The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1886-03-06

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JAKE CHARIEs, La, Feb. II.
/ FRIEHD H: i expected upon m
arrival at New Orleans to remain bn
q few days, then return home, but w
s. and @. II. Green insisted ] shout
visit the city of Lake Charles wit
them. The city is siinated upon !
lake by the same name, and here Til
Calcasien Lumber Company are en-
gagged in a very extensive lumber bus
mess, in which the Messrs. Green r.
interested. Having read and beel
told so much about the pine in thi
section thought 1t to my interest tt
see with my own eyes that ] might b,
better able to Judge as to the quality
and how it compared with our Mich
gan pine. Yon will remember II ha
been reported that it was poor, abon
the same grade as our Norway, and !.
expected to find poor pine, small ant
of but little age. Upon my arrival a
their works i was welcomed by Mr.
Penoyer, Of Saginaw City, and Mr.
Mason, of Chesaning, and with them
through the kindness of j i. Williams
manager Of the company, we visited
the saw mill, planning mill and yards
and inspected closely the work, lum
Der, etc. Never was man more sur
pfised than myself TO find alarge saw
mill, cutting from 10000 to 5000
feet n day with one saw. Then they
have as good a planning mill as any in
Saginaw, tout of Germain's) and they
are doing as good work as in any place
manufacturing doors, sash, Blinds
flooring, siding, ETC., and have all they
can do.
Now as to the quality of the pine
1tis between onr Norway and Whit
pine. Ii is a good quality, mncf
softer than cur Norway, and has no
one.tenth the knots, with but vers
little shake, most of it being clear
The company have 14l 900 acres, esli
mated TO cut two billion feet. Nom
aoffthe company nor their heirs wig
ever live to see this immense tract
pine cut. The average IS three log
Ito the thonsand. They wete sawin
yesterday logs sixteen feet long tbs
scaled of lumber ,0l1feet. Yon ca
Judge for yourself If is is small pill
Timber.
Leaving the works and driving
Through the pine forest is grand
sight. Being free from underbrnsh
one can travel there as well as upon
the road. To seethepine trees tower
ing towards the heavens ninety feet
without limb, from two TO three feet
through, and at the top twenty to
twenty.four inches, seem like large
story, but nevertheless it is true, and
a beautiful sight to behold. / should
have mentioned before that they have
several other kinds oftimber- emily
pine and black cypress, the hand
soonest grain 4 ever saw, and you also
find II in the yellow pine. The com
pany have abont six million feet of
lumber piled upon their dock, about
oneibalf of which is sold and await.
ing transportation. They ship 10.
Texas, Arkansas, California, Ohio,
New Mexico and other points by rail
and water. You have also been told
that this Southern pine would not
hold paint. ! can say it will, and
that the lumber remains in its place
As well as white pine. One would
hardly believe the amount Of business.
done here. This small city four years
ago only contained 1900 inhabitants,
il now has over 1000 Small stores
that look as though they would not
sell $1,000 worth of goods "a year sell
from 100000 to $4,000 worth, and
there ar some four or FIVE of them
doing amount Of business. There
are ft,. 81 other mills and one large
rice mill and several shingle mills in
this immediate vicinity.
A SPECIAL to the Democrat
of the 28th nit, from jackson, Tenn,
gives a glorious report Of the Inter.
national Convention. Fully 1900 per
sons were present; SO estimated by the
local press. The report speaks Of Al
Of prominent gentlemen who
spoke various subjects, amoDgitheml
oprifriend S. i. Carey, of Jennings,
who presented the advantages Of
Louisiana as a home for
Northern farmers. A protest was
made against future transactions in
cotton, and plea offered for diyersi-
fed crops. The American Exposition
was endorsed as an educator. lAFeso-
luton Of fraternal regard for the pco-
pie Of the Soath and appreciation of
the hospitality Of the citizens of Jack
son, WAS offereabythe Northemd dele 4
gates, and received by the convention
with a yell. hesrlily say Amen
Mr. GEo. PERrE, man ger Of the
Gnllett Gin Factory, near Amile City
while onhis .therailFoad depot,
entbe night Of the Goth nit, was seiz-
d by . party Of unknown men, and
beaten. Tho citizens Of
Amite cityiheld mass meeting on
'hedfst inst, and passed resolutions
lenoupcipg the outrage. The Governor
las offered aFeward Of $500, and the
View Orleans National Bank, one Of
1000 for the arrest and conviction
if his aasailant. Il
THE RienyiIle Nsp Ira says, .ethe
General Baptist meeting At Mount
,ebsnon last week Il said to have
cen . perfect f6ow Of reason and
,ast Of aOuIp gathering tegethar
ID an interchange Of ideas Of many
The brightest inlellects IF Abe De-
ID The State, which, Makes
3 regret sin more our inability to
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