The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-04-04
The Wanderers Notes.

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In the yards more tracks have been
laid in order to facilitate the
switching made necessary by the
very heavy shipping from this
point.
That while the farmers have
prepared large areas for cultiva-
ton, the surface is still dull and
gray.
That Cade Station is growing,
and that the new Cade Station
promises to be much larger place
than the old site. New buildings
have been, and are going up right
along. With the railroad depot
as a central point they are building
on every side facing it.
That the work on the new rail
road bridge across the Vermilion
river is going ahead. The South
ern Pacific does not propose to re
build this bridge in generations to
come, and with that idea in view
all the foundations, abuttment
walls and piers are built of heavy
blocks of white rock. The bridge
is being built with capacity for
a double track.
That at Lafayette everything is
moving along quietly and smooth
ly; business is reported quiet and
even dull.
That Crowley is hustler. That
business is reported dull here also,
but this prairie town is accustom
ed to such hustling scenes, that
any degree of moderation or stead
mess seems to become dull to the
populace. A rush. itself, would
grow monotonous in q very few
DAYS il il did not develope some
very unexpected and even start
ling spurts. Verify man is hard
to keep pleased. At Crowley the
new rice mill being erected by the
Star Rice Milling Co., Limited, is
beginning to loom above the foun-
dation. The company has a capital
of $4,000 and will give to Crowley
one of her finest mills, ready for
operation by the coming harvest
time. Another large mill will be
completed here before fail, giving
this town six mammoth mi Is IN all
The Marks Rice Milling Co., al
so at Crowley, has made very ex-
tensive additions to their already
large warehouse room by the cree.
ton of a roomy new building.
Rice is all in in this section of the
country. Everyone is enthusiastic
about its future. With their ever
growing network of irrigating
canals, together with their deep
well system, it is not believed that
the crop will ever prove failure,
and they are reckoning now upon
such a possibility.
That in the rice fields of the
west, operations are commencing.
The writer was even surprised to
see the plows being driven through
land where there was even water
upon the surface. Their soil is of
such a character-so much sand =
that such blowing is permissible.
That Mermentan, one Of the
Oldest settlements in this western
prairie region boasts of three
names, or rather three spellings of
name; ssMermenteu," as the rail
road sign board the depot; "Mer-
mentau" as the business people
say it should be; and .Mermentonr
asthe u. s. postal authorities have
dictated. While confusing, it is
convenient; for in writing hurried
/ ly You may terminate the name
/ in style to defy an expert mail.
agents deeiphering whether it ison
or au, leave out or stick in an q
and your letter will get there just
the same. For years this place
slept, little disturbed by the dis
turbing ambition Of her sisfeg
towns to become centers and cities.
until a recent date. But she has
at last caught the infections has
become a chartered town, whose
destiny is presided over by a May
or and three colnleilmen; has Ii
large rice mill aud will have aa.
other before fall; has begun street
building; has superior natural ad