St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-01-21
FRISCO IS PROJECTING
new LINES in La.
F. M. WeIGh Promoting A Read from Donald :
ssnViIIe TO LessVlIIe.
SERVICE FROM MEXICO TO N 0
II Is Said that the Grsat Road Is Contemplate
ing DIRIBg Car and Other
Modern Service.

authenticated, that the Frisco
railroad will shortly inaugurate
a modern service from Mexico tx
New Orleans. Dining cars, Pull,
mans, and other conveniences
will be afforded the travelling
pnblic. 1t is said that this ser,
vice will be commenced some,
time next month, and will in
clude t h Colorado Southern,
New Orleans & Pacific Railroad
"a branch of the Frisco System)
which goes through Opelousas.
The run from Opelousas to New
Orleans, it is said, will be made
in less than four hours.
Other news concerning Frisco
improvements is given in the
following article from the Times
Democrat of last Tuesday:
Another Louisiana railroad,
which is believed in transporta-
ton circles to be a part of the
Frisco system, in the same man
ner as the New Iberia and North
eastern line is so connected, is
being projected by F. M. WEIGH,
formerly of this city, where he
was immigrant agent for the
Gould lines. Mr.. WEIGH pro-
NOTED the New Iberia road and
put it through in a remarkably
short time. He always denied
that his work was done in the
interest of the Frisco lines, but
his competitors were not back
ward III saying that he was the
agent for the Hill Yoakum COM
bination. At the time the New
Iberia line was completed it was
said to be the purpose of the
Frisco lines to put through a
series of roads in Louisiana so as
to make it a net work of branch
lines much the same as those
allied with the Hartman system.
That this is being proved is
the belief of railroad men from
the announcement made yester-
day that Mr.. WEIGH is promoting
ing a line $50 miles in length
from Donaldsonville to Leesville.
Whether this is for the Frisco or
the Kansas City Southern is not
known, but it is stated that it is
probably for the former. In fact
it is now believed here that the
HaWley lines and the Hill Yoak-
um lines. are in the same combi-
nation, so that it would not be
strange if Mr.. Welch were work
ing in the interests of both.
Mr.. Welch is announced as
the President of the Lafourche
Valley and Gulf road, which is
to be the name of the new line.
It is believed by many that the
object Of the road will be to con
meet the Kansas City Southern
with the Texas and Pacific,
which is the only road into Don
jacksonville. This also gives color
to the Hill Yoakum interests be-
ing behind the deal, for it is
known that the Gould lines are
about to become the property of
the allied systems. The construc-
ton of the new line will be COM
menced as soon as possible, and
it is expected that within a year
it will be we'll towards compile
ton. The line will give the Hill
Yoakum-Hawley interests a d.
rect road from Kansas City to
New Orleans, something which
has been coveted for a long time.
More than a year ago it was
announced that surveyors were
at work laying out a right of way
from the Kansas City Southern
from Leesville to New Orleans. !
Shortly after that the president
Of the HaWley line stated in an
interview given out here that his
line was seeking an entrance over /:
it's own rails into New Orleans.
is on the Lake Charles
division of the Kansas City South
9rn which runs from Shreveport, )
where it connects with the main
Inc. 1t is in Vernon parish and
n the heart of a fine timber
,ountry. The proposed line will
'un through a rich farming, !
grazing and timber section, open
ng for development a section
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