The Lake Charles echo., 1893-01-13
The Norsh Ead.

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We bad occasion few days sinoe to visit
The north end Of town where We found every
thing hustle and sctiViiy. This Is. 81 course,
the dun season Of the year as fF as the ice
business Is concerned but the factory was
running to It's full capacity aud during tht
time We were there, telegraph orders were re
reived for two fun car loads Of ice. Tbi,
fsetory supplies territory OF fully Que bur
drrd miles in circumference and When It ws.
built three years ago, was supposed to be
sufficient capacity to supply The demand fo
many years to come. So far from this being
the case, the company has already begun az
addition which viii more Than double the ca.
pacHy Of the factory, which will even then
be keptrunning 70 Is full capacity the year
round, The company IS Incorporated under
the state law with name Of the Lake Charles
lee, Light and Water Works Company, and Il
BY any means Il should drop out Of our dails
life it would leave large vacancy, but we
need have no fears on any such contingency,
except Il might be by fire. The company IL
eompos.d Of the Landry Brothers and Mr.
Thomas Bird. of large business experience
and simple capital. Mr. . A. Landry and
Mr.. Bird have each recently built neat and
eommodious cottages near the factory. We
mex crossed the street to the office Of The
4 Poe ShinRle Co., aud found Mr.. John d. Pot
as usual full OF business but still with tins
enough for pleasant word. NotwithstaBd
ing be has somewhat to boast Of, he is always
the courteous, unassuming gentleman whose
prosperity has produced none Of the evil re-
suits we have had occasion to notice ia some
others. Mr. Poe is self-made man. having
brgun life poor as far as mousy OF property
was concerned, but rich in good hard COM
mon sense and possessing fndomitable energy
and pluck bis success has been almost phe.
nominal He has Just built steam log
puli'r, appropriately named "swamp Angel
which is slresdy launched and will brgin TO
snake 'sm outp 10 few days. This is said
10 TIE the most complete machinery for pull
ifg cypress logs ont Of the swamp, built, and
has just double the capaclty over any ma
chtnery heretofore made for the purpose.
The engines operate continuously, are non
reversible aud always ready for pull. The
incomiug log duets the outgoing ropf; wbil
one log is beng detached at inner end an
other log 10 being attached at outer End Of
pull. The rope Is guided by Iyens' pateu'
rope device which insures not only the great
est uierty Of operation but lays the rope turn
by furn which avoids ebsang. The size ropi
used is n and ~ crucibIe stsel wire, and ca
pacity oi boat II, 1000 to 10000 feet timber pei
day, which insures the II Poe sbinglr Co
mill steady run for years ahsad as they owl
their own timber lsnds aud have more than
years run Of deadened timber ready TO pull'
and near the m4iu river. They are now 10
sured Il supply Of logs aud viii not have 10
BE- entirely drpeDdrnt on the high water
The contract Is alsO let for the building Of
larger and better office to meet the dsmaDdr
Of 40 Increasing trade. Mr.. Poe says that f'T
the past three years. although he has rsyeFal
times enia ged his mill sDd added new and
more ffsctlye machinery, BE- has never seen
the time that he did not have plenty Of or.
deFs ahead. This mill WAS formerly know,
as the Nsyo-Poe sbipgle Factory but pot
long since Mr., Pos puEebsstd the iDtfrsst OF
Mr. Thad Mayo, R4sltZlng ths fact that
houses TO rent VIE good Investment, Mr.
Poe bias just completed Two Leaf and com
m0diOus cottages near the mill and has TIRE"
others under contract which will SOON be
completed. Nhile the first two were build
ing, Il was found necessary TO nail up shin-
giles on the front Of each with this inseFip
non; "Fhis house not TOR reut,p from the
fact that workmen were constantly annoyed
With the question to which this was the an
sBer This speaks volumes for the prosperity
OF the town and emphasizes the necessity for
more housess seracelY q RtoDe's throw from
the Single mill Is thr Mount Hope Lumber
Company Mil. We suppose the TessOn Why
Il is eaIlsd "MouBt Hopep Is becaYsr there Is
no mountain nor even . respectable bill with
10 hundred mile. This mill Is managed by
MF. e, b, 8asey, than whom there arr few
more capable business men OF men better ae-
qqsinted with all the ips and outs Of the
lumber trade. Notwithstanding the fact thai
two DISASTROUS fires have visited this mill
within the past TWO years, Pb9DIx Hike, IL
always aries from from the ashss and each
time the plant Il enlarged and generally i'm
proved. MI, W. wa, sbsent at the time Of
our visit and we failed to learn The material
facts ip connection with this mill but We we're
generally Impressed with the clean aud or
derby aspect Of the surroundings and thr
careful aud exact maRnrr in which the luW-
Der was Piled and The general evidences Of
thrift Which Indicate good management. We
bad Intended to purele our waIk . few rods
further 70 tbe riee mill but the approach Of
evening warned Us 70 reFaee our steps