Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-12-20

b freight return thus given as Of
this year, though is a great increase
One-eighth OF what has offered, and when
it is understood that IL has been carried with
only four engines, thirty freight, four passen-
ger n two baggage cars, and over a road,
forty miles OF which is necessarily in a nor
riDie condition, the farmers along the line
and the merchants In Little Rock and Mem
phls will be able 10 appreciate the difficulties
that are being commended with by some Of the
best railroad men OF the South. Tate and
LtvermOre have no doubt, their equals, but
no superiors. They have exerted every dis
possible means TO put the road in nrSt-class
order, and at the same time accommodate a
clamorous public, and If there are drawbacks
they must not be laid to their charge, but
rather to the account Of those "fortuttous cir
cumstances' which seem from its inception
to have presided over the destinies Of the Lit
tie Rock railroad.
But we wandered. Thinking about the posi-
bilities of the yeL-to-be great railroad, we have
forgotten that we were on the cars bumped
here and there in the midst of good-humored
crowd, as motley in opinion as in face and
speech. The first point Of interest we reach is
MADISON.
which, situated on st. Francis river, bid fair at
one time to be a place OF importance. But 1t
has succumbed TO the influence of the railroad
lust as the steamboats, GO, and although It fur
nishes a great deal Of cotton, it is overshad-
owed by
CITY,
in every respect the most thriving town on the
line. Two years ago 1t existed only In name,
to-day 1t claims fifteen hundred population,
has two hotels, two churches, twenty or more
business houses, and a busy, active. gO-ahead
lot of people, many Of them from MemphiE.
is the next most promising point. 1t contains
cotton, receiving in return supplies for the
most part purchased In Memphis
DEvALLs BLUFF,
the Devils Rnf" of many a racy paragraph
in the APPEAL, is the point OF crossing the
White river. IL has long been famous. It was
laid out before the war, and then promised
what it has not yet realized, owing to that
affair between the states. 1t is credited with
a population of 500, and q trade that now pays
well, but that may be nipped a little when the
Cairo and Fulton railroad reaches Searcy, an
event that is promised in a couple Of weeks.
LoNoKE
divides the boasts Of the Memphis and Little
Rock railroad people. At PRESENT. IL has butt 500
population. But as its fame is spread abroad IL
viii increase. 1t eDioysa handsomely-paying
trade, and is as mach a pet Of Little Rock
as Forrest City of Memphis. Both these
towns owe their existence to the railroad.
both are living proofs of the power and
successfully compete with n~avigable rivers,
bidding defiance to eligible locations" and
all the old-time plans. Better evidence of the
benefits directly to accrue from the Little
Rock railroad thsn the growth of these towns
canno be afforded. They are proofs that,
crippled as 1t yetis, 1t is a positive benefaction,
c1@ SUN IL AHE ACoL AkAAN ~ DC ~
road Of the southwest-the key in the great
system which Tom SCOTS great company of
capitalists are 20 develope even to the shores
Of the Pacific. The readers of the APPEAL
VIII, of course, rejoice in this progress. 1t is
there that we are to find much OF the wealth
the future has in store for US, and It were well
Tom SCOTS, and, investing there, make q rail-
road system peculiarly and altogether our own.
1t would pay. In possession OF Arkansas roads
and those Of Northern louisiana and
Texas, and with a Mississippi river bridge, |
we would be safe from any assailment by the
cities "Tound about" which are making rapid
strides toward this yet almost virgin territory. |
We must combine, we must unite, we must
act as one man, and second the efforts of the |
Little Rock railroad, If we would secure the
trade OF the west, the most remuaerative now |
Offering to us. Arrived an hour or two behind |
time at 'the Rock, we found it too dark II ses |
anything of q growth that next day aston |
ished US, and of which we shall have some
to say tomorrow. Meanwhile we give /
the following Interesting item as a fitting close
TO this. perhaps, already too lengthy article:
PERSONAL.
Among the Memphians who occupy promi-
nent positions in Little Rock are +. W. Muir
1ivermore, superintendent Memphis ant
Rock railroad c. 2. Oakley, general
freight and ticket agent Memphis and Little
John w. Goodwin, treasurer Men,
phis and Little Rock railroad Z. d. Williams,
general land agent Memphis and Little Rock
Bruce brothers, proprletors of
factory west of the Mississippi river; Ed
Castor, proprietor of the best restaurant in
The trans-Mississippi country; Kremer, jrt
who has a store that is a perfect duplicate OF
hat kept by his father on Main street; Mr..
Baker, who has for years satisfactorily con-
1ucted the business of the Western Union
s G55l t eom5pa any css ay1ap 81 s;s "; 5ax cefd IN
actor. Beside these, there are a number of
others engaged in various avocattons, n ali
LONG well.