The Lamar register., 1892-12-03
ouR ST. LOUIS LETTER
Mammoth street h~""y
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tiou-tctisity In ths
Pecan rr~des -,
G. Iorts Nov. s4-If bill now
,a;,, before the municipal assem-
~. 4. r,ssed ST. Louis will have the
-hsancst system OF railroad fares IN
,ba copntry. The bill is pushed by
the protectors of new road which n
attended 70 connect all the other hncs
in the citv. giving the passenger trans
for tickets from the one TO the other.
Tfthe franchise is obtained the road
will be built in time to carry 'ne
ple who flock into the city for 'he 'aii
festivities next year, passsheeF
then who starts from Carondeleh the
extreme sou .hern end OF the city, VIII
be able to ride 10 Baden the nortneEh
boundary. and there transfer 20 other
lines that will take him TO the west
.rn limits. getting trip OF over
TWENTY-FIVE miles for cents lEe
.cheme Is simple enough, but II 1t Is
carried out It will provide the city
with n gigantic plan OF paSsenge
Transportation, that IS unapProaehed
in any other OF our large cities
/, has been found by several years
experience that tho attempt 70 euu'
cate the Chinese here through instrne-
ton in sunday schools is unsatstAe-
tory. Neither the churches nor the
pupils are eoutent with the results
Another pInn for the beneti; OF the
Chinese IS to be put into oPerAitoh thiA
winter by benevolent people Of means
who tale An interest ia making good
,,tizens Of this slaSs of immigrants
Several night schools arc 20 be cstab-
llshed. at leas; three in the part OF ihe
-ity in which most Of them live, some
where in the down town blocks OF
Market and Walnut streets The IN
strur,ion will not be catireiy frse' II
has been decided that Il wall Be wiser
TO make the Chinese student nadcr-
stand that he must pay for his books
anyway. The salaries Of The icachsfs'
all Of whom arc to bz Incn and sF"'shrn
and who have formerly iNught ihe
Chinese 10 Sunday schools, VIII ee
paid from a fund % which numoei
Of missionary societies viii con
tribute
Money j. more plentiful. and cora.
mAnds lower rates OF Interest IN 81
Louis and PhilzdciphiA than in ans
other cities Of the United States Much
Of the idie capital here has been pat
into trust companies lately, bat from
The organization ottwa rather original
enterprises the other day Is seems that
there are enough uoneycd rsaea e
make experiments with their capital
Il their appear 10 bc a leg innate pr1a-
pert ol i fair proht 10 the schemes pro
posed onc Of these new eufn panics
has bough, an island in the Mississippi
river, about forty miles fr11n - Louis
and has planted IL With so Pecan
trees. Tho sasn at the head OF the
company are oouSdeut that thry viii
ma iSe n los ot muucy As soon - tht
trees b,cgia to bear They elailu
that they have on their island aboui
the same climate that thcre = In thn,e
parts Of TexAs where the tcsi pecan
nuts grow
The other company was ur.taniEet 80
buy apple orchards In Illinois and Mis-
souri aud plant more trees thAu iheii
present owners arr able To manage
The owners OF the orchar,is have ir
most cases gone into the companies,
and when they ~cre unwilling 70 DC
this the eoEnpaaies have bought iheii
farms outright This scheme was sug.
gestcd to the 81 Louis invcstnrs by
the condition Of the apple crop OF the
United States for the post three year..
during which time the east has bad 4
look TO Illinois and Missouri for The
bulk OF its apples The operations Of
this company will make 81 Louis the
largest apple market in the country in
few years II Is vcry near thst COW.
New York being the only city which
handles more ot the fruit