The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1912-05-14

scarcely. II any, troubh In the town
Of Eanice for the mils AID shippers
to gss empty cara to leA, T. have
the cars placed or spotted promptly.
and to have them hauled est
In conclusion l win state that we.
Of Euilce, cannot but nv that We
were vastly beneHted n additional
railroads. Since We Uot busy after
the new ones we have transformed
our little cross roads town Of six hum
dred souls into a thriving little city
Of two thousand. and We are climb
ing rapidly. II you desire more in
formation l shall be glad to impart it.
With regards. I an.
Yours truly,
]. W. LYMAN.
So much for the merchants Of Eu-
nice. In your issue Of last week We
read q letter from a merchant of New
iberia which speaks for itself. l am
informed 1t was in reply to such an
inquiry as I made; l do not know II
such Is the case. But falling back
upon logic, does it not seem queer to
see New iberia, almost to . man.
vote for the new railroad II their ex-
perience with the one they have just
secured has been such . sad expert
ence? / should think 20. It IL known
of all men that New Iberia monkey
ed along with a promise Of the South
sern Pacific that some day the divis-
ion headquarters of that line would
be removed from Lafayette to New
pass via Abbeville to Midland; for
years these people were deluded with
this empty promise and the merch-
ants compelled to remain satisfied
with the poor and wrstched service
Ia the way of transportation facili-
ties as the one railroad was willing
TO give. Finally, becoming disguised
with existing conditions. they got
busy, like every other progressive
community in the land before them.
@ get more railroad facilities. To
learn il they are pleased with the
xesults, all one has to do ia to ask
them.
Taking up the matter Of the expe-
rience of Opelousas. We have this to
say: The parallel 10 not fair. First.
Opelousas had q vast territory which
che could not hope to hold eternally:
the forming Of E~vangeIlne Parish
was bound to take away from her .
large portion Of It at any rate. Sec
Ond, the towns OF Port Barre and
VIlle Platte were on the tine Of the
new railroad, within ten miles and.
by the very nature Of the conditions,
were bound to absorb some Of her
trade. No such towns exist on the
line Of the road we m trying T. .
cure st. Martinvills on one side
and Church Point on the other il
the line up, and neither one il going
to hurt us, while We viii get lots Of
trade from the intervening territory.
We have from your correspondent
m array Of figures covering the
amount We will have 70 pay each
day Tor e years to secure this new
srailroad. They look big In the aggre-
gate. but when one oonsiders that
fully half Of the amount will be paid
by nonresident taxpayers like the
Southern Pacific Railroad, the Lafa-
yette Sugar Refinery. and others. we
ind that the burden remaining.
when split up among the remaining
taxpayers amounts to about one cent
per diem or less. Horrible amount!
And all that for what? Well. It de-
ponds how you view things. Some
men. and we confess We : Of the
number, are progressive enough to
believe that our people need the adj
.ditional wages, salaries, pay rolls
and advantages the new road would
6ring: others insist that We must r .
main satisfied with what We have
md not go after more and better
things. entirely oblivious Of the tact
shat II our fathers had been Of the
same Tx We would stu be making
the trip to Berwick Bay and the Salt
Mines IN OK carts. and that with those
usthods Of looomotion II took six
dayp TO make the trip 70 New Or
Neans.
II conclusion We win consider the
xpnssy o. Your correspondent Why
I'D not the Frisco and Rock Island
x6rf1nne sthelr lines = LAfAystte. We
~ 1rank ana stats Inst ~ Do
I'D ~ assert that your
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