St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-12-02
SOME Room ON
FOR OPELOUSAS
Big New Orleans Firm to Open Q
City Subdivision Here
Very Soon
LOCATION OF TRACT AS
YET rs KEPT SECRET
Early Drilling for Oil Draws IN
vestors Here From Other
Points and Big Things
Seem Certain


We received a very pleasant
call Wednesday evening from
Mr.. S. Aron, local representative
Of the Home Building and Realty
Company of New Orleans, the ae-|
tive head Of which concern IS
Mr. FL. S. Geron, who spent soalo
time in this city recently Mr..
Aron has been located here for
about month and states that he
is almost a permanent fixture in
this community.
Mr.. Aron's company has COM
pieted arrangements for the
up of a new city subdi-
vision at an early date, and to-
that end is perfecting plans ac-1
cordingly. The location OF this
subdivision is being kept secret
for the present but we under
stand that it lies west Of the city
limits. The date of the sale has
not yet been made public but Mr..
Aaron assured us that this IN
formation, as also che location OF
the land in question, will be CIV
en- to the public very soon.
He states that his company is
attracted here by the fact that
besides the early drilling for oil
the natural resources Of the
country is sufficient assurance
that we have here right at our
doors enough with which to build
a city Of real size and import
ance and to that end his com
pany will bend its energies and
resources. The active drilling for
oil on the Splane farm will start
within a few days, the derrick
having already been erected and
the machinery momentarily ex
peeted. Experts declare that
every indication points to the ex-
istence of oil beneath the surface
and with its final discovery an era
Of development strictly in keep
ing with this country will set IN.
He states that while native of
Germany he has lived in Atlanta
Ga, for the past twenty six years
and has seen that citythe s Chi
eago Of the South develop
from an inconsequential place to
the second largest municipality irl
the south. 1t is a manufacturing
center par excellence and the At
lanta spirit has a firm grip on
Mr.. Aaron and he Is determined
that a part of il any way shall
be turned loose here.
According to rumors irl eircn-
lation, there is to be q mighty
shake-up in the Gulf Coast Lines
and it is common talk that there
will be something doing with.
this vigorous young system Az an
early date. The location of the
division, roundhouse and mas
chine shops is said to be eontem
plated and if Opelousas is to Sc
cure these important acquisitions
it will have to hustle forEunlce
and other points on the main line
of the system have already laid
the groundwork Of q campaign toI
capture them.
Opelousas, according to Mr..
| Aaron, is the logical point Tor the
division, shops, etc, and his COM
panv intends to bend every ener-
gy toward securing them for us,
He proposes to organize cham
her of commerce in this city
which will actively promote not
only Opelonsas claims for reeog-
milton by the Gulf Coast Lines
| hut also secure for us, in the near
and distant future, other enter
prises which will rebound to the
unbuilding Of this city and ter
ritory.
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