The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-09-07

Springs amounts to 1000 car loads Of
freight per annum and that IL ts rap-
idly Increasing. Thnee years aSo the
shipments OF early fruits and vegeta-
bles amounted to only ninety eae
loads, but up to the present time th$s
year the figures show that Csystlf
SpriuRs has forwarded sos car loads.
All OF these facts will bes laid hotors
the management OF the Mississippi
Valley road, and an organized e0ort
viii be made to have Il build q branch
TO the center OF what II rapidly becom-
Ing one OF the greatest aud most pros>
porous fruit growing sections o. the
South.
There 10 every reason to believe that,
II the citizens OF Crystal Spring. Will
deal with the Mississippi Valley road
IN liberal manner, they will succeed
Ia getting what they need and dseire
: reduction of freight rates and another
railway outlet to the Northern msr.
kets.
4 SOUTHERN INVENTION.
A young man named Carper, living
at Salem, Va, has invented . spark
arrester for locomotives, Which has
been tested on the Norfolk and West
ern aud proved to be o perfect success.
A spark as small as tho head OF pin
cannot escape from the smokestack OF
the engine and the result is the danger
of igniting combustibte freight y
avoided, aud passengers are not an
noyed by having their eyes filled with
cinders while travelling.
A great many spark arresters have
been invented but this is tho fsst one
that has met all the requirements, and
1t will be very apt to bring large fos.
tune to the young man who Invented
II. as millions Of dollars are lost In this
country annually by fires caused by
sparks falling from q locomotive. An
insignificant spark has often caused the
distraction of whole train load Of
cotton.
NEW DUTY FOR CONDUCTORS.
It is stated that on the Old Colony
road from Fall river to Boston the
conductors are required under = new
rule to take lessons In removing sparks
from the eyes Of passengers. In view
OF the fact however, that very often
Il is lust as difhcHlt 10 chase tho spark
out Of persoA's eye as Il IL to run an
active pig out of potato patch, the
conductors must have rather q hard
time Of Il and very little opportunity
10 attend to their train duties.
1t IL not so bad, however II the spark
happens to land In the eye of . pretty
! girl, as the conductor can manage to
u put In very pleasant half hour per-
forming 1.-The necessary operation, but
II man who has been launching on
dried herrlpgs, Limburg cheese and q
/ spice Of garlic demands his services, he
, Is very likely to feel that his lot ie not
happy one.
: The new rule Of the Old Colony road
has amused tho railway world, which
3 would not be surprised now II the man.
agement Issued an order requifing con-
ductors to deliver temperancs lectures
o at dinner stations.
D WORK AGAIN RESUMED.
8 A surveying corps has been put Ii
o tho field ut the eud of the Houston
: Columbia, Alexandria and Northern
o Railroad, about twenty miles north o
!. Monroe, La, and the liho Is to be ex'
o tended with tho least possible delay 4
t Pine Bluff, Ark, which is about forty
miles from the present terminus Of th'
8 road. 1t ls expected to get the traci
: TO Pine Bluff by the middle OF mex
It January.