Des Arc citizen., 1860-03-07
From the Springfield (Missouri) Advertiser
 Tanuaru 2 1Q6A
New Stage Line.

|
 The presumption is that all will admit tha
 there has long been necessity for DIRECT
 COMMUNICATIONS between Springfield, Missou- | ri, and the interior of Arkansas, by the war
 of Ozark, Forsyth, Burrowyille, etc., etc, tC
 some point on the divide between the ArkaR-
 sas and White rivers, which will enable us tc
 tap Little Rock on the one hand, and Mem | phis, Tenn, on the other, via. the Des Arc
 and Fort Smith and Overland lines, and the
 lower Mississippi, and, indeed, the whole val
 ley of the Mississippi at all seasons by steam
 boat. There can be no valid objection, it is believed, to this enterprise, from any quarter The only question is, will it pay? The an-
 swer to this question, is, if the Post Master
 General will let out the contract from point to point, say from Springfield, Missouri, to Springfield, Atlanta, or Des Are, Arkansas,
 the matter will be tested very soon.
 As it is, the country embraced between
 those points and our section of country is a-
 most entirely without mail facilities indeed
 1t is almost impossible to get letters or papers
 through from the interior of Arkansas or Mis-
 souri by the routes now in operation. They
 must come via. St. Louis or Fort Smith to get through at all. The consequence is, but little
 communication has heretofore existed between those sections, and the wonder, is that this has
 been the case for so long a period without any effort upon the part of those so deeply inter- ested, to remove the difficulty. It may be SUD- posed that some insuperabe barrier exists
 But thls is, most assuredly, not the case. There is no difficulty in the way whatever, except the apathy of the people concerned.
 concurrence of effort upon the part of those interested, will soon bring abouta consumma- ton of this important enterprise. Steps must be taken IMMEDIATELY to secure the cooper ation of our members of Congress, both from Missouri and Arkansas. Some letters have already gone np to them upon the subject more must go up, and also, if need be, peti- tions from all the counties on the line, before we can expect any action in the premises. from the Post Office Department.
 If line of stages were to run from Spring. field, Missouri, to Atlanta or Springfield Arkansas, say twice per week, affording com munication DIRECT with Little Rock Mem phis. and with New Orleans, and indeed the whole southern country by steamboats from Des Arc on White river or from Little Rock on the Arkansas, could it fail to pay? We think not. A good road exists from Spring. field, Missouri, to Atlanta or Springfield, Ar kansas, at either of which points we connect with the line from Des Arc to Fort Smith. l At Atlanta, however, we would connect with | the oveiland stage from Memphis via. Little | Rock to sherman, Texas, and in order to ob- | tain this advantage, Atlanta is the preferable | point, IL seems to us. The connecting point, | however, will be regulated by the Post Mas ter General, and therefore we dismiss that natter for the present. The distance will lot be over two hundred and twenty miles. md the read from Forsyth to Ozark is, it is bought by gentlemen who have travelled the oad recently, to be the worst part of inc whole ronte. From Forsyth to BurrowyilIe X he road IS excellent. From Burrowville to springfield or Atlanta the Boston mountain is k be crossed, but the grade is easy both ways. nd can be greatly improved with little ia, 'oor. The same may be said of the road the whole distance. It will be improved as a natter of course, whenever stage service is rdered upon it. The truth IS, the road is now ar better than the road traversed by the daily inc from Atlanta to St. Louis via. the Iron { lountaln. We give this upon reliable author y and 1t is confidently asserted that the t oad through is equal to almost any stage road ae same distance in Missouri. The country 1 long the whole line is thiclSly settled, with ie exception of some sixteen or eighteen ,iies, including the pinery on the other side White river. 4 It Is hoped, Messrs. Editors. that the press t nd the people, from one end of this line to