The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1881-08-17
ALEXANDRIA.

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of those natural advantages of soil
climate and location. We purpose
now to briefly state some of the ad-
vantages of our Town considered BY
Itself.
Prominent among these is now the
facility with which it can be reached
by either of the two railroads, being
so rapidly constructed from the
North and Sonth-with fattering
prospects of another road running
East and West, and crossing both oil
the others at this place. This will
make it a great railroad centre.
This last road will tap section OF
country which for sixty miles either
way, is now or will then be tributa-
~ to Alexandria and dependent up
on her market for tue sale of its
home products, and 1pon her mer-
chants for their hone supplies
There is no reason Why the trade
from the same extent of territory,
North and South, should not be con.
centrated here.
To do this, however, will require
the establishment here of wholesale
business houses, which would have
to be prepared to carry immense
stocks. There is no reason why
goods should not be sold here at
wholesale prices as cheap as they
can be bought in New York, St.
Louis and New Orleans. In this
connection it may be mentioned that
without railroads, and before the
war, the firm of Lynch and Robin
son sold here $1,50GoO0 worth of
1
goods per annum. Three times, per-
haps four times as much might be
sold here now, if the proper induce.
ments were offered and the right sort
of efforts made to secure aud concen
trate it here. It woun be desirable
for our own City of New Orleans to
reach out for and grasp this trade at
our own door-but if her merchants
have not the enterprise to do it, St.
Louis can possibly he induced to
send the goods here.
Our Town being too, at the head
OF the low water navigation of Red
River, is another reason why we
should have wholesale Business hou
ses here. The country stores and
stores of the small towns within a
radius of one hundred miles from
here, would now be hying their
stocks, and the wealthy farmers
their supplies, at this pace, if any
inducements were offer,d to bring
them here. Having communication
with all points both by rail and wa |
ter all the year around, an immense
trude can be brought beee and sup-
piled at all timer.
There is no better place anywhere
10 the South for the establisbm ent
Of factories than Alexandria. Cot.
'on factories would be supplied With
he raw material at their doors, and
hey could ship their fabrics by
either rail or water, as they might
ind it to be most advantageous to
heir interests. Cotton seed oil fac
orlea here could secure at a nominal
ost al the seed they wanted, and !
'oalo enjoy the same advantages as t
o !. shipment of their products. d
a''o''as for the manufacturing of i
lows and other farm implements; /
''ourles and all sorts Of works s.
0u'd be pr0fsably operated here, .,
M 'De three States of Texas, Lou o. o.
u ''ana and Mississippi, which will 1
Il be in easy reaa of US, would q q
FobaoIy consume all\4ha. could be 6.
ade here. In this connection i, n,
ay be remarked that an abundance Sc s..
hard and soft woods are IN easy ia
ach Of the Town, aud that within h h,
ch short distance, SO near that ia
ey could be easily developed, are en-
al mines, supposed to be rcb
ough to easily supply all demands in
'on them for factory purposes. i bu
Another profitable industry that 70,
uid be easily developed here, are r
'fies and cheese factories. We M M
'e at our very doors ths finest br
'turse in the world, except the e t;s
a grass of Kentucky-and the col
hu'' grass is but little inferior let
'has' Lilo white clover grows in. to
snous'y anu sse red luxuriously the
en- planted. 1t is, perhaps, not n oaI
orally known how importan. is tina
industry in the United States, . o y
esIdes all these advantages we say
g peaceable and law abiJino LUZ ro,'