St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1906-11-24

IN another portion Of the paper, will
give one a good idea Of the consider
alton given its 9 laying OUT. how adj
vantageously all the different parts
have been thought Of. Work IS now
in progress paving over one mile Of
streets, and tiling the streets, which
latter, however, is hardly necessary,
as the location is almost on an emf
nence, and has an unsurpassed natural
drain.
It will be seen that a large tract
of land has been dedicated to a State
Normal School, or any school which
will establish itself at a cost Of not
less than $50, 900.
The site of the old plantation home
place is picturesque as well as a
historic one, and has been left in q
tract Of rs acres to have separated
it from it's magnificent trees Including
pecan trees) and other associations
being considered verging on vandalism.
It's truck farms and manufacturing
plots mean more to Opelousas per-
haps than our people realize. Manu-
factories and truck farms are what
we need now need bad. They are
coming bound to; and the location
is SO well adapted for these that this
spot will doubtless be favored one.
Its residence subdivision is but a
few minutes walk from even the
courthouse Of the city, and will be
connected with the city by concrete
walk. It is expected that, like in
Lake Charles, many of these lots will
be purchased by Northerners for win
ter residences.
Trains over the Colorado Southern
will be run on the day Of the sale
right up to the grounds. A siding
running up to the manufacturers
subdivion will be built, which Is to re-
main there permanently. This will
be the first run over the Colorado
Southern tracts, and win afford our
townspeople much qualification, and
they will no doubt turn out and make
it gala day.
Another feature of the sale oflots
will be the awarding of one thousand
dollars to the purchaser of one Of the
lots, and Of a $400 piano to one Of
the lady purchasers. Mr.. Hines, the
manager, is making these donations
himself, in order to add interest te
| the day.
The sale is under the auspices Of
the ,Opelousas Land & Development
Co, who own the land. The company
lis domiciled here, and has among
them some Of our citizens, and il be.
ing backed by the city at large, al
its great Importance is realized by all
As we said before, all these arr
levidences Of the fact that indeed
Greater Opelousas Is an appro
pirate term to apply to our city now
Those of our people who have no
/ yet realized that the day has dawned
are late sleepers, and must be rudel
awakened.
Realizing the great Importance o
the Colorado Southern Addition to th1
city, the Opelousas Progressive
League met in special session Monda.
night and by unanimous vote passes
resolutions giving the project its IN
qualified and enthusiastic cooperation
Ia request was made to the mer
chants to close their place Of busi
! ness in the evening, and join th
other citizens in making the day
holiday and a day Of celebration
j There is no doubt of the willingness
j Of the merchants TO do this, andit ca
lbe asserted with all assurances tha
December 17th will be one IN the his
tory of Opelonsas long to be remen
) bered. All trains will leave for th
grounds from the foot Of Main stree
Excursions will be run from q
points In the State, and the mutt
] tude will be fed free on the ground