The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-10-22
THE RAILROAD FRANCHISE.

consider the petition OF the Kyle
! Lum Der Co., signed by number
OF citizens asking that specia
/ election be held within the cor.
| porate limits OF Franklin to de.
termine whether or not the council
/ should De authorized to grant q
/ standard -guagc railroad franchise
to the Kyle Lumber Co., from the
saw mill on Bayou Teche down
che bayou bank to the foot OF
Adams street, and out Adams
street and through the property OF
| Mr.. Il. E. Milling, so as to connec,
with the Southern Pacific main
| line.
The petition was signed by a
great number of property tax
payers, including all of those
whose property abuts Adams
street except those not residing
here, and who could not, on that
account, De reached.
The petition was taken up by
the Council and fully discussed,
and an ordinance adopted, author
izing the holding of the election,
and submitting the proposition
directly to the property tax-pay-
ers, who she'll decide for them
selves whether or not the franchise
shall be granted.
The Kyle Lumber Co. asks for
the franchise for a period of fifty
years from the date of the grant,
and expresses it's Willingness to
maintain the road in such a man.
ner, at its own expense, as will
cause the least inconvenience to
the general people, in the exercise
of their own rights Of traffic and
passage upon that thoroughfare.
and to run their trains over the
same at a speed to be regulated
by the provisions of the grant,
which, it naturally assumes, will
be in the interest Of the general
safety OF the people.
franklin is the only town Of any
consequence in this section of
Louisiana, that has not got sim
gle railroad spur running through
it. Some OF our neighboring
towns have two and three, and
have had them for a long period
OF years, which, in our opinion,
is the chief reason why they are
outstripping US in the way of in
dustrial advancement. 1t is
great pity That the Albert Hanson
Lumber Co.'S. great concern was
forced from our midst on account
of a want Of railroad accommo-
dations that could not be had at
any price, in view Of the fact that
it was one of the most powerful
factors in the effort that has made
Franklin what it is. But it is
never too late to come to our
senses upon such simple busi-
ness proposition.
Let US, from now on, hold out
railroad franchise to any and
everybody who expresses a de-
sire to have one. We have OBJ
served for ourselves, that there is
no harm in them-that they do
not inteferc in any manner, with
the enjoyment OF the rights of the
street by others.
The BANNER would like to see
right of way obtained and offered
to the Albert Hanson Lumber Co.,
arranged in a way that it could be
either used by it, or by its success
sor upon the old site. 1t still
owns the property, and having
such an enormous quantity of cy-
press timber would probably con-
slider the institution of another
mill here, to be run in connection
with the great Garden City plant
that is just now getting fairly
under way. 1t is very probable
that this could be done, and it
goes without saying that Franklin
needs the thousands of dollars a
that it has distributed in
our midst for the last score of
years.
The election will be held on the
23rd of November, and it is our
opinion that not a discerning vote
will be cast against the PROPOSE |
ton to grant the franchise.