The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1892-04-07
SPRINGFIELD AND YELLvILLE.l
A Line of Railway VIII Surely be Built
Through Yell County.

YELLvILLL, ARK, March 30.-Prosperity
is often linked to adversity as life is to
death, and the people of Marion county,
having endured their probationary season
of hard times, are rejoicing in anticipation
of the good time coming After years of
weary waiting, almost without hope Of Sc
curing railway on account of an agree
ment between the railway corporations
whose lines surround the central portion
Of North Arkansas that they would not
build into the territory, they are at last
about to secure railway Independent of
existing lines.
few weeks ago Willard +. Winner,
Frank G. Hadley and Edward IL. Webster
proposed to the people Of Marion county to
build and equip standard guage railway
from point on White river near Buffalo
Shoals westward to a point near the
mouth of Georges creek, near the line be-
tween Marion and Boone counties, upon
condition of their subscribing 500 acres of
land per mile, not as a donation, but in
exchange for $50 per acrein the stock of
the proposed road Work is to begin with
in thirty days after the land is subscribed
and to continue without interruption until
completed between the points named.
A. S. Layton, J. J. Horner and Neal
Dodd are to hold the land as trustees, with
power to re-conyey to the sub
scribers in the event of failure
of the company to comply with the terms
of the agreement between the parties in
interest The route is known as the
Springfield, Yellville and White River
Railway, but, in the language of William,
of Avon. whats in a name Springfield
may perhaps be terminus, more likely
perhaps not. The railway will be extended
through different counties to railway con
nection, on the same plan ON which it is
built through this county. Springfield is
a very promising town. She has been rich
as Dives in promises of railway extension
into North Arkansas, but poor as Lazarus
in their fulfllment, and when the choice
was presented of aiding railway extensions
south into Arkansas, or northward, deter
mination was not to build into Arkansas,
so it is not probable that any especial in
ducement will be found for extending the
road to Springfield. The greatest assem-
blage Of the people ever known in Yellville
was on account of the railway meeting last
Saturday. When the committees of the
different townships reported it was found
that about 5000 acres were lacking to make
up the subscription required. The people
were in earnest and determined that a pit
iful 5000 acre subscription should not stand
in the way of the railway, and the amount
was raised before the meeting adjourned.
The knell of king cotton is sounded in
this portion of the state, and the people
will turn their attention to orchards, vine
yards and grain and the development of
their mines. A new era has dawned, and
the man hereafter in this county who raises
cotton at five cents pound, to buy bacon
at fifteen cents, would be valuable ac
QUESTION to museum.
The friends of Governor Eagle in this
county are thick as seeds in a tomato, and
the people accord to him much of the
credit due for their success in raising the
subscription to the railway.