Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-11-23
Our Chances for q Railroad.

| Last week the Arkansas aud Louisiana
| halr q Co. iil,d ih th, ticik's office {
! this place chatter which - g" IRA; IN
t.tcsr aud Importance tu ia, u oplc It ,h-
vicinity. Tai. Company rtoPuNr {" hui Il
Il tii>i-clu,S harlow rupgc Railroad IA
! ia, line Ut Arkansas 20 Monroe. L.. The
! oih,. cad nf IA rad j. 10 cnirrct nltA
thr Itrn M,uhtaiu rual Il. Washtt. sion.
An. a.d this with th, Vrckshulg ans
Shr,s ,,o.t ru,d ~ N,ur"' II this ,"Jd
wee quilt az an ali line it would pass siN
or ",-Lt Mills u",th uf Magnolia. Arb.
and leave hi, place twelve or fifteen
miles west of ;he track af the road. Eat
thc people 1T Magnolia ate making It cotn.
mru,lablr effort to induce the managers nf
the road to come through that place 10y
subscribing literally 70 the toad aud havr,
We learn, already raised the sum nf
sl5,U00. There is little If any doubt bmt
that the rnHd viii BE- built, and the imrpF-
tant question for tho people of Homer aud
vicinity Is to 81, cure the road through thrir
town. We have no doubt that induce
mrnts could be offered which would in
/ tlurncr the managers of the road to- rua
the road through this place.
/ The Nickshurg, Monroe and Shreveport
road will pass fifteen or twenty miles south
Of here, aud il this proposed road fiom
( Hope Ia Monroe passes rs twelve OF fifteen
miles Ia TIA" east We viii l~ left high aud
dry with no prospect ri ever having any
Railroad communication with the rest of
the world. This road connecting with the
Ifon Mountain road wotid give it's direct
communication viii, the north aud north
west aud make the grain region our near
nrighbor, aud connecting with the road AZ
Monroe Civ" ~ Il direct route south aud
hiring IA into close relations with the lower
portion of our own State. Ii Is the very
road We need
TO the intelligent il is unnecessary to
discuss the advantages which such II road
would afford Ia our section. That il wonld
bc Of lucalculablc advantage in every re-
|
nit. Claiborne parish prpdnrrs Annually
about tweHiy Thousand bales of cation.
To get this cotton into market with our
present facilities costs al lea; four dollars
Il h'l" mak'nc MI AZ ,rrsatr cost to the pc".
pie of tins parish annually of eighty thou.
sand dollars. With tls' proposed railrond
Z IA
at least half Of this motley which alone
would make an annual saving to uur pco-
I rl, # frtty Thousand dollars.
Our people should TAKE immediate action
on his matter. II they will como mp lii.
rInilS there j. un question hut What they
/ can srcHrr the advantages Of railroad
communication fur our section. The pra.
pie of the iittir town nf Magnolia have
/ suhscI ihrd 6riccn Thousand dollars to in
ducr the managers to run the road through
that town and will donhtlrss Subscribe
more. What will the people Of Homer
I aud vicinity do! W. learn with pleasure
: that Mr.. g.. q. Gin, onr Of uur tuost cutter.
pri,irg aud liberal merchants. pro1rrs "a
put down five tt,u~nnd dollrr~ to bring
thu road throash iinmrr. rhl, is the pm
per kirt Of actinn IT, secure thu road
With few Suh liberal men HI. read il
built, and from what information we hav,
hccu able in gather vt hti:t,c that IL ntat
be- cnusid,r'd reasonably certain that il
. viii | (, Guilt II " ~ come thpiu.h H.4ut +
VIII our people take prompt aciioni W,
do not want much talk hut prompt, h,cis
i've action. The managers nf this rnut" d,
not ask Tor dollar ill the road is h''r,'
II tx no trick td fleece The people, Their,
i~a chauce for III tn >rCur- a raiiruad. vii
our people avail Themselves of the CHARGE
We hlirvr that they should do 80 10y al
nranS. We trnst they will do so.