The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-11-11
ALEXANDRIA's INDUSTRIES

Mr.. F. M. Welch, president of Alexan
dria Board of Trade. ith..;commendablt
zeal and energy, has recently published
in the Grocer, of Kansas City, state.
ment showing up the advantages of Alex.
andria. The article goes on this way:
We would respectfully invite the at.
tentlon OF Wholesale grocers and jobbers
TO the city Of Alexandria, Rapides par.
lsf, State OF Louisiana, as Il most remark.
able point for the establishing of q whole.
sale grocery and jobbing houses. This
city is situated in the center of the State,
IS surrounded by country of productive
ness OF which is unsurpassed in the world.
and is destined to be the greatest distrib
uting point in the Southwest We have
Red river, which is open to navigation at
all seasons of the year, and beng tribn-
tary or the grand Mississippi, all points
on the Fother Of Watera are accessible to
us.
We have now built the Texas and Pa
cltic railway, the Southern Pacific rail
road, the Kansas City, Watkins and Gulf
railroad, and the Houston, Central Ark
ansas and Northern railroad, and several
others projected. Having the Red river
at our door, we are enabled to get mode
rate rates of freight from the railroads,
and Western produce can he handled by
the CARLOAD and distributed from this
point to good profit and advantage, This
place is the terminal point for two lines
OF steamboats.s.piying between here and
Shreveport, landing at all the large plan
tatlOns and ali the towns, of which there
are Coltax, Montgomery, St. Maurice,
Grand Ecore, Campte, Coushatta, and
other smaller places. There will shortly
lie another line of boats running from
here to the month of Red river, and IN
Black river The country on beth sides
OF ked and Black rivers is very thickly
populated, and are large consumers of
Western produce.
To the North Of Alexandria, on the
Houston, Central Arkansas and Northern
railroad, we have the towns of Columbia,
Manroe, Bastrop and many others that
are tributary to this place. To the South
on the Texas and Pacific, and Southern
Pacific railroads there are Washington,
Opelonsas, Grand Coteau, Lafayette,
New Iberia, and other places of impor-
tance that would find this place the best
point to receive their supplies from. To
the Southwest Oh the Kansas City, Wat
kins and Gulf railroad, and Southern
Pacific railroad, we have Lake Charles
Welsh. Jennings, Crowley, Loke Arthur
and other towns. To the northwest, on
the Texas and Pacific railroad, the towns
of Boyce, Lena, Provencal, Natchitoches,
Robeline. Marthaville, Sodus, Mansfield,
Grand Cane, Shreveport, and many othor
good points. All of the above places are
within radius of 1877 miles of this place.
Besides tho railroads now centering here
there are building to this place, and will
terminate here the Natchez, Red River
and Texas; Louisiana Arkansas and
Missouri; Trinity, Sabine and Alexandria
and Louisiana North and South. Two of
the last four named roads are now built
to within sixty miles of this place. All
OF the above named roads run through
either magnificent country or vast pine
forests, that are untouched by the wood
mans axe, and are mostly owned by men
who are able to erect saw mills, to manu.
facture idto timber. The development
OF these timber lands will cause the erec-
tlon of many large mills, and the new
tewns springing up with these new enter
prises will find this the best market from
which to receive their supplies. The
millions of acres of rich lands that have
been lying idle for many years are now
being bought up and settled by a good
class of farmers from the Northwestern
States, and great many German and
Norwegian farmers are settling in this
With our large monied crops
Dt sugar, cotton, early vegetables, hay,
fruit. ETC., and with twelve months in |
the year to work, with climate and health
that is unexcelled, the new life that is
being infused into people by the class of
that is pouring in here, is go
ng to make this the richest portion of
the United States, and no grander oppor-
unity offers itself to live active business
men, than is open here for large whole
vale grocery and jobbing houses of all
kinds. Correspondence solicited.
Address F. M. WEIGH,
Pres't Board of Trade, /