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tare well. * * •Westward, II«!I Baton Rmitfc Gnxcrte-Comet.]Wc are informd that the cars are now running to Kenmore, three miles above Musson an«l tliat by the lifteentli of Septeml»er or lirst of October the (irosse Tete road will be opened to Lombard's, twenty-eight miles from this city. New track will be laid for a short distance to open up coiiMminication with the For-doclie, ten miles by a good open bayou road through a well settled country to the Atchafaluya. It is proposed to stage this ten miles and connect at ChurcUville bv means of a steamer now running to Big Cane, on til© Hay on Rouge with flie heart of Avoyelles parish, ft distance of 78 miles from this city. A letter from a prominent citizen on Atclmfnlaya states that the carrying capacity of this steamer is 230 bales cotton, with occommodatioiiH for passengers. Passage from Churchvillo lo Big Cane, a distance of 88 miles, $1. Distance from where she strikes' the Atcliafnlaya to where the Fordocheroad comes out, 2$ miles. There is a good road from the Fordoche road to the Ferry, which is immediately Inflow the mouth of Baton Rouge. As to the assistance the citizens might give towards liridtrin ir Johnson's Bavoii.
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The Opelousas Journal
Opelousas, Louisiana, US
Fri, Aug 15, 1873
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