The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-01-27
NUMBER rs
ALLUVIAL LAND COnPAN|Es.I
VIII Reclaim $1,000 Acres in st.
Bernard Parish for Farm Dev=l-
opment.

Land companies organized by b..
=. chappuis of New Orleans will de-
velop $1,000 acres of land in ST.
Bernard parish, about 25 miles from
that city. Mr.. Chappuis, president of
the companies, telegraphs the Manu-
facturers Record as follows:
Louisiana Alluyial Lands Co.
oooo; Alluvial City Land Co., Is, 600;
Alluvial Land Co., 10000; total, 81
oOO acres of wet lands to be re.
claimed under ten subdrainage 4 ,s-
trlcts, each approximately 5000 acres,
all under my control as president
and general manager for five years:
no speculation will be ENCOURAGED:
only idea is to locate within five
years at least 5000 10-acre farms;
cost OF reclamation will average $50
per acre. to be paid by said sub
drainage districts: reclamation bonds
based on an acreage tax Of not more
tnan ~ per acre under recent Iegis-
lative act
Referring further to this import
ant enterprise, Mr.. Chanpuis is
quoted as follows
We will build good roads through
these units, the terminus of which
will be Canal street. We will open
up naVigable canals within reach of
each little farm, which will connect
with Lake Borgne, with the city by
way OF Bayou st, John and the West
End Canal, and with the harbor of
New Orleans by way of the Lake
oil IL
towns. The Frisco Railroad Company
will extend its tracks, build =depots
and produce concentrating sheds,
and will supply just as many express
refrigerator cars as can be used TO
advantage in transporting the pro-
ducts Of these farms to the markets
Of st. Louis, Chicago and other
cities. There will be complete co
operation between our companies, the
people of st. Bernard. the Frisco
Railroad and the consuming mark Its
Of the north
Last summer I spent four months
in the neighborhood Of Boston. |
spent those four months in the
factories, in the factory settlements.
~ foenes es etsa nlas5sss
among the French Canadian So be-
greatest lovers of the soil on the
American eontinent-Who are work
ing there.
"I talked with their leaders, told
them of the bottomless alluvial soil
of Louisiana, of the ease with which
our lands may be drained, Of The
system of navigable canals all lead
ing to the harbor Of New Orleans,
which we install as part Of each
drainage unit.
s.Then told them that | Wonld 3
soon be in position to sell them
ten-acre tracts of this land at s100
an acre, on easy installmealts.
aThe effect on these men was
and let me tell you we will
no difficulty whatever in
drawing many and many q family
from the factory districts OF New
England just as soon as we are in
q position to deliver drained farms
to them.
1--WE will first open up. 6O00 acres
as an experimental farm, not be-
cause the fertility of the soil re-
auires proof, because abundant proof
IL that fertility has already been
but to hasten Development
work in a hundred ways. Our engi-
neers are now on the ground, and
heir instru tions are to draw their
1lans with The sole idea of giving
he ten-acrt> farmer who will cult
rate these is1lds the best opportunity
or success any farmers had any
fita yunrfT -
9 It is stated that arrangements have
,een completed for financing this
enterprise and that $780,
100 is now availabie for beginning
developments, the money being fur
lished by New Orleans and Chicago
capitalists.