The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1889-05-18
MAMMOTH SPRING, ARK.

natural wonders of the world, he has
only to take the Kansas city, Spring.
field 4 Memphis railway Gulf Route)
and run down TO the famous Mammoth
Spring, which lie located on the north.
ern border OF Arkansas about midway be
tween Memphis, Tenn. and Springfield, Mo.
Here, on the southern slope OF the OZARK
range. in the midst Of scenic charms that defy
description. is born the beautiful Spring river
from the grandest fountain known to the
world The great spring, 20 feet deep and
nearly seo feet wide, breaks over the massive
stone dam with volume of t5.OOs cubic feet
per minute and forms the loveliest of noun
tain streams that goes whirlng and dashing
down the wild. picturesque mountain glen.
over succession of rapids and cascades that
compass fall OF l35 feet within the frat ten
miles. The recent construction OF an i'm ense
stone dam by the Water Power and Improve
ment company has transformed this gigantic
spring into great reservoir. covering d fifteen
acres, thereby securing. by fourteen foot
water head, = perpetual and unvsrying motor,
equal TO loco horse power, which with q sue
oession of dams lower down the stream, may
be repeated . dozen times within &c many
miles. giving an aggregate power sufficient to
drive all the mills And factories in New Eng
land. The Improvement of this splendid
water power by q company Of well known
capitalists. has already attracted hither an.
other syndicate for the establishment OF an
extensive cotton mill plant. Involving q mass.
i've brick building 5OxSt0 feet, together with
lesser structures and the most approved mill
machinery, including electric lights for the
factory and the town. Under the impetus
given by the two corporations named, the
town has grown from hamlet of shanties to
hrfw Il -Fe
twenty moAths. Half q doEeA nne, modern
business houses, some pretty churches, d
handsome public school house. . commo iious
hotel and Ane exhibit OF tasteful homes are
already here to attest the sterling enterprise
of the new population and the current year
will be signalized by the completion of the
cotton mills. q large and elegant new hotel
and Kindred enterprises that clearly fore.
shadow the rapid building of an Industrial
city worthy OF the location. Among the new
industries OF the locality, Is the hsh farm
lately established by a company OF connois.
seurs In pisciculture. who have built extern.
sive hatcheries and pools for the breeding and
rearing OF brook trout for the uthwestern
market. These gentlemen who have made q
success OF trout raising in other localities.
have $1,000 young fry in their pools and will
increase the numbe to hundreds Of thou sands,
and year or two hence. be supplying the cpl.
cures of New Orleans, Memphis, Springfield
and Kansas City with the daintiest nsh. food
known TO the world.
bright future awaits this fortunate and
progressive young city. The cotton mills.
hsh farm and other industries now estab-
lished and projected. are but earnest OF the
brilliant and busy life that 10 yet to crown
the BORDERS of this wonderful spring AID the
mighty. rubbing. rampant, rock. ribbed river,
for dozen miles, with the mills and factories
and FORCES OF . radiant and booming city,
whose music of lathe and spindle. wheel and
waterfall will waken the echoes In the wild
glens. gorges and Lifts of the rugged Ozark
hills. Between this grand water motor and
the outlying cotton. corn and wheat fields;
the interminable forests OF oak and pine and
cypress and the inexhaustible deposits of
iron, lead and xinc, there is q close an nity
which In these materiAlistlc money making
days lie as sure to attract capital, skill and
industrial courage, as the sun is sure to shine
The vanguard Of c mighty host of men with
gold and brain, muscle and creative skill are
already On the ground for the building of q
city that will become the pride OF the
southwest, and q dozen years hence some
other ArkAnsaw Traveller, with reader pen
than mine. will write OF q booming town OF
le.0oo souls. May l, too. be here to renew the
pleasure OF hand shake with Messrs. Daniel,
Archer. Arnett. Glenn, and that royal town.
builder and real estate broker. Mr.. G. +.
Brook. and ever so many other live and cour-
teous gentleman who made my too brief day
ct Mammoth Spring one Of the chief pleas
ures Of . lifetime. MAY BARRETT.