The Van Buren press., 1871-01-17
CAIRO AND FULTON RAILROAD.


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LITTLE ROCK AND FIT. SMITH RAILROAD p
Is now open to Lewisburg, fifty miles,
and has been running regular trains to
that point since November 21. Fifty
miles more are already graded, and the
ties are down ready for the iron. This
second division will be open ready fol
travel in February, and the entire roa0
from Little Rock to Fort Smith will bt
completed on or before the Isl Of Jan
uary, 1872. The track, locomotive, pas
sengers and freight cars are first class il
every respect. Close connections arr
now made by stages from Lewisburg tt
all points from there to Fort Smith ana
Van Buren, and points beyond,
MEMPHIS AND LITTLE ROCK RAILROAD.
The following is statement of tht
present condition of the work on this
road, furnished to Hon r. c. Brinkley
by the Chief Engineer, j. l.. Meigs, Esq
December ID, 1870: fa plnrl la
Miles of track laid, l15 77-l00; miles
oftrack to be laid, l5 80 100 of the road
bed upon which the track is yet to be
laid, 3 IA 100 miles are ready for the
rails; / 41-100 miles are very nearly
completed, and 76 100 miles arc hall
done :; the remainder, 6 S4-100 miles, have
strong forces actively at work on them
White River Bridge, masonry will be
ready for the dravbri,ge by January lst
and the river piers are believed to be 50
fur advanced, as not to be in danger oi
an overflow this winter The iron draw
bridge is complete, together with the iron
work Of the fixed spans. The wooden
work and brace pieces are sawed and
ready for transportation. Moro than one
hundred men arc at work on the road
and the arrangement for The completion
of the Cache River Valley earth work
and pile work are such that there is no
ground to apprehend delay from high
water We may now confidently expect
the completion Of the road early in 1871
LITTLE ROCK, PINE BLUFF AND NEW Or
.'" LEANS RAILROAD.
!. The following report Of j. f. Sickles
Chief Engineer, is submittcd:
Fifty five miles of the roadbed of the
Little Rock, Pine Bluff and New Orleans
Railroad have been graded, brdged and
furnished with crosstics, and sixteen
miles of the track has been laid. The
work was commenced in January last,
and has been steadily prosecuted west.
ward from the nearest available landing
Of the Mississippi River during the sum
mcr months, and Notwithstanding the
sickliness Of the season, which was IN
prcccdentcd, large force oflaborers has
hccn kept employed The number Of la.
borers now at work will reach at least
six hundred and, at the present rate of
progress, I think it entirely safe to prom
ise that the road will be opened to Pine
Bluff before the first Of March, A. y.
1871 The preliminary surveys between
Pine Bluff and Little Rock have been
completed, and the corps of Engineers
are now engaged surveying the route
from Monticello southward through
Hamburg to the State linc.
MISSISSIPPI, ousCulTA AND RED RIVER
RAILROAD.
The following report Of this road is
from Hon. Thomas Bowen, its Prcsi.
dent:
have to report that between forty and
fifty miles Of the Mississippi, Ouachita
and Red River Railroad, commencing at
the Mississippi river, have been graded.
bridged and tied, and that between six.
teen and twenty miles Of the track (be.
ing about one.cighth of the lne) has been
laid, and the road for that distance put
into operation. We have two locomo-
tives and a number of box and Hat cars.
The work is progressing in manner
highly satisfactory to the management,
and the surveys and engineering is pro.
crossing Fl ON Camden west. The people
along the line of the road have been cX
trcmely liberal IN voting corporate sub
scriptions, and feel entirely safe in say
ing that the road will be completed to
Camden by the last Of June next unless
prevented by causes unseen AZ this time.
The Company had contracted fot seven
ty five miles of iron, the delivery OF Il
large portion Of which has been delayed,
otherwise we could have been running
the road to Saline river, fifty miles from
the eastern terminus, some time since.
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THE APPOINTING rowER.
The peculiar condition of affairs that
existed when the present State Govern
mcnt went into effect, could only justify
the extensive appointing power which
has by law been conferred upon the Ex-