The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-09-09
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- w WdAtlug .IUf the. 0etIOa or "a
II others IN matters ID which We
should act for ourselves9 viii
Others net for us? Will tbg fox
carry his spoilstto feed the sioth9 ~
Are the interest of other cities
Il ldeHtical with those OF our own?
ilE st Louis reused from her
| lethargy by the encroachments vi =
her more active Heighbor, Chicago,
upon her Fightful domain, com. af
theheed ianGrUaching upon 0ufs,
and vigoroasl VI pushing On has
tsent out Der arteries of iron round
about us, and is with every pulsa-
ton drawing away our blood. To-
day the traveller enters the magni-
1 ticGDt Pdllmah coach at st. Louis
and IN a lew hourshe standsupo 4
the sunny beach at Galveston -1
bis lungs inhRle the balmy air +
| waited from. Mexico's broad gulf
-thanking St. Louis energy Tor
the luxury he eenioys a"lt Ria
q With vii the natural advantage
10 our favor, we are poor, and
what Is worse than poverty, we
are Idle, while our sister city is
rich. Active and fast becoming
affluent, proudly styling herself
the future city. She draws from
MS our blood and II made healthier.
by the draft She takes from us j
our substance and We suffer.
What must we do to recover
back our lost ground, control and stq
enjoy the benefits of that vast u
Southwestern tradeasO Justly our
own? viii the oopstFpcti0n OF
the New Orleans Pacific with its
terminus at Shreveport or Mar -
shall, and entering New Orleans
by connecting ut P0nkehat0nlas y
Withgthe Great Northern Railroad, 3zsf
as indicated BY aFeeent publIca- ava.t
tion over the signature of its able
Chief Engineer, give us that con- ,a.g.
troll and the enjOyments OF those
benefits ? Most certainly not, that @
road being completed from Alex hHat
andria % Shreveport on Marshall, ~,
becomes tribntarY BY the Great ,.r
Northern lines thence Ito the Fan
narts of So. Louis, Chicago, and iiFv
other Northern and Western cities. va1i
Finally completed and connecting 4
at Pontchatoulasl with the Great
Northern, it gives as the go-by1rs
fOrty-tive miles away, and we feel
only brHsh OF its train tail as it . Ie~3
Whirls past in the direct route
North and East .usl haral
A line OF railway along the yal-
ley of Red River, connecting with = +
therailroadsof NortheasteTn Texas
Is of vital Importance, but itshonld
have its beginning at this city in
order to secure 10 us the trade Of
the districts through which it
passes, and into which it pene-
rates.
In order to recover and hold the
Southwestern trade id its entirety,
I IL neeessaTy-t-lsg4 To complete
he most direct route to Hanston, ~
Texas, 2. Construct from this di- rs
ect libe at some point, say Lako
Charles, a branch to Waco, Dali
as, or some other point in central
Hexas, and 3. a branch from tha
main line, say at YermilionYille,
o Shreveport OF MARSHALL.
These lines win place us in cou-
Iection, not only with the present
aiIway system I'll tie graat South
rest, but all roads that can here
fter be CONSTRUCTED through any
lOrtion OF that immense region,
wing south of tic Missouri and
rest of tie BIississi ppi, With one
lain trunk line for ! distance 81
25 miles, one crossing oF tie Yal-
" Of the Atchaialaya River, tia
81 which at d point
hove Overflow woaid Ia, 10 So
lgga an interest as il would serve,
q small matter
A. y, O.
Two persons died iR New Or-
ans, last week, Of lsgcoegtatbenia.
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