The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1891-12-19

= "a 90 " .
# he ,pEoausse @, i. ~
Of retaining and putting under Guild:
walton the hundreds Of -thousapdsS 81
acres ofrieh anusial lands DOW 80
merged Or p-actically worthless by
reason q frequent overfiews. By a
systematic series Of works nnderfafen
by the State or the Uuited States Gov
einnents d ads for tile costsof which le
Government be paid by mortgage on
the reclaimed lands, enough land cah
be opened for the cultivation Of singer
ana rice to supply these United States
ana IN SO doing to make the. State OF
{ LOUISIANA one of the richest in the
ollon.f Here is a Suggestion for an
enterprise that could confer enormous
oenelton our State, aarl smight be pre-
scented to the attention Of privatecapi-
ealf II no other arrangement could BE
secured. 1890 Is ~aAaea ssesg@e
~ s@ ~ srvs - 4BH faargaes
Hf: n B.. Van Slyke,@ of Madison.
Nls., whites ..The, field appears .est
peciafy open on inviting extent for
those who will undertake, better culti-
vatIon Of the lands to produce double,
Tue crop per acre, since the average
yield, poorly cultivated and cared For
rs It IS even now, equals the net result
"f average, crops north of the fortietll
parallel, where about one-half the year
Is spent in providing Cor maintenance
through the other half The same
Drain, muscle, and economy required
North /, agriculture, if exerted South,
would seemingly prose more. profitable
as an lnyestment.n ~ ase ar2s
Mr. George. A. Butler, of New Haven
st., writes; Il visited the sugar lands
OF Louisiana, | do not believe that
there is any better land any where in
IN the wide world. With same indus
try and skin necessary to success in
banking or any commercial business,
VIII make the owner Of q plantation
there II o fthe most prosperous. and
ludeRendentm men in the, .coIutry.rr'@
Here issa Kansas banker who has
something to. say about odulr Anticipated
methods offstreet railway transit. He
= Mr.-W. Il. Levi, Of Wichita, who |
says: Reaching New Orleans, we
found that the receipts of cotton ON the
same day had been 43, 900 bales, worth,
shy, $4,000, 900 that ~thesugar refinery
company had, on the same day paid
out for raw sugar $500, 600. e,f Those
figures, showing tie business Of the
city IN these two items. alone. NAV aft
ford some idea of the magnitude of the
aggregate transactions of that's great
metropolis. Twenty years had passed
since the writer had last been IN thai
city, itsvasAthefefore,sW with some sur
Prise that, III view of al. this colossal
trade, he observed that the city had !
made so Little advancement in inter, !
nal improvements.sasfTe sanse~4irtle |
bare-seated ssreetA cir, with a door be.
hind and 10 PLATFORM, drawn by d |
iiuIe, still serves as tie only !
means Of pubic passehgett tfannspbrta+
tareusheqt the CITY,, Only tAiak
it. Ste Charles ayenuex-the Euclid
of New Orleans-level as a
floor, running straight out six or se,ven
miles a broad, paved street, with |
Oh either side the tracks. h
very paradise for IN electric line, serv-
ad by.a bobtaled car ard a donkey,
r,eauirfng g full slioura to travel its
es ~ 7-.a AL ;. aa5grfs.a. 4
But Nj. Lewis saw something else F
eur bob tailed ear and ffop-ear-
ID mule. He continues: "No city in
america has such natural advantages.
md sneh a vast donaiasof n~ndisputed t.
erritory from witicitto draw her'tiade.
when the New South, with all hor \
Wealth Of COTTON, rice and Sugar, Of
timber, mineral and fruits, shall have !,
'eeome fairly known and develorsesl :
y increasing immigration and influx,
II capital,.whe a predict the future !,
# New~oreans p Even the great West Y,
pour the treasures OF H. +,
8 her lap. if She, will but prepare Her- I,
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