The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-07-24
New Orleans Pacific Railroad.

1t We are waiting, rather inpatient
II 1t is true, to see and hear railroa
q men up this way; to know what the
Vt desire and what we are to do to fiji,
> ther the enterprise. Our people, "
u are more than pleased to note, are
G as mass, greatly in favor of tn
: proposed improvement, believing tina
s it possesses all the elements of sue
cess, being in tie hands of home peo
y pie and they, deeply interested in tn
construction of the road and the lie
Velopment of the resources Of til,
State.
We know of no country that de-
J mands development as much as Lou.
isiaua, the garden State of the Union
; it is admitted by all to be wilder.
ness; this may, it is true, be owing
to political causes mostly, but we
must not stop to inquire that; how
1t came about is a matter of the past,
our duty is to reclaim it, and to do
so railroads are our only dependence,
almost. We require immigrants as
farmers, field laborers and skilled ar
t'zans; we want them intelligent and
thrifty; we have mines of minora,
and agricultural weo'.. ."tally unde-
veloped, in truth, We are in our in
fancy i" 49, great Union of nrn,ss
states, We are asleep, the sound Of
the locomotive whistle will awake na
from our slumbers to renewed life
and activity.
There may he those who d. not
"believe" in improvements, that is
but natural and reasonable, there
''e'e men who said Morse and Ste-
p'enson and Fulton, were visionary
fools and fanatics, but they have
proven with telegraphs, railroads and
steamboats,, that they were not the
fools, but their 'accusers were. and |
We all know full we'll that the "killer
OF the nnwise'is daily called for in
every neighborhood, our poor parish
cannot escape the affection, let "a
not be too hard upon them, and not
assist in building this railroad on
their account.
The pros and cons are not to he ar.
sued now; We know full we'll our
and unless this road comes.
zee knoo that it is hopeless. Work.
not WORDS, is what is required, and
We feel more than assured that our
leading citizens will give the enter.
PRISE all moral and material support
hat is in their power.
Speaking Of this railroad the New
Orleans Bulletin of late date saws:
In this. connection we may state
nat number ofprominent merchants =
mo bankers of Marshall have written
letter TO the President of the road. t
q which they offer their cordial aid
. constructing the road, and pro- f
'ose, If Marshall be selected A the :,
e ,na.2 s!. to transfer to the company :.
most valuable charter granted by p
ne State Of Texas for road from 81
larshall to the Louisiana line. with 9,
lost Liberal franchises and privileges. =
q grant of sixteen sections !"
land to tue mile. They further 81
ropose to appoint a committee to p
'slt New Orleans, if necessary, to
ertect arrangements, and state that. g.
their opinion, mo road that has =,
zen projected, west Of the Mississip- VI
River, is likely to receive a great. m
amount of travel and traffic than
oe from New Orleans to Marshall" or
we learn from the President that it ~
the intention of the directory to NJ
ma the road from Alexandria to
atchitoches, q distance of about ia
xty miles, for cash, which, at pres.
It prices of iron and labor, will not 20
coed $4,000 per mile. Should it de
come necessary thereafter to issue he
'nds, there will then be ample basis w
'on which to predicate them. no
New Orleans must be up and doing to
ILLS matter, for the parishes are NJ.
literally. Rapides and AL
!tchitoches, we are confident. will AL
6scribe not less than $l5O, 900 each. of
q DeSoto has already offered to
oscrlbe 100000. The latter mar.
does not owe q dollar, and her
nds are worth ninety five cents on
dollar to any one fortunate enough f.,
own them. \