The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-02-20
RAILROAD NEWS.
The Hamburg (Ark.) Times, of the
14th, has the following suggestive ar.
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The railroad is now complete to
Monticello. OF course 1t can not re-
main stand still long. 1t must and
will 60 on. The company are hesitat.
ing whether to extend It west In the
direction of Camden, or turn down this
way and end 1t at Monroe. There are
strong reasons that 1t should do SO.
We have mentioned them frequently
before. It would, we think, pay best
to the iterest of New Orleans. to have
it do so.
We sincerely believe If the Parishes
of Morehouse and Ouachita, and the
counties of Ashley and Drew would
contribute 20 or 80 thousand dollars to
this end, that something could be &C.
complished now. Will not some public
spirited individual put the ball in
motion. Now Is our opportunity.
We ought not to miss this tide.
Ashley county, in which the Times
is published, adjoins Morehouse parish.
The project Of building trans-M issis-
sippf railroad, connecting st. Louis
and New Orleans, has been long agi-
tated, and it will, some day, be accom-
plished. The suggestion of the Times
and the information it imparts are
we'll worth considering. We can say
that Ouachita parish will aid literally
in turning the Monticello road towards
Monroe.
In the Shreveport Times of Tuesday
we find the annexed communication:
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Major Dabney, in charge of survey
ing party, reached here on 10th inst,
having In accordance with instructions,
followed the Bonner survey from Mon
roe to point beyond the dividing
ridge which separates the waters of the
Sabine and Black lake. The depression
in this ridge "a mile west of this viii
lage) is $50 feet above high water mark
Mt Monroe and being the highest ground
on the road, is an objective point on
the line. A more direct line than the
Bonner survey is desired between this
point and Monroe-and a new line
was started from this place eastward
yesterday. 1t is probable that the road
when surveyed west from this place
will cross the Dauchite near its juno
ton with the lake-leavingE M inder
some seven miles west. Machine shops
will probably be located at some point
half way between Vicksburg and
Shreveport on the ridge in healthy
section, where the cost of living will
be less than in cities.
The above was handed to Major
Green, General Manager of the w., 8.
& p. Railroad, and no was Intercepted
by us as to its correctness.
Major Green was in his Office, and
had but just heard, by telegraph, from
the surveying party. Capt. Dabney
was then (Thursday forenoon) about IL
miles this side of Arcadia, on his re-
turn trip to Monroe. Capt. Dabney is
running compass line north of the
Bonner survey a mile or two, with the
view of determining the relative cos,
of the two lines, up to some point,
(yet undetermined) in this parish,
where the two lines will merge in the
Bonner old survey.
We were informed by Major Green
that the location of the machine shops
of the road is matter of conjecture only,
and that the statement of the Times
correspondent is premature. We can
readily understand the company will
hesitate some time before leaving the
Ouachita and water communication tn
establish machine shops in the interior.
Major Green will leave to-day to
join the surveying party.
We find the following item referring