The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-11-03
THE NEW ORLEANS PACIFIC.

There can be no doubt that our
long, and eagerly anticipated rail-
road connections will be consnmma
ted within a twelvenonth at furth
est. The ungraded portion OF the
N. O. Pacific between Shreveport
and Mansfield will be finished at
once, aud the work of tieing and
track laying will Immediately follow.
The following extract from ethe
Shreveport Times, Of the 22d ult,,
gives reliable Information OF the
present outlook, and other psrticn-
lars that will be of Interest to our
readers: lid
The city is gradually filing with
strangers, attracted by sthe active
movements set on foot for the building
and early completion Of the New Or.
Jeans Pacific. Some are looking
around with view to investing, while
others are seeking employment on the
road. These things cause our people,
who have been in state of despond.
ency for many years, tosappear hope
dul aud cheerful. All the contractors
have arrived and are making prepara-
tions to begin work.
Az yet no dirt has been broken and
not nail has been driven, except by
Or. Carpenters force Of bridge bnild-
ars, who have been Mt work a few
miles South of the city for the past
two weeks. The road is under con-
tract between this place and Lecomte
station, distance Of .l45 miles, and
must be completed and in full opera
Zion by the first day of August, 1881;
hence it will be seen that operations
cannot long be delay
We have cOnversed with Major
Greene and nearly alithe contractors
on this very important subject, and 1T
seoms to be generally conceded that
che work of grading will begin early
next week.
Mr.. Webster, who has the contract
for tieing and. track laying. cannot de-
fer beginning work beyond the first
day of Decem Der, and 10 order to conf
oily with his contract should he not
begin sooner than the first of Decem-
ber-he will have to complete one mile
of road each day in order to reach LIE
comte by the first of August Ii is the
opinion of the most prominent officials
that the road will be completed and
in running order between this pace
and Alexandria by the fourth day of
July next. So confident are they that
the road will be completed by that
date that an informal invitation has
been extended US to ride over the New
Orleans Pacific to Alexandria on the
GLORIOUS Fourth"
The contract for building platform
one hundred and fifty by sixty feet,
and supply depot on the grounds re-
Gently donated to the company by
Messrs. John w. and Joseph B. Smith,
alongside of the track of tue Texas
and Pacific road, has been let to DR..
Carpenter, and will be completed with
10 the next ten OF twelve days. This
Will 10 doOub tbo uISt step tthei. Gp-
wards beginning actual York on the
road. - -
Mr.. Carney, who has the contract
Tor grading twenty-five miles of the
road, beginning ten miles South of
this place, where the contract of DIR.
Gearing, who has the grading of the
first ten miles, ends, arrived in the
city Wednesday, and yesterday, SO We
were informed, went out and estab-
lished his camp seventeen miles below
here.
The Times Of the 9th ult. further
says:
Work on the New Orleans Pacific
commenced all along the line on Mon
day. Messrs. Gearing g. Andrews.
who have the contract for grading the
first ten miles, broke dirt at the cattle
pen, and Messrs. Garner & Hart, who
have a contract for grading the next
twenty FIVE miles, commenced work at
Perry Keith's, about twelve miles from
town.
The number of hands employed, so
far, is limited, but no doubt all the la
Dor required will be obtained in a
short time. .- fa-