Word: ort
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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When the Louisiana purchase gave New Orleans to the Unite States the general expectation was that the Louisiana ort would become a clearing house for the whole Mississippi Valley and in time become one of the greatest cities of the world. But since popular expectation does not follow the imagination of Poe or Jules Verne it could not foresee that its prophecies would fall short of fulfillment thanks to the railroads. Sometimes, however, prophets are unwittingly right; the present chaotic condition of those railroads may yet result in the lifting of New Orleans to greatness while the natural course...