Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-08-02
LINKED WITH THE WORLD !!
The First Railway Train. Debouches
I'm FrOntsof the New Capitol.

HG II AIbt IeDAA " ~ AACs.---S
in Front!of. the New Capitol.
The Locomotive whistles at 1:26 r.
NJ. on Monday, the First Of
August. 1851.
The New Orleans MOrning Mail De- |
livered ut 2:l6 p. M.
Render Uuto CAESAR that Which is
Cesar's.
Several years ago, when gloom
pervaded the minds Of the people Of
Louisiana and Of the Crescent City,
whose commerce was dwindllng
away month after month, E. B..
Wheelock, knownt then as a wholesale
druggist of that city, perceiving that
New Orleans was being shorn of her
trade by her rivals, was seized with
the determination to help her to. re-
gain the better portion of her losses
by urging the construction Of rail
road that would strike the Red River
valley and Northeastern Texas.
He set to work at once, calling
upon the business men and property
holders to unite their means and in
huence to achieve the great consum-
nation he had in view. The aid he
received was insufficient to do more
than grade a considerable portion Of
the road-bed. The citizens Of New
Orleans, when called upon to vote u
tax, refused to do so, and Mr.. Wheel
ock ruined in means, but uGdismayed
in his courage and resolution, con-
tinued his efforts, reduced then to the
mere advocacy of the construction of
the great railway.
There was a time, even, SO we
have been told, when men shrugged
| their shoulders whe hen described
the great benefits which would &C
crue to Louisiana and the profits the
road would give to the capitalists who
would furnish the means for it's com.
pletion.
Never hinching in his purpose, af
ter exhausting his influence among
the capitalists of New Orleans, he
sought those of the East, and at las
Mr.. Gould was convinced and hi
: means pledged to the achievement o.
the grand undertaking.
The man of iron will and indomi
table pluck had wrenched success
;, over obstacles that would have APP
,, palled almost any other but him
Within a few weeks the New Orlean
y Pacific will be Numbered among tn
great and the richest railroads of tn
United States.
The man who has brought thi
about is no other than T.. B. Vince
lock, who has entitled himself to tn
everlasting gratitude of the peopl
of New Orleans and of the State
among whom should be neither leas
nor last those of the restored Capits
of Louisiana.
Our people had suffered so man
disappointments in the matter {
railroads, that they had come to tx
belief that many years would 70
around ere they would be joined
y the greatroads OF the country by ire
r links.
" The last doubt was removed {
" yesterday, at 1876 p. NJ. when am
. the booming of cannon from this sid
the first railway passenger ira
: made it's appearance across the riv
=, and stopped at a point opposite t
. new Capital.
TO be sure that we were not mi
taken,w crossed the river with maj
others and approached the iron hor
y, which was putting and soon steam
away towards New Orleans.
= Baton Rouge is happier since tn
" and it seems as though people mo
about faster than heretofore, a
that there are more of them on
~ streets.
. Only ninety eight miles to NJ
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