St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-09-09

ago as ne cOulQ remember anu Adu
gathered more strength and enthusi-
asm at each presentation of the sub
ject. That it must be built and the
sooner the better. We should make
uo our minds that it can and shall
be done, by united action exhaust
ling every resource in our power.
| That with st. Tammany parish, with
$G.000,000 worth of property and
! $1,000,000 deposited in her banks,
! and New Orleans with $4,000 600 in
her banks, it would be q libel on
our people to suggest that we could
not build it. Twenty years ago st.
Tammany parish was assessed at ST.
0o0,0 900; to-day it is assessed So
100000. This increaae is but
shadow of what may be expected
twenty years to come.
If $1,50O,000 can be raised be-
tween New Orleans and st. Tammany
parish, bonds can be issued and the
road can be built. The brains OF
5 900, 900 people were busy on the
subject. Who would say that it
could not be accomplished.
He said that the proposition Of
Mr. Beck was feasible undertaking.
Organize railway company. Build
motor line, get options on the land
alcng it's route and sell the land at
profit, taking stock in payment.
With a million and a half paid In,
issue four or five million dollars
worth of bonds. The bridge would
pat 10 per cent dividends on the In
vestment. If three or four hundred
thousand dollars could be raised in
st. Tammany parish, New Orleans
would match it with half a million
OF more The State would be willing
to contribute from 100000 to AGO.
600. The people would not be asked
to put up one dollar until $1,5OOO,-
600 had been subscribed and certi-
| fed to by the governor and the mayor
of New Orleans. That not a man or
woman has. imagination enough to
picture the progress of st. Tammany
after the bridge is built. He said
there had been loss of $1oO, O00
| annually in travelling on the railroad,
counting lost time at 10 cents per
hour; and loss of 100000 in
cost of mileage.
! H. CLAY RIGGS.
Mr.. H. Clay Riggs was introduced
as the man who had done more than
any other for progress of st. Tam
many parish.
Mr.. Riggs said that we never have
q bridge meeting without rain, but
That he did not think it had damp.
ened the ardour of the people any
That passenger traffic over the pro-
lrcsed bridge was an insignificant
thing in comparison with other re
/ sources and the great benefits to be
derived. That three corporations
lad drawn a dead line beyond which
no other road could approach. That
IF cost $14 per car to get service
That in the mean time there were
railroads east and west of us anxi
oGsly seeking an opportunity to ge1
into New Orleans. That the build
ing of this threatens fourteen miles
of terminals; that but three corpora
items can get their cars into New Or
leans without paying tax of ST.
per car. That one to two thousant
cars would pass over the bridge ever.
day. The revenues would pay fol
the bridge
MIR. Riggs favored the Belt Line
of New Orleans, as the logical build
er of the bridge. That above al
things the bridge should not get int
the hands of private company. Mu
nicipal ownership was the only wa,
: by which New Orleans would be re
leased from the grasp of the fey
corporations that owned the valua
BILE franchises of the city and tha
would eventually control the bridg
and shut out other roads seekin
| entrance into New Orleans, by pun
chasing a controlling interest in tn
e stock of any private company.
! ). E. GLIssoN.
! Mr. Glisson has been one of tn
j active workers for the bridge. H
e said that he was glad to express hi
e approval of and interest in tn
V bridge. That if left to us alone tn
e bridge would be built, and built i
+ shcrt order. We must not be lie
e astray by strange gods. That he di
e NOT care who built it as long as W
t got the bridge That when it wa
y built he would be able to go to h
: business in New Orleans and retur
!. t1 his home in Abita every day.T hs
was what large number of peopl
I wanted; to be able to conduct bus
$ pess in New Orleans and to come |
e their homes on this side of the lake
bai we must not be carried away
strange gods and wilderness /
It difficulties. He was opposed to th
II Belt Line proposition, because he di