Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-06-08
Old Roads Building New Lines and
New Companies Long Roads.
ST. LOUIS THE GOAL
They Win Develop the ysrIsus lndus-
tries = the South BY Reaching
Out In Every Direction and
Gather Them In.

Baltimore. June 9.--The southwest.
a great empire In extent and resources.
h the scene OF an activity In railroad
construction such as has not been wit.
messed anywhere ia the United States
since the days OF lS79s0. when rail.
road building was at it's highest point.
CoIncident with this activity. with old
systems building new lines and new
companieg projecting long roads az
we'll AS short ones. there are indica.
tons Of a great advance In manufactur
Ing. mining and financial interests.
The Manufacturers Record Ia cover.
Ing the many interesting phases OF
this development In special CORE,
spondence. and last week published a
survey Of the railroad situation with
reference largely to the lines conferred
al ST. Louis. aud stretching into the
middle south. the west and the south.
west These lines. opening up In
many Instances almost virgin territory
and improving the transportation
facilities Of regions where the lumber,
man. the farmer and the miner have
already found their way. will play an
important part In the upbuildlng OF the
southwest For example, the Frisco.
which. within year. VIII be operating
1885 miles. Is putting forth energetic
efforts In the direction Of the Indian
Territory. Oklahoma and Arkansas. II
has within twelve months contracted
for 5000 900 worth OF new equipment.
which will be auxiliary 20 It's efforts TO
attract new industries and settlers 10
points along its line. particular efforts
being made to develop the poultry and
dairy Industries. The Rock Island Is
looking after the same territory with
equal energy.
Almost every conceivable interest Is
represented In the business handled by
the Gould lines. Lead. zinc. coal. lum.
Der. cotton. cattle. early vegetables.
fruit. grain. oil and various manufac-
t,lred products arc handled by them.
The proven zinc territory In southwest
Missouri. from which 10000 900 worth |
OF ore has been taken IN a single year.
is likely 10 be extended into the Indian
Territory. after thorough prospecting. /
and the zinc of Arkansas Is also be.
coming attractive. whlio the timber IN. /
dustry Keeps some branch lines In Mis-
souri,. Arkansas and Texas busy. tho
lumber and timber going north in
large quantities 10 81. Louis and else.
where. but also into the newly settled /,
Oklahoma country.
In the work Of drawing settlers 10
the south the Cotton Belt Is making
progress. especially in
the prairie section Of Arkansas. and
eastern Texas. where the acreage In
fruit raising. cotton and wheat Is
steadily growing How great activity I
there r. In the lumber Industry Is indi. (
Gated by the fact that from Delta south
along the line OF che Cotton Belt. 60
additional saw mills have been erected
during the past i6 months. With the
OF the forests fruit and truck
lands are made available. Peaches.
tomatoes. strawberries. are some OF
the product upon which enterprislng
settlers are growing independent. In
iustrial development Is progressing
The Cotton Belt has purchased In the
past year 1850 freight cars OF 10000
pounds capacity. and has under con
tract 2i35 more. with SO modern loco
motives.
Expenditures authorized by the
Santa Fc for this year are larger than
EVER before Some OF them are for the
equipment OF It's Texas line for burn.
ing fuel oil from the Beaumont fields
This involves the erection OF a mum
Der OF immense steel storage tanks and
he installation OF minor supplied
plants fSom which the locomotives will
AXE the oil,
Other railroad projects are mention
ID In the correspondence which con-
,ludes as follows:
Take look at the map OF iowa. for
Instance. and see how that state Is
,riss-crossed with railroads, and then
recall that when the Indian Territory
Is added 70 Oklahoma. as Il will be one
lay, there will be a bigger and better
state In the southwest than Iowa. u
will be the equal OF any state In the
inion in soil. climate. variety OF re
sources and proximity 10 great mar
xets. II will be the heir OF all the
ICES OF progress. the very incarnation
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