i"i^;i^;JgtS^ .. .^^'V V o >*\.i:;;^,\ .c°^.i^^^^°o .,**\^^;^,v /.'j^>'^°o .-.*\-j^'. "<. :. '-^^0^ r ^^-^-K '^O'^ V » 1 * ' -^^d* '- J"^)^^ \ ^°/^^'>- ./*i^^^\ /.'J-^:.'"^. 4 o •1 o St. Bernard I^arish, Louisiana ITS NATURAL RESOURCES AND )) ^ i ADVANTAGES » <( Published by Authority of the PARISH IMMIGRATION LEAGUE St. Bernard, P. O., La. OFFICERS : Sebastien Roy, President, - Arabi P. O., La. G. E. GiLLis, Vice-President, Poydras P. O. , La. Alcide Gutierrez, Secretar) , St. Bernard P. O. , La. J. C. BOURG, Treasurer, - St Bernard, P. O., La. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: ALBERT ESTOPINAL, E. E. Nunez, - - - MATT. Reuter, - - Wm. F. Roy, - - - Benite Ojeda, - - Albert Estopinal, Jr., Jas. D. St. Alexandre, LoviNSKi Nunez, - - Estopinal P. O., La. - - Arabi P. O. , La. - - Arabi P. O., La. - - Arabi P. O., La. - - Poydras P. O., La. - St. Bernard P. O., La. - St. Bernard P. O., La. St. Bernard P. O., La. tl Historical Sketch of St, Bernard Parish, I ' HE Parish of St. Bernard was among the earliest ■*■ settled localities in the Territory of Louisiana. Its first inhabitants were the hardy pioneers who came to these shores with De Bienville when he removed the seat of government from Mobile to the present site of the City of New Orleans, and founded theinfant colony which in the course of years developed into a queenly metropolis. The history of St. Bernard Parish dates back to the year 1 718, and a few years after, there were established plantations of indigo and later on, sugar cane was introduced, and to two citizens of the Parish, Mendes and Solis, must be given the credit of having first planted sugar cane in this State; while to another planter, Mr. Coiron, belongs the distinction of having first cultivated the ribbon cane. Judge Gayarre in his History of Louisi- ana, speaking of Etienne de Bore's sugar-making, says that Mr. De Bore borrowed from Mendes and Solis, the cane from which he succeeded in making sugar of satis- factory quality. Among the early settlers of St. Bernard Parish were: The Elisberts, owning a plantation, where now is the Crescent City Stock Yard and Slaughterhouse Company; the Frerets, the Bienvenus, Lewises, Chalmettes (one of whose fair women placed the laurel wreath on General Jackson's brow, when he returned as conqueror of the British invaders); the Villavasos, Roys, Guichards, Delarondes, Lacostcs, Villeres, Chiapellas, Wederstrands, Ducros, De Clouets, Montgomerys, St. Amants, Janins, Cucullus, Treme, Peyroux, LeBeau, Darcautel, whose descendants are among the best citizens in this State. About half a century after the settlement of the Parish, grants were given by the French Government to Celestin Chiapella, and to Antoine Philipon; and a few years later (1 773- 1 784), Philipon received grants from Spain. Magloire Guichard was another grantee in 1765. Bernard Mandeville de Marigny, a distinguished Chevalier of France was granted large tracts of land in the Parish on condition that he colonize them. To effect this project, a number of colonists were brought over from Canary Islands, in 1788; and many also came over from France. Among the families that settled in St. Bernard at that time were the Devilliers, Youngs, Villeres, Toutants, Beaure- gards, Ducros, De Clouets, Allards, Reauds, Guttierrez, Reggios, Estopinals, St. Germains, Nunez, Hernandez, Marreros, Solis, Mendes, Lopez and Queridas. The Parish was incorporated in 1807 by Act of Territorial Legislature. The site of the present Courthouse was donated by Vincent Nunez, and after the destruction by fire, of that edifice, the terms of Court were held at the Stock Landing. Later, a new Courthouse was erected on the site of the old one. mrmn ' i r iTmnrrfiTmi iimiiiiiiilllr^iilllHl! Touching the early history of St. Bernard, it should be borne in mind that to Pedro Solis and Mendes this State owes a debt of everlasting gratitude, for having supplanted the unsatisfactory crops of indigo by the imperial staple, sugar-cane. Solis and Mendes, in spite of failures and disappoint- ments, persisted in their efforts to manufac- ture sugar, until they did succeed in a measure. It was this partial success that induced De Bore, an energetic and enterprising citizen of means, who convinced of the practicability of Mendes' methods, adopted them, staked all he possessed in the venture and won. Louisianians will always look upon those men as their greatest citizens and benefactors. St. Bernard Parish has yet another claim to fame. It was on the plains of Chalmette in J8J5, that was fought the short and de- cisive battle in which the Americans under General Jackson, defeated the British inva- ders. The Americans lost a few men, while the enemy mourned the death of 1500 to 2000, including their leader. General Paken- 111 1 ham. Ill '^^^ Chalmette Monument marks the place III where this great battle was fought. In this Parish there is, also, the Union Soldiers' Cemetery, with its 12,000 graves of men who lost thier lives in the gigantic struggle between the States in J 86 1 -65. The plantation house above the site of the Chalmette Monument is the Beauregard place, formerly belonging to the family of the great General, native of the Parish, who fired the first shot of the Civil War. After being in Ik -y- ^^ possession of Dr. Bonzano for years, it passed again into the hands of the descendants of Beauregard, and is now owned by the Frisco Railroad. Dr. Bonzano was superintendent of the Mint at the time the war began and escaped into the Union lines with the dies. This place marks the site of Jackson's head- quarters and the upper line of the National Cemetery is a parallel of his battle line on that momentous occasion. Between this cemetery and the city are many historic homes, the Le Beau mansion, the Bemiss place, the Cavaroc home, one of the oldest settlements in rural Louisiana and all about this spot, where South- ern jungle and tremblant prairies merge yon- der into the restless Gulf of Mexico, is famed in many a story and romance, for here have passed up and down for almost two hundred years, they, who built homes, made love and married and died. Not a mile from the cemetery stand the ruins of a house where the wife of a Czar died in sorrow and poverty. Not far from the Cemetery, and beside a neglected little graveyard, stand four walls of brick, and behind the walls a grove of pecan trees, and on the river side, a double row of oaks, magnificent as any in this beautiful country. In 181 5 a house stood in all its glory of fine Italian marble and resplendent gardens, known as the Palace of Versailles, and built by the DeLaronde, ancestors of the Ducros. It was the headquarters of General Packenham, a brother-in-law of the man who conquered the great Napoleon at Waterloo. No haunt of the American Waterloo troubled him then, but if yon walls could talk, they might tell of his plans of triumph; there he had '^eworl^dhs^^ m\i mil ::m r ' HI! Mm ■ '■ j. i- ^ SMtt^^^m r ili,„,i^^:M ready a printing press to proclaim his Government in the South, there in after days he lay groaning on his death bed, the dream of Empire o'er! To the right, by the river, back of the' house on the Mercier Place, stand four oaks, known generally as the Packenham oaks. They have been painted and pictures of them adorn the salons of the rich the world over. A cannon ball lodged in the tree nearest the river and many years bore grim reminder of the battle. On a little eminence between the trees, so tradition tells, stood the English General, and from his horse directed the battle. Thence, desperately wounded, he was carried to the Palace, the same old place where now trees spring up out of the floor, for long have the years come and gone since then. He was then taken to the Villere house, about two miles farther down. The lower part of this house still stands in fair preservation, and is about one hundred and seventy-five years old. The heart and entrails of the *filfliNliE~ QlftHMe. Ol^PettiP f^^r'^v^ l\ieMViCHUT.SS.\JBVkrt*«.r>' Ski,, m,,.icR0. f^M„rwi4^ General were buried under a pecan tree nearest the house, and quite recently, a part of the old tree still stood. The slaves on the plantation always declared that after the burial, the pecans on that tree were red as blood, and never would they touch one. In this old brick house on the Villere place, young Villere was shaving himself, when he saw the British troops approach, and half shaved, he went out through the v/indow and mounting his horse, which stood saddled at the gate, galloped off to the city to give the alarm. That act constituted him the Paul Revere of the South, and at a certain place, a veracious historian pointed out where Villere stopped to kill his faithful dog because it gave an alarm. After the brilliant American victory, a triumphal reception was given to General Jackson in the Place D'Armes (now Jackson Square), in New Orleans, and it was the beautiful Zoe Chalmette, a daughter of this historic Parish of St. Bernard, who placed a rose wreath on the brow of the Conqueror. St. Bernard comprises an area of 680 square miles and embraces numerous small islands. It may be classed among the alluvial lands. The ridges comprise the arable lands and have an area of 37,000 acres. The remainder consists of first, swamp lands covered with forests, of which cypress forms the most valuable wood, also other trees which may be, and are used for fuel. The back part of the Parish^is'"'prairie^ lands. The swamp and prairie lands could, in many places be made productive and valuable by a system of drainage and levees. St Bernard is drained by the Mississippi, Lake Borgne, Bayous Terre aux Boeufs and L'outre and Biloxi, and also the Lake Borgne Canal. The soil is very fertile, being a rich, sandy ground, changing toward the swamps to a rich clay loam, admira- bly adapted to the cultivation of cane, corn, and rice and of the variety of cotton known as "sea island." Fine crops of hay, potatoes, and every kind of vegetables are also raised. Fruits of various kinds abound, and consid- erable attention is given to the cultivation of oranges. 10 — Mach of the Parish, particularly that portion lying along the Terre-aux-Boeufs, is divided into small farms for the cultivation of vegeta- bles for which the climate and the soil seem to be specially adapted. Game is plentiful, such as deer, ducks, geese, partridges, rabbits, squirrels; also fur-bearing animals, such as minks, otters, musk-rats and others. The finest kinds of fish arc abundant, and terrapin, crabs, shrimp, crawfish, turtles, and the delicious oyster are to be had in great quanti- ties. The oyster fields embraced within the boundaries of the Parish exceed in area and in the quality and quantity of that recherche bivalve, the oyster beds of any other section of the State. The Parish of St. Bernard offers splendid in- ducements to settlers, as may be understood from what has just been said of its natural resources. The Parish authorities are ready and willing to give every facility to those who come to reside. The educational system is of the best, and there are enough schools to educate whatever number of children that may be added to the population. There is also a fine system of pub- lic roads, built and maintained by a special tax. The Parish is quickly reached from the City of New Orleans by means of the electric cars which stop at the boundary line; and by the Shell Beach Railroad; also the New Orleans Terminal Company; and the Missis- sippi River. With the many industrial improvements now actively under way, and in contemplation, the Parish will soon rank among the foremost in this State. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. The staple crops are sugar cane, corn and rice. Cotton is also successfully raised. Corn produces from 15 to 40 bushels per acre. Oranges have been and are being successfully grown, in every part of the Parish. Mr. Valentine Reiss' orange grove which forms the sub- ject for an illustration in another part of this publication, is one of the finest in the State. Louisiana oranges are of the finest quality; very sweet and juicy, and are in great demand in all markets. Figs grow in abundance. Peaches, pears, plums, cherries, grapes, and in fact all fruits of temperate and of tropical climes are to be found in St. Bernard Parish. This is the paradise for the vegetable-grower. The truck farmer who does not succeed has no one to blame but himself; for Dame Nature offers him the richest of soils, and the genial climate helps to grow and to fructify his crops, and it is his part to be diligent, intelligent and enterprising, and wealth will smile upon his thrift. Four crops of vegetables can be raised in one year. TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES. The electric cars from New Orleans run into the Parish up to the Bank of St. Bernard. An electirc line will soon be established and will run from the Stock Landing to the Courthouse, eleven miles below. The tramway will traverse a rich and fertile section of the Parish, studded with truck farms for a dis- tance of eight miles along the Mississippi River bank. This enterprise will greatly contribute to develop the region along its route and cause suburban villas and resi- dences to be built for the use of New Orleans' citizens who desire quiet country homes, not far from their places of business, and in a part of the State famed for its salu- brious climate and historic reminiscences. The Louisiana Southern Railway runs passenger trains, every day, for the accommodation of suburban residents and of planters. The latter can come to New Orleans in the morning, thirty miles distant, and return home in the evening. RECLAIMING ST. BERNARD ALLUVIAL PRAIRIES. In common phrase, "ALLUVIAL" means land made by a sediment-carrying stream.. That is just what the prairies of St. Bernard are, "made land," every foot of them. What made them? The Great Mississippi River. How? By overflowing the land for thousands of years and at each over-flow leaving a coating of sediment. What is this sediment? It is the cream of the South; the richest soil from the valleys, the bottoms, and the hills along the tributaries of the Mississippi River. The Government map, of this great river, shows that its basin comprises two-thirds of the United States. The Mississippi is, and has been the biggest good land maker in the world. It has never made a poor acre of land in its thousands of years of ceaseless toil. Look on any map of this great river and think that Cairo, III., was once where it emptied into the Sea. It continued to build up the Parish of St. Benrard at every season of high water and overflow, until man stopped it, by building levees along its sides which prevent it from overflowing. The prairies of St. Bernard are level as a floor, excepting that there is a gradual and uniform fall from the river and tributaries to the adjoining lakes, probably a difference of 2 to 6 feet. The river no longer overflows these lands and grass from 4 to JO feet high covers them in mute and eloquent testimony of their unsurpassed fertility; this grass each year decays into fertilizer, or is burnt into ashes, making richer, this richest land. Can it be reclaimed? Yes, easily and cheaply, compared with its fertility and productiveness. There are num- berless examples of the feasibility of reclamation in a small way. Practically, all of the large planters pump their drainage, because they find that the back, or low lands, are their most productive fields. The citizens of Plaque- mines Parish (which adjoins us on the south), on the east side on the river, have banded together and formed a drainage district, they have now very nearly completed a system of levees about 35 miles in length which brings thousands of acres of heretofore practically wasteless land into use and increasesits valuation from $10.00 to $50.00 an acre. Messrs. Wisner & Dresser, Col. John R. Gheens, Capt. Wilkinson, Schmidt & Zeigler, and some others are also carrying on this reclamation work on a large scale. These alluvial lands are reclaimed by building a system of dykes and ditches, by building a levee around a body of land, you have shut out all outside water and only have to contend with the actual rain that falls within the enclosure. This rain fall of the average year is absorbed by the ground or sun, and when excessive rains occur, the surplus is removed by means of a drainiage pump; in this way you can always keep the water at a certain depth best suited to the crops, which gives you the advantage of sub-irrigation as well as drainage. In many instances these new lands yield 80 bushels of corn per acre, 45 tons of sugar cane, and other crops in proportion. The actual cost per acre of reclaiming this land varies from $5.00 to $10.00, which includes a thorough drainage system and average farm buildings. Consult a first class and experienced engineer. Crops commonly grown in St. Bernard Parish, with average yield, sugar cane, 35 tons per acre; Corn, 50 bushels per acre. Sea Island cotton, I 1-4 bales per acre. Sweet potatoes, 65 bags per acre, and fruit and vegetables of all kinds in abundance. -16- THE NEW ORLEANS TERMINAL COMPANY. A MONO the many gigantic enterprises now being ■**■ carried out in St. Bernard are the Mammoth Export Terminals of the Frisco and Southern Systems of Railway being constructed by The New Or- leans Terminal Company. This Company already owns and operates the Terminals at Port Chalmette, but these being inadequate for the business, a new modern up to date Terminal Plan was decided upon and is now being carried forward to completion at the "Slip," about 1-2 mile below stock landing. This work is the construction of a Slip or Dock which will be dredged in from the Mississisippi River bank, extending back a distance of 1600 feet, with a width of 300 feet, and a depth of 30 feet below low water. On the up stream side of the Slip, there will be a ware- -18 — house 1300 feet long by 150 feet wide; on the downstream side there will be a two story warehouse 1680 feet long by J 50 feet wide. These warehouses are of steel construction with concrete floors and roofs and are fire-proof through- out. On the river front there will be an open wharf at either side of the Slip entrance, each 500 feet long. The sides of the Slip and the wharves on the river front will be faced with an immense concrete wall. The Slip will form an angle with the river of 47 degrees. It is also planned to erect a modern elevator of 1,500,000 bushels capacity, and a large railway yard, capable of holding 2000 cars. These works will cost in the neighborhood of five million dollars, and will be ready for business in the Fall of 1907. The New Orleans Terminal Company, representing the consolidated terminal interests in New Orleans of the Southern Railway and the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad, was lately organized and has taken over the terminal property formerly owned by The New Or- leans Belt & Terminal Co. At the present time the company operates a belt line about the city, connecting with all lines running into New Orleans. Its terminal facilities are second to none in the South for the handling of export and import freight, having a wharf frontage of 2745 feet on the Mississippi River, the greater part of which is covered by shed, also a grain elevator of 500,000 bushels capa- city which is accessible to all railroads and is open to the public. The additional facilities now under construction, is a departure from the established principle of wharves con- structed on the Mississippi River, inasmuch as instead of being a longitudinal wharf it is a slip 300 feet wide between two parallel concrete walls 1680 feet long. Two ware- houses, one two-story, J 680 feet long, and one one-story, 1300 feet long, will be erected. These warehouses are absolutely fire-proof, of steel and concrete construc- tion. The great benefits which the plant and warehouses of the New Orleans Terminal Company will confer upon the Parish of St. Bernard, are manifold. They will bring an army of workmen and laborers to the Parish, and there will result a constant ebb and flowof people, besides bring- ing a large number of resident employees, who , with their families, will constitute a colony of several hundred people in the vicinity of the Terminal Company's Plant. Moreover, the trade and commerce of the Parish will be considerably increased, and there will be a daily scene of life, bustle and activity that will place this Parish in line with other sections boasting of their industrial impor- tance. — ao- ( KKSCKXT ('ITY STOiK VaHI) AND iSLAUGHTEK HoU.-^E C CRESCENT CITY STOCK YARD AND SLAUGHTER HOUSE. I HE Crescent City Stock Yard and Slaughter House '■ Company, situated at the extreme upper boundary of St. Bernard Parish and about one square from the lower limit of the City of New Orleans, and is the terminal of two lines of cars of the N. O. Electric Railway Company. The Slaughterhouse Company own and immense plant, with all the modern improvements and are well equipped for stabling, slaughtering and refrigerating live stock. —31- Their Ice Factory and Rendering Department is thor- oughly up to date. The live stock that supflies the population of New Orleans and to a considerable extent Mobile, Pensacola, the Lake Resorts on the L. & N. Railroad, and upper and lower coast of the Mississippi River is shipped to New Orleans from the ranches of Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and Louisiana, and is consigned to the various commission houses located at this point, and sold to the butchers of New Orleans and the points above named. St. Bernard has a right to be proud of her Live Stock business and its steady improvement for the past five years. It is hardly necessary to insult the intelligence of the consumers of meat (after the late exposures) to suppose for a moment that they will buy a pound of the Packing House imitation, and chemically embalmed stuff, when they can buy freshly slaughtered animals, having the taste and flavor of beef, pork and mutton nutricious and healthy. It will not be amiss to give the names of the Commission Merchants handling live stock at this place: Aycock, Frank, Alvis Co., P. O. Box lOIO, New Orleans. Bordes & Grainger, Arabi P. 0., Stock Yards. Crowley-Perrin Co., Ltd., Arabi P. O., Stock Yards. Donaldson & Beauregard, Arabi P. O. Stock Yards. W. H. Hodges, P. 0. Box 990, New Orleans. B. F. Howell, P. 0. Box 217, New Orleans. S. D. Jackson, Arabi P. O., Stock Yards. Jones & Kendrick, P. 0. Box JOIO, New Orleans. Philip S. Clark. C. Mehle & Co., P. 0. Box 57, New Orleans. John Munford, P. 0. Box 684, New Orleans. E. B. Lacoste, Successor to Albert Montgomery & Co., Ltd. P. 0. Box 558, New Orleans. New Orleans Live Stock Com. Co., Ltd., J. G. Lacroix, President. Jas. L. Lemarie, Vice-President & Manager, P. 0. Box 1160, New Orleans. C. H. Rice, P. 0. Box 917, New Orleans. Jos. Servat, Arabi P. O., Stock Yards. John S. Taylor Co., Ltd., Arabi P. 0., Stock Yards. Christoffer & Imbau, Arabi P. 0., Stock Yards. The New Orleans Butchers' Co-operative Abbatoir Company is in the limits of the City of New Orleans, a few squares above the St. Bernard line, shares the slaughtering and refrigerating with the Crescent City Stock Yard and Slaughter House Co. Nearly every butcher in the city purchase their live stock from the merchants named, but a considerable number patronize the W. 0. Butchers' Abbatoir Co., for slaughtering and refrigerating service. As an evidence of the importance of the Live Stock business, the following comprise some of the institutions that have proved indispensable: The New Orleans Live Stock Exchange that governs the industry at this point. The Bank of St. Bernard enjoying a liberal share of the local and parish business. The Western Union Telegraph Co. have a branch here. And the U. S. Postoffice Department has established Arabi Postoffice. In order to give the increase in the volume of business, the following are the official figures, viz: COMPARATIVE STATEMENT. Receipts at New Orleans Stock Yards for three years: 1903 1904 1905 Cattle, 44,128 49,184 46,918 Calves and Yearlings, 35,893 110,314 116,353 Hogs, 11,285 16,798 18,176 Sheep, - - - 6,002 6,352 6,929 Milch Cows, 3,744 5,438 3,894 ST. BERNARD RENDERING AND FERTILIZING COMPANY, LIMITED. ^ITUATED in the upper part of the Parish, on the ^^ line of the Louisiana Southern Railroad, and a short distance from the Mississippi River, this Company has the finest facihties for transportation. They are producing the highest grade of fertilizers and ground bone, so essential to the successful growing of sugar cane and truck. The Company also deals in all kinds of hides and pelfs, tallow and greases. They employ about 30 men all the y< ar around at good wages. The firm has for its local representative. Matt Reuter. THE AMERICAN SUGAR REFINERY CO. THIS great and wealthy corporation whose opera- tions reach into the hundreds of million of dollars every year; and whose extensive plants in New Orleans and in other cities give employment to tens of — 23— thousands of people, has entered the Parish of St. Bernard, and is now constructing a mammoth Refinery which will be the largest in the country, and will employ about two thousand men, many of whom will be skilled laborers. From the moment, when the wheels of industry will begin to revolve in that immense plant, an era of prosperity will dawn upon the territory adjacent to it. Thousands of men, with their families, having to be on the spot, or within easy reach of their place of employment will have to look about for locations for their homes, and thus, in the Parish of St. Bernard, thanks to the enterprise of a great corporation which has pinned its faith in the ad- vantages to be derived from establishing its business in the Parish, there will result a large increase in the popu- lation, and the value of real estate will, of course, be enhanced. Besides the very fact of there being a big Refinery, one of the most complete in the country, located in St. Bernard, will attract many visitors, who will then have an opportunity of seeing the improvements under way in the Parish, and of finding out for themselves what advantages they can derive from investing capital either in lands, or in indostrail businesses. Already, on account of the building of The American Sugar Refinery's Plant, the prices of real estate in the neighborhood have advanced, and it is not difficult to foresee what greater increase in values will be met in a few years when the Refinery shall have been completed and will be in full operation. THE BANK OF ST. BERNARD. CT. BERNARD PARISH can justly boast of having *^ as complete and advantageous banking facilities as can be found in the City of New Orleans. The Bank of St. Bernard, is situated at the termini of the electric cars of the Dauphine and of the Levee and Bar- racks lines, and of the proposed St. Bernard Traction Railroad. It is most conviently located for business people residing in St. Bernard Parish, as they are afforded the opportunity of saving time and expense and risk of sending deposits to the city. The Bank of St. Bernard has an absolutely fire proof vault, triple time lock and burglar-proof safe, and is well protected and insured against burglary. The Bank was established in February, 1905, and commenced business on the 25th of April, 1905. Its capital is $35,000. It does a regular banking business; has safety deposit boxes for rent. Has a Saving Department, where deposits are received from $1.00 up and on which interest is computed semi-annually. Sells guaranteed bankers' money orders, payable at par everywhere in the United States. It is a member of the American Bankers' Association of the United States; of the Louisiana State Bankers' Associa- tion; and of the New Orleans Clearing House, which latter membership gives the same advantages to the depositors of the Bank of St. Bernard as are enjoyed by depositors in city banks, in the handling of their checks and business. -gi- ^::^H^''s^oK /rlR.M^'^'-''^yfemivurH Ga-^/ g Alluvial Prairie. DELTA LAND COMPANY, LIMITED. THE Delta Land Company, Limited, owns 45,000 acres purchased from the St. Bernard Land Co., Ltd. This company is composed of some of the stockholders of the St. Bernard Land Co. and by substantial — 30 — Cotton Farm. .^1. of rhicasxo and vicinity. Its purpose is to begin in the near future to prepare its'i^lands for actual occupation —31— "^^■i/., :>. ^' m^^^Mm Fahm .Scene i\ St. Bernahd. N. A. BAKER & SONS, REAL ESTATE. THE advantages of productive soil, climate, railroad and water transportation, combined with the many resources already under way, and the field for profitable investment that can still be had, are the best --■■i-i— C'drx F.vmr, Reclaimed Marsh Lands. reasons we can offer the investor and prospective home-seeker, why they should There has been fully $15,000,000 invested and contracted to be invested in St. Bernard We own and control 125,000 acres of alluvial prairie lands, also well improved plantations, offering to the public at very low prices and exceptionally reasonable terms. Special attention Northern investor, and all communications are answered promptly. N. A. BAKER & SONS. 809 Hennen BIdg., New Orleans, La —33— come to St. Bernard Parish. Parish within the last two years. that we are now is given to the POYDRAS PLANTATION. I HE Foydras Plantation is owned by the Poydras Planting and Manufacturing Company. This company is quite an important factor in the progress of the Parish, as it cultivates over 2000 acres of land, employing, some 200 laborers, and a much larger force during the grinding season, which lasts about three months. It requires about J 80 mules to cultivate the land. -U— A large amount of money is kept in circulation by this company in payment of labor, fuel, fertilizer, farming im- plements, mules, and in repairing and improving the plantation and sugar refinery. The refinery has a grinding capacity of over 600 tons per day, and operates about three months, and turns out some 6,000,000 pounds of sugar. During grinding, which is in the late fall season, a large increase in the number of skilled and unskilled laborers are needed. During this time a high rate of wages are paid and men are required to work the season through. The company pays always good wages, and also fur- nishes house rent and free fuel to all the steady laborers. This company alone could use 75 or 80 more laborers the entire year. Free house rent and fuel, or it will be willing to give out land to good tenants who have some capital to cultivate cane by the ton. An acre produces from 20 to 25 tons of cane each year. sugar it is worth $3.10 per ton. At the present price of REUTER & PATTON. I HIS popular and enterprising firm, composed of ■^ Matt Reuter and Oliver Patton, is engaged in in the manufacture of tripe. They supply the local market and the New Orleans gourmets with this appreciated delicacy. Their plant produces about 3000 pounds of tripe per day, and employs between 25 and 30 men. The factory is situated at the Crescent City Slaughter- house Company's Plant. They deliver tripe daily to the local market with their own wagons, at prices that defy competition, not only because they produce the very finest article in this line, but also for the fair treatment given their customers. —36- i^' 107 89 ^^-n^. v^\.:-.-.%> ./.:i«<:."^.. ..v\.4^-j-.X .A:*^^ %^ ^^ ^0 '^ BINDERY INC. |-ll .^ ' * ,T, • ' ^o'> \ '^T^' V^"^ \ '^^^*\o'' '^ %/'!^^V^N^ ""o. *ifel|f N MANCHESTER, 'i^^ INDIANA 46962 .C.1P Vj> LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 014 544 984 4