The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-11-24
THE oUAcn1TA VALLEY RAILWAY.

rHE OUACHITA VALLEY RAILWAY.l
The promoters of Mr.. Blanks propo-
sition to build railroad to Bastrop
have been active for the past ten days
and they have succeeded in arousing
commendable public spirit in the mat
ter. t5 |
A meeting was held Monday night
and Notwithstanding there wero coun-
ter propositions made the people SEEM
ed to realize that to get q railroad they
would have 10 build one themselves
and they thrust these aside and pro-
ceeded to take steps 10 build one with
home talent, home energy and home
money. A charter was adopted aud
the new enterprise appropriately chris
tened the Ouachita Valley Railway.
dessrs. F. p. Stubs, Fir. EndoD, DR..
A. b. sholars, U. Millsaps, J. p. Par
ker, E. Fadickar, r. J. Nelson, T. N.
Conner, Rev, l.. Enaut aud I. Baer
were elected as a Board of Directors.
The capital stock was fixed at $500, 600,
of which about $4,000 had been pre-
viously subscribed. 81 rt f,.s7 .5r
Ga Tuesday morning the Board of
Dire ctors held meeting and organized
| by the election OF the following officers:
President, F. p. S;ubbs; Vice President,
U. ,Millsaps; Secretary, g. H. Trous-
dale; Treasurer, ID. A. Breard, Jr. ga
Another meeting was held 'Wednes-
day evening and the growing interest in
the enterprise was shown by the in.
creased attendance. At this meeting
Hon. F. p. Stubs, Rev. l.. ,Enaut and
U. Millsaps made forceiul and practical
speeches. Several of the original sub
scribers doubled their subscriptions and
many new ones were added to the list,
In addition to this committe Of four,
consisting of Hon. F. p. Stubbs, Rev.
L. Enaut, Hon. FIR. Endom and Mr..
r. N. Conner, was appointed TO make
a house to house canvass of the city
and they met with hattering success.
The amount has been swelled to $50,
600 and the good work is still going on:
Keep it up. We must not fail in this
undertaking. The welfare of the peo-
pie and the prosperity of Monroe de-
ponds upon 1t.
II we fail Monroe is doomed. Our
people will continue to leave, the large
number of untenauted houses will in
crease and the present dull, hard times
will be considered flush aud prosperous
times to what we will encounter in the
near future.
Succeed and Monroe will take on 6
boom that will discount anything in
that line ever witnessed in this State
The people we already have will moi
leave and new people will come. The
vacant houses and stores will soon re-
ceive occupants and Others will be cree
ted, Property values will be wonder.
fully enhanced and we will have an
era of prosperity we do not now dream
of.
People of Monroe, we just simply
can't afford to fail in this matter.
AS was stated in the Bulletin Wed
nesday there are reports that Gen
Rice has made combination with tht
BrinkIey, Ark, people. If that i.
true our hopes of his road coming thi:
way are at an end, but If 1t is not true
there is no certainty that he will built
via Monroe if he builds at all. lie has
lanotlier route via Oak Ridge and Bias
irop and If that route is adopted ant
the road built it does not require
prophet to predict what the conse
lquences would be 10 Monroe and there
Is no doubt in the mind Of any sensible
man what that prediction would be.
A DISTINGUISHED VISITOR.