The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-09-01
Kansas City Southern En-
trance Gossip.

cles yesterday connected the
proposed consolidation Of LOUIS
lana sugar houses into one
giant corporation with the
projected construction of one
of the railroad lines winch
purposes to enter New Orleans,
1t beng rumored that 10y pro
( jecting the railroad along a
route which would facilitate the
great traffic which such a comb
nation IF sugar interests would
involve, the promoters OF the
railroad, who are said to be
identical with the promoters OF
the sugar house combine, hope
TO he able to deliver to one OF
the big railroad systems of the
country a line of railroad through
one of the richest sections OF
.e.,isiana, and along with il
"a guarantee OF traffic which
would induce the railroad system
to at once accept the PROPOSE
ton and construct the railroad,
which has been proposed.
The same rumor stated tia,
The projected railroad was. tht
New Orleans. Crowley and
Western. known as the Owen
road, and which is backed by
the Godchanx interests. This
road has been surveyed from
Reserve to Crowley, and it has
been stated that a line has
been projected from Crowley
westward to connect with the
Kansas City Southern 1t is be
Iieved that tn. road was organ
lied and surveyed with the
intention of selling it to thu
Kansas ity Southern for tn,
lattcr's lie iuto New Orleans
and that the sugar house con
bine is beng engineered il
connection with it in order t,
assure The Kansas City Southern
such a volume of traffic thai
the New Orleans, Crowley an0
Western will become desirable
property Tor them to acquire
The New Orleans, Crowley
and Western proposes to touch
three of the GOdchaux rein :
ries, at Reserve, NapoleonviIle
and Raceland. BY The construc
ton of this line, which will
serve other urge refineries, it
Is hoped by the promoters not
only 20 control a line which
will enable the Godchaux in
terests to have access to larger
quantities of cane, but alsO to
furnish a line on which will
be concentrated the sugar max
ing facilities of Louisiana.
At the same time, and in
connection with the project in.
volving the construction of the
New Orleans, Crowley and
Western, efforts are being made
to acquire local and export ter.
miDals IN New Orleans on the
most advantageous terms, in
order that they may be offered
to the Kansas City Southern as
part of the deal involving
the latter's entrance into New
Orleans. 1t is this proposition,
according to yesterdays gossip,
in which Sol Wexier is now
figuring and about which he
has had several conferences
with the Belt Railroad. Assured
Of a good line through the
richest portion of Louisiana.
efforts are now being made 70
get possession of terminals III
New Orleans on the most ad-
vantageous terms, and the in
vesiigation which Mr.. Wexle,
is making is intended to deter
mine whether it will be more
profitable for the road to utilize
existing terminals. or acquire
terminals Of It's own. The hes,
proposition, it is stated, will be
adopted as part of the pro-
posed deal which the New Or
leans, Crowley and Western hopes
to make with the Kansas City
Southern.
At the same time that this
effort is being made here, a
similar effort is being made II