St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-05-28
EXPLOITING CONVICTION,

The Womens Progressive Union now has
in hand the exploitation Of Covington.
There are interested in this movement
the New Orleans Great Northern Railroad
Company and the Queen and Crescent Route
These roads cannot fail to be of benefit to
Covington.
Mrs. Bodebender, secretary of the Union,
tin, assistant general passenger agent of the
of the New Orleans Great Northern at New
Orleans, acknowledging receipt Of literature,
which he will forward to Mr.. Rinearson, Of
the Queen and Crescent Route at Cincinnati.
Mr.. Auburtin asks to be furnished with any
encloses letter from Mr. Rinearson, which
reads as follows:
''Your favor of the 18th received The
trouble with Gulf Coast and also with the
City of New Orleans, as people freely told
me when | got down there IS that neither
is at all suitable to any delicacy Of lungs,
the climate being too moist. In fact, from
what I myself heard and saw, would con-
slider this dry pine belt such as Covington,
far ahead in it's recuperative powers of the
regions further south.
Then at Covington there is variety of
the beautiful little streams Tchefuncta,
Bogue Falaya and Abita, with fine fishing,
and Lake Pontchartrain only ten miles away,
which can be reached by the railroad, river
or motor line. Good boating and fishing ap-
peals, as you know, to a good many people;
but my first object was to have better
known place, such as this had proved to be,
where health may, in many cases, be rapidly
gained, and the knowledge of it seemed
to me insufficienlty advertised and a
matter which could be very we'll taken up
= by your road in which we have financial
knterest both direct and indirect
There is also, as perhaps you know,
boat each day, of course small one, from
Covington down the Tchefuncta river to
New Orleans, crossing from Vaudeville to
the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain.
'All these features combine, as it seems,
to make an unusually favorable spot
AS | said in my previous letter, [ have no
financial interest in the matter (present or
prospective), but its advantages appealed
very strongly to me-
Mr.. Rinearson only repeats what is we'll
known in this section. Covington as health
resort and as renewer of rundown energy
is unequaled, not only in the South, but in
any section we know of. The following let
ter was also received by the secretary of
the Union from Mr.. Geo. H. Smith, assist
ant general passenger agent Of the Queen
and Crescent Route at New Orleans:
Il have your favor of May 2lst A we'll
written and illustrated pamphlet not too
large, setting forth the advantages of st.
Tammany parish and Covington, which can
be distributed through the ticket offices in
the North, is perhaps the best thing that
can be suggested. | realize that the ques-
ton of exploitation Of the advantages of st.
Tammany parish is difficult one, owing to
the fact that you have not the class Of hotel
accommodations which will largely attract
the Northern tourist. But it is likely that
as result of your campaign of education,
with reference to the advantages of St.
Tammany parish, may be the upbuilding of
your hotel accommodations"
The st. Tammany Steamship Company
will in few days be running two good size
steel hull boats between Vaudeville and
New Orleans, connecting with Covington
via the Motor line. One boat has speed of
twelve knots an hour, draft of five feet,
and accommodations for $50 passengers.
Under the management of DR.. J. Harvey
Dillon, who has just leased it, the Southern