New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1911-01-21
RAILROAD ACTIVITY,

RAILROAD ACTIVITY,
Aunther Louisiana railroad.
which is believed ~ transp"r'a-
4 nom circles to h" part 81 the
Frisco system. ~ tn" sam" man
nor 40 the New Iberia aud North
o.utnru limo - 50 connected. - be
mo projected by Y NJ Weloh,
formerly Of this city where ne
WAC IMMIGRANT agent Tor tue
Gould lines MIR Weloh promoted
tho New Iberia road aud pat u
throqiuh q remarkably short tune.
IIo always denied that his work
vaa done ~ the Interest 81 Tue
FRISCO lines but his competitor
wcra not backward ~ saying th''
H. was the agent Of the i'''-
yonI,utn combination ~ N
lmr tha New lhorla limo was com
ulctcd if was sad f. be the p0'
uuen Of the Frisco lines I" put
through sores of roads IN lou
,a,aun 50 rs to make # network
of branch lines much the same rs
r,,gc allied with the Hartman
system. :,
That this Is being proved Is thr
hplIrf If railroad men from ~"
announcement made yesterday mat
Nj Wclrh promoting = In" Wv
nrIca IN length frpm Donaldson
,lIo ~ loreylIlr Whether fliE
% FOR tho Frisco ar the Kansas
cav Southern j. not known. but
II rs stated that II is probably tor
tho former IN fact 4 IS now be
II,aycL here that the llawl"v lines
and The HI Noakum llnog are ~
tho Same combination. 81" that y
would not ho strange u nv
WcIch were working ~ the inter
este Of both
Mr. WoIrh Is announced rs the
proq,,lcut Of the lnluurrhr Valley
and Gulf road which IS t" be the
nnmc If the NOW line u IS be
lIcyrI hv many that tn" object
IF fine road will he to connect The
Kansas CITY, Southern with the
Texas and Pacific. which IS the
only road INTO n"nalds"nvlll'
This also gives color to tho l'l'l-
YonItun interests being behind the
IraI for # IS known that the
,,ouII lines arc about to become
the property Of the allied systems
The construction ot the new Inc
viii be- commenced as soon rs pos
sihlr and II IS expected th''
within u year il will he well to
wards completion The line viii
uiyo tho Hill Noaku,n- llawloy IN
forests a direct road from Kansas
CITY to NV Orleans. something
which has been coveted for q long
time.
More than y year AGO it was an
nounccd that surveyors were
work LAYING out \ right 81 way
for the Kansas Chtv Southern
from Lrpsyille to New Orleans
Shortly after that the president
Of the Uawley line stated IN An
interview given out here that his
line was seeking an entrance over
IT'S own rails into New Orleans
lcesvilc ia on the Lake Charles
division of the Kansas City South
eru, which runs from Shreveport
where il connects with the main
line. II is in Vernon parish and
IN the heart Of fine timber coun
try. The proposed line will run
through rich farming. grazing
and timber section. opening Tor
development n section which has
hut Few lines. Some Of the towns
touched will never have seen a
railroad until the line is built to
them.
The new line will be an import
ant feeder to New Orleans. and
when completed will he the first
direct connection with Kansas
City over the lines Of a single syS-
tenn. It is believed that the llaw-
lev interest have been dealing
with real estate people here for
terminals. and it is not imrroh-
able that some big deals of that
character will NV announced in
the near futurc.-Pic