The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-10-31
RAILROAD MATTERS.

meeting according to announcement,
respecting the extension of the
Louisiana Central Railroad from
that place to this. Among other
things transacted at said nesting:
was a committee appointed and in
structed to open correspondence
With tbs citizens of Abbecille for
the purpose Of joint action to further
the enterprise. The committee were
also instructed to prepare q charter
of incorporation to he submitted at
the next meeting, Saturday the 3!st.
In accordance with the request made
upon them some Of the leading citi
zens of this town have called q
meeting to take place next Thurs
Jay evening, the 9Th, TO take into
consideration the most feasible and
expeditions plans by which to extend
The Louisiana Central Railroad from
that place to this.
The question in undertaking any
lgreat enterprise is, can it be aene ?
And if it can not be dono by one
course oc action. can it be done by
auother? Railroads are sources OF
wealth aud convenience to commu-
mites. In fact no country can -four
,sh and prosper without them. 1t
ia a fact which can be demonstrated
iin almost every instance where a
railroad has been constructed, that
lit added more than its cost to the
value Of the real estate # the ccnn.
try. There is an improvement that
lis absolutely necessary to the pros
perity Of Abbeville, that is, to its
Immediate prosperity and develop
ment. We mean that she should
have a railroad to soma point. !:
this is done, We will at once see a
different state Of things existing to
what we have ever had heretofore.
Something ought to be done, and
done st once, if we wish to keep
pace with the times and see our town
aud parish prosper. There is no
doubt of the fact that these great
artificial means of transportation in.
crease and develop the wealth Of a
nation more than any other method
that can be devised, for the reason
that it offers a cheap and easy mode
Of conveyance that induces capital
lists to explore the resources Of a
country in which to invest surplus
capital. Let Us then arouse from
our iethargy and awaken ourselves
to a sense Of duty, and take advan
' tage Of the present opportunity now
ofered US in getting a railroad to
Abbeville, by which we may be
linked, like our sister towns, by iron
ties to the outside world.
n A special from Baton Rouge to
the New Orleans Picaynne, Of the
f|22d instant, contains the following
interesting Information concerning
the Louisiana Central Railroad
Surveyors are busy cross-section
ing the west end of the Louisiana
} Central, and in a few days Messrs
Green and Brogan, contractors Of
this city. will commence construc
ton. These parties have performed
} valuable service in Southern rail
road building, and are c!everly
Equipped with most modern appli
eances for such enterprise. 1t is also
fintimated that the Louisiana Cen
trail will be completed to this poin,
in eight months. Its eventual route
. it is supposed, will be pushed west
ward until its terminus, Mobile
Ala., is reached. When this ia &C
complished one Of the longest East
and West roads in the country viii
have been constructed. Mr.. Nc
Laws, the Division Engineer of the
road, is at present in Lafayette
. vigorously pushing q full force o
men who are at work on the cas-
fend of the uncompleted route.
: In an editorial on the Ohio cleo
: ton, published in the New Orlean,
Times Democrat of the o3d We max,
the following extract: