pacific Railroad, same. 
 
 
 CIIARCO.Vl. lILO.S.SOiLS. 
 
XEW ORLEAJS/8. 
 
 DAY RATES — 6 :00 A. M. TO 9 :00 p. M. 
 
 One-horse cab or vehicle : One passenger, one mile or part thereof, 50 cents ; 
 for each additional passenger, 50 cents ; for each additional half-mile or part 
 thereof, 50 cents per passenger. 
 
 NIGHT RATES 9 :00 P. M. TO 6 :00 A. M. 
 
 One-horse cabs or vehicles : One passenger, one mile or part thereof, 75 cents ; 
 for each additional passenger, 50 cents; for each additional half-mile or part 
 thereof, 50 cents. 
 
 Two-horse carriages or vehicles : One passenger, one mile or part thereof, 
 $1 ; for each additional passenger, $1 ; children under 12 years, half of the 
 above rates. 
 
 CARRIAGES AND OTHER VEHICLES BY THE HOUR. 
 
 Cab or carriage, spLSO for the first hour and .?1 for each succeeding hour or 
 fractional part thereof for the entire cab or carriage. 
 
 TAXICAB SERVICE. 
 
 The installation of taxicab service is a marked innovation in city trans- 
 portation. The Taxicab Company, of New Orleans, as in the case of horse vehicles 
 and transfer companies, can be reached direct or through the various hotels. The 
 rates are 50 cents for the first mile, for one or more passengers, and 10 cents 
 per quarter-mile thereafter. A charge of 10 cents is made for each six min- 
 utes of waiting. The average charge to and from hotels and depots should be 
 50 cents maximum for one or more passengers. 
 
 TELEGRAPH OFFICES. 
 
 Western Union — St. Charles and Gravier streets and hotels. 
 Postal — 206-10 St. Charles street and hotels. 
 
 MESSENGER SERVICE. 
 
 American District Telegraph, 618 Gravier. 
 
 Hurry Messenger Service, 117 Elk I'lace. 
 
 National District Telegraph (Western Union), St. Charles and (Jravier. 
 
 Postal — 206-10 St. Charles street. 
 
 RAILROAD CITY TICKET OFFICES. 
 
 Atlanta & West Point — 517 Hibernia Building, Gravier and Carondelet. 
 
 Denver Road — 702 Common, St. Charles Hotel. 
 
 Georgia R. R. — 210 Godchaux Building, Canal and Chartres. 
 
 Illinois Central — 141 St. Charles, corner Common. 
 
 Louisville & Nashville — 201 St. Charles, St. Charles Hotel. 
 
 Louisiana Ry. & Navigation Co. — Perrin Building, Baronne and Gravier. 
 
 Mobile & Ohio — 229 St. Charles, St. Charles Hotel. 
 
 National R. R. of Mexico — 708 Common, St. Charles Hotel. 
 
 New Orleans Great Northern — 703 Gravier, St. Charles Hotel. 
 
 Queen & Crescent — 211 St. Charles, St. Charles Hotel. 
 
 Rock IsIand-I<"risco Lines — 707 Gravier, St. Charles Hotel. 
 
 Santa Fe — 223 St. Charles, St. Charles Hotel. 
 
 Seaboard Air Line — 318 Hibernia Building, Gravier and Carondelet. 
 
 Southern Pacific — 227 St. Charles, St. Charles Hotel. 
 
 Southern Railway — 704 Common, St. Charles Hotel. 
 
 Texas & Pacific — 207 St. Charles, St. Charles Hotel. 
 
 Yazoo & Mississippi Valley — 141 St. Charles, corner Common 
 
 Frisco — Gravier street, St. Charles Hotel. 
 
XEW ORLEANS. 65 
 
 EXPRESS COMPANIES 
 
 American Express Company — St. Charles and Union streets; Illinois Central 
 Railroad ; Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad. 
 
 Pacific Express Company — 346 Camp street ; Texas & Pacific Railroad. 
 
 Southern Express Company — 724-726 Union street ; New Orleans & North- 
 Eastern Railroad ; Louisiana Railway & Navigation Company ; New Orleans Great 
 Northern Railway. 
 
 Wells-Fargo Express Company — Camp and Common streets : Southern Pacific 
 Railroad ; Kansas City Southern Railroad ; Colorado Southern Railroad ; Louisi- 
 ana i{aihvay & Navigation Company. 
 
 STEAMBOAT LINES. 
 
 Steamboats operate on the Mississippi River between New Orleans, Don- 
 aldsonville, Baton Rouge, Natchez, Vicksburg, Greenville and intermediate points. 
 
 On the Ouachita and Atchafalaya Rivers, between New Orleans, Monroe, Co- 
 lumbia, Harrisonburg, .Jonesville, and intermediate points on Black River, and on 
 the Atchafalaya as high as Melville. Rates and information may be obtained 
 from Lord cS: Mcl'eake, 602 (Jravier street. 
 
 The Mississippi I'acket Co., B. Strauss, agent, 524 Gravier street, operates 
 boats between New Orleans, False River, Devalls, Baton Rouge, I'laquemine, 
 Bayou Goula, White Castle, Donaldsonville and intermediate points. 
 
 The Comeaux-LeBlanc Transportation Company operates between New Or- 
 leans and Donaldsonville, and all intermediate points. Office head of Bienville 
 street. 
 
 Bradford Transportation Company operates between New Orleans and points 
 on Lower Terrebonne to Sugar Refinery and Houma, and on Bayou Lafourche to 
 Lafourche Crossing. 
 
 The Merchants' & Growers' Transportation Company, P. F. Renaud, agent, 
 head of Conti street, operates between New Orleans and Lower Mississippi points, 
 to Fort St. I'hilip and intermediate points. 
 
 The Grand Isle line operates between New Orleans and Grand Isle. Chinese 
 Fishing Camps and intermediate points, via Harvey's Canal. Head of Bienville 
 street. 
 
 LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN STEAMERS. 
 
 Steamer New Camelia operates between New Orleans, Mandeville, Lewisburg, 
 Madisonville, I'ineland Park. W. C. Coyle & Co., agents, 337 Carondelet street. 
 
 STEAMSHIP LINES. 
 
 The steamship lines at New Orleans can carry the traveler or take cargo 
 to the ports of the world. There is coastwise service to New York and Phila- 
 delphia, and over-seas ships to Europe, Asia, Africa, Cuba, I'orto Rico, Mexico, 
 Panama, Central and South America. 
 
 The lines at New Orleans are as follows : 
 For Liverpool — Leyland Line. 
 Harrison Line. 
 For London — I>eyland Ijine. 
 
 South Atlantic S. S. Co. 
 For Antwerp — Harrison Lino. 
 
 Lamport & Holt. 
 Leyland. 
 Elder-Dempster. 
 South Atlantic S. S. Line. 
 Gans Line. 
 For AchOs— ;Texas Transport & Terminal Co. 
 I .' ("lans Line. 
 
66 NEW ORLEANS. 
 
 For Almeria — Pierce's Creole Line. 
 For Barcelona — Pierce's Creole Line. 
 
 Pinillos Line. 
 
 Falsch Line. 
 
 Austro-American Line. 
 
 For Bremen — Leyland Line. 
 
 Elder-Dempster Line. 
 
 Prince Line. 
 For Belfast — Head Line. 
 For Bordeaux — French Line. 
 
 Vogemann Line. 
 
 For Christiana — Norway-^Iexico Gulf lAne. 
 For Copenliagen — Gans Line. 
 
 Texas Transport & Terminal Line. 
 
 For Dublin — Head Line. 
 For Genoa — Creole Line. 
 
 Pierce's Creole Line. 
 For Glasgow — Maclay-Prentice Line. 
 For Gothenburg — Maclay-I'rentice Line. 
 For Hamburg — Hamburg-American Line. 
 South Atlantic S. S. Co. 
 For Havre — Leyland Line. 
 
 For Venice, Trieste and Fiume — Austro-American Line. 
 
 French. 
 
 For Hull— South Atlantic S. S. Co. 
 For Manchester — Leyland Line. 
 For Marseilles — Creole Line. 
 For Naples — Pierce's Creole Line. 
 Austro-American Line. 
 
 For Nantes — South Atlantic S. S. Co. 
 For Rotterdam — Leyland Line. 
 
 South Atlantic S. S. Co. 
 
 Elder-Dempster Line. 
 
 For West Hartlepool — I'rince. 
 
 For Porto Rican Ports — New York and lorto Klco Line. 
 
 Insular Line. 
 For Havana — Southern Pacific Steamship Line. 
 For Santiago, Manzanillo and Cienfuegos — United Steamship Co. 
 For Vera Cruz and Tampico — Wolvin Line. 
 Munson Line. 
 
 For Progresso (Mes. ) — Monte's Line. 
 
 For Colon (Panama), Belize, Puerto Barrios. Puerto Cortez. I'ort l.iinon, 
 Bluefields, Bocas Del Toro — United Fruit Co. 
 
 COASTWISE SERVICE. 
 
 For New York — Southern Pacific Steamship Line. 
 For Philadelphia — Philadelphia and Gulf S. S. Line. 
 
 Southern S. S. Line. 
 For Tampa — Penn. S. S. Line. ; 
 
 For Mobile, Pensacola and Panama City (Fla.) — Mobile & cklf S. S. Line. 
 
yE^y orleaxs. 67 
 
 CLUBS. 
 
 Athenaeum (Y. M. II. A. Buildinu) — 8t. Cliai-les and Clio. 
 
 Audubon Golf Club — Felicia and Audubon Park. 
 
 fioston Clul) — 824 Canal. 
 
 Chess, Checkers and Whist Club — Canal and Baronne. 
 
 Country Clul) — Bayou St. John and City Park. 
 
 Elks' Club — 121 Elks' I'lace, near Canal. 
 
 Harmony Clul) — St Charles, corner Jackson. 
 
 Louisiana Clul) — Canal and Carondelet. 
 
 I'ickwick Club — Canal, near Rampart. 
 
 Phoenix Athletic Club — 3045 N. Rampart. 
 
 Round Table Club — 1433 Jackson. 
 
 Royal Athletic Club — 12G Royal. 
 
 Southern Athletic Club — Washington and Prytanla. 
 
 Southern Yacht Club — West End. 
 
 St. John Rowing Club — West End. 
 
 Y. M. C. A.— 817 St. Charles. 
 
 Young Men's Gymnastic Club — 224 North Rampart. 
 
 Y. M. G. C. Rowing Club— West End. 
 
 PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 
 
 Algiers Ferry — Head of Canal. 
 
 Annunciation Episcopal Church — Camp and Race. 
 
 Brewers' Exchange — 712 Hennen Building. 
 
 CarroUton Evangelical Church — Dante, near Elm. 
 
 Charity Hospital — Tulane near Howard. 
 
 Christ Church, Episcopal — St. Charles and Sixth. 
 
 City Hall — St. Charles, facing Eafayette Square. 
 
 Coliseum Baptist Church — Camp and Terpsichore. 
 
 Confederate Memorial Library — Camp and Howard. 
 
 Contractors' and Dealers' Exchange — Perdido and Carroll. 
 
 First Baptist Church — 2819 Magazine. 
 
 First Christian Church — Coliseum and IMelpomene. 
 
 First Christian Church, Scientist — 810 St. Charles. 
 
 First Presbyterian Church — Lafayette Square. 
 
 First Unitarian Church — Peters Avenue and South Rampart. 
 
 German Evangelical Church — Jackson and Chippewa. 
 
 Grace Baptist Church — 5737 Dauphine. 
 
 Holy Trinity Church, Greek — Hospital and Barracks. 
 
 Hotel Dieu — Tulane and Johnson. 
 
 Howard Memorial Library — Camp and Howard. 
 
 H. Sophie Newcomb College — Washingtf)n and Coliseum. 
 
 Jesuit Catholic Church — Baronne. near ("anal. 
 
 Jewish Temple Sinai — Carondelet, near Howard. 
 
 Knights of Pythias Hall — 820 Perdido. 
 
 liOuisiana Bar Association Library — Chartres. corner St. Ann. 
 
 Louisiana Sugar and Rice Exchange — Bienville and Clay. 
 
 Lafayette Presbyterian Church — Magazine, near Jackson. 
 
 Masonic Temple — St. Charles, near Perdido. 
 
 Merchants and Manufacturers' Committee ; I'rogressive Union — .j28 Camp. 
 
 N. O. Board of Trade — Arcade Alley. 
 
 N. O. Cotton Exchange — Gravier and Carondelet. 
 
 N. O. Live Stock Exchange — Stock Yards. 
 
 N. O. Medical Library — 1551 Canal. 
 
 N. O. I'rogressive Union — Camp and Lafayette Square. 
 
 N. O. Public Library — Lee Circle, St. Charles and Howard Avenue. 
 
 N. O. Sanitarium — 731 Carondelet. 
 
 X. O. Stock Exchange — (Jravier, near Carondelet. 
 
AUG la 1909 
 
 68 NEW ORLEANS. 
 
 Odd Fellows" Hall — Camp and Lafayette Square. 
 
 Real Estate Auction Exchange — 225-229 Baronne. 
 
 Retail Trade Extension Coaimittee, I'rogressive Union — 528 Camp. 
 
 Scottish Rite Cathedral — 619 Carondelet. 
 
 Soldiers' Home — Ba.vou St. John, near Esplanade. 
 
 St. Charles Avenue Methodist Church — 1802 Tulane. 
 
 St. Louis Cathedral — Chartres, opposite Jackson Square. 
 
 St. I'atrick's Church — Camp, near Julia. 
 
 St. Paul's Episcopal Church — Camp and (Jaiennie. 
 
 St. Paul's Lutheran Church — Burgundy ami I'ort. 
 
 Third Presbyterian Church — Opposite Washington Square. 
 
 Tulane University — St. Charles, opposite Audubon I'ark. 
 
 1'ilton Memorial Library — Tulane University. 
 
 Touro Infirmary — Coliseum and Foucher. 
 
 Touro Synagogue, Jewish — 836 Carondelet. 
 
 Trinity Episcopal Church — Jackson and Coliseum. 
 
 U. S. Customhouse — Canal and Decatur. 
 
 U. S. Marine Hospital — Tchoupitoulas and Henry Clay. 
 
 U. S. Mint — Esplanade and Levee. 
 
 U. S. Naval Station — Algiers. 
 
 U. S. Post Office — Canal and Decatur. 
 
 Ursuline Convent — Jordan and Dauphine. 
 
 Zion Lutheran Church — St. Charles and St. Andrew. 
 
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 THE PROGRESSIVE UNION. 
 
 The I'rogressive Union, the compiler and publisher of this volume, is 
 a civic organization numbering some 2,000 business and professional men 
 as its members, and is one of the largest bodies of its kind in the South. 
 It is the exponent and expression of municipal. State and Southern progress, 
 taking part in contemporary national affairs and is the great exploitation and 
 publicity bureau of New Orleans, Louisiana, the (iulf Coast and Lower Mississippi 
 Valley. The Progressive Union invites investigation of the resources and possi- 
 bilities of this city, State and section, particularly from those living in other 
 sections of the United States, and solicits correspondence. The South is pro- 
 gressing with tremendous strides, and her wealth is as yet untouched. 
 
 To the capitalist, the investor, the manufacturer, the farmer. New Orleans 
 says, "Come South." Address all communications to 
 
 NEW ORLEANS PROGRESSIVE UNION, 
 
 528 Camp Street. 
 

 NEW ORLEANS 
 
 IS A HEALTH SPOT, A RESORT, A 
 COSMOPOLITAN CITY OF DELIGHTS 
 AND BUSINESS AGGRESSIVENESS. 
 
 See For Yourself. 
 
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