Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-09-11

Men PMS Is Tie ODJeGtiNe DOIHt I0I
another proposed line Of railroad says
the Memphis Morning News. The
promoters propose to construct line
from Shreveport, La, With that end
in view lhe Shreveport and Memphis
railroad company has just been or
ganized under the laws of Louisiana.
The Shreveport and Memphis Rail
road will be capitalized at $4,000, ,000.
Tie temporary organization has Deen
perfected with tie following officers:
A, k. Clingman, of Homer, La. presi.
dent; Thomas Il Creighton. of Min
den, IA, weep president; Samuel G.
Webb. Of Minden. secretary; j. \.
Murrell, treasurer. These officers,
with 4. McCranie, \. T Nelson and
A. kinnehlew. compose the board of
directors.
The promoters, it is stated. have Sc
cured practically all the rights Of
way for the line in louisiana Ii is
proposed to develop the Louisiana end
first, after which the Arkansas portion
will be taken up and pushed. The
surveys are to be commenced in a
very short time,
The route .or the new rpal IN l.ouisi-
ana Is through Bossier. Webster and
Claiborne counties. This route will
cross the Louisiana & Arkansas Rail
road at Minden and the Louisiana &,
Northwestern Railway at Homer. The
Arkansas-Lo ousiana State line will be
crossed just west of Junction City,
which is on the Arkansas Southern
railroad,
Arkansas Portion.
The Arkansas portion of the line
will bisect the territory between the
Cotton Belt route and the Memphis,
Helena & Louisiana or Memphis-NeW
Orleans line, now under construction
for the Missouri Pacific system. The
Arkansas counties that will probably
be touched are Union, Calhoun. Brad
ley, Cleveland Lincoln, Arkansas,
Monroe, Lee, st. Francis and Critten-
den
This route will come in contact
with several lines Oh railroad. The Ar
kansas Southern will doubtless be
crossed at Ell Dorado The Warren
branch of the Iron Mountain route will
be touched at Warren. Warner will
probably be the crossing point of the
Arkansas City branch of the Iron
Mountain route The Gillett branch
of the Cotton Belt route will be cross.
ed at Dewitt. Marianne will probably
Helena brancn Of the Iron Mountain
route. The route into Memphis from
Mariana will doubtless parallel ,ne
Memphis, Helena e iouisian line,
now being built. Star City. capital OF
Lincoln cOun,y, now without railroad
facilities, will doubtless be on the
line
The new company proposes to fol
low the general route of the Memphis
Arkansas & Texas Railroad, which was
projected by Memphis capitalists sev-
elal years ago. and which was in a
measure revived about Twelve months
ago. The ehar5er or that company
however, expired by limitation las,
spring, before the d1e miles Of road
necessary TO held the { aater had been
built
This territory offers an advantage
Gus route fer direct trunk line he
tween Memphis ani Shreveport, a
the same time penetrating a section
with natural advantages sufficient Il
support line for local traffic The
Cotton Belt route now has the onIA
through t!ackage between Shreveport
and Memphis That rouae. however
is not as direct as the one for tins
proposed new line
At Shreveport any line from the
north or cast could find good southern
and western railroad connections Tht
Houston East & West Texas roae
leads directly from Shreveport L
Houston and the Galveston port. III,
Texas 4 Pacific system has a lin,
due west to Dallas. Fort Worth an.