Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-10-16
ESTABLISHED 1910.
ARKANSAS.
Her Railroad System--Its Growth and
Prospects.

From the New orleans Fieayune.
The Little Rock branch Of the st
Louis iron Mountain Railroad will cross
the Missouri State line this week. The
grading in Arkansas viii be completed
early next week. The ties and rails an
already on the ground, and track-lsyina
VIII proceed at the rate OF three miles q
day. This Arkansas branch Is 10 run uI
to Poplar BlUR In Butler county, which
Is four counties west of Belmont, on the
Mississippi From Poplar Bluff branch
road VIII be completed in four months
! running east TO Charleston, where il Will
/ intersect the Iron Mountain road from
81 Louis, and thence en- b point OPP
posite Cairo.
By this route Little Rock and st.
Louis viii be connected by rail in a few
months. The President Of the road,
| which is generally known as the Cairo
| and Fulton, has decided to build a great
railroad bridge over the Arkansas river
at Little Rock, with track for the cars
and a track above for a highway for
teams and foot passengers. 1t is thought
this bridge will be completed in five
months.
Little Rock is connected by railroad
/ toward the east with Memphis. She is
| sending q road one hundred and sixty
miles long (Of which sixty are built
out west, up the banks Of the Arkansas
river TO Fort Smith, on the Arkansas
and Indian Nation boundary line. Be
sides working vigorously and persist
emily for the direct rail connection with
ST. Louis, she Is now laboring as zeal
ously for the construction of trunk
railroad south to Camden, on the Qua
ehita river, with branch thence south
west to Shreveport, and another directly
souCd TO meet the proposed railroad from
alexandria, Louisiana, north. Little
Rock is aiming to make herself a great
railroad center, and, SO far, the indica-
tons are that she will succeed.
In relation to the railroad from Little
Rock TO Camden, we note that all the
counties on the line of route have each
subscribed one hundred thousand dollars
in bonds TO assist in building the road.
Subscriptions in land, to a liberal
amount, have also been made. The di-
rectors met at Little Rock last month,
and determined 70 put corps of engi-
neers in the field, to commence the sur
Vey Of the route by the middle Of OctO-
Der, when the first section south Of Little
Rock will be put under contract.
This trunk road from Little Rock to
Camden will have branch road to Hot
Springs and another to Pine Bluff
The branch road from Camden to
Shreveport is exciting the earnest atten- |
ton OF the people in the counties TO be /
traversed by it. In Camden, the eiti- F.
zens have voted largely in favor of the 4
town subscribing two hundred thousand |
dollars in bonds to aid in building this .
branch, which is termed the "Camden I
and Red River railroad"
The Arkansas Central Narrow-gauge /
railroad is now completed from Helena, .
on the Mississippi river, forty miles .
west, TO Clarendon, near White river. .
1t cost twelve thousand dollars per mile. /
The stages run from Clarendon TO .
Devalls Bluff, on White river, a dis .
tance Of fifteen miles. There the traveller .
can take the cars from Memphis to .
Little Rock, thus making trip Of seven .
hours and a half from Helena to Little
Rock. 1t is thought that from Claren-
don the Central will run directly south
west to Pine Bluff, on the Arkansas
river. Pine Bluff and Camden are two
Of the largest commercial distributing
points in Arkansas.
There is also a railroad chartered and
partly commenced, to run from NapO-
eon, on the Mississippi river below the
mouth Of the Arkansas, northwestwardly
10 Pine Bluff, a distance Of about sixty
miles. We have no late news Of the
condition or prospect Of this enterprise.
In the western part of the State, be-
ides the steady progress of the r.i.su1d
rom Little Rock to Fort Smith, lhe
prospects are very encouraging of work
Deing soon commenced on a chartered
'Oad to run from Kansas City directly
Iouth to Fort Smith.
The northwest m part Of the State is
o be traversed by part Of the proposed
i. Louis and Mexican Gulf branch of
he Atlantic and Pacific railroad. This
company was established last January,
md its directory organized at st. Louis
n August. This branch road will be six
hundred and fifty miles long, running
rom Springfield, in western Missouri,
o Fayetteville and Fort Smith, in west
IN Arkansas, and thence to Sabine
Pass, Texas.
Arkansas is evidently destined to be a
,reat railroad State, and that ere the
apse Of two years.