The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-04-27

Mer Rouge, L., Hamburg and Mon
ticeilo, and terminating at Pine Blum
! Ark, the system comprising miieas'
OF 444 miles.
The projectors OF this systein speai
confidently of the ability of the road L
pay all fixed charges, provide = salts
factory dividend aud secure itbera
sinking fund from the time that tht
service is com tDsnced, oasiag their cal
culsiions on the fact that, indepsndeDI
of its fertile agricultural resources,
cannot be excelled in the United States,
they occupy . secondary consideration
when compared with the timber re-
sources. To give an idea Of the re-
sources of tho territory through which
this line will pass, the following ex-
tracts from the roads projectors will
be referred to. A careful examination
of this sho wa the fact that there sources
Of Ashley couty, Ark, can be accepted
as fair average ui the difyersnt c0us-
ties and parishes through which tho
road will run, aud considering that
Ashley county has 3, SOC, ,OOO, 600 feet OF
understandable timber, pine preponder-
ating, the revenue from this county
alone is bound to be large. The avcr>
age number of feet placed upon one
car is 10000, snd the average amount
received from this car by the ,erritory
controlled by the H., G. A. aud N.
It will he, for Kausss, Colorado and
Nebraska delivery, It will average $50
per car. Hence 1t will be seen thnt
;, SOC, ,00O, 900 feet Of timber will make
the splendid sum of $40, SOC, 900, which
amount eau be realized from the tim-
her alone In Ashley county, Ark.
Now, if this county Is recogutzsd as
an average In point OF timber resources
through which the road will run; aud
considering that it pierces four coun-
ties in Arkansas and five parishes In
Louisiana, the amount Of revenue the
road will derive from the timber pre-
sents an array Of figures which are
positively startling.
The first fifty-seven miles, comnenc.
ing 1T Columbia, run through one con-
tinuous cotton plantation, the yield Of
which is one bale per acre. It will be
seen that in order to compute the rev.
enre derived from cotton shipments
over the fifty-seven miles, even using
80 low an amount as $l.25 per bale, II
will present an exhibit far more fiat
lering than any other road In any cot.
ton section. The @,nrigtnators Of this
road are Maj. w. A. Bright, Col. A.
W. Files and Charles N. Right, all of
Little Rock, Ark. 1t was their orig
inai, intention to commence co1etruc-
tion2at Pine Bluff, but fAttering in
ducements held out by the people of
North Louisiana Influenced them to
commence at Monroe, and they are
building north and south from this
point as rapidly as possible, utilizing
a large force of men and all tue latest
improvements used in railroad con-
structor. 1t is confidently expected
that the road as above described will
be completed within two years and
six months.
The road is being constructed by the
Reynolds 4 Henry Construction Conn
pauy, which is differed as follows: J.
A. Henry, If Joliet, H., PRESIDENT;
Berj. Reynolds, Of Wymore, Neb.,
general manager; George M. Duly, of
Palestine. Tex, secretary and treasurer.
The officers of the H., G. A. and N.
Railroad are Msj. W. a. Bright, pres
iden'; Col. Il. b. Biauks, vice prest.
dent; Il. z. Welsh, secretary; A. 8.
ApkhI, iiS'aoAbeI' Apo uhSNAOAo hAo
w. A. Bright, II. 3. Blanks, Charles
n. Right, John p. Parker, Porter
Skinner, George NJ. Dilly, A. s. Ap-
gar.
Mouroe is bound to do things right
when she once commences, and she
done propose TO stop with one new
rosd, so the leading men OF this sec.
ton formed a company and have In
corpora'td the Union aud Northwest.
cru Railroad Company, which will
connect this city with the thriving
town OF Farmerville,.a distance Ui
thirty five miles.
The following named gentlemen ap.
peared and signed their names and
subscribed to the capital stock Of sid
company, AS provided in the charter:
Uriah Miiisaps, A. b. Shoiars, Johu
p. Parker, u. A. Breard, Sr., Herman
NJ yer, +. Endom, Ben Reynolds, G.
ID. Woodbridge, Edward Jonas, w.
w. Heard. Jacob Marx, J. M. Lee.
j. l. Everett, Jacob Stein, J. G. Trim
bic, Frank =. Stubs, l.. Euaut, II. Il.
Dawkins, John S. b ,atner, 4. N. Con-
ner, ID. w. Pipes, ]. !. Davis, Il. B.
Blanks, l. Bser, W. A. Bright and
Judge NJ. DlIly.
That Monroe is becoming
A BUSINESS CENTRE
cannot be disputed. She now has one
of the finest oil mills in the Stats, .
compress second TO none, an ice fac
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