The Opelousas courier., 1888-10-13
4 colossal Industl

.aet now " so
ls 's.a ultimate success in til.
aaalthy parish of Iberyille. Fol-
v I the facts and details we are
'Iaehted to the Iberville South
ppS Il. O. City Item jointly,
c,nt John a. Grant, general
v asnscer of the Z. and P. r. r.
y. has just closed q contract
VII .;,h the welI-known railroad
! sa;lders, Green and Brogan, to
Dpatsnd d branch of the L. and P
s0sd from the town of Plaque
I'm rs;ne. along the Bayou Plaque
nine some eight miles to In
a;sn village, said branch to be
aas;gaated the Z. and p. Pla-
a,sseipe branch. This as will
ssraafter be seen, as stated in
~ south is "the most extern
I'VE and promising industrial
enterprise that Louisiana, or the
J Santh has yet developed"
The company begins opera
fans with a capital of $125,OO0
ncasb and its grand scope and
disabilities are cleaned from
ihe City Item which says :
Tyery part of this State, aye,
the whole world is accessible by
mater craft to the heretofore in
jrniHcant little Indian Village,
/ and the navigable water courses
intersect d timber region of mil
ions Of acres in extent, practi-
eally unculled, containing all
ne varieties Of woods in de-
mand. viz: the most valuable of
NJ. red cypress, is perhaps the
most abundant and easy of ac-
cess, then leaf pine, tupelo gum,
ak. ash, cotton wood, some
walnut, white cypress, beech,
etc.
Indian Village is located
where Bayou Plaquemine and
Gross Tete form Grand River,
about four miles from Plaque
nine Bay. Take the map of
1 louisiana, trace the course of
/ that stream to the Atchafalaya
rver, and along the latter's
course to P~laquemine Bay, into
Grand river, flow those impor-
tant streams: Lower Bayou des
Glaizes, Maringouin, Gross and
OhoctoW Bayous, all Of which
penetrate the richest timber re-
mons, and on whose broad cur
fsnts can be foated logs to any
extent, oil down. stream, except,
nayhap. during dead water in a
part of Grand river. Then con-
slider that the Mississippi
through Red river) connects the
Atclafalaya giving Indian Vii
lage navigable wafer connection
with iii points of the Mississip-
pi and its tributaries, which
penetrate half of this continent.
sFhe same facilities are afforded
to all points on Red, Gnachita,
Black, Little rivers and the Up
per Bayou des Glaizes, a rough
slOugh not excessive estimate
df the tributary timber lands of.
which streams is five millions of.
acres.
Vhe company's first great
work will be the manufacture of
rd cypress, not white, the lat
lef ail0rding a much inferior
aFiicle, while none can compare
Wild Tue former. In addition to
lae present mills, a new and
more Conplete plant will at once
% erected at Indian Village,
balch altogether will give u
capacity Of one million shingles
aday!
But cypress and pine lumber
embracing all varieties from
saIngles to the heaviest square
'aleefs Or pilings, la all re-
aalsIte Inscriptions will bemanu-
incurred for shipment all the
FOEld oysr. i
ghe heaviest draft of sailing
sessels on steamers and river
aasgss can lie at the company's
n naAfves d the Mississippi 1T
slaquenaine free of charge, with
sFesS falliiy Of rapid work. and
H IHHsXEt #4A /
'as y feeeive their cargoes.
iae company owns large
.'aets u land ut Indian Village.
ss1a over two miles of river
I'eaa W the bayou. A better
VANITY, with so varied and sui
xxx Z supply of woods can moi
.asse pc found for furniture,
81 barrel and wooden ware
Nh sssgfies and special advantages
" bs given to such.
81, III p~laQuemine the company
' sss aaye y a acre lumber yard,
sasa pl.aIlng mill for manufac-
''!lag lumber.
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