The Opelousas courier., 1886-08-28
Sketches of Travel.

Inc worthy President of our State
Press Association, Gen. l.. Jastremski.
who is also the Vice President of the
National Editorial Association and n
pretty big man in other respects, Mt
tended the annual meeting of the former
body recently held at Monroe, and on
his return published in his excellent pa
per, tie Baton Rouge Capltolian-Advo-
cate, an interesting account of his trip
to Shreveport, Monroe and Chicago,
from which we make the following ex
tracts, which will well repay perusal ::
Shreveport shows signs of rapid i'm
prorement. In the last year something
like one hundred new residences have
been erected, some of them IA 4; cost of
over fifteen thousand dollars. The elec-
tric light has been added to the attrae-
tlons OF the growing little city, which is
now traversed by three railroads: the
Vicksburg and Shreveport, the Houston
and Shreveport, and the Texas Pacific
Ii has large cotton congresses, cotton
seed oil mills, ice factories, lumber mills,
ETC., and receives over 100000 bales OF
cotton, besides other products. There
is no question now as to the future ui
Shreveport, which needs but vein OF
! Chicago enterprise to soon justify that
cognamen with regard to North Louisi
ana.
sMonroe has population of over 500
1t contains many very substantial brick
stores, carrying extensive stocks of al
kinds of merchandise, and does large
and growing business with the sur,
rounding country. which is noted foi
it's fertility. The city is beautifully laid
out and its streets and yards are orna-
mented with innamerable shade trees
It has great number of stylish an(
commodions residences. In fine, Mon
roe is one of the prettiest towns in tia
South Besides its ice factory and ex
fensipe cotton seed oil mill across thu
j 0uachita, by the opening of the cotton
season, il will have d large cotton com
press
1t enjoys the advantages of waite
transportation the year round by th'
Ouachit;s, and Of railroad communIca
tion with Shreveport and Vieksburg
It hopes sooa to have additional rail
way facilities through tite propos"t
4 North and Sonth road. 1t has fine so
ciety and churches and, in fine, Is one Q
the most thoroughly equipped an'
promising towns in the State
I Chicago, in 1893, was Il small Indias
trading post 1t pow boasts popula
i ton of 500, 900 souls, among whom 10
one of the age of SO years is q native o
the place II is the triumph of Ameri
can venture aud reckless enterprise
4 monument to the energy of onr grea
people. Il has not one principal street
but fifty, thronged with crowds that re
mind ons. Of Canal street III New Ol
leans OH Mi,rlli GEas day Building
from eleven Il, thirteen stories, eostin!
.. from Il quaitef 10 q half million of do
lars are going up almost constintlx,an
! ii would seem that the effort OF ever
capitalist there is to erect structure
TINT will eclipse anything of the kin
3 existing elsewhere. The saloons, thu
, atres and hotels are monuments of lls
! ISL n,itIays Of money The parks, III
botlleyaras. the mansions, are simpl
grand. Everything denotes that woI
derfuI dash and push, that is attractli
people from every quarter oi the Ian
to pour their quota OF wealth III he la
of tho booming city, whose spirit Won
make Louisiana The richest garden
!. tile world III q few years. if i con
Z but take tile place Of the wait for y
] Wagon policy That has tot, long l'resai