The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-06-05
BUILDING THE BAYOU
RAILROAD.

The following special dispatch,
dated at Dnnaldsnnsille on the oath
lust, and appearing IN the New Or
leans Times Democrat Of Tuesday,
coutaiEs-anatter that will lie pernsesi
will, geuelai interest by our readers :
The contract for grading the
Mississippi and Lafonrche hallway
from Belle Alliance t. Napoleonville
has been let to Messrs Barbour u
Ripple, Of New Orleans, who cominen-
ced work this morning nc the proposed
bridge site crossing, near klotzviiie.
from which point they will work both
ways, up on the left bank and down
on the night. They start ~ with y
force Of seventy men with sciapers.
mules, silovels, etc, and vii! push The
work forward as rapidly Is possible,
with a view Of completing the present
contract within thirty days. Contracts
Tor the grading If tile remainder "f
the line from Napoleonviile to Lafour-
che Crossing, and fer the other work
necessary to complete the road, inclu-
ding the two drawbridges across
Bayou Lafourche will be let as soon as
plans and specifications are prepared.
President Edwards and lis conductors
In this important project are now
confident Of having their road finished
in time for handling the coming sea-
sons sugar crop. Mr.. Hugh C. Smith,
OF New Orleans, has been appointed
chief engineer of tile road. and is in
charge of the work now in progress.
The Mississippi and Lafonrclle Com
paDy is tile concern that built five
miles of road last fall extending from
Landerdale station, on the Texas aud
Pacific, to Belle Alliance, iii Assump-
ton parish, and has no connection
with the L~afourche Sugar Belt Com
pany Of which Messrs. Quigly & Co.,
are said 10 DO the moving spirits. As
it is not at all probable two parable,
roads will built along Bayou Lafour-
che, the Sugar Belt concern will
doubtless abandon their enterprise
or pool issues with the Mississippi and
Lafonrche.
The prospect Of having a railroad
through their section is one that will
be welcomed hy the people OF the
Lafourche valley.
The presumption that the Sugar
Belt enterprise will be abandoned is
strengthened by the subjoined dis
patch, sent to the New Orleans
Picayune from Alexandria, La, under
date Of May 10, 1897:
X. ii. Quigley & Co.'s grading
outfit came here this morning over
the Watkins route from Oberlin,
having been working on the Kansas
City, Shreveport and Gulf Railroad,
south Of Many, Sabine parish. The
outfit consists Of IS men, 100 mules
and scrapers, and other tools in pro
portion. They will leave 20 night far
Tuscaloosa, Ala, via. New Orleans.
as they have a contract to grade and
bridge twenty five miles of the Mobile
and Ohio Railway, running fiom Co.
lumbus, Miss, to Montgomery, Ala.
The progress Of the Mississippi and
Lafoni che's grading force was chroni-
cIed in the Times Democrat of Thurs
day al follows:
There are 120 men at work TODAY
constructing the grade of the Missis-
sippi and Latonrche Railway in AS
sumption. Two miles of The work
has been done since Monday morning
ard if the weather Is good the entire
distance from Belle Alliance to Napo-
lennville will be covered within the
the next ten days. Tie mair force ID
traversing the Magnolia plantation to
day, and should reach PaincourtviIle
day after tomorrow or Saturday.
Mr.. II. w. Edwards and those asso-
ciated with him in the Mississippi and
Lafourche Railway Company are the
pioneers, so to speak, in the enterprise
of giving the fertile L~afonrclle region
adequate railroad facilities. hence
there is q manifestation of Justice and
right in the elimination which gives
them the call in the prosecution OF
this important project. The work
will be noted with an absorbing de
gree of public interest, and the COM
pletion OF the road to Napoleonville
will mark a new era in the history OF
the section which it traverses.-Dop-
~aldsonville Chief.