St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-04-13
OYER The LAKE.
1t is Proposed to Build a %
Mile Bridge to Cost
$2.5o0.0oo.
WEST End TO VAUDEVILLE.
IDEA HAS INFLATED REAL: ESTATE.

It has long been the dream ol
many men who have occasion Il
travel to and fro between New Or.
leans aud Covington and other St
Tammany resorts that sooner Of
later other mole expeditions routes
Of travel should be put in operation,
ans: by this improved condilion the
territory lover the lake" be built
up. - far back rs three yeas ago,
gentle men that were and are today
Interested in the matter referred to,
went to considerable expense in
having eoundings taken Ut Lake
POntchartrain, with . view TO the
bridging OF this body Of water from
M,lncburg to Vaudeville, and il -
understood that competent engi-
nrering authorities passed upon the
feasibility Of the building Of = bridge
between the two points. but fcf one
reason or another the matter lspsed,
but while nothing specific looking
to the building OF the connecting
link has been done, the project bas
not been lost sight Of. aud within
tue past few days it is stated
that the chances that something
definite will develop inside Of the
coming sixty days.
The Item learns that . represen-
tative OF some northern inanciers
has recently been in 81. Tammany
parish. and it is understood thai
his mission was 10 look Up the con-
di,ion Of real eatate, the geographic
cal lay Of lah6, ETC., aud this gem
llenen has been thoroughly ,m-
pressed with the splsnoid OppOr-
lunIty afforded for the institution
Ut rapid transit facilities via . new
bridge. The present intention is
not to build the bridge from Mime
burg, but West End, aud travellers
will in the event Of The project go
ing through be able 10 lake tue cars
on canal street and either change a.
the West End terminal or possibly
arrangements will be made IL oper-
ate through coaches all The way.
The writer has been furnished with
. tracing OF the lake made some
years ago when The project wac 6rst
mOoied and from il be noted that
tue depth Of water between Wes,
lind and Milneburg varied from ten
u Twelve feet. aad the cam. conoi-
lions prevail making the ST Tam
many criminal II Mandeville.
Considerable interest ID manifest
in transportation circles p,er this
matter, aud while the lem does
not voucl, for the information tina,
the building Of the bridge is now
actually to be pushed 10 . finish.
there can be no doubt thai sooner
OK later such an Improvement viii!
come about. The general public
has no idea OF The amour, Of travel
that goes on between The pinev
woods points md this city, sDd
those who cons. der themselves com
Iseient To speakun this pUini declare
that il is o.ly on account oi til. rack
Of Rapid transit and more # H."
that the business Is not up intu
much larger figures than Al present.
No complaint Is urged sga'uss the
Nrr; leasiern-East Louisiana service
particularly, except that The comic
lions compel II =, lie relatively sl"~.
ana even al tina; there is only one
train ! day during certain seasons
of the year. It il cstinsted that
ID. bridge would have TO he stlsast
twenty eight miles in length and
the cost would not he less than
-. SOC. 600 and possibly IS. O0a. 900
About the engineering features Of
the scheme, Why the railroad editor
Of III. len wnt: not unless he Is
Informed that their are no physical
obs, ycies 10 the plan.
One thing may be sisted in THE
connection, and that is, that real
estate in Cov,ng:on. Vaudeville and
Anita have within the lass thirty
days taken more than &n upward
teudercy, rather than > ''boom
aud residents ut Vaudeville Opihe
that this movement is concurrent
with the visit of the gentlemen from
New York. A part Of the proposed
plan is 10 operate an electric car
service and make the distance be-
tween New Orleans and Aandeville
N half IN hour.-- Daily Item.