Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-08-21
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the Opelousas II77atriot, Of 18th S
TIE EXTENSION OF TaE#GRossE TER
R4;Laoap-Inae attention Of the readeIsis
directed to q length article III anothercollnon
from e The Sugar Planter Kin regard togthe
| present, condition Of the Crosse Iete Road,
and X Necarfalln prospect Of its extension from
IFS present teriainues to the Atchatalaya q. and
from thence ID Upefousas. It Will be per
ceived that this read, though short has thus
far been a paying investment, has been COM
pieted totne Crosse Tete at the comparative
small cost Of SD, 900 per mile The est
! mate laid down forits extension will not ex-
coed $4,000 per mile.
The reason for this low sateof expenditure
per nile thus Ir, and the. still lower estimate
for its extension seems to be attributable to
the new exper5raent oil emploYing slave labor
exclusively TO perform the work. instead OF
letting it out to contractors. The plan has
worked to a charm, and promises for the tit-
ture results na1oTe brilliant. The company
are now IN possession of Is slaves, and when
the subscriptions shall have been completed
for the extension Of the road. will purchase
80 more, with this increased force the road
will move on with despatch.
S We are gratified to learn that the sarvey is
now being made to the Atchatalaya, and That
the ferminuesj Of the road will be located near
the mouth Of pa you Ronge. When completed
to this point, Two thirds Of the distance from
Baton Rouge to Opeloasas, will have been
accom- nlished, and then. the faith OF our c1tl~
zens will wax strong in. the prospect OF hav-
ing a road BY " hlch we can have eon1fnunl-
cation with The Capitol IN three 1ours, ant
New Orleans inies than fifteen. The PIT oasi-
sss, ercuses. ~pfste:aEs and h,4aabugs upon sah1cas 4re
hare been fed 50 long By The Nstu# O1lea'as assa
Opetoxsas Rai2rgua Company will then be
turned into d glorious reality, we shall begin
to see the dawn Of a bright tnture, and one
loud, long, and continued huzza for the sue
cess Of the Crosse Tete Railroad will Eever-
berate over the pine hills and pEairies of St.
Landry M
Press forward gentlemen, and your efforts
shall be crow med with abundant success. COM
plete your read to the Atchafalaya and it is
hnishedi This parish will then come to the
rescue, and extend the road to Opelousas.
Our conte to porary commits an error VIII ch
we think worthy Of correction. The COM
pany. owns thirty-tnree negroes, seventeen
Of whon arr required to perform the labor OF
The finished section, and we will have no
use for the other sixteen on the eomptetion
Of the river depot and wharf. When the
amount. shall have been subscribed to build
the second sertion to the Atchalalays, thirty,
or thirty-fFe new hands will be added 10
the sixteen, and with this number iInn1edi-
ateIy commence the work. If St. Landry
viii only build the road from Gpelonsas as
we hay Ne every reason to believe she will
from what our contemporary says. it will
notthe long before we are in daily communi-
crtion with Opelousas. We wish our Alex
andria and ARoyelIes friends would wake up
TO the Importance Of this enterprise and give
itsueh cheering assistance as our Point Coupee
and Orelousas contemporaries have done.