St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-11-05
MID-LOUISIANA RAILROAD.

Engineers are now at work sur
veying the route ofthe above-named
railroad west of Baton Rouge. This
road will extend directly across the
State, from Jasper. Texas, near the
WESTERN line, to Bay st. Louis. on
the east, where it will connect with
the Mobile road. 1t will pass
through the parishes of Calcasieu,
st. Landry, Point Coupee, West
and East Baton Rouge, Livingston,
Tangipahoa and st. Tammany.
Covington is nearly on a direct line
between the starting point and ter
minus of this road. and We have no
doubt it will pass very near it not
through our town. Our citizens
should extend to the managers OF
this road all possible encourage
ment, as its Importance can not be
over-estima.ed. We reproduce the
following interesting article on the
subject, from the Clinton Southern
Watchmon:
THE line of the road will be East
and West on the all line between
Houston, Texas, and Mobile. Ala
bama. There are twenty-five miles
of road already built and perfectly
equipped on the line west of Baton
Rouge. Under the recently adopted
policy of throwing out lateral feed
ers for the New Orleans, st. Louis
and Chicago road. a lateral will be
at once commenced from Pontcha-
tou!a to Baton Rouge, giving the
Mid-Louisians forty-one miles OF
completed road on its Eastern ex-
tention toward the Pearl River. Al
though when it reaches Pearl River
it will End no sea port. or any large
sntrepot of commerce, it will never
theless have contributed more TO
the development of the agricultural
industries. Fof the State thun any
other rail enterprise. .for ssthe sim
pie reason because it traverses re-
gions which no other railroads affect
in the least. 1t should be borne in
mind that it plumbs the air line be-
tween Houston and Mobile. and
may in .ime become~sn important
part of the greatstrunk line between
the city Of Mexico and New York.
It is in the hands Of some of the
worthiest and most public spirited
citizens of the commonwealth. They
have incorporated the road under
the State law; they propose to reach
the extreme western border OF
Louisiana, on the banks of the
river Sabine, and they propose to
60 to the extreme eastern limit of
Louisiana. on the banks OF the Pearl
river. They go east and west as
far as the law will allow them to go,
and when they have covered tue
route proposed within the limits of
Louisiana, they reserve in their
charter the right to connect with
other roads upon any business basis
which may appear to promise the
most available means for the at
tainment of the Interior objective
points which have influenced the
corporators in perfecting their care
fully drawn Act Of Charter. The
schemeis feasible, and We think We
Lave demonstrated it to be much
needed factor to supply the COM
mercial and material wants of the
metropolis Of the State. and the
most important factor yet proposed
for the development of the agricul-
tural greatness of tue common
wealth. Even if it begins and ends
nowhere" even if in its projection
the city of New Orleans is unfortu-
nately secluded by her laying too far
South to be embraced. and this last
act of disloyality may possibly be
the inspiring cause of the failure of
our usnally pnblic snirited and fair