The Van Buren press., 1879-01-07
OUR NEW RAILROAD.
The Proposed Kansas city, Joplin
Van Buren and Little Rock
Line.

From recent issue of the Joplin
Daily News, we clip the following, which
will be found OF special interest to the
friends of progress in this State:
The people all along the line of the
proposed railroad are enthusiastic in the
belief that they will now have railroad,
and we say well they may so belleve--tor
all who know Motiet 4 Sergeant will
bear witness that when once they put
their hand to the plow, they never look
back. They have always put through
everything they have undertaken, and fail
| is net word in their vocabulary. They
are very wealthy, sagacious and energet
ic men; have immense and extremely
profitable interests. and it is settled that
they will procure the money to build this
railroad, and that the railroad will be
speedily built Such financial arrange.
ments will be concluded that Motfet d
Sergeant will not in any wise have to
draw from their vast business interests
in this locality but independently the
Kansas City, Joplin and Little Rock
Railroad will be constructed and opcr'
ated.
! The benefits to accrue i'm mediately
from the construction OF this railroad
connot be over estimated When 1t is
built, then Kansas City. all of Kansas,
Nebraska and Western Missouri, and all
the Northwest will be connected by way
of Joplin with the Mississippi River and
the whole South. The hay, grain, pro.
duce and stock of this Northwest region
will find their best market by this route
In return will come back inoxhaustble
supplies Of the best timber. 1t Is almost
fabulous, when the truth is told, to know
about the millions of acres of unsurpass
ed timber that is opened up by this route,
and we know that every stick of it is
needed upon our praries and in our man
ufactories now established and to be es
tablished. The mountains penetrate ed
by this railroad are known to be rich IN
mines Of lead, zinc, coal, iron and silver
and the thrilling music of locomotive
whistle will be the signal for thousands
of hardy miners to bring to the surface
these hidden treasurers and add them to
the wealth of the country
With this railroad running, say to Var
Buren,, $50 miles from Joplin, navigable
water in the Arkansas river is reached
the Little Rock d Fort Smith railway
running 15S miles southeasterly, makes
direct connection with Little Rock, arc
then connects with the Iron Mountain
railroad running from st. Louis to lex
as, and with the Memphis and Little
Rock raj road running to Memphis. Blu
better than all, there is Chicot, just below
the mouth Of the Arkansas river, on thu
Mississippi river, from which railroad
is now running to Pine Bluff, Ark, it II
10 miles from Little Rock to Chicot
there is a gap of but forty miles in th
railroad between Little rock and Pin,
Bluff to fill, and by the time our Joplin
railroad can make the connection soutl
of the mountains, that gap will be filled
Then what is the result? Chcot is hun
.reAs of miles below Memphis, and o'
the ", :.se'ssippi river, with bisn lahos
good barbo, ,Dt, do0P water from Chlco
to tue a .,r, and We lave direct railroad
connection with it. Chicot by the rive
10 uu. ovv IniIes from New OlIcau~, d..
this route to Chicot we reach point OF
the Mississippi river where there is al
ways deep water, where ice does not in
lfcre with navigation, and save 70t
miles in distance over the St. Loui,
Route.
Thus, We think it is so plain rs to neet
no demonstration in words that the Kan
sas City, Joplin u Lift e Rock railroad
will not be only local but trunk line
enriching its owners and enhancing eve
ry material interest in the vast and fer
tile country it drains.