St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1913-02-01
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BATON ROUGE
FUTURE PLAN.
Letter to Mr.. Smith from the
Tangipahoa Committee.
Anxious that Committee be-
Appointed to Confer.
Would Like Meeting to bel
Held in Hammond.
Road viii be rs Miles Long,
II in st. Tammany.
Anxious that Committee be
Appointed to Confer.
Would Like Meeting to be
Held in Hammond.
Road Will be rs Miles Long,
II in st. Tammany.

The following letter has been re.
ceived by Mr.. J. Louis Smith, who il
much interested in the building Of
the road from Baton Rouge to Coy
ington. This is . matter in which all
the people should be more or less
interested. Its completion would
mean much to this parish in a busi-
ness way and would open thoroug-
fare that would bring many tourists
here as we'll as allow our, own people
Rouge In family gatherings or pleas
ure parties. Committees should be
appointed to cooperate with the
other committees in getting the road
through:
Mr.. J. Louis Smith, Covington, La.
Dear Sir:-on Jan. Z, 1918, 3
meeting was held in Baton Rouge fOI
the purpoGe of discussing q proposed
model road from Baton Rouge to
COvington va Hammond. At this
conference the Florida Parishes Good
Roads Association was formed, which
was to have as its main object the
vXAAluA tV6OtAS1 VI kAAV0C AAtOA S0tN1S
In this proposed road and the ulti-..
mate building Of same. 1t was de-,
cided that In addition to the usual
.omcers' there should be . vice presi-9
dent and four members Of the Exectl-.
tive Com n1ftteo appointed from each
parish through which the fcud would
pass.
Now, the president Of this Associa
ton, Whcee duty it is to appoint these
Gentlemen. wishes to secure the most
active and ct the same time most in
fluentisl good rods advocates frol
each parish. And therefore as you
are far more familiar with your local
people than he is, he would like very
much to secure en- expression f1ca
you; first, as to whether this prorCs
ed road will meet with favor in ycu'
parish, and, second, as to five OF tt.e
very best men yot ccn suggest for
the positions named above.
After these appointm ents have
been made and accepted, we wou!c
like very much to meet committee
from your parish rgarding this road
the location mott suitable to your
people SO as to connect with the Tan
gipahoa link End any other matters
which may come up at the time
Now, II you think that this confer
ence would best be held before THESE
officers are named. such course
would be entirely satisfactory to ths !
Hammond committee, and we would
suggest tnat you get toeether COM
.mittee 10 confer with US along the
lines mentioned above.
We would suggest, in view OF the
train service, that it might be best
to hold our meeting IN Hammond, az
your committee would be able to
come over On the morning train, have
plenty of time to go thoroughly cve1
the entire situation and return or
the afternoon train. While should
the meeting be in Covingtcn It would
necessitate eht Hammond COMMITTEES
remaining over night.
Now, we feel that it is not neces'
sary to go into detail as to the bene'
fits to be derived from such an inter
parish road for oil concerned. The
opening up Of territory now little
seen or enjoyed, the great stimula-1
tive effect on all future good roads
projects, the bringing in Of strangers
who would otherwise not come to our
country and the great benefits to the
farming population In the various
parishes are all but q few OF the
farming many benefits to be derived
This road would be in the neighbor-
hood of IS miles long, Is miles in
East Baton Rouge Parish, 25 piles
in Livingston parish, Is miles in Tan
gipahoa parish, and II miles in your
(St. Tammany) parish. Thus your
good road workers will have strong
argument in favor of your people
building this east end of the road
q by building their II miles they
will derive the benefits OF the remain
ing IS miles which will be built by
the other parishes.
We sincerely hop ethat we will
have you with us in this move ant
that the meeting of these two COM
mittees. can be arranged in the neal
future.
With best wishes to you and trust.
ing that the already close friendshiI
now exhisting between the two cities
can be further cemented by this pro-
posed road, we are,
Very truly yours,
THE TANGIPAHOA COMMITTEE,
per l. s. West. President.
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