Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-09-13
THE MID.LOUrsIAsA RAILROAD,

Louisiana Railroad Company, which
appears in another column.
1t will thereby be seen that the
movement is a serious one having
been taken in hand by gentlemen
well known for their public spirit
and determination to carry to sue
cess any enterprise in which they en-
bark. Behind those are others who
! stand in readiness to give substan-
tial support to the great undertaking
so soon as the right of way, fran
chises and subscriptions will have
been obtained to an extent sufficient
to warrant the company in commenc-
ing operations.
The residents of tho sections to be-
trave.se haye it, therefore, in their
own hands to bring about an early
accomplishment Of the grand project.
We have no hesitation in declaring
chat the proposed line will be the
most remunerative that could be es-
tablished in the State.
Starting at q point on the Sabine,
600 miles above it's mouth, it will in
tersect the Morgan road, at 0pelousas,
che N. o. Pacific at ROsedale and
Baton Rouge, crossing the river at
the latter point, thence traverse the
Chicago, st. Louis and N. 0. Railway
at or near Ponchatoula, the Meridian
or Northeastern Railroad, and finally
effect its junction with the Mobile
road at Bay St. Louis, in q total
length of 277 miles.
The Mid-L0uisiana will be a short
line for the people of Central Texas
and of Western Louisiana, south of
the Red River, who will have need to
reach the roads east of the Mississippi.
1t will also be short line for Mobile
and all passengers and freights which,
coming from the Eastern roads, will
have Western Louisiana and Texas
as their destination.
Besides these advantages, the Mid
Louisiana will take freights from the
upper Mississippi $50 miles above
New Orleans for distribution east and
west of that great artery of trade.
From Baton Rouge, the sugars of the
coast will be carried to the East and
West by route that will shorten dis
tances hundreds of miles.
To illustrate what we assert, we
point to 0pelousas, whose iuhabi-
rants and freigIits are carried over
distance of i70 miles along the Nor
gan road to reach the Mississippi at
New Orleans, 1870 miles belop Baton
Rouge.
Instead of this, the Opelousas peo-
pie will reach the Mississippi 1870
miles above New Orleans, at Baton
Rouge, by a direct road of but SO
miles in length; thence to Ponchatou-
la AZ miles; thense to New Orleans
55 more. A total distance of l46
miles to New Orleans; "a miles less
than by the Morgan route.
In going north passenger from
Opelousas rides over the 40 miles of
the Morgan and the SIS miles of the
jackson to reach Ponchatoula. Total
225 miles, a point he would reach by
che proposed Mid Louisiana over but
81 miles; l26 miles less than by New
Orleans. tb
A glance at the map will show the
immense advantages which will &C.
crue to the people OF this and other
States by the building of the Mid
Louisiana.
These are 80 obvious that it is
scarcely necessary for US to say more
in urging prompt and spirited action
towards concentrating this truly
magnificent enterprise which will
constitute in reality the belt railroad
of our State.
To the people of Baton Rouge the
success of this line means prosperi-
! ty and development never dreamed
OF before.
Such responses have come already,
since the project has been made pub
lie, as to warrant as in asserting
that the completion of the Mid-Lon-
isiana Railroad is in the very near