The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-12-30
ANOTHER RAILROAD.

A private dispatch to the Times Dem
coral, from Texarkana, Ark, under date
OF December 70, contains the following
highly important information:
A party of railroad magnates and cap
italists OF Kansas City, headed by Col.
e. Martin, president of the Kansas City,
Nevada and Fort Smith railroad, arrived
here over the Iron Mountain in the
Pullman sleeper Wanderer this morning
The parties have recently become inter
tsted 10 the bnildiDg through to com
pletion Of the TexaFkana and TT. Smith
railway, thirty miles of which have
beeu constructed and is now in Opera
ton North OF here. The road, 20 far
as built is the work Of q local capitalist,
Colonel W L Whitaker, who was forced
to suspend building some months ago
for lack of iunds Theline as projected
rims through the richest mineral and
agricultural districts of Arkansas, a part
OF the state az ct partially undeveloped
The Kansas City gentlemen went ont
and took look at the road as far as
constructed today, and it is understood
they will take hold Of the matter aud
push the road through at once, provided
a bonus of $40. 600 is raised by the peo-
pie OF Texarkana, which amount there
is no doubt will be forthcoming.
After reproducing the above the
Shreveport Times comments as follOws;
This intelligence is termed thighlN
important, simply because it 10 closely
allied 10 a subject which has been pre-
scented to the people of this city for sew
efal years. An earnest desire has al
ways been felt to secnEe an arr line with
Kansas City. The route Of the Texar-
kama aud Fort Smith railroad is one Of
the lines desired, and its completion at
an early day is highly probable.
What next {? The gap between Tex
arkana and Shreveport, a portion Of
which has already been constructed. is
the next consideration, And then ?
Why not build the Red River Valley
road, utilizing the Eatchitoches road a.
o portion of the line and pushing On-
ward TO the terminus at Cypress on the
Texas and Pacific, continue the line to
Sabine Pass by way of Beaumont Cd
the Neches river ? This is an air line
almost. IL can be buIlt; ii will be built,
and it will open fertile, rich and desira-
bic sections Of both Louisiana and Tex
as. The possibilities Of the future,
largely dependent on railroad connec-
tions, are immense, and now is the
time to utilize favorable opportunities.
With flew changes the plan proposed
by our contemporary is very good, but
instead oftpushing through to Sabine
Pass, let LAKE CHARLES be the object
i've point, the southern terminus. The
proposed road conld connect with the
Calcasieu. Shreveport and Vernon rail
road upon which work will commence
immediately, "a portion Of this road is
already built and in operationl pro
posala for grading the same being pub.
lished IL another column Of this paper
The route we propose is through
country where the grading and
bridging would cost less, il would not
parallel another road and therefore
offers larger amount Of local traffic
aud then, too, Lake Charles is THE com.
ing city Deep water viii shortly bel
accomplished fact. The lumber inter
est here and the output Of the milli
which principally goes north, is muci
longer than At Beaumont and ID nd
dition We have the largest rice mill il
the world with q capacity ol two thoaa
aand and iour hundred sacks daily ami
one 81 Tie largest sugar retineries 10 th'
siale. Surely from every point Q
view Lake Charles is o mora available
objective point than Beaumont aps
offers lonhle lhe inducements tha
i would any other point Let our peopil
i look inloil,is matter ana zee what then
iaiut VIZ have paid praetieally aoth
ing aa Set for .le advantages No hsw
/ aireaay secnfad they having eons /
us 81 acoeant II onF favorable locstiei
but BIZ time bas row come or as !
boz aud We haze no time % lose
Work and let's 81 It d The nElce ths
mast Be paid fpr eueoe
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