The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-05-09

IL IooN tuTee OF IOuf mln0tc@ u cross
it and the trestlc. We took dinner
at Pine Bluff at 2:45. l. is the
largest town we have reached since
Memphis. Among other industries
Is large shinglc, stave and lathe
plant. IL mas 1000 inhaai;an,s,
electric cars, lights, etc, an3 is M
important railroad Junction of the
Iron Mountain road. Here the
pine timber begins agaiu, which we
had lost for some hours, the timber
lasts until We reach the line oG Texas.
The road bed is fine, level and we'll
ballastcd with rock, and wonli be
safe with much faster schedule than
we made, At Kindall, If miles be-
low Pine Bluff, we passed another
large lumber plant, the Frank Kin
dali Lumber Works, thcr came
Fordyce, another big lumber station.
Between Memphis and Dallas
there are the following rivers to
cross: The Mississippi, St. Frances.
the White river at Clarendon juno.
ton, of Arkansas Midland, the
Arkansas river at Pine Bluff, the
Saline river between Risen aud
kingland, the OuchetG river az
Camden, the Red river at Garland
City Is mics from the line Of Az,
kansas and Texas, all of them empt-
ing into the great Mississippi. The
Arkansas and Red rivers are the
two largest and class with the James,
the Cooper, the Congarcc, etc The
other rivers are small. You find no
other large rivers in Texas Our
Forest is a fair sample of the average
river in Texas.
The junction connections made
between Memphis and Dallas are ut
Fair Oaks for Bald Knob and Bar
ring Cross, at Brinklcy for Little
Rock via Choctaw route. Wynne
Junction for the Mountain Valley.
Brinkley is SO miles from Memphis,
435 miles from Ft. Worth. III miles
to Waco and 200 miles to Cairo
pronounced Ca>ro) and has about
1900 inhabitants, at Stuttgart for
Gillett, at Roe for Helena, at. AL.
themir for Barring Cross and Little
Rock, at Rob Ruy for Little Bayou,
at Camden for Carnie, at Mcneil
for Bienville, at Stamps for Sibley,
Vicksburg, Jackson, Shreveport;
Lewisdale for Shreveport. Texar,
kama for Beaumont and Saline Pass,
south and Oak Lodge, Fort Scott
and Kansas City moth. Mt. Pleas
ant for Lufkin, Hillsboro, Waco and
Statesville, Commerce for Sherman,
Wylcy for Dallas, straight line goes
to Fort Worth.
We crossed tho Oucheta river at
5:25 p. IN. arriving at Camden at
5:35. The crowd at the train here
remined me Of the Union crowd at
the depot to meet passenger trains.
We took on board a number Of pas
sengers from the connecting line.
Camden has about 4, 900 inhabitants,
has big stove factory and other in
dustries. Red river has draw
bridge which we cross before reach.
ing Texarkana. The Red River
country is considered one of the best
farming sections in Texas. Arrived at
TEX ark ana )Texarkana at 9:55, tax
ing its name from the three states that
corner here. Texas, Arkansas and
Louisiana. The new survey, how
ever, shows the corner some distance
from Tcxarkana. In Texarkana
they have two separate municipal
governments. One part of the town
is in Texas the other in Arkansas.
One can commit crime and step
over into the other State and not
leave the street and a policeman can
not follow and arrest him. lie has
to lay for his man until he comes
over again. | imagine they have a
high old time there sometimes.
Leaving Texarkana at Q a. IN. we
enter the
GREAT LONE STAR STATE
of Texas. A few miles below Tex
arkana we came to Stamps, where
there is located one of the largest
lumber plants in the South, 1t is
owned by the Bodcaw Lumber Co.
They own. another plant and the two
turn over 100 to 112 cars of lumber,
etc., in day to the railroad This
concern has one hundred miles OF
their own RAILROAD running out into
th tinohar LAND, Thay non fnurtoan