The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-05-11
Railroad News.
ITensas Gazette. May 81

There are two engineering corps
r.nresentine the Texas and Pacific
| Railroad in Tensas now. One corps
under Mai Elliott. is running line IN
the back country. a few miles east OF
| Tensas river, aud the other under Mr.,
Bowen. Is running line near the river.
| Whether this means that Major Elliott
Is running an air line route which VIII
| shorten the distance between st. Louis
and New Orleans considerably, which
will be the trunk line of the L. d L ana
that Mr.. Bowen is running line for
(. loop that will begin at Fidalla and
| ioin the main line at or near Lake
Providence. wo cannot say. but the air
IL fnll of ruaors to that effect 4
In the meanwhile Mr.. Fenton, with
n corpse of engineers, is running line
from Tallulah TO Vidalia. for the New
Orleaus. Natchez and Arkansas Rail-
road and he seems to be going along
the line that was surveyed for the Mis-
slssippi Valley or Steele road.
1t is pretty certain that we will have
a railroad and that before another new
year dawns upon US. The engineers
representing both roads assure our
people that their road is 4 certainty.
MIR. w. Fenton. Chief Egineer of>the
New Orleans, Natchez u Arkansas
Railroad Company. paid visit to ST.
Joseph on Monday HIS corps has.
been engaged for several weeks max
ing preliminary survey for the pro-
posed line from Lake Providence. on
the north, to VidalIa, OH the south. and
on Monday last they were camped on
Avondale plantation, having cQmplet-
ed the preliminary survey To that point.
He thinks this survey will be complet-
ed to Vidalia by the 10th of May, at
which time the line will be run over
between Vidalia and Lake Providence
and the route finally located. From
Lake Providence north the line will be
extended 10 Arkansas City or to point
in Chicot county, Arkansas. opposite
Greenvlle. Miss.
Mr.. Fenton says that he has met
with the most satisfactory encourage
ment at the hands of the property
owners along the route.
The New Orleans. Natchfz and Ar
kansas Railroad only ask for rights OF
way, contingent upon the building aud
operation of the read, the time in
which this is to he accomplished is to
be limited to two years, but they ask
that RICH. ot-way be granted them AS
soon as actual construction has begun
on the lands through which the road
runs. OF course they will not com
mence construction on the land of any
one until the right of way over it has
been formally granted and put in legal |
shape. All they want is a legal obi |
CATION or The part of the land owners
to grant the rights of way through /
their lands when the road is actually !
built.
Mr., Fenton dsclaims most emphati
cally any purpose on the part of his
company to get franchises from our
people and then use them as basis on I
which TO make a trade with the Gould !
system. He stamps such an idea as !
absurd, for the reason that the rights
ofway. which is everything in he shape
of Il franchise that his company asks
for, would have no money value on
account of the condition attached to |
them.
The capitalists at the back of this
own large bodies of land in
the river parishes of Louisiana. and /
their main object in building this road
istto develop and bring those lands in
to market.
Mr.. Fenton says his instructions are
to make the survey and locate the line
and make his report as soon AS posi-
Bile, so that construction shall COM
mence.