The Van Buren press., 1903-03-14
HEADED FOR HARRISON.
The Mineral Road VIII be 175 Miles
Long, and Its Capital Stock . MIL.
lion and a Quarter.

From the Fort smith NcWs-hecoru, Mhlcn osn-
Captain John F. Williams of Hunt
icpton was In the city a short while
yesterday morning on his way home
from Little Rock. where he filed Friday
an amendatory charter Of the Arkansas
Coal and Mineral railway with the
secretary Of state. This charter was
granted by the state board Of railway
incorporators.
The charter originally provided for q
short line in Sebastian and Crawford
counties, but the new charter 10 for a
line IFS miles In length from Hartford
TO Harrison in Boone county. con-
Meeting the coal fields Of Western Ark.
snsas with the mineral fields Of the
northern part Of the state.
The capital stock 10 81. 1875 900. and
the stockholders are as follows: John
W. Goolsby, Waldron J.F. Williams.
Bennett Brown. John w. Mcconnell
J. N. Gridley and Herman Mayors, OF
Huntington Jos. NJ. Hill. Ben F,
Black, Of Fort Smith; P. D. Scott OF
Van Buren, Harvey E. Williams, La
mar J. H. Deitz, Springfield. No.
The officers are as follows: John F.
Williams, president; Bennett Brown,
vice president; ]. w. Goolsby, secre-
tsry j. W. Mcconnell, treasurer.
The preliminary survey for the entire
line has bsen completed. The line will
pass through 40 miles Of coal lands, 80
miles Of mineral lands, 100 miles Of fine
timber lands, and some Of the finest
marble fields Of tho world in the vicinity
Of Marble City, in Newton county.
The road also passes near Jasper, in
Newton county.
I'VE have the finest route that was
ever surveyed through the mineral sec
ton, said Capt. Williams to re-
porter, who met him at the depot before
he left for his home yesterday. THE
only practical route is water level one
and that is what we have. We have
not made our locating survey, but the
preliminary shows us our grades will
be much lighter than we expected to
find, judging from the experience OF
the other companies that had made sur
veys through that section. We do not
touch any towns in north Arkansas,
simply from the fact that thrre are no
towns up there. We will cross the
Arkansas river between Mulberry and
Dyer. and run north along Mulberry
creek. That is the longest creek on n
straight line ever saw in a mountain.
Gus country 1t is not only we'll adapted
to our purpose, but 1t is very fertile
country and eIcellently timbered.
"Our grade Is far lighter than the
Frisco, We have one tunnel At the
summit Of the Boston mountains, but
1t will be a small one The engineers
estimate it at about six hundred feet,
We cross Crawford, Franklin, johnson,
Newton and Sebastian counties. 1t j,
country rich in resources all along the
line. We are not out Of sight OF Goa
camp the entire length Of the road in
Sebastian county, Our main object is
to bring the mineral and coal together,
but the timber in the counties Of north
Arkansas through we run is rich
enough to make the road valuable one 4,
IL there was not an ounce Of ore.
Capt, Williams declined to make
public the power behind the financial
throne, but said there WAS ample CAPT.
tai at hand to carry the enterprise
through, a statement that Is self
evident, when other matters connected
with the road are taken into consider.
alton,