The Springdale news., 1889-12-13
Bright Railroad Prospects.

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 Bright Railroad Prospects.
 Gen. John II. Rice, Presi lent of the New Orleans, Natchez and Ft. Scott Railroad, was in the city yes terday. He was accompanied by Mr. J. r. Chenault, Vice resident of the Natehez Construction Com pany. the pc ople who are building the road Mr. Chenaults people knew nothing of the Saline Valley country, in fact httle about Arkan sas, and this is q prospecting tour for his benefit.
 conversation with a Gazette reporter Gen Rice stated that the Natchez Construction Company had $50 men at work between Natehez and Hamburg, Ark, grading, build Ing bridges, making ties and get ting the road bed ready to receive the steel rails. In addition to this Col. James has 250 conviets from the Lonsania State Penitentlary at work grading and building bridges.
 We have l10 miles of steel ralls now.o sad Gen. Rice, "aImost If not enough to bring us to Hamburg and We will be running ears into Hamburg within SIX or eight months. We now have our own engines and cars on the works, and when the road is completed will have it equipped.
 "What. direction will the road take from Ham burg?n
 ''That 1 can not say; we are just looking at the country now to de. termine that. The original route was by Hot Springs, out through the northwestern portion of the State, crossing the Little Rock and Fort Smith 1t ClarksvlIle, and we may run that way now. but it is not definitely settled. We desire al the information that we can get about the topography and resources of the different portions of the State, so that by the tune the road is completed to the Arkansas line, we will know which route to take Tn order to get out al the north west corner. The building of the road is assured; tits only aquestion of routes. ."-Arkansas Gazette, Dec. l.
 Tho above good news taken from the Gazette Of last Sunday IS sup i plimented at this place by the fact that NJ, x. Randall, civil engineer Of Pittsburg, Kansas, reached Clarksville Friday night, last, in charge of q corps of reconn isance, undertaking to determine a prac- ticable passage of the Boston noun tain. Such q practicable passage on line to this place has not only been found, but according to the fact of being route that will not require a tunnel, reflects the high. est credit on Mr, Randall-a dozen famous engineers during as many Years, having tail ed ln simular at tempts.
 It was learned from Mir. Randall, who returned to Pittsburg on the day after completing hls reconno- isance, that a locating survey woild be made at once for the purpose of securing route discovered by him. Our people are fully alive to the needs of the projectors in respect to description of resources and to- geography. They not only furnish ed Mir. Randall with maps and care fully made estimates of the resources ofthe country, but received the help of Col. De Malher, of the Arkansas Press, in communicating with rep rcsentative citizens of counties in this State penetrated by the pro posed road. By the end of this week they will have received full particulars and tenders of courtesies and cooperation from Ashley, Brad ley, Clark, Yell, Logan, Washing ton, Benton and this county.
 Would it not facilitate matters for the New Orleans, Natchez and  Ft. Scott k. R., to fix upon date when its projectors could meet in
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