The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1904-01-07
HARRISON GETS SECOND ROAD
Taney County Ia Direct Path Of It's Proposed
Extension.
Harrison to Get Another Ksiiroad.

| Harrison to Get Another kailr0ad.
Another Arkansas railroad. the Fort
Smith q Northern, has been incorporn-
ted, 10 be constructed between Fort
Smith and Harrison, and form u link in
great trunk liuc TO be known us The
st. Louis, Fort Smith Il .cxican. The
road when completed on the plan indi.
Gated will innll probability traverse Tn-
ncy county passing up the Swan or Bca-
vor and out through Cedar Gap to the
water grade beyond on its way to the
metropolis Of the Mississippi valley.
Even under present conditions the
extension OF the line from Harrison to
st. Louis can scarcely avoid traycrsing
fancy county, and with the develop.
mcnt which will rapidly follow the Mis-
souri, PaciGc's White river line, it could
not afford To miss this section Of the
mineral Klondkc Of the southwest.
The following details Of the PROPOSE
tion are taken from the Arkansas Dem
ocrat.
State Senator George Sengcl Of Fort
Smith il in the city. He is not in poll
tics-just now-hut il engaged In the
laudablc business OF bringing capital to
Arkanoas TO be used In the development
Of the great resources Of the state, and
he is succeeding in II marked degree.
In the year just closing and the coming
year he will have directly and Indirect
ly been the means Of bringing at least
sj,O0O,oO0 Of new money into western
Arkansas.
His slatcst enterprise is the Fort Smith
and Northern railroad. The charter for
which was granted ut Il meeting Of the
state board Of railwav ncorporators yes
lerday afternoon. The capital stock Is
$1,000 ,000 OF which 100000 has been
paid In. Senator Sengel says that the
road will surely be built and that it will
be one Of the finest lines in the state
1t Is To become the first In II railway
system to bc known ns the st. Louis
Fort Smith and Mexican. which has
SON. great things in view. twill pro-
vide route from Fort Smith To st. Lou
is ID miles nearer than by the present
Frisco route, and will tap one OF the
| richest regions o! 'ho whole country.
1t is proposed that the road shall run
| from Fort Smith east, parallcling the
| Arkansas Central as far as l.ayuca when
! IL will turn TO the northeast and cross
the Aakansas river near Ozark. twill
then run through northern Franklin,
northwest johnson. along the valley OF
the Mulberry and the Little and Big
Buffalo, through the mountains Of New.
ton county without IL tunnel, through
the town OF Jasper, and TO II present
terminus at Harrison, Boone county.
The total distance is l30 miles and the
grade is surprisingly good, being less
than /! per cent, with no tunnels and no
sharp curves. In the first part it passes
over II solid bed Of coal, then through
II region OF the finest hard wood timber
in the United States still untouched and
finally through the marvellous zinc and
lead fields OF Newton and Boone cCun-
ties. The first preliminary survey has
already been run, So quietly that very
few knew what was in progress, and it
wilNbe necessary to make two more sur
vcys. The preliminarics entail grca,
amount Of labor, which will occupy their
time all during the,winter months, and
the work OF actual construction will be
commenced in the spring.