St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1906-11-24
OPELOUSAS'
EXPANDING WESTWARD.
It's Great Industrial March December
8. II to be Made A Holiday Trains
to Run Over Col. So. Tracks
G Greater Opelousas!''

A fiowery compliment TO the city,
says the skeptic the moldy, mil
dewed citizen, who can not realize
that this is no longer the slow poke
of Louisiana, boarding its treasures,
hiding from the eyes Of the world its
riches.
When the old town made it's first
gap of awakening, they wondered.
AS it continued to first stretch its
stiff arms, like Rip, and show life,
they wondered on. During all the
evolutions Of awakening they won
dered and stood in amazement. And
now that it has metamorphosed into
a vigorous youth, battling along
in the front ranks while the other
thriving cities Of the State, they fall
down and wonder the more. 1t can
not be, they say. But it is, never
theless.
It is, citizens Of Opelousas. The
full bloom Of the most wonderful
commercial ard Industrious develop
y
ment is upon us. We can't escape it
and don't want to escape it. 1t is
only the blind that can not see it,
they hear strange and unusual
rumbling, but can not identify it.
Let an old citizen Of 0pelousas-
one who wants to see and seeing will
believe retrospect for moment.
Take Opelousas ten years back take
it five years back-fix it well in your
mind, and then open your eyes to the
present 0pelousas.
Besides the great industrial strides,
look at the population. In 1900,
295l; in 1904, s157; in 1906. 5111.
And this increase of population and
business was accomplished with but
one tap railroad, and consequently no
railroad competition enough to hold
any town down. It was the natural
advantages, the natural resources OF
the country, which spoke.
Now, with several railroads, big
trunk lines, traversing this Gods
country, who can deny that we are
on the threshold on unprecedented
development?
We must deny being too enthusi-
astic in speaking of these things.
| We see them. Anybody who wants
to can see them. Why should We
hide them? And we have not said
anything about the municipal improve.
ments that have been established in
those few years water works; cleo
trio lights; MORE CONCRETE SIDE.
WALKS THAN ANY CITY OF LIKE
SIZE In THE STATE; its assured
paved streets, etc.
/ Opelousas in recent years has hae
lseveral additions, made up Of i'll
adjacent territory, as the town ex
Ipanded, and another has just matured
perhaps the most important OF then
Iall, because it's necessity is more evi
dent now than at any time past. !
Iis on the line of the Colorado Southern
| Just before it enters the western cor
lporate limits of the town, the des
] tined manufacturing portion OF tn
1 city. 1t has been carefully plates
land subdivided 50 as to form almos
an Independent town of itself, al
though it viii be an integral part Q
Greater Opelousas. By anindependen
town Of itself we mean that it wi
have its manufacturing portion, it
j residential portion, its magnificen
site for a school, its business portion
its truck farms, it's own tiled streets
q its own concrete sidewalks, everythin
which goes to form and constitute
i town. But, as we said before, it
an addition to Greater 0pelousas.
We refer TO the Colorado Souther
Addition to the City Of Opelousas, th
first sale Of lots Of which will take plae
] on December 17.
q The site is that of the old Greer
i wood Plantation. In the days we hay
referred to above it was all right f