Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-29
EYE ON NEW ORLEANS
.Rencrtsi Frisco Will Build
. Line Down From Kansas
j City.
Bald THAT LINE is PRACTICALLY
y SETTLED SOUTH TO PINE
II BUFF.
aitv Also That Frisco Has Bought p.
Il B. E. w. as a Part of the
Route.
LATTER STATEMENT is DENIED

%g An Arkansas fdllfOaG O1flclal. VINO
was recently in Memphis, is authori-
Hty for a statement that the Frisco sys-
tenn is after through line from Kan
h asas City to New Orleans, with con-
u Elections from Chicago and st. Louis,
Says the Memphis Morning News. If
kBuch a plan is a reality its consumma-
Etion will mean more to the Frsco than
NMay appear on the surface. 1t may
Mmean great changes in the traffic con-
aditions between the territory surround
Ing Kansas City, st. Louis, Memphis
81 and New Orleans. 1t will open up an
other route to the gulf.
1sss2 The belief that the Frisco is working
toward New Orleans is founded on the
recent developments backed. accord
ing to public opinion, by the Frisco
The st. Louis, Memphis and Southeast
Ssern is the line through which the op-
erations are being made. This road
e has been conceded by railroad authori-
ties to be a Frisco property.
ss# The ST. Louis, Memphis and South
eastern has in operation a line be-
tween Cape Girardeau and Naylor.
Mo. It has under construction a line
.between St Louis and Cape Girardeall
and another between Naylor and Poca-
hontas Ark. 1t operates line be-
tween Pocahontas and Hoxie This
month, as has been previously pub
Hshed a line was incorporated in Ar
Kansas. to be constructed from HoXie
eClth to Little Rock. The completion
SOf these three sections will give the
st. Louis. Memphis and Southeastern
through line between st. Louis and
little Rock.
The engineers are now in the field
and have completed half the surveys
Tor the line between Hoxie and Lit
I tie Rock. They have now reached Au
9usta, on the White river. They COM
]. menced at Hoxie and are working
! .aouth The route they have followed
r. between the Iron Mountain and Cot
tqn Belt lines. From Augusta they
vii follow the White river south to
Dos Arc. taking advantage of the river
valley for the railroad. From Des
Atc the line will make slight divoer-
Non southwest into Little Rock. The
01cial referred to above, although
representing an entirely different sys-
I'm, stated that it was the general
aopinion that this line would be built
thus completing the line from St. Louis
i "a Little Rock.
The Frisco, through it's Kansas City
Springfield-Memphis line has direct
line between Kansas City and Hoxie.
The Hoxie-Little Rock line will give it
the most direct line between Kansas
City and Little Rock.
The Frisco, it is said, has under cou-
temptation line between Little Rock
0nd Pine Bluff, as a continuation of
the line from Hoxie. The Pine Bluff
aAd Western railroad in short line
In operation twelve miles from Pine
Bluff to Doylestown and under con-
sstruction ten miles further to Sheri-
4 dan, in the direction of Little Rock. 1t
Us said the Frisco has recently come
Into possession of this property and
will build south from Little Rock to
sheridan, to connect with it. thus
making the line through from Kansas
City to Pine Bluff.
South of Pine Bluff the plans do not
appear to be we'll developed. The Sa-
line river route appears as the natural
outlet in that direction. That river
A1enetrates a section without railroad
ecilities and yet very rich in farn