The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-09-09


the circular saws and the shrill whistle
OF the engines indicate plainly the
idleness lurketh not here. In this place
resides the energetic and enterprisine
/ Capt VIM. w. Smart his postoflce i
/ Lake Charles, and he win take pleasure,
hs will the others mentioned, in replying
to any one desiring information more
in detail than is given here. About
twelve miles below Bagdad we come tc
that beautiful place, Rose Bluff, where
we find one saw,mill, twvgood country
stores, and Rose Bluff PostOfice,
whore Uncle Sam is pleased to deli yea
the mail for this section, semieweekly.
The sprightly little steamer, Ramos,
Oapb. Reynolds, performs this service,
and the ge1iil and polite o. r. Moss,
acts as Postmaster. This is o highly
desirable site for atown, and ii sur
veyed aud laid out into town lots,
would, in the writer's opinion ,sOOn be-
come place of Importance, and gradu-
ally grow in extent as population OF
the country increased. A good black
smith and wheelwright, shoemaker, and
a harness maker and saddler, would,
even now, find ample work here.
+ There are two other small bayous ::
Dtade and ScbOmpjqwe, both arms Of the
Caloasisu river, Eeaching out into Iris
section, and seeming TO be silently
waiting, for the time to come when they
will be required to do their duty as adj
ditional outlets for the products and
industries of this section of country.
Tho lands bordering on the Di'tdys are
heavily timbered with oak and other
equally valuable timber, but the Scb0W-
ptqNe has none only here and there u
stray tree is found along its banks, and
it runs through an open fertile prairie.
On the DjnC5e, your VenerAted Doctor
Gray has started o sugar plantation,
and I am informed, his selection is
highly eligible for the purpose, the
lands along the bayou being extremely
FERTILE, Bhe course of both of those
streams is about northwest; the DinGe
terminating in numerous gullies, which
serve as natural drains to point within
= couple of miles Of the West Fork.
The ScbOupique, from deep and navi-
gable stream for several miles, changes
INTO gully, gradually diminishing in
Vie, until it is lost in o large marsh,
mile or two in width by four or FIVE in
ength, ON the east side of which, is To-
sated the famous Calcasieu Sulphur
Mine, Of which / will speak fully IN the
proper place.
THE TIMBER ALONG THE sTREAAis.
To speak more INFINITELY of the Dor
iering on the streams is to say nil the
timber consisting OF pine, cypress,
white oak, red oak, post oak, live oak,
'vercup oak, pin oak, white hickory,
Iveet gum, black gum, tupalar gum,
sweetbay, sassafras dogwoOd,
maple, persimmon, wildpluln, wild cher.
". red haws, black haws, mulberry,
Inn, and holly, grow spontaneously, and
IRE indigenous TO this section, are of a
arge size, durable and NOT wanting in
quantity. Cypress, the most durable
timber in the world, is found |
n the Calcasieu and Sabine bottoms in |
Almost inexhaustible quantities. The
'aks grow generally on the higher
ands, and are such as used everywhere
where such timber is required for
laval structures, farming utensils, and
he manufacture Of machines and
wooden ware, in which this kind Of
imbeF necessarily becomes 9 compo.
lent part /: besides, here, they are won
lerfully prolific, and annually cover the
round on which they grow with an
bnndanco Of mast.
TRos. KIE1NPETER,
N~ Civil Engineer.
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