The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1893-02-03
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There is scarcely prominent man in
Lake Charles who. does not receive letters Of
inquiry IN regard to our city, concerning its
business, schools, churches, railroads, manu-
factures, etc. AS an easy way Of replying to
these questions, we herewith enumerate
few facts in regard to the industries, i'm
proyements and Development Of the city.
not pretending to cover the whole ground,
but simply naming some Of the most import
ant features
EDUCATION AND RELIGION
Church organizations having ediaces: NJ. T..
Church, South, 2; Baptist, 1; Congregational,
l; Presbyterian, /; Lutheran, i; Episcopal, /;
Catholic, /; Northern NJ. E., /; colored
churches, g.
SCHOOLS.
One male and female college; three story
building, with boarding cottages
One large public school building, for the
accommodation Of FIVE or six hundred pupIlsg
eight teachers.
One academy. Convent school for young
ladies. Also parochial school (Catholic)
for boys.
STREET. RAILWAYS.
Court house and Southern Pacific depot
street railway, Zone mile of track, to be
extendedl.
Dummy line, trains every hour TO sugar
refinery and Goosport, (seYen miles Of track.
ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT
Supplying the city, including the streets.
Complete system Of water works, (direct
pressure and stand pipe).
a telephone exchange with nearly one hun
dred subscribers.
Five fire companies, with steam ire-eDhine,
hook and ladder trucks, three hose carts,
and an abundance of hose. In fact, we have
better organized and equipped fire depart
ment than any town Of ten thousand inhabi-
tants in this or adioiOing states.
LUMBER INTERESTS.
This is the greatest lumber producing
town in the south, turning out annually over
two hundred million (20O.OOO,0O0) feet, and
having planiDg capacity Of more than one
hundred million (10O, 900 COO feet, annually,
aud three Rhingle mills with capacity Of
over three hundred million 600, 900. 600
shingles annually.
We have an ice factory with a capacity Of
SOC, 900 pounds daily.
A sugar refinery built at 9 cost Of SI25, 600,
A rice mill with a capacity Of 10000 bar.
rels Of rough rice per day.
Car shops With a capacity Of four fiat cars
or three box ears daily.
Foundry and machine shops, two brick
factories, a candy factory one wholesale
grocery store with aggregate annual sales of
one half million dollars, a steam laundry
second to none in the country, wholesale
and retail hardware store, three or four
general stores that do more or less IobbiDg,
three banks, headquarters of the X, @. w. &c
@. BY, Of which this city is the Southern
terminus
About fifty retail establishments Of more
or less importance.
One of the finest hotels In the state will
be completed In five or six weeks,
Lake Charles bias q bona fde resident pop
ulation Of over 5000, with fostiDg pOpula.
tiou Of perhaps 1000 additional, which con
sists of laborers employed ia the mills,
building railroads, etc, and in addition to
these there is another class, quite numerous
and always welcome. We mean our friends
from the north, who are glad TO escape the
dgor of northern winter like the one now
drawing 10 a close, and come here year after
year to enjoy the balmy atmosphere which
comes with healing, balsamic aroma,
grateful to all with the slightest tendency
towards weakness Of the lungs, These peo-
pie come, the number increasing from year
to year, because here they can End not only
the climate they seek, but also all the thipgs
that tend to exalt and embellish life, such as
schools, churches, the theatre, redned society,
etc.
In one short criticize II is impossible to do
Che subject justice, but to our friends who
are turning their eyes in this direction, intent
either upon business or pleasure, we would
say that Lake Charles may be a surprise, but
it is never disappointment.