The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1878-04-06
PEOPLE ON THE LIFT BANK OF
THE LAFOURCHE

Who live above Tbibodaux, incln-
ling the people of the back set
all of whom now go to
Latourche Crossing to take the
train, would cross over our bridge
and take the train here. Every
one of them going through town
would leave a dollar OF more here.
THE HOTELS
will increase their business fully
ten fold ; aud the increase OF their
business is an increase to the
butcher, baker. gardener and gro
Ger.
LAFoURCHE CROSSING
will really be moved to our town
that is all appliances. machinery
SC. for the handling of freight, as
we'll as'all fiat boats will be remov
ed to our town. We are promised
Il line of fiat boats from our town
TO Napo'eOnville. The, rail road
aud flat boats will give employ
ment to numerous young men
who + now without employ
ment. The wages of these employ
ee> will be distributed among land
lords, srocers and merchants.
OUR FACILITIES AND HOTEL
CONCEPTS
are superior to those of the conn
try towns near us, and will in
duce the planters OF Ttrrebonne
to come here for their supply of
coal. lime, sand, bricks, hoop
poles, corn, hay, oats. bran &c.
which eau be brought to our town
bv fat boats direct from first
hands
Our Town WOULD BE A CENTRE
bearing the same relation to Ter.
rebonne, Assumption and Latour.
che that New Orleans does 10 the
whole State, and to this centre
the planters of the parishes just
named would come whenever III
need of the services of
FIRST CLASS MECHANICS. CAR
PENTERS OR MASONS,
and the men of these trades
would find ten days employment
when they barely find one now
OUR MECHANICAL INDUSTRIES
are suffering from the loss of tn,
Ter'ebonnt trade. The Thibodau,
Foundry, Hogan's Boiler Mann
factory aud Grisamore's exte,
tenSive Tin and Sheet Iron work,
wOnid get most of that trade i
the planters of Terrebunne hat
any convenient way of coming o
sending their work here. The raj
road will certainly give rs bacl
that trade, and in that event tive,
~ OF more mechanics will tint
employment the owners Of Thii
odanX Foundry alone propose t.
spend several thousand dollars il
cnluging their shops and addin:
new machinery, and they propos,
to employ ftOm ten to fifteen NOR,
mechanics than they employ now
Our MERCHANTS GENERALLY
Will increase their business full
twenty five per cent by the Teri.
bonnie people who will come here
by the increased population of tn
town and the money that Charlie
Morgan miH pay to has employees
blythe people from Assumption
who never Come here, but vii
come as Soon as stages run t,
Napo'eonviIle ; by the people OF
left bank of Bayou Lafourch
who seldom come to town an,
will be brought TO town ottene
than in the past.
THE FEAR
of some of our merchants is tina
orr people will 90 to New Orlean
to make all their purchases. VIVA
IA folly. Why should people 90 t,
Ne" Orleans on a brach roa,
when if they had any Such ridicu
lous notion they cau just as wei
go now. The retailers of our tow
actually sell cheaper than til
retailers OF New Orleans. Hov
and why r? Because our merchant
purchase from the same frs
hands that the retailers of Ne
Orleans do; rents, clerks hire
licenses and taxes are low an,
reasonable here. and they are
high and enormous in New O:
leans; the freight from New Or
leans to Thibodaux is "A trihe-
say $500 on Il box containing 30
sibly $500 of goods. Can an,
sane man explain why peopl
would buy in New Orleans VIII.
do not buy there now?
PROFESSIONAL MEN
these as we'll as druggists will b
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