Lower coast gazette., 1913-06-28
SATURDAY, JUNE %, 1912.
Our Shell Road and Prospective
Automobiles.

AuLUallUUisNo
THE n~rospects now seem to be for the COM
narativelv early completion of the Shell road TO
pointe a Ia Hache and the way the autonobl!es
will he- summing over that road within a few
months after it's completion will astonish very
MANY people. In the city OF New orleans Tue
automobiles now number over l50o ana the
lumber is constantly increasing as rapidly as
the roads are improving all over the state. we
note that south Of Mason ard Dlxons me
Georgia's name leads all the rest IN the maJter
of the possession of automobiles. Georgia USED
to he called the Empire State OF the South. IL
has a large. earnest, hard working population,
and vet the soil of Georgia doesn't compare
with that of Louisiana in its natural fertllty
nor in the lie Of the lands so far as sdaptatoh
TO cultivation is concerned. Georgia IS pre-
sumed to raise only about a hundred POUNDS OF
lint cotton per acre, which would seem TO
demonstrate the poverty Of its land as compar-
edsWiffl the richness of ours. during the last
twelve months Georgia is reputed 10 nave fseh
from i~tsrecord of Il, coo automobiles to 2o,OOo.
IN discussing the matter the Atlanta Journal
endeavors to discover the reason for this eaof-
nous holding g of automobiles. 1t inquiries as TO
whether or rot it is the greater prosperity OF
the people of that state, or their reckless ax-
trayagance or better roads. This last suggestion
IS one of the causes is significant. The journal
saws that a highway which a conservative horse
and driver accept as the best that can he ex-
gected. will be denounced by a man IN g motor
ar as a contriyance Of Satan, or more likely, as
an indication Of the shiftiessness OF the com
munity. The Journal makes the moral to all
this in saying that what the scorn and wrath
of DELAYED outsiders have not availed to accom-
plish, in making southern roads more nearly
what they should be, ought to follow In the
wake of the II ,000 automobiles ct tennessee,
10000 of Florida, the 1900 OF Alabama, the
$500 of Arkansas, the 7,GG0 Of North Carolina,
the COCO of Virginia and the 1900 OF Kentucky.
Let US add to this that the present l5oo au-
tomobiles in New Orleans and the approximate
1900 automobiles in the restof the state, or q
total Of 5000 will do more in the next year OF
Two to improve the roads Of this state than We
have any present conception of. we fancy that
practically every Lower Coast resident from
Grand Prairie up to the Phillips Canal at the
upper iuHG OIbffc pallcii VIZ pooh ~
mobilea and go spinning over the road to the ae-
light of himself and his flierGs ard, possibly,
to the terror of some who won't move rapidly
enough to get out Of the way. Cur readers VIII
remember Amelie Rives, Whohas done some pc
culiar writing, her most notable book perhaps
being the first one, THE Quick or the Dead
1t is well enough to keep that title in mlnd
when we are dealing with automobiles and de
teffmine which horn Of the dilemma represents
that. opportunity We shall take hold Of.
Seriously speaking, however, we can't he'll
being greatly by the shell road that IS now sp
preaching its completion. With that u%nseltistl
ness that should characterize all Ct us, we sin
cerely hope that our friends over on the Wes
bank will make up their minds to submit to tE'
necessary taxation and get tie shell road ffcn
the Cut Off Road below Algiers clear throusI
down into tide orange country. Such g road q
that side of the river Wo Id double the value Q
the property, adding many hundreds OF thous
andis CT dollars TO the wealth of cur people ali
nut us in constant communication with thous
ands of persons who would perhaps not other
wise know anything OF cur beautiful country.
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