The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-02-06
RATTLE OF The Rails.
A Chapter or Two on the Pro-
gress of the X. c. P. &
G.. Road.
1t is Reaching Out It's Steel Feeders
for the Gulf and Lake Charles,
Louisiana.

Every one here who has an eye,
can see and hear of the workings OF
the X. c. p. & G. road, and see the
many cars of steel and ties passing
through to the front for the con-
struction of this road south.
We have assurances that the
same degree of activity is being
pushed forward on the north
end coming this way to make con
nection at Horatio
1t is said the woods south of
Shreveport along the proposed line,
is swarming with men making ties to
be used between Shreveport and
Port Arthur at Sabine Pass.
The following is synopsis of the
roads history as it now stands
"The Arkansas Construction Com
pany, capital 81, 500, 900, was formed
by the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Trust Company, in which trust
company certain Boston capitalists
are interested, for the purpose of
building the railroad from Fort
Smith Ark, to Shreveport, La,
263 miles; the price to be $25, 600 3
per cent 30-year first mortgage
gold bonds and $25, 600 in stock for
each mile built; the construction
company to provide rolling stock
valued at 81, 500 mile. This line is
expected to be built and in opera
tion by next June. The Kansas
City Terminal Construction Com
pany, capital $3,OOO,OOO, has been
organized by the same trust com
pany to build from Shreveport, La,
to the Gulf of Mexico, 215 miles,
which line is expected to be IN
operation by January |, 1897 The
net earnings of the sections in
operation, quarter ending March 81,
1895, we're $25, ,998, an increase of
$21, ,577 over the same period of
previous year. Gross earnings for
December 81, 1895 quarter, were
$153, 539, an increase of $29, ,29O
"a party of Boston, New York
and Philadelphia capitalists are now
on tour of inspection Of this road,
among whom are Messrs. f. A..
Gilbert, W. A. Paine and Jas. A..
Sanborn of Boston; Messrs. j, Roth
schiId and Edw. p, Mercwin, of New
York, and Chas. II. Hinchman and
William S. Taylor Of Philadelphia. "
The record of construction thus
far is as follows: The road is now
completed from Kansas City to Fort
Smith, a distance Of 1926 miles, and
also completed from Iexarkana
north to Horatio, distance of
forty eight miles, leaving a gap of
sixty miles yet to be completed
which lies between Horatio and
Salishaw. The distance between
Texarkana and Shreveport is
seventy-two miles. Between these
cities the grading has all been com
pleted and the track laid, with the
exception of 16-mile gap now UNI
der construction.
The line south from Shreveport to
Sabine Pass, the gulf terminus, is
being surveyed for grading con.
tractors by five corps of engineers,
The first fifty miles Of grading has
been let and the work of construc.
ton will begin Immediately, The
road passes through Mansfield,
Many and Leesvllle Just south of
Leesville, La, the line crosses the
Sabine river into Texas, going via
Beaumont to Sabine Pass. Three
wards in the parish OF CaIcasien,
La, are to take a vote on special
tax, and if this tax is voted the
road will build a line from Leesyille
to Lake Charles. The company has
contracted for the delivery of 100
cars of steel rail per month. The
entire length Of the system, accord
ing to Chief Engineer Gilham, is
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