The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1908-03-07
New
Railroad
II q. ". fROTz MAX.
|IgG ARRANGEM 4 ENTS
mild Independent Connecting
fine From Melville to
Kr0tz Springs.

KrOtZ Springs.
spt, {. w. Krotz of Melville,
aid Defiance, Oh@, was in
itv last week with good news.
y thread news.
4 hptain Krotz has spent the
feW months in Defiance, Ohio,
Ing arrangements to build a
had from Melville to Latanier,
Erotz Springs, a distance of
me miles on the ST. Landry
sof th6r Atchafalaya river, that
serve as an Independent con-
fng line, giving Krotz Springs
facilities enjoyed by a town
has competing lines entering
His is to afford the Krotz
Ines Land and Mineral Well
npany, Of which Captain Krotz
President and principal stock
HID, a better and larger outlet
their mineral water, which they
apose to place on the market as
M as the Frisco has established
aIlar service in and through
anier, or Krotz Springs.
NE have published from time to
np The details of the great work
at Captain Krotz has accom-
fhed, and is still doing; how,
TIL organizing a company to
he for oil at Iatanier and sink
ga well, struck a flow of mineral
sater, that, after analysis, was
&und to be superior to the stand
ard waters that are on the mafket
lay, and most of our readers are
Eare Of the reputation Captain
autz has asre town founder and
pKn builder, but a brief resume of
1le splendid success that has
pHned his efforts in eastern ST.
l.andry in six years will not be
|llss, and should earn for him the
|dmiration and gratitude of every
ariotic citizen in this entire par
Leaving his Defiance, Ohio,
lnrae seven years ago, he came
puth on the lookout for invest
cent opportunities. After investi-
ting the industrial conditions
% opportunities of many of the
Eter Southern States, he visited
pulslalla and St. Landry parish.
mere his far-seeing eye told him
aat be had found what he sought.
e searched no further, convinced
aat here in eastern st. Landry
y the Mecca Of his hopes. Mag
lilcent forests of hardwood TIM
q Unknown to the ak of the
oadnlail, was the waiting fortune
tlle man who had the foresight
n acumen to develop it, and ac-
'pt the gifts that Mother Nature
III 80 laVishly IN waiting for him.
II IS an unnecessary repetitiblf
J TELL again in detail all this man
conpllshed in Melville how,
adIIlg it a small hamlet, the home
g few fishermen who drew their
7lflg from the mighty eriver by
en- how he built and developed
- 2 mill and railroad center the
lendld town of Melville, of
aleh he is known as the father.
70 Captain Krotz also is due the
saf strides in the values Of land.
nen he came to Melville, land in
aI 3! y1clnit ty and on the west bank
tile river south of Melville could
pure chased for 81 an acre, which
y considered a very good price
!. tilat time. Today the same land
Is readily for at from $40 to $25
acre, and this is but indicated
ie real value, for with the
ming Of this new railroad, and
E aatkral growth incident to the
ezlnlty Of the Rock Island
3sco system, and the completion
t1e hotel and resort that is to be
eesed at Krotz Springs, and for
Aen the necessary financial aid !.
! Deen put up BY the Defiance,
~ friends OF Captain Krotz,
q thus evidence splendid faith
alls projects, the paradise seen
the poet s eye six years ago be-
ales 2 reality and a magnificent
4 3.n9urllent to the zeal and energy
pt. G. w Krotz.