Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-03-22
Asrr.nAILaoAp MEN.

Ing our neighbour across the river TO nj
low Baton Rouge, ut last, to have an
ontIet, by rail-, 10 the haantsof commerce
aud civilization,
Arriving nt tho store OF Mr., Babih, We
met number Of gentlemen with whom
we desired to confer on the subject, We
wiahed 30 toll thom, which We finally
did, that we were not representing MI
jay Gould, the millionaire, but tho poo
pic Of their neighboting city, Baton
Rouge, who were trying to get rail-
road by facilitating the company IA
much ~ they could, The enterprslng
Capital CITY, WIS at this moment loaded
down to tho guards IN providing for the
payment Of the bonds and interest Issued
10 aid the State In rebuilding the Capt
toll. Now the citisena were going to
raise, bS subscription, money enough 10
buy depot grounds for the branch road'
They hoped that the planters OF West
l'aton Rouge, whose property would DO
grontly Increased IN value thereby,
wonld willingly allow the little branch
road 10 Baton Rouge to ran through
their places
We we're "jumped" At the very start,
by some gentlemen who magnanimonHly
told IA that they were looking out for
number onc, solely that railronds were
nuisance. This one, particularly,
would be Of no nso to them, They
wouldn't ship sugar on the oars because
1t would be- ''sliaken before taken"
1hoy could always haul conveniently
TO the river, because such winters IA the
laat didn't como around oitener than
once IN forty years Tho "nlggefs, y lord
bless their aoala, would, every time the
train passed, drop tho hoe, and stop the
poW to look at II. Then the wagons
would have TO stop, before the track, Till
the Internal trains had gone by, even II
thia even, didn't occur more than three
or four times day, Then the trampA
would abandon the river road, prefer
ring to hop from cross tie to eross tie,
nnd Ia Apnaon, deyonr Any quantity
of cane. Some of the speakers were con
atitutionnl fighters Of railroads, They
knew how injurious they were and were
determined to oppose thIs one TO the BIT
tor end, Another gentleman complained
that the road would pass IN few yard,
Of hia augnr house, 10 our suggestion
that that WINS the very thing ho needed
40 he might have n platform leading
from his purgory to the line, TO roll Iii
produce on the cars and get N hia freight
III the anme way. bat this woHiAnt do
he preferred to give aonc employment
TO his mules,
We couldn't help laughing ut THOSE
remarks which brought Us back to til,
tHyA We have read Of, those Of null
Lang Syne, IN the year Que, when The
OK team the stage coach and the tn
boat were the means Of Transportation,
for freight and travellers.
IL WA u novelty Indeed. 10 find mrt
planting IN the nlIuvinl lands, hehin'
the lcvccs of the Misstsatppt, obtccttng Il
, the construction Of railways, which mr.,
not only M insurance against crevnsAes
from the fact that tho companies nr
: Interested IN keeping them mp to save
themselves, but furnish, b, sidrs, u
avenue for the transportation OF pro
ducts to market, when bad roads rcndo
hauling M imposStblity,
When the nnti.railroadists had suhsi
ded, we saw those who have come t
life since Rip Van Wrinkle awoke from
his long sleep. These were willing (
help tho cause along, aud wo made n
, rnngcmonis to have every man inter
+ viewed through whose property til
line wall pass, In two or three day
the Lat will be handed IN showing thos
who don't want to Obstruct the l0com'
tive aud those also, who are determine
to butt It oil the bridge,
We earnestly pray that mature relicc
, ton will causc the gentlemen who wa;,
, to establish a blockade against Bato
!, Rouge, TO abandon so unchrIsttanlikc
1 purpose,
, They'll he the first ones to find til
, road very convenient, when they wi
D.. have to transact business Mt their con-
n house, during bad weather. From pre-
h cnt indications, the Mississippi is abo,
= to show our hasty ncighborS that G.!
r railroad is just what they need
ioffttiAt,
PROCEEDINGS OF CITY COUNCII
MANoRsOF OFFICE, CRY OF BATON RorGl