The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1886-05-29
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!. Leaving Lake Charles IN the after.
noon Of the 9th inst, your correspon-
dent passed MP the Calcasisn river
crossing English Bayou at NeyIand' :
ferry this bayou would more properly
i be called river, Judging from itp
width and general appearance ii this
point AS we were travelling almost
due north, after ride of some five
miles, we came to the Oalcasieu river,
which had all the while been to our
left, now Immediately across our path
and bearing of to the northeast, this
forced us to cross the river, which we
| did at Carr's ferry. Before reaching
| the ferry we came across two Young
men from Lake Charles, who with
tent stretched, fishing tasltles and
Nimrod appurtenances, were out for q
few days sport; but Judging from the
frequent hEm of a certain long yisaged
resident of those sylvan chimes, we
are inclined to think they got more
bites than fish however, wishing them
good luck and bidding them good eve
ming, we crossed the river and set ont
for Hardy" Bhe headquarters of the
Calcasieu Lumber Company's logging
operations, where we arrived just as
the last rays of the sun had been
eclipsed by the shades of fast APP
preaching night After partaking Of
our evening meal with the hospitable
Mr.. ]. E. Loxley and family, we re-
tired to the sleeping apartment of our
young friend Massey, and enjoyed q
night of refreshing slumber. We were
awakened quite early IN the morning
by the locomotive whose whistle gave
warning that bnt little time must be
lost, if we would take trip to the
pineries.
In company with Mr.. Massey, who
was going ont to scale some logs, and
qnite a number of others who were
engaged in cutting timber, we boarded
the train which consisted of ten cars,
and rode ont about three miles after
load Of logs. The loading is done in
the same manner as described by yonr
correspondent in a previous note; that
rs from the ground and by the nse of
skids and teams.
Mr.. Loxiey has the contract for put
ting in an immense amount of timber,
the Company furnishing the road, en-
gine, ETC., while he puts in the neees-
sary teams, employs the crew and fur
nishes such other things as he may
need for the fulfllment of his contract
The Company pays SO much per thou-
sand for putting the timber in the
river. Mr.. Loxley is putting in about
$50 logs, or abont % Thousand feet
per day.
The choppers are now six miles from
the river, and distance Of eight miles
more must be gone over to complete
the contract with Mr.. Loxley. He
hauls in quarter mile stretches on
either side of the switches. The |
average yield in a cut of Is million
feet has been 100000 feet for each |
forty acres of land. Mr.. /. has 30 |
men employed by the month, and the
log choppers number about as many
more, to whom he pays SO cents per
thousand feet, Caleasieu measurement,
and Mr.. Loxley's pay roll amounts to
something over $4,000 per month, in
Guiding the choppers. Eight or ten
good men can find employment by re-
porting to Mr.. w. J. Martin, Mr.. Box-
lcy's foreman, at the Tram. Hardy |
is quite little town, and the scene of
considerable businessman activity. Mr..
Loxley has quite an extensive store |
and carries full line Of groceries and
general merchandise There are
great many children in and around
Hardy, and there is a pretty good |
opening for school at that place.
The people are favored with preaching
there only occasionally. While at
Hardy we fell in company with Dr.
Charles Miles, of Welsh, and DR.. A. |
J. Singleton, of Oaklin-Springs, and
as the latter place was the point to
which we were tending, concluded to
q kind invitation to travel in company
with the Doctors. When we had seen
what was to be seen at Hardy and had
hidden our kind host Mr.. Loxley
adieu, VIC set out for Oaklin-Springs,
distance of 30 miles, ~ q north
easterly direction. We passed on onr
route the residences of w. A. Kirk
wood and J. 4. Kingrey before cross
| ing Barnes Greek at Pearl Postofice,
| which is situated on the east bank of
this stream four miles above its june
ton with the Calcasien river. Our
party consisting Of two M. Ds, two
@. Ps. and one 4. p, here stopped and
took dinner with Mr. J j Kingrey,
postmaster at Pearl, and dealer in
general merchandise. Our two-hour
stay at Pearl was indeed pleasant, 80
much so that we exceedingly regretted
the circumstances which made it neces.
sary that we should go on; however,
the happy fact that we were in good
company while on the road, made
amends for short stays at good stop
ping places
Our route led US across The country
from Barnes Creek to Whiskychitto,
a distance Of some fifteen miles, all
open pine woods and heavy timber
| We crossed the Whiskychitto near
the Leblanc settlement. This is
one Of the lovelisst streams we
ever saw; it was low enough TO be
forded al our crossing, which is sell
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