The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-10-27
Berwick
to Iberia
Gen. Myle Interviewed by
the Times Democrat,
Gives Details of the Proposed
Electric
Railroad, which we repro
duce.


gave out the first intimation of the
proposed build .ng Of an electric
line from New Iberia to Ber " lex
City. The distance of the new
line will be something over forty
five miles, and the train service to
be operated over it will be exclus-
lively Of electric passenger and
freight trains. The company that
will build this road has almost
completed all it. arrangements,
having secured nearly all the right
of way for the laying Of the tracks
1t is a stock compsny, composed
Of local capt. alists. A corps of
engineers will be S. MT over the road
seon, possibly during next month,
to make profile survey of i, and
it is exceedingly likely that dirt
will be broken on this, the first
electric freight and passenger in
terror road in the South, Inside of
three months.
Gen. Myles was seen in his Of
fee, No. S22 Gravler street, yes
terday, and asked to give out the
details OF the new road for publ
cation. He said that while the
road had passed what might be
called an embroyo stage, all ar
rangements having practically
completed, he could not yet go into
full details. cit will be the first
coutry electric road operated in
the South" remarked the General,
ssand l believe it vii! be the means
of opening up more fully the most
fertile and picturesqae country in
all the Southland, the world famed
Teche country. Yes, we have been
considering the building Of this
road for some time. We have as.
sured ourselves that 1t is possible
as an investment, and having this
assurance we will begin work as
soon as all preliminaries are prop
erly arranged. The road will cost
to build it and put in operation
between $35O,O00 and 100000.
"The country from New Iberia
to Berwick City is very thickly
populated. With an electric rail
road running through it it will
soon become a continuous village.
The ldea of running an electric
road through that section OF the
Teche country has been a fixed
one with me for several years, but
it was impractible to think of
building it until short ago. From
New iberia to Berwick City there
are several small towns, Jean
erette, Franklin, Pattersonville
and one or two smaller places. In
this section fruits and vegetables
are grown in abundance, and there
| is a great deal of hauling to be
done from the towns. Then, the
country being SO thlckly populated
the passenger business will be
heavy from one village to another
ttBesides running the trainsfrom
one place to another, we are going
step farther. We are going to
construct a belt line around each
| of the towns / have mentioned
and will 60 regularly into the
electric street car business in
them. This will not, of course
mean that we will give service
to all parts Of the towns every
few moments during the day, but
as we are going to have a number
Of cars in service, a train will reach
each place every few hours during
the day, and before leaving viii
make circuit of the town. This
belt line will conserve a dual pur
pose. The cars operating around
the belt will pass through thu
principal residential sections, and
will also pass through the com
mercial centres. BY this means
we will be able to pick up loaded
freight carr, and when we AZ,