The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-10-20

GUS cane-break, except in the very low
swamps, theSnUila-dlMsnca arpHpH,
one setiledssht was encountered after
leaving Bdeaf tivef.
Such was the condition of the country
up, tof184O. WOO UfM .D80fG
The building Of u railroad from Vicks.
burg to- Monroe and on 10 Shreyepoff
was first mOoted In 1870 hut not enough
interest was manifestdd, Ia. ID l6sobtaint
any action by the Legislature. In fact,
the Representative and Senator from
the :. Ouachita district opposed the
scheme. w. w. Farmer was then in
the L1Wer House and Gen. S. W..
Doves e fhes s3enal 81 81 d;tneaBy tie.
suhJeet sneaIE ia q tie csssss
before ID s sSSsS d Nm = aesS = IN; ~,
Legislature passed the Act Of Tncorp6-
sss,ss Of e , aesssg sA4 .s
The construction of this roads Was
made party qnsst!ouAfevery e{sctiD1
from 1910 TO 1853 line w hlK party Ad.'
vocating the railroad project, and the
DsmoDe4tysbeads1Dy DU1pns pa ~
mel. 6Q6o III = Akat he jhEe ql,
Madison having been created on the
2t1 eR e IL Ka1 ~ tsii sE+ M RI e
tied up very fsNHsaa1 JtKa tpwns AT
Vicksburg aud Shreveport having Be-
come places Of considerable, business, a
strong feeling wassrOused In favor Of a
railroad; and. during the session of the
Legislature. on tho 2sth OF April. 1853,
was passed ,il1e act ,ofiincorporaiion.
The writer OF this article, at the request
of the friends Of tho enterprise, wrote
up th9fhlrter rs maAed. fhe VS.
ter always took q. deep Interest II the
raiIroad, and when the stock books
were opened in Monroe snbscribed ST.
I9qs 4S4sTgest. them subscsibed by any
| iii ihe .isi Id 1858 lie | vrhs1 wiz
Col. Nicholas ID. Coleman, ,ap ardent
friend o: the road, oanVassadl this par
'lshes west of tho Ouachita river forl
stock, and Addressed tise rpsop@e+ At "a
number of meetings gotten up Tor tie
purpose, and obtaining q; large amount
of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS material.
e y ai1s y 1 ""as' i"e co1Gsa''n 10 i
& TIE preseniiuarY aatvty was made
by Frenchleugiraer, uanled Toulnard
In 1864, and tho construction was conn
menced in the iall q. that year opposite
Vicksburg aaa was ecS ntinhedsw win
many 9bss&clessAofjlsoeiSg untjlss 1891.
when the road WAS completed to Mon
roe,-the first train passing over that
portion of the ROAD from MQAeos to
Wcks burg III tks shmm1i nlfB6 DIR.
q qsKouggsYed he fiHfl1tfAdBnt Of
tie eohpahS ! M w eeeeds,
ed him and was presidenf Wh6H tue
road was completed to Monroe al dis,
lance q, II was then constructed of 76
miles. Trains were running regularly
from Vicksburg to Monroe from that
time till April, 1885, when a Federal
L !; s|:!t! N U
The road was not repaired or re-eon-
structed until after thu war when a
company, composed of John T. Lude.,
ling, John Ray, Frank p. Stubs, Geo.
C., Waddill, aud William F. Gordon,
It ADD all itGfranch1sO q u
judicial sale to iore-close the mortgage
OF the first mortgage bonds of'tha conn
pany given before the war. This COM
pany, with the aid of the State, recon-
structel the road, aud put At agaiuI in
successful operation, under the name Of
The North Louisiana & TexasJR. oR.U
A cult was Instituted against thIs
|oompsny by the, original bond-bolders
to set aside the sale, and to dfvest them
of their possession. This set on loot a
lSAS,a&;nv IN, h 3ot, l~ olo.l Snr.woo.o doIuv