The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-09-14

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united on q lake By the same name.
Ii is III the southern portion ofthe
parish. Preyioust to the wari 1t was
only a village Dfsone or two storest
q rude formaof a pourf house and 8
log jail. New stores were added
after the war, and statistics show
that it made q gradual improve
ment AS the Ualcasieu timber be !
came known and the facilities for
handling logs andlumbernew mills
began to spring up. Dir. Norris.
putting in a mill in 1866, md later.
on other mills, until aboutthe year
1880 when the present town reach
ed aTpOpulation Of nearly 1000. In
corporate limits of the town we.
have tine mills of H. @. Drewin the
southern part with Bradley5Ram
say Lumber Co. and O essf0Fd'smill
ii thenOrthern part, while between
and along the river we have the
! Yankee mill and HiltchiIils on the
river and nj. 4. Jones s. Co, saw
mill on the lake, besides the shin-
gle mills of Ryan 81 Geary and
Thomas Hanson. Not only these
mills but those located outside, to-
gether with logging camps to draw
from, had aided in supporting the
town and in building 1t up. The
Southern Pacific railroad had now
Preached this point and it took on.
more the shape of boom
There was added splendid
steam rice mill by Ryan & Sons,
afterward purchased by Capt.
Thomas Hanson and many new
stores and residences. The town.
grew quite well until 1888, when
when il received another rise
Through the visitation of ME-. D. B. !,
Watkins. After making thelarge
| purchase iii this parish and Came
ron of nearly onehalf millionacres
LOT land for the North American
Land and Timber Co.,, he madeleine
town of Lake Charles his head
Quarteps. He established ship.
yard which, with other works, ca
mailing, SC, gave employment to q
erected y hanl, .wbiob was burned
and rebuilt within a, wear 1rhpongb
Iilis influence Profs a a Knann
and a Tbonnsop cast tbair fl
here and thew with Nh 5Watkins
have i,,uasfad largaly IA city mon
e,.tv have builf ap ~ 3aetor5 ana
rioe, mil when II 4 .,,aving ;svest.
mani ana have aPectea bandeoma
residences Tbev have l,een MIN.
entail in tprrlin y ANA jtitla MA inouoi
gpatiop ~ Gaieasien Tbey have
$50 astal1lisbed d .neyys,1a,,er
| kpe d5ner;oan devot,,d ~ santhwast
Tonisiana tl,e Nome o;r =, ~ ami ,.e,,
eraI news Tfiis wall aditad ana
In columns are IN ~ enter anp
home The matter ID wall and
capafnJlv geleeted
We have also .tbe fo,oo,eraiaI 1
ablisbad IN opr oo,,5,,ere Johpl
EIeC orp,iclg Who has n,ade j snc.
cass of rnnni,,rr 4 ,ao,ipfrw ,naws,s
ner a naan into nv onipnns will
eonuinae 'anv one .tba4 10 IS Vail
s1nnorted ~ aayarfiaara
}Since $50 onr ,Ilonnlation has
RIM mn I'll ahont SIa0 Il large !
.pnp,her ~ sforaa .hotals and ,naI S,
Very handsome Residences have
l1een .areeted Besides W., have 'tbe
foundry and machine shop erected
Inv Waters x .Gpeeves tbe brick
ward shv Ioan Rprnatt and -oup also
Ibv a II Raid
GIANT a a Wabrt hos roeantlv
mi; IA 4 oaptlsome fsTrv hoar IN
fine ,lalEe nIvino Ipatwaa1 aast and
west 4 ,axe fJharles AZ d cost ~
abo1t gi9 200
gebnrebes we have stba Ran.E
tist located ~ RYAN streaf FI6
Il B Rogers .nastor II Il very
wellfpis6ed T'he Metbodist nd
Ioela n Dawes ,,astor 7hayaa bo,,sa
which 4, now too small and tbey
sneak 10f,builtlinp 4. nav ana ~ an.
| Iapgiag theold TIE CIatbolics Nave
| a neat obureh Rev n i lFalon iT5
Iehapre ana 4 conye,,t THE car. /
man Methodists have q honse
Also jfbe Eniseonaliana Rev q rs 4
Gank Rector fflhe presl,yt NM IN
are making ARRANGEMENTS IL Build.