The Forrest City times., 1895-05-31

4 In a w ii
h'ueDted to them TO. their penerons
hospitality and care for our nsrsonai
oohnort. as we'll as their interest in tho
ASSOCIATION to which their hosnitalitv
contributed much ENJOYMENT.
nm, Mammoth Spring is "a picturesque
~; t.''e CITY OF 1000 inhabitants, and takes
@ name from the largest natural
op,lng I'D the world. The town is 10.
o".eo IN Fulton county, near the Mis-.
Souti line, on the Kansas CITY. Fl.
ocott q Memphis railroad, and nestles
SSnuRiy among n spur of the Ozark
Mouhtains. The Mammoth Spring
source OF Spring river, aud the largest
spfiug In the world" saws a writer in
lhe Monitor, lis not without it's fasci.
natlng traditions. Those who can dc.
cIpher the hieroglyphics of the prehis-
,oIIc INHABITANTS find among these tab
ie,o vi tradition a description of this
WONDERFUL spring which tablets say !.
Was Tue outlet OF an under ground river.
neceht discoveries give much color to
TINS tradition. Eight miles north of
tue spring Is cave in which is a sub.
.eIahean river; also in Cedar county.
MO- and supposed to be connected
WIN our great spring. A noted pecu-
ilarlty OF the spring is when no rain
mas fallen for some time i'm the country
adjacent, 1t will become muddy. Es-
peclally is this noticed when the Mis-
soufl river is high. The spring boils
up al the foot CT hill and sends forth
river OF pure clear water. 1t covers
10 acres with depth of from II toll
ieet ana stationary temperature of 80
degrees the year round. The main
ooll IS 10 feet deep by 100 feet in di.
ameter, and sends forth $4,000 cubic
ieet OF water per minute. A substan-
tial wooden bridge 400 feet long crosses
the lake and connects the town and
depot
A massive stone dam 1O7 feet long
10 feet high and feet average thick
ness, with l6 X % feet wheel pit at
either end, In which are the wheels
that furnish the power to operate the
cotton mills, cotton gin and roller mill.
This dam furnishes 1000 horse power
which can be duplicated every mile for
10 miles.
The Mammoth Spring Cotton Mill is
two-story brick structure 300 feet
long with dye house, electric light
plant room, an iron warehouse for
storing cotton and the best equipped
picker room in the south attached.
The picker room has of the largest
and best machines used in that line of
mill work. The mill has now in opera
tion, 5000 spindles and 125 looms and
makes besides, 40 styles Of plaids, bed
ticking cheviots. shawls, Osnaburgs
and other goods. 1t has recently
secured the contract for furnishing the
Arkansas pcnitentiary with the Osna-
burgs used for clothing. The mill now
uses bales of cotton per day turning
out $4,000 yds., of cloth per month
which is readily sold in Eastern mar
kets. Steps have been taken to largely
increase the capacity of this mill and
also to locacte 20 900 spindle mill from
Providence r. l.
Across the dam from the cotton mill is
Mammoth Spring Roller Mills, a four-sto-
ry brick with iron warehouse and eleva-
tor with a capacity of 20, 900 bushels and
awell equipped cooper shop which makes
the barrels for the mill. The mills
is 400 barrels per "a hours and
is in operation day and night. Its cele-
brated brand of high grade flour Golden
Gate, second to no brand in the world,
is popular all over the South. The
power to manufacture barrel of -four
costs 2 mills, and To run bale of cot
ton into cloth, S1.00. The Mammoth
Spring Cotton Mills consumed 100000
pounds of cotton in 1894 and will prob
ably use million in '95.
Spring river falls % feet the first
mile, "a the second and 80 on with an
average fall of nearly IL feet per mile
for the first ten miles. A temporary,
dam filled with loose stones and GOV.
ering of boards has been made a half
mile below the first one. Below this
temporary dam is the wheel pit built
to furnish power for the electric light
company to light the towns of Nam
moth Spring and Thayer. The town
is years old Is well drained, clean
and has u number of beautiful resi-
dences; is lighted by electricity, has
population of 1900, has l stone and q
brick buildings. The mortality rate
for '92 was to 1000, '93 and '94 to
1000. The shipments for '94 were 80
cars of stock, $50 cars Of fonr, $500
bales of cotton. 1000 dozen poultry,
$40 900 dozen eggs, besides a quantity
of small fruits and other products such
AS dressed hogs, beef and rabbits and
100 bales of wool. The local merchants
sold nearly 100000 in merchandise'in
1894. and the bank clearings were over
$1,000, 900.
The electric light plant has capae-
ity of 800, 900 candle power, and tirs
company has contract for lighting both
Mammoth Spring and Thayer, town
across the line.
The railroad depot is vitri fed
brick, lighted 10y electricity and said to
be the handsomest depot between Kan
sas City and Memphis.
A $4,000 fish farm is not the least OF
Mammoth Springs attractions, by any
means. 1t is a beautiful place, and a
great enterprise.
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