The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1899-06-08

IANEY COUNTY CITIZEN.
June 2, 1899.
The North Arkansas Travel.
The May number of the Missouri
and Arkansas Farmer and Fruitman,
(that paper which is doing so much
genuine good for Taney county, has
given our iverymen q hint that they
should profit by. In an editorial
under the heading, "How to reach the
lead mines of North Arkansas" !"
Chadwick is placed first above Eureka
Springs. Ark, as a point on the
railroad where teams can be procured
for the mineral belt of Marion and
Boone counties.
The great bulk of travel is now GO
ing to Eureka Springs, Ark. where a
stage line carries the prospector to
Harrison and thence by private con-
veyance to Lead Hill and surround
ing points. It has been a notion Of
our lverymen that the Frisco R'y
did not desire their passengers to go
to North Ark. via Chadwick, but
owing to their interest in the Eureka
Branch favored the longer route.
The above editorial dispells this
allusion and actually puts Chadwick
above Eureka Springs, for il should
be borne in mind that the Farmer
and Fruitman is devoting It's whole
efforts to upbuilding the Frisco line
of R'y.
A study of the map of Mo. and
Ark. shows that all the travel from
Kansas City and St. Louis must pass
through Springfield, that when at
this point they are due north of the
lead belt of Marion and Boone
counties, Ark. If the matter wac
properly presented to the travelling
public the great mass of emigration
and prospectors now pouring down
the Fayetteville Branch of the Frisco,
thence to Eureka, where they begin
a long and tedious ride over the
roughest country in Arkansas, would
be turned ON to the Chadwick Branch
and handled from Chadwick.
From Springfield to Eureka Srings
via the Frisco is 100 miles in round
figures. From Springfield to Chad
wick the distance is but 50 miles.
From Eureka to Lead Hill is all of 20
miles, but from Chadwick to Lead
Hill it is scarcely 80 miles, clear adj
vantage of the Chadwick route of sc
miles-86 miles and some Of those
over the roughest roads in Arkansas,
to say nothing of the 20 mile haul on
the Eureka Branch at 10 cents mile.
There Is another feature in favor of
the Chadwick route in this, that there
are no night rides, as there is from
Eureka Springs to Harrison where
much of the distance is made at night.
The expenses of the Chadwick route
would be much less, the distance
shorter, the time better, and the wear
aud tear on human anatomy and en-
durance much less.
All these things we know, but the
travelling public does not know, and
may never know, unless some one
pushes the facts out to the world.
TIL M n ro b,,ndrodo oc raonfo ooino
round us each week who should spend
at least part of a day and night at
our village.
If our liverynen will grasp the
situation and push it, there is no
question but an immense traffic can
be turned this way and instead of one
or two hacks dozen can be en-
ployed. To handle this large traffic
over night at Forsyth is a matter OF
no small interest to our hotel and
business men. That some of the
money which would pass through
with such q traffic will stop here
there is no doubt. That many of the
prospectors whose eyes are turned
now to North Arkansas, will find
Taney county quite as rich in lead
and zinc is equally true. It is with
in the easy reach Of our hotel and
liverymen to secure :his business,
and liberal use of printers ink will
do it. There is nothing like printers
ink, gentlemen, to iubricate the
wheels Of business-try it.