St. Landry democrat., 1879-05-31
appropriation Of Lands for Railroad
Purposes.

|
To the Honorable George W. Hudspeth. Judge
of the Eighth Judicial District of the State
of Louisiana, for the Parishes of st. Landry
| aud Calcasieu:
The petition OF the Louisiana Western Rail
Road Company, duly Incorporated by act OF
the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana
! by, act approved March 3oth, 1878, respect
| fully shows:
First-That they are now ready to build and
| construct the Railroad between VernilliOnvile
IN thG Parish OF Lafayette and a point IN i the
Parish Of Ca!caseu up!oIl the line between the
| fedllired by their charter:;' IN
t 'seeond-That by their charter they are fully
authorized TO acquire Land petoss;iry for their
| road liz eYprOpriatio4:
THAT Ii Ia road 70 be built by them unls through
the Parishes OF Lafayette, st. Landry ald
| Calcasieu.
That most of the land on the contemplated
line of their road and necessary for the use OF
! the road, Is umInpr0red and uninllablted.
+ THAT -" have used dilige4t efforts to as,
of the owners
estate and to acquire title TO tnv o~..-~,
they have been unable to do so, rs will more
fully appear by the alfidavit OF j. e. Farkerson,
the agent OF the company, hereto annexed and
made part of this petition.
Third-The land necessary for the purpose OF
building the road is two hundred feet in width,
a"ross and upon the following described tracts
and owned as follows, viz:
/. N. A. Baumgarden, residence and status
unknown.-The WI of section 25 in township
ten south Of range thirteen west.
2. Vim. B. Fleming or Barny Martin, residence
and status unknown.-The W! of w! of section
thirteen in township ten south of range twelve
west.
8. Martin NJ. Shelton, residence and status
unknown.-The W. of the N E4 and E4 OF
s WI of section twenty, township ten, south
range twelve west.
4. Anthony Harris, residence and status ul-
known.-The NJ of the N va of section twenty
one i'll township ten, south of range twelve west.
5. Auguste. BOhn or the Calcaseu Minin" Co.,
residence supposed to he in New Orleans status
unknown.-ScctiOns thirty-one, thirty-tw0 and
thlrty-thrcc, i'll township nine, south OF range
eleven west, and the E1 OF section thirty one,
the ~ OF section thirty-twp and the n w OF
section thirty three, in township nine, south OF
range ten west.
6. David HI. Lyons, resides in the town OF
Lake Charles, parish of Calcasicu, owned by
entry and requires compensation, claiming the
road will damage his lands materially.-The
N w section and the s WI of the Es of section
thirty-tiYc, township nine, south of range eleven
west.
T. Kirklnan IL Nettlerode. DR.. W H. Kirkman
resides at Lake Charles, residence and status of
Nettlerode unkHoWn.-The NJ and Fl of the
n e. of section thirty-five, in township nine,
south of range eleven west.
s. Oliver H. Wales, residence and status I'M
known.-The n! of section thirty-six, in town
ship nine, south of range eleven west.
g. J. q S. Bloch, resides in OPelousas, Parish
OF Landry. abandoned to the State for delinquent
taxes.-The WI of section thrty-one, in town
ship nine, south of range ten west.
10. A. Pitard, occupies the N w OF section
thirty-four, in township nine south range ten
west Original homestead, applicant trans
ferred improvements to Pttard who resides Oh