St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-02-25

IVHOoON " ~ CSvutAoSsOoe 0UO tle
sound Of The woodman's AZ drov,
the bear, wolves. der and othsl
game back into the reoesses Of th,
|swanp.
Abits grew. A boon had strucl
the town, and land which had been
considered worthless. except for th.
timber il produced. o1ddenly ~
su,ned . value. Buildings sprane
up - il BY magic and soon another
town was added 70 the 6re.
Then Booster City Vas laid out
adjoining Abita, and building lot
were offered for ssls. They found
reedy purchases and we're eagerly
soaght for.
AZ length Uovingtoo awoke from
her sleep Of years. The citizsna
shook OF their lethasgy aud deter
mined 70 have the railroad il il
could b bad. They laid tbs matter
before the owners Of the East Lou.
isiana Railroad. and promised them
assistance By voting them . tax on
their property and lands il they
would build i The proposition
was accepted. the citizens Of Gov
ington voted b tax Themselves, and
Neswa Poitevent 4 Favre ct %
work TO build the road. The r.
cult was that on Saturday last the
end Of the track reached Claiborne
Cottage on the east bank Of the
Bogue Falia. Just opposite Coving-
ton. and tho delighted citissna
Of Covington Aocksd across the
bridge 70 80
THE yIRsr Tram ARRIVE
Yesterday the 6rst through train
from New Orleans arrival at Clai.
borne Cottage. and . large crowd Of
ladies, gentlemen and children were
present 10 grest it. arrival. The
ros.l viii b exteuded across the
Bogus Falia On a iron bridge,
which u to b completed within
the next three month";, and trains
will then sntsr the heart Of the old
town Of Coyington just in the rear
| Of the Courthouse. where the depot
10 to b built The road will. how
ever. not stop there. = il u statsj,
on pretty good authority. that with
10 the next year it 10 to b extend.
ed through the western portion Of
st. Tsnmany. Washington and
Tan2ipah0e parishes 10 tie line Of
tho Illinois Central Railroad, which
vill then give = line Of railroad
across the county with connecting
lines q each end.
The officers Of tho road are: Su-
periEtendsnt Capt Sam Poiteveut;
President Capt John Poitsvsnt;
Vies President ]. 4. Favre; Score
tarv and Treasurer. Phillip Orr;
Conductor. Frank Ladner; Engi.
nssr, ). Moody.
The road 10 in first class order -
far . Abita. and the three miles to
Covington recently completed. or
will Be- within the next few days.
Daily through trains are being run
from the city depot Of the Nor:h.
eastsrn Railroad 70 Oovinaton and
back, and . double daily train il
soon 10 b placed in ssrvioa At
''Halloo. " - the junction q Pearl
River station i called. the company
have erected . handsone depot
with platforms on both sides. The
place i growing fast. and Captain
John Poitevent he's now in courss
Of construction . handsome Queen
Anne Cottage.
Five and . half miles west Of this
junction j. the young and growing
town Of Florenville. Here are To-
Gated tho companyis storea the
residence and headquarters Of the
Superintendent. and the houses Of
the men employed on the road and
tho loggers. Between this and
Abita are i've ''barns" for the shell
ter Of the Atock required in hauling
logs to the railroad. and the quar-
tsrs Of The men. esch Of which will
in tho course Of Z lev mouths d.
velop into . town. Log ramps arc
encountered about every hundred
yards. These take the places Of
platforms, and are used for loading
logs on the log trucks or cara
The equipment Of the road con-
sists OF i've good substantial loco
motives. two log trains, ono passen.
ger train and one stock and freight
train.
Abits i II and Covington a
miles from the junction, and tho
land beyond tbs junction 10 most
excellent for farming purposes, and
especially for
TRUCK YARMuo.
The land consists Of hammock
and meadow pine land, aud tie
timber 10 what 10 known = the long
leaf yellow pine. Of A exceedingly
good quality.
The water throughout St Tam
many parish 10 Of most excellent
quality, while the climate 10 such
. will recommend itself 70 any one.
from the weak and i'll to the strong
and healthy. while - . winter re.
sort it il % far superior to Florida
that it 10 almost unnecessary to
compare this garden spot to the
sand hills Of the peninsula. Arte-
sian wells have recently been driven
in many places in the parish. and
the water thus obtained il found 10
contain almost the identical pro-
nos&inRa ~ khak s,0nnnnnod h. A.