New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1910-12-31
OUTLOOK BRIGHT FOR INTER
URBAN LINE.

tItU w.. tbliitl.td III Now VI
leans. wei known here. visited eu
City this week with some othe
gentlemen. interested IN buldin
trolley line in this Parish. wit
New Iberia as the hub or connect
ing link. According to statement
made by Mr.. Crosby. who ha
been urgently at work for man.
months trying to promote troll
ley line in this vicinity since tn
organization of the Company. tn
prospects are to-day very hrigh
for realizing his mission. q
course everything will dcpen'
upon the local encouragement
given by the residents of thi
City and the owners of propert,
along the route travcrsed by tn
obey. II is useless for us t.
dwell upon the advantages de
rived from Il trolley road con
nectinN Now iberia with the
country rs every man, woman an'
child in the Parish know just t.
what extent their holdings vii
be benefited.
We take occasion, however. t.
reproduce the subioined article
from the pen of Mr.. G. l.. Sykes
which appeared in the South
western Electrician, showing wha'
the development Of interurbar
railways mean to the State OF
Texas:
"The Indians marching in sin
gle file gave the first public high
ways by trails in the prairies ano
pathways through the forests
Later came civilized man across
the plains and over The mountains
in the weather beaten prairie
schooner. and still later in the
process of development our fore
fathers enjoyed the luxury of the
numbering stage coach, drawn by
eight or more horses encased in
heavy harness and gaily decorat-
ed with many plumes and CANDY
ribbons. Then twenty-five miles
Travelled in single day was Il
commendable feat and brought
forth from the passengers MANY
praises for the driver on his abi,-
itv to land the coach with its load
of human freight in safety after
SO marvellous a speed record.
Then still later in the march of
progress came steam railroads..
which have acted as the advance
guard of civilization and prog
ress; but development never eeas
es. and today we have the in,
terurban."
Benjamin Franklin in the eigh-
teenth century with his kite and
string drew the lightning from
the clouds and bottled it. In the
nineteenth century a hundred
years later. Thomas Edison and
other inventors harnessed it. and
advancement has been 50 rapid
that We are accustomed to. achieve
ments which in other days would
have been miracles. and today tbs
electric spark is the blessing of
man. lighting cities, driving the
wheels Of commerce, propelling
cars over steel rails throughout
cities and, from city to. city, pot
only annihilating rural distances
by bringing urban communitiesIh
close touch with one another. but
making the country a part Of the
town and-.the town a part of the
country.
This is essentially the age of
clectricity-the electric age
golden with. its possibilities for
men. The possibility of human
happiness and development is gissl
en- its greatest exemplification in
the trolley car"
Wherever the Interurban Goes It
Rsvolutionixes Things.
The interurban car has opened
M a new life to man. 1t has
placed the man in the business of
flee in close communion with ma
ture. II has broadened the areas
of our great cities. relieved con
eestion in our centers of popula-
ton by extending the residenc,
sections, making it possible for
rich or poor to live in close com
muhion with nature the year
round. In Gods great out OF
doors. always under the dome Of
heaven. in the arena Of the uncon
fined horizon. has man been able
to work and play at his best, and
20 it ever will be.
Business a. Affected by Inter
urbans.
Take two from four in any part
OF the world and you have two
left. Not so. however, where the |
trolleys weave their twentieth |
century spells. Part Of the gift |
to all alike is the wealth created
by interurban roads. In |
crease in the value Of farm and |
truck lands from one TO five hun
1red fold, and the increase in |
value of a thousand products of
he farm and dairy. which slow
freight or express service limited
70 . local market. and the adj
vance in value Of suburban prop
'rty made accessible for resi-
lences.
New demands. new appetites.
lew tastes are created by every
rip to the city. and all these con-
ribute to the forward drive
'usiness. both city and rural. No
stimate can be made Of the edu-
a.ional effect these city trips are
'ound to have on rural buyers.
contact with city crowds give the
sost conservative men and women
cw standards by which they
udge the things they wear. EveryI