The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1907-05-25

encouraging HnH HfIpfhE nnv tie
fa'',oad, within tpasonaple bound
~ tor instance, to help de.,ny Tie ey
penaea ~ tracing the beet route ol
! tanning The richt of way. etc hu
when y comes to imposing a. extra
tax on the people tn bu,Id a rail,oa.
10 5e a1terup,ie Given over ton fy
capitalists, We see no fairness IN IN
proposition.
We take The position that. Will.
railroads deserves tho goodwill an.
cooperation ~ the people, vet il IL
paving Investment Tor ~ owners. ~,
the people should not he expected :,
build u 1T thei, expense.
" the capitalists who are benin
the new line feel that H. would n,
nay them 10 build il with tI,ei, own
money, then We cannot see how tho,
can consistently ask the people to haz
zard their hhrI earned dollars ia
risky investment
| But to ua II is plain that those COP
'ta',sts are trying the modern human
attribute OF getting all Que can got
out Of ones neighbor without paving
Tor y, and If they can get the hard
working people to build them a uice
new railroad. 10 much the better fo,
them not the people
The parish and town are ready 10
welcome and encourage any new mil
road desiring to pass here, aa was
done IN the past. but the scheme oi
bu'dening the people with the whole
expense Of building the line ia su,e To
be 'kotked IN the head" ~ II deserves
l'rea"S Bridge Valley ~ the rechc.
IL our friends of Hrcamx Bridge
will only take the trouble 10 study
~" history of our mighbor, the
town Of Thibodcaux. in the matter
~ railroad building. they will
learn lesson that may save fm
'"fe regrets, coupled with cxmm
i've efforts TO undo the past.
When Chas. Morgan projected
he Morgan's La. and Tex. Railroad
westward from Algiers, nearly a
'a't century ago, Thibodcaux
bought that the railroad people
zero unreasonable ~ their cxpcc
atoms and demands Tho little
'ty adopted the same policy voic
d in the above article "The railroad
e"ple must build their own enter
RES without the aid Of this pco
''e. They cannot ignore or dodge.
=. Asw must pay for all we
ct the railroad must pay for all
gets-it must pay for ali
= privileges Of doing busi
css etc" That policy worked
at not a. Thibodeauxians expect
4. A slight detection in the line
ariied the road south OF that
TOM Using city.
Years afterwards Thibodcaux
bbent and offered rights Of way
yer front sites. and bonuses to
'e railroad company az aninduce
ent to have a plantation switch 4
ttendcd into the town aud Opcr /
ed as a branch line from Schricy
IhIbodeaux has not only paid
much for the "branch' AZ the
hin limo would have cost, but IL
III paying an extra passenger
riff for tho privilege Of travel
x over that . miles Of a branch
licb they were Iatterly willing to
Ip build. And there ~ no relief
sight for this condition, the re.
i Of . mistaken policy. The
ole future Of that town will
\ the results Of that early tct
ich the townspeople themselves
er on. condemned and attempt
to correct IN far a. lay in their !
yer. Their liberality came al
wrong end Of the game, and as
ch as they will, they cannot
ng to themselves now "the
,bt have been"
'atchitochcs and Minden, La, -
Natchez, Miss. can add q deal
valuable testimony about the No
cts Of turning down or knock. for
IN the head railroad Oppor- ant
tiles. Ask them today If they tn
I'd like to undo the pasti The, W.
Today "switch towns" and il the
be said Of them, that they are Tho
Ut peaceful and happy, and bus
very little commercial sud
,ry." viii
lreveport changed her policy Mr.
= ago after her 0rat mistake -
~ tho greatest railroad center :
. state today The condition "'H'
'ost her nearly $l,OOO.OOO Of ~"
'eople's money and strange to ""'
If II il q had no,,o,n -. ing,