The Lake Charles echo., 1893-03-03

io laeHiisss iha eFer increasing Eiee
er1p d sais saefiol. Bies NIL hl#ag-
Rs par priaeinai proazrtiDn anii iha ola
praises VII never agnin be realized /;
b4h0s ail he economies Eaasf be Prsc-
ticed and eyery facility afforded that
tends p slssaPsa production ana ssaase
she cost uf handling 90 that i may aiill
alior1 = proat 20 the prndnceg.
Et tis q fact worthy d mote. taaf while
sliis iutsrsisH tosiz placs in gsH OFlsaus
not q woza 40 ss End 10 She aailnss q
fEzs city u regard 20 AIr. Watkins ard
biz pians ziifa reierencs 10 Lake Charles,
and she task i LETT for the more enter
prisiBg nsHs gaaaerer Of our slztez city
Of smother state.
For tha pEzt gear, OK ct least since
ihe beginning of tie present era ei
rapid gnowth ard degslopment Of onr
town. all Of the New Orleans papers
have observed > studied silence IN re-
gard 70 the same. Eoshing from toe
local press on shis subject has been
rePgoauoed. and even criiicistns 81 this
courss have failed b elicit . single word
10 reply. Anything tending 10 adyeT-
tise or advance The commercial interests
Of Lake Charles i iab0oed, and both
she Pieaguas and Times. DeRoTal haVs
iAborsd atgenuouslg 20 prove The fnsility
Of eEeeting riee mills outside Of New
0rlsana. notwithstanding this, Lake
Cbngles Is anHnd 10 become thegFsat rics
Erilhpg Lova q this county, the mill BoE
nearly completed eslipsiBg anything Of
the kind 10 gsg Orleans, OF, in fact.
on ths continent. and this Is 10 be Bup-
plemspted b. the one fhousapa barrel
Per diem mil of Mr, Wsfkias.
Bat the building Of The huge nice
nills Is NOT ths aeri0ns eauss f0E appre-
haRsign 10 The Eaoribu8d old city. that
is the dsepsniRg Of the Pass and the
Improvement Of Daiessie1 river, which
taken II euaneefiOn ziih the sir iiBe
r0ute % Eansas City. will make Lake
GhaEles city of thirty Or fostg thou-
saad Paopla witbin lev yssEs--a zeal
iFe city fhat sill cause poor old fogy
New 0flsaHs, wiih her primitive
Ineiho3zs to gel e more on herself, 90
20 speak
NEw ORLEANS. La. Feb. % 5.--PEssi.
dent 4 y AAafkins of the Kansas City,
Watkins And Gull railway, Rhiah ruRs
from Lake Charles 70 Alexandria. was
IL the city yesterday. Besides his Eaii-
road interests. be has vast real estate
irtsrssts along the line.
Although toe railroad Is still new
one, It has HiEeady been able to do Z
great deal Tor Ehe section and evsrs
town on ahe line is crossing steadily
1 Lake Ghafles hnB derived immenBt
benatlt fUsm the enterprise and 4
spreading last. Nearly I5D building
have been added IN the last nIneiy days
ahich is wonderful record for 8 LOU
siana town. A sugar mill Was ereclei
. year and half age at q coat Of $50
0O9;a rice nill with capacity Of 2Dl
barrels a day was opened last fall and ,
fine mill wibh q capacity Of I20D barrel
q day Is alnaet compile ed another mil
With q capacity Of 1000 barrels will y
finished IL time for the coming crop
A sash, dR0E, and bliRd factory Va
completed iast Monday and improve,
machinery for II Is on the way; the say
uaiiis hhye all been enlarged, and man,
other concern8 sEs 2alked hbcut.
| One Of tue new aud imp0rtaaf sub
/ ieeis being agltated il THAT Of Fic,
elevator. one 0f the new mills hayiBi
/ taken the Ensfier IN baud One 81 III,
most pxaeEscal men 10 the rice business
alF- Elmer z. PiersOn, Is at the head y
Ihe movement ME. Watkins Is 3 be
Lever ~ the elevator system and think
chat il will do q great deal u aystsnia
ike ami increase the Fiee trade D
IsoHisiana.
1 The Faiiread has now, IN addition x
its through iiDe, nine miles of sbaau
street car tracks in operation st Lsak4
Charlse. THIS viii be aDeEessed l.
thirteen mites dpfing March aud VII
then form belt road, aud viii farnssh
addiiional faeiiitieE for tie spread 5,
manuiaetosias.
Ihe na5n road will Be pushed Fapidl 4
40 The mouth nf tine Calcasieu river oT
the gull The extension viii make Il
easy 70 conetFaet the proper jetaies and
make the place deep water port. II
the resuit Is attained commerce Eiil b
created At once and another ReE tou1
built The port viii not attempt &
rival NeH 0FlsALs and Will not affect i,
10 auy graaf extent, but II Riii eoIapets
with Galveston and give especial 1nl "
lns 10 the Anmbef trade. The coz
tractors are DoE putting into position
the Elaehfnery 10 Improve The eaanDeN
nt The south END Of CalcaAisn lax,
ace0ndlng - the plans Of she govern
'Eneat engineers. The ebannel sili y
deepeDed 10 eight ieet. tht depth On fhe
ouies hAr. Tbs channel Is now onl,
sonr faet aud kbe inerssme Will permis
maRy nlnKa axid larger sehosneFs u etl
ter aud Viii haye Elafksd eject upori
iha lznalssF business NJ once.
heieFring Is the rhalsnad matter, AIF.
Natkins sad tiat the line sas in ezse.-
lent palef 70 Alexandria, the rO4d 4
p0iusing ngrthuazd, glHf no plan fhsi
be cpald spaaK about had st been
made. Az exhibit 0ar had baan Fitted
mi laEt falia gigiRg aa idea XII sls Fe-
a0urnaR pEpdarlH mud atirantagaa W
fas seefi0n aaa tha raF has beeis 4enrinp
shC nortAsFn eountsy sinee last EaFeu
bef. Aithssgh He road haaepsa4 5000
= nontt in assensssiag. tie ineasy hss
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