Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-04-11
The 1.-THE Rock railroad.

| - WAt1 k4I@N k4CGbUEt knhA We A1t
able ID announce to cur readers toe pro-
gress now being made on this ros5. We
xFeinformsd that the bridge over the 81.
Francis river will be completed this
week. The rcad for ten miles beyond
the 81. Francis river is siresdy graded,
and traek-lsyirg viii be commenced i'm
medlAteiys as ties, timber, ETC, are al
ready cut ana on the gT0GBd. Ols
thousand tons Of iron are lying in New
Orieans, end two thousand tors are
shost, on their way from England. Mr..
Carlyste, al Old and experienced con
tractor, has taken the contract for White
| river bridge, and will commence work
on it f0rthwIth. He has bought for that
purpose the steamer Robert P. Converse
u q Dumbsr Of baTges, sad has also
purchased in this city his provisions,
tools, etc. He starts f0r D5vaip5 Blcft
during the o. aiming week to cOmneEee
operations. 1hs Contractors aES nOW
paying two G0llzIs = gay 10 HAMS, aLd
EN- piOyiEg sll thst c9EIs a!5Eg, As they
have WOFk for say number. 80 We may
hope soon to have tr&ins running through
TO Little Rock.
The Mississippi. Ouachila and Red River
Railroad
After protracted dsIbsrstiOn the direo-
tors Of this road, with a design to serve,
for the best, every Interest concerned,
concluded q contract with Mr.. Jackson
h. Sickies, for ats construction and equip
IoeDt, q synopsis Of which We su6JOin.
Mr.. Slekles sgrees to construct the road,
commencing al ElEice, on the Missis-
sIpoi river, IN Chie0t county. running
through Camden on the Ouachits, via
Monticello, Warren and Hampton, and
thence to Fultoa on the Red river the
Work to commence st EIuiee on the Ist
of Joiy, 1869, and to os cOmpletea 10
Fulton by the lss Of Saptemb4r, 1872.
rls sum to be paid nr. Sickles Is
8, SO0,000, for which be agcees 10 receive
State ponds st seventy five cents OF their
fnn vaIue, snd first mortgage bonds of
the road at seventy cents, aud capital
stock in thecOnpsBy at forty cents, to be
paid TO him acme work progresses; An
estimate or the work done 70 be made
every month.
Teis road 10 one hundred and fifty
miles in length, and will rul through
the richest portion Of Arkansas. II Will
be Of i~ncslculabie benefit to the southern
portion OF The State, oil 8 parallel Of
about IS %.
VIeksburg and Pine BIuT Railroad.
LUIS AOAG - GAA2 ACNAb5 mACA AtLCALAOA
in Northeastern Louisiana snd South
eastern Arkansas. phs planters OF Car
roI parish, La, are especially anxious TO
contribute 10 a survey OF the road, and
will donate iaEds, lacOF and material,
and in many instances money, TO the
enterprise. Speed on the good work.
E-FseeIIRueOus.
The proposed AonOngahela Valley
Railway viii extend from PittsOurg
nearly due south 100 miles 20 FsirmOnt,
| w. Va. Within sixty miles IrOm Pitts
burg, on It's line, sre sixty coal works,
! Efforts viii be made 10 build . portion o.
The road this year.
"A local paper ssys: "The railroad
fever in Mercer county, Pa, is at It's
| height, and one or more T0sds are eer-
/ tain to DO built this summer. A party
Of engineers we're engaged lately in eur
| veyiDg = road from Newcastle 10 Sandy
! Lake, connecting a5 THAT point with the
jamestown "a FTRRzlin road. The Of
/ d5ars OF the pT4jzc5ed road FROM Sharon
70 Greenfield speak very decidedly Of the
success Of the undertaking, AMI the pres
eut intention ia 10 extend the road from
| Greenfield 70 the eOsl fields IN Butler
1 county. a rosa Is siready compiete1
I from West Middiesex u sthel, sbJut
one and = half miles vest Of Greenfield,
lover which one hundred snd forty tons
Of coal are shipped dsliy from the Bethel
mines"