The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-04-27

known to contain 5000. 600 tons
In the ground the sulphur Ia abso
; lutely pure. After handling IL. walk
ing over it. and SO forth. 1t IL 99.s
|. per cent pure. Some years ago the
property was assessed at $50. 100. Ii
was raised to S., 900 and the compa-
NY appealed. The assessment stood
and was then raised to 500. 00O.
The company again appealed. but
the valuation was not changed.
This year it has been assessed at
$5.O0O.O0O aud the usual appeal is
pending.
The Jennings oil field IL interest
ing from the fact that $50 wells were
drilled on 7s acres. They are about
1900 feet deep. The best well pro-
duced 3.500.0O0 barrels. 1t made a
Thousand barrels an hour for sixty
days. The field now produces $4,000
barrels per day.
Shreveport Is the largest city In
Louisiana outside of New Orleans.
Its population is about 5000. Some
large gas wells were brought In In
that neighborhood last year and the
town has been piped. 1t IL being
widely advertised as a city which
has natural gas to burn.' and the
population Is increasing rapidly.
Our trip wound up at Monroe. a
town Of 1900 inhabitants. which
has been making interesting expert
ments In municipal ownership. 1t Is
the only town in the United States
which owns It's own street railway.
Seven miles Of first-cIass track were
laid at cost Of $50. 900 for construe-
ton and equipment Three lines ex-
tend from the center OF the town to
the suburbs. The service Is good and
the fare 5 cents. was assured that
the venture was successful from the
start and at the present rate the net
receipts would pay for the road in
Eve years. The city has also taken
over the water plant and electric
light works and claims to have cheap
er water and light than any other
towns. Last year Monroe purchased
800 acres of land two miles from the
center Of the town. The street rail- |
way has extended out to It, a SUM-
lner theatre erected, a race track |
built. a ball ground laid out, a grand |
stand erected, and trees, shrubs and |
flowers planted. The land cost the |
city $4,000. The municipality also
owns the wharf, which cost $1,000
and bridge which cost sSS.OO0. 1t
has expended over $40O, 900 for public
utilities. yet It's bonded debt Ia now
only S250,O0O. Monroe IL trying an
interesting experiment which will he
watched closely by other progressive
towns In the country.
Louisiana has u matchless system |
of waterways. Its rivers and bay ous
which are navigable have length Of
over 5000 miles and reach all save
three Of it's IS parishes, which CORE
spond to our counties. By the cut
ting of canals. which can be done at
a small cost on account Of the alluvial
soil, a vast network Of interlacing
waterways can Ike created. The riv-
ers and bayous are quite deep, 50 to
loo feet In depth being common. The
soil Is Of wonderful fertility. The
whole State IL aliuyial and made of
the richest portion of the n States
washed by the Mississippi and it's |
branches. All the low land will |
eventually be reclaimed and will
blossom like the rose. The State
could sustain a populate equal to
that of Holland. which has over 500 |
to the square mile. Western Penn
sylvania should have a deep interest |
la Louisiana, for It's development |
will open wide field for our coal.
iron, steel, pottery. glass and other
products. With a nine-foot stage ia |
the Ohio river these products can he
to Louisiana at one-eighth
of the present freight charge by rail.
On the other hand, their sugar, mo-
lasses. rice, salt aud lumber can be
brought up the river at less than one
third the cost Ut shipment by rail. |
Most Of the sugar goes now by water
to New York. 1t costs It's s3 80 per
ton to bring 1t by rail from New
York to Pittsburg. With a uniform
stage of water in the Ohio. it could
he brought from New Orleans to
Pittsbnrg at ~ 30 PER ton"
Rheumatism Makes Life Miserable,
A happy home is the most valuable |