The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-14
LOUISIANA ENTERPRISE.
Some Of the Improvement, Rail, River and
Canal, Going On in This State.
New Iberia Sugar BOWL

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Louisiana and Texas and the Louisiana Vest
eru companies have arrived at come agree
| ment ny which the junction of these two roads
! will moi take place at VermllOnville, rs 1t was
| heretofore understood. The Wes tern Company
will run their track over the line uf n former
survey from Mermentau river or Luke Charles
| by Edon's ferry to Nav Iberia, leaving YER
Intionvile ten miles to the north. We give
this statement for what it Is worth, not vouch-
| ing for its truthfulness. Ii Is claimed that by
| taking the course just marked out this com
panieS would save themselves the expense of
| laying and wO, king some twenty miles Of
road. The stoppage OF work between New
| iberia and Vermlionvile yesterday seems to
| give some grounds for the rumor. Another
reason assigned for the proposed change Is
that the Morgan Company intend to extend
| the DOnadsonvills road to VermiliOnvlle,
| thence on to Opelousls, Alexandria and North
| Louisiana. 50, let the matter be as 1t may,
| Vermili0nvile will be sure Of q railroad,
OUR TEXAS ROAD.
| The cyclone, by the damage 1t has done at
| and near Cacasieu Pass aud at Like Charles,
| has caused sofne delay to the progress OF the
| Western Louisiana Railroad east of the latter
/ place. There remains but few miles OF
grading to be com pleted between Orange and
| Lake Charles. Trains are now running east
beyond English bayou. The material for the
| bridge aGross the Sabine has already arrived.
The Louisiana Western Railroad Company
| bore heavy losses Of lumber by the recent
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house at Lake Charles was blown down.
| The road has now reached eight miles east
/ or Lake Charles. The work west Of that town
| commenced early this week. Those engaged
on the JOB expect to complete the English
bayou bridge before next Saturday All the
| tugs and barges at Calcasieu Pass that were
were Injured In the recent storm have been
again put In good order, and are busily en-
| ployed in carrying rails for the track. The
| siding at Lake Charles depot, we learn, has
| also been finished. ~a
An engine has already made q trip between
| New Iberia and the bay ut u little less than
| thirty miles an hour. Considerable work is,
however, yet to be done on that portion OF
| the road that traverses the marsh near Pat
| tersOnville and the line passing through Ba-
kers swamp, five niles from Franklin. It
has been found also, that three miles west Of
Morgan City the road bed is some feet be
| low high-w water mark OF 1874. Active ste IS
are about to be taken Immediately to raise
this portion Of the track and SO remove all
danger OF overflow. The company have D
considerable number of hands ut present EN-
ployed on this portion of the work, chit u
| convicts from the Penitentiary at Baton
Rouge.
The materials for the bridge over Bayou
Vermilon arrived at their destination by
steamer and barge last week from Morgan
City,
Furthermore, q project is on foot to con-
struct branch road from New Iberia tn the
salt mines on Avery's island, distance OF
ten miles.
The completion of the road through to
Houston by the first of January, may, we
think, be confidently looked forward to, and
no doubt this nav avenue of traffic will, In q
short time, develop many branches OF trade
now dormant. The transportation, for in
stance, of cattle and -four from Texas by this
| route, Will, We dare say, attain proportions
hitheretO unknown.
THE TERREBoNNE CANAL.
We learn that rapid progress Is being made
by the TerrebOnne Reclamation Company,
which originated with the leaiing citizens of
Terrebonne parish AS this grand improve
Teche and Bayou Vermilion country in direct
water communication with New Orleans, our
citizens Of this section are watching the work
with deep interest. Not only So, but they
should be glad to take stock in the company,
which Is destined t. give US cheaper freights
than we have ever before enjoyed
Active work was Immediately begun, early
In the summer, and some weeks since boats
were able to pass through the entire route
from HOuma to New Orleans. The channel
has been deepened daily, by means of the
Harvey dredge boat, and the company have
had new and powerful dredgs boat built,
which will enable them to secure depth of
water sufficient to this year float almost the
entire sugar crop Of Terrebonne, which will
naturally pass through those channels.
Next year, the old Barataria canal at
Houma, between Bayous Terrebonne and
Black less than one mile in lengthy will be
rpopened, when Bayou Black will be dredged
out to Tigerville, giving sufficient stage Of
tide water to admit IL the passage of Teche
boats through to New Orleans by the Terra-
bonnie route, saving about 200 miles In dis
lance, and making most delightful excur-
sion through tbs richest sugar region OF the
State.