ITS ADVANTAGES! ITS CONDITIONS! ITS PROSPECTS I 



parish; Baton Rouge Jmu^tion, Riusly 

 Lauding and Port Allen, M'ost Raton 

 Rouge parish: Mariugouin, Fordoiho and 

 Ravenwood, Pointe Coupee parish; Mel- 

 ville, Goshen, Uosa and Morrows, St. 

 Ijandry parish; Bunlcie, Avoyelles parish; 

 Cheneyville, Lecompte, Lamourie, More- 

 laud, Alexandria, Kapides, Hoyce and 

 Lena, Rapides parish; Chopin, Derry, 

 •Cypress, Provencal, KobeHiie and Martha- 

 ville, Natchitoches parish; .Sodiis, Sabine 

 parish; Oxford, Manslield, Grand Cane, 

 "Gloster and Stonewall, De Soto parisli. 

 and Kelthville, Reiser, Shreveport, Jew- 

 «lla, Becks aud Greenwood, in Caddo par- 

 ish. 



The Southern Pacific Route.— This line 

 •extends from New Orleans in a westerly 

 direction, and has the following branches 

 leading from the main line: From 

 Schriever to Thibodaux, from Schriever 

 to Houma, from Baldwin station to 

 Cypremort, from New Iberia to Petit 

 Anse island (or Avery's Salt Mines), from 

 ■Cade's station to St. Martinville and 

 Breaux's Bridge, and an extensive line 

 from Lafayette to Cheneyville, connect- 

 ing there with the Texas Pacific Route. 

 and from Crowley to Buuice, in St. Lan- 

 dry parish. 



The Southern Pacific passes through 

 thirteen parishes, and the main line en- 

 ters the state of Texas at Echo station, 

 ■on the Sabine river. 



The most important stations in this 

 ■state are New Orleans; Gretna. I'owell, 

 Murragh and Jefferson, in Jelterson par- 

 ish; Boutte and des Allemands, St. 

 •Charles parish; Raceland, Ewings, Bous- 

 «©au, Schriever and Thibodaux, La- 

 fourche parish; Houma, Cliacahoula and 

 Tigervillc, Terrebonne parish; Gibson 

 ■and Boeuf, -Assumption parish; Ramos, 

 Morgan City, Berwick, Patterson, Rico- 

 hoc, Bayou Sale, Franklin, Baldwin, 

 •Gleucoe, Cypremort and Sorrell, St. Mary 

 parish; Jeanerette, Olivier, New Iberia, 

 Petit Anse, Segura and Burkes, Ilaerla 

 parish; Cades, St. Martinville and 

 Breaux's Bridge, St. Martin parish; Dn- 

 cbamp, Broussard, Lafayette, Scott, 

 and Carencro, Lafayette parish; Duson, 

 Rayne, Crowley, Bstherwood and Mer- 

 men teau, Acadia parish; Jennings, 

 Evangeline, AVelch, Lacassine, Iowa, 

 Chloe, Lake Charles, West Lake, Lock 

 Moore, Sulphur Mine, Edgerly, Vinton, 

 Sabine, Jacksonville and Echo, Calcasieu 

 parish; Grand Coteau, Bellevue, Opelou- 

 sas, Washington, Beggs, Garland, White- 

 vllle and Barbreck, St. Landry parish; 

 Milburn, Avoyelles parish, and Eola, 

 Haasville and Cheneyville, in Rapides 

 parish. 



The Kansas City, Gulf and Watkins 

 Railroad. — This line extends from Alex- 

 andria to Watkins, situated on the gulf 

 ■of Mexico, at the Calcasieu pass. 



It has branch roads leading from Bon 

 Air to Lake Charles and Grand Lake. 



It passes through three parishes, aud 

 its most important stations are Alexan- 

 dria, Anandale, Vllderouge, Forest Hill 

 and Glenmora, In Rapides parish; Oak- 

 dale, Oberlin, Kinder, Feuton, Iowa, Bon 

 Air and Lake Charles, in Calcasieu par- 

 ish, and Grand Lake and Watkins, In 

 <Jameron parish. 



The Houston, Central Arkansas and 

 Northern Railroad.— This road extends 

 from Alexandria, in a northeastern di- 

 rection, and enters the state of Arkansas 

 ■in the northeastern portion of Morehouse. 

 It pa-s-ses through six parishes, and its 

 •most important stations are: Alexan- 



dria, in Rapides parish; Pollock and 

 Dugdemona, Grant parish; Tullos and 

 Olla, Catahoula parish; Kelly, Grayson, 

 Bridges, Columbia, Riverton and Eureka, 

 Caldwell parish; Boser, Caplin, Monroe 

 and Sicard, Ouachita parish, and Col- 

 lins, Doss, Mer Rouge, Gallon, Bonita 

 and Jones, in Morehouse parish. 



The Texas, Shreveport and Houston 

 Railroad.— This line of railway extends 

 ill a southwestern direction from Shreve- 

 port aud eutei-s the state of Texas at 

 Logansport, on the Sabine river. 



It passes through two parishes and the 

 principal stations are Shreveport, Laroe- 

 en aud Kelthville, In Caddo parish, and 

 Preston, Keatchie, Longstreet and Lo- 

 gansport, in DeSoto parish. 



The St. Louis and Southwestern, or St. 

 Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railroad, 

 extends northward from Shreveport, aud 

 enters the state of Arkansas at Rudge 

 station, Bossier parish. 



The Important stations are Shady 

 Grove, BeutOH, Alder, Gernsheim and 

 Rudge, all in Bossier parish. 



The New Orleans and Northwestern 

 Railroad.— This line extends from Natchez 

 lu Collins' station, on the Housten, Cen- 

 tral Arkansas and Northern Railroad, and 

 passes through five parishes. 



The most important stations are VI- 

 dalia, Concordia, Frogmore and Tensas, 

 in Concordia parish; Greenville, Wild- 

 wood. Florence and Pecks, in Catahoula 

 parish; Bryan, Gilbert and Winusborough, 

 in Franklin parish; Archibald and Ray- 

 ville, in Richland parish, aud Collios, in 

 Morehouse. 



The Natchez. Red River aud Texas 

 Narrovv-Gauge Railroad extends from Vi- 

 dalia to Trinity through Concordia par- 

 ish. Principal stations, Vidalia, Sycamore, 

 and Trinity, in Concordia parish. 



The Baton Rouge, Grosse Tete and Ope- 

 lousas Railroad.- This line extends in a 

 westerly direction from Port Allen to 

 Rosedale. It is twenty-eight miles long 

 and lies within the confines of two par- 

 ishes. 



Its stations are Port Allen, in West 

 Baton Rouge parish, and Rosedale and 

 Musson, in Iberville parish. 



The Mississippi, Terres-aux-Boeufs and 

 Lake Railroad.— This line extends down 

 along the eastern coast of the Mississippi 

 river to Bohemia. 



It has a branch line from St. Bernard 

 station to Shell Beach, on lake Borgne, 

 and passes through three parishes. 



The stations are: New Orleans and 

 Jack.sonborough, in Orleans parish; Ver- 

 sailles, Arabi, Poydras, St. Bernard 

 Toca, Kenllworth, Reggio, Florisant and 

 Shell Beach in St. Bernard parish, and 

 English Turn, St. Clair, Stella, Mary, 

 Greenwood, Mouncella, Sordelet, Nero, 

 Pointe-a-la-Hache and Bohemia, in Pla- 

 quemines parish. 



The New Orleans, Fort Jackson and 

 Grand Isle Railroad.— This line extends 

 down the western coast of the Mississippi 

 river through two parishes. 



The principal stations being Algiers, 

 In Orleans parish, and For Leon, Con- 

 cession, Beiair, Myrtle Grove, Wood 

 Park and Grand Isle. 



The City and Lake Railroad extends 

 to Spanish Fort and the Pontchartrain 

 Railroad to West End. These are pleas- 

 ure resorts on lake Pontchartrain. 



The track-laying during the year 1893 

 In the state was on five lines and 

 amounted to 2036 miles of road. 



