The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-02-02
AT LAST!
The Houston, Centrsl Arkansas and
Northern Railroad to be Con.
structcd at Once.

nc N0uotO0S NGntt8t AtAAuSNS Nhu
Northern Railroad to be Con-
structcd at Once.
= At last we are 10 have another rail-
road! Fur the past five years railroad
schemes innumerable have been
sprung upon our people, each and
every one Of them receiving their
hearty approval aud substantial en-
but so slow were the
railroads In maierializ,ue that the
people almost dispaIred Of getting one
except by building Themselves.
Out Of this condition was born the
idea Of local company aud the
Ouachita Vsl!sy was the result. It's
origtnators went to work with vim
and they succeeded in securing large
popular subscription, but not enough
to build themselves. Al this juncture
the proposition Of Maj. Bright on be.
half Of the Houston, Central Arkansas
aud Northern Company was made to
build from Columbis TO Bastrop
conditioned upon the payment Of
t75 600 by the Ouachita Valley to his
company, and it having been all along
the dcslre OF the local company not so
much to build one Themselves as to
secure the building of . road, the
local company very readily acceeded
to the proposition. The contract was
made, and the bond drawn up, but it
will be remembered that Msj. BrIght's
Texas contractors failed him aud re-
fused to sign.
The Ouachita Valley did not give
up but mauiuIly continued the effort
aud subsequently MsJ. Bright proposed
another contract, provided he should
be successful in the then pending nego-
tIa,ions TO Interest the Messre Rey-
noIds In his enterprise. Mr.. Bright was
successful as has been heretofore an
noanced and he renewed, subsequent,
~, his former proposition. AT tba,
time, two weeks ago, the local COM
pany did not have subscriptions suffi-
cient to accept his proposition and q
] weeks time was asked in which to
give him an answer. This was agreed
to and during the week the deficit was
easily made up. On Monday the
Board of Directors OF the Ouachita
Valley Company met and Maj. Brig hi
again submitted his proposition which
was accepted without dissenting vote.
The bond was prepared by Mr.. Stubs,
president of the Ouachita Valley Com
pany, and 1t was signed last Tuesday
by Msj. Bright, Mr.. Reynolds aud Mr..
Diliy and forwarded at once 10 Joliet,
ILL.,, to be signed by Mr.. Henry.
On the day after the contract was
closed Nlsssrs. Reynolds & Go. re-
ceived a large consignment OF mules,
wagons, plows and scrapers 10 begin
active operations at once, and a camp
has already been established below
town. Work will begin at once. Yes.
terday morning Mr.. Oily left for Chi
cago to contract for the rails.
Under the terms of the contract Mr..
Bright has fifteen days after the noti-
fica,ion of the acceptance of the propo,
sitton, but az may be inferred from
what has preceded, he does not pro-
pose to avail himself of that delay. The
road Is to be completed and In running
order between Monroe and Bsstrop
within six months, aud 1t Is safe TO say
that railroad communication between
the two points will be open before the
first Of next September.
Aud so 1t IL 10 be the Houston, Cen
trail Arkansas aud Northern Railroad
and not the Ouachita Valley. So mote
IT be. But the originstors Of the latter
may console themselves with the
thought that they have largely con.
tributed TO the success of Mai. BrIgh,'s
enterprise, and since they were work
lug for the public good, and not SO
much for their own ACKNOWLEDGMENT IS
some upjus,ly believed, they can we'll
afford to rest content.
THE RUsTON CONVENTION.