Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-10-04
|ARREN WAKING Up
6lNG AFTER THE SALINE RIVER
RAILROAD IN EAENEST
MANNER
sires 1t So AS to Get in Close
Touch With Pine Bluff, Chief
City of this Section.
s,vE UP HOPES OF ROCK ISLAND.

There has been a superbundance
If t.,lk in Warren during the present
,par about prospective new railroads.
hhe . Hblie mind was much exercised
for quite while about the Rock
island, and a. least that question has
,psolved itself down to the conclu-
siop. tia: if that much desired rail
len niles west of Warren, and the
only connection the town will have
with it, will be over the Warren and
Ouachita Valley railroad, the logging
road for the Arkansas and Southern
Lumber company's mills. 1t is undoubt-
ed1y true that such condition would
be hurtfu rather than beneficial to
the tow1. At the same time It
would be g eat deal for the War
rem and Cuachita Valley.
Next came the talk about getting
the Saline River railroad to build in
to Warren thus giving the town a
very desirable Cotton Belt connec-
tGn. But little was done upon this
proposition, and Warren sat upon
the stool Of sio-nothing' until the
rumor has gone out that the Warren
and Ouachita Valley, has perfected, or
is negotiating Il deal witr tha ioai
for a connection And if that deal
is effected, the much to be desired
Cotton Belt connection for Warren
would be over the Warren and
Ouachita Valley. This too would be
a fine deal for the Warren and Ouachi-
! ia Valley railroad, and no one should
he SO narrow as to become offended
I (ulat the management of the Warren
and Ouachita Valley snou1d be wide
awake to one Or both of these fine
business propositions.
But how about Warren if these deals
are closed and become realistic facts?
Is there business man in the town
~ optooC anu tuil llial iiS SdIiilOt ldNC
in the situation? Is it not apparent
to every one that Warren would be
bottled up?" 1t is not more than
probable than a town will spring up
at the junction of the Warren and
Ouachita Valley with the Rock Island
and Saline River railroads which would
be a strong and dangerous competitor
Of Warren? 1t is a critical situation
which confrontS US and something
must be done, and done quick
The question will naturally arise
what can We do?" The only rational
answer to the query is; we must go
to work at once and in real earnes,
to secure the Saline River railroad.
complished. or we have turned every
stone and exhausted every effort in
that direction.
The executive committee of the
Comi-er"iai I "s.sue has already gone
10 work. A representative of the
league was sent to st. Louis and he
had long interview with Mr. Car
ter president of the Saline River
road. Mr. Carter is favorable to COM
ing into Warren direct with his road.
rather than over the Warren and
Ouachita Valley. Or rather, he is
willing to connect with road out
from Warren, to be built by Warren.
This week he will submit one or more
TO the town building the connecting
Glnk. From business standpoint
these propositions will be as liberal
as it will be possible for him to make
them, and it behooves our business
men to be in receptive mood, and
I possible the propositions should be
ecepted promptly. Always there is
danger in delay. In this instance
delay is not short of suicidal of the
best interest of the town.
The many advantages that Cotton
Belt connection would give to War
rem are too apparent to require argu-
ment to induce her citizens to take
hold of the proposition. But we
will cite one or two and then leave
to our readers the pleasure of recall
ing many others. First, it is the
strongest card that can be played to
secure the main line Of the Rock Is
land. Second, it will induce the
Iron Mountain to give us a better
service. Third. it is fifty-ive miles