The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-03
SOUTHERN PROGRESS
NEW RAILROAD LINES PROJECTED
IN THIS SECTION.


Baltimore, June p Especial. while
the mileage of new railroad lines pro-
jected for the South and Southwest is
not as great as that of those reported
during either March or April, the num-
Der. thirty. of such interpretations or
organizations Is the greatest number
reported thus far in any month this
year. and 1t illustrates the continued
and growing demand for railroad facil-
tiles indicating that considerable con-
struction will be done during the rest
of 1904 and In 1905. Reviewing the
plans which bring the total mileage
projected during the first five months
of the year. s.1o5. The Manufacturers
Record, referring to the last month,
says:
Arkansas reports the largest num-
Der OF new companies, 10, with a total
of 304 miles projected. the longest line
being 50 miles and the shortest 10.
Most OF these are interpretations for
lumber railroads which II is desired to
make common carriers. Ten of these
small roads were reported In single
week. and this shows to what extent
the lumber resources of Arkansas are
being developed. The Importance of
these small roads is also considerable,
as they in time become parts of the
railroad system of the country. grad
ually extending as the lands are clear
ed and opened up and as settlements
and towns are established along their
lines. The longest of these Arkansas
lines Is the Arkansas Western Rail-
way. which is to build from waldron
to Hot Springs. Next is the proposed
Hoxie Strawberry River Valley and
Western Railroad, with ifty-six miles
of line proposed from Hoxie to Frank
lin, Ark. The rest OF the thirteen
roads are of twenty-five miles or less
each In length
Kentucky reports three roads with
116 miles projected; Louisiana also re-
ports three with 1874 miles projected.
and Oklahoma an equal number with
1880 miles in prospect. one line of 1000
miles being the Denver, Woodward
and Southeastern Railroad, which 1 8
planned TO extend from Texarkana
across Indian Territory and Oklahoma.
to Denver. Col. so that while Oklahoma
is its place of Incorporation. most of
this line will be constructed beyond
her borders.
Virginia and Tennessee report two
roads each. with forty and eighty
miles. respectively. and Florida, In
dian Territory, Texas and West vir-
ginia report one road each with re-
spective mileage as follows: Thirty
Ave, eighty, fifty-one and twelve.
THE Denver. Woodward and South
eastern Railroad is the most ambitious
of the new projects reported during the
past month, but there are several 9TH
ers of Importance. notably that OF the
Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma Rail-
road which amended its charter to
build an extension of $50 miles from
Oklahoma City to the Texas State line
and also to build the projected Usage
Railroad. Another company of i'm
portance is the Houston Galveston
Inter urban Railroad. which has been
formed to build the long proposed
electric railway to connect these cities
by a line fifty-one miles long. The
Opelousas, Gulf and Northeastern Rail-
road to be built from Itoreauville to
Crowley. seventy miles. and the Baton
Rouge, Lafayette and Gulf Railroad to
be constructed from Baton Rouge to
Breaux Bridge ffty-two miles. are re-
ported from Louisiana. Then there
are the Guthrie. Fairvew and Western
Railway to build from Guthrie to Fair
view in Oklahoma, a distance of sixty
FIVE miles. and the South McAlester,
Red River and Gulf Railway and In
dian Territory line to run from South
McAlester to the Red River. eighty
miles. The East Tennessee Railway is
designed to run from Chattanooga to
oliver Springs. Tenn, seventy-five
miles. with a branch to Hartman"
The recent shipment of Virginia an
thracite coal to Chicago has attracted
attention to the field Of anthracite in
Southwest Virginia, where extensive
developments are now under way and
which is described in this weeks issue
of The Manufacturers Record. Some
- m
small scale prior to the civil war. and
all of the indications point to the fact
that the paying coal of these deposits
lies in Montgomery and Pulaski coun-
ties The article says:
THE total estimated acreage of the
Montgomery field is about 1000 acres.
This includes the coal between the coal
outcrop and the limestone outcrop. In
dications are that the coal is minabie
within a few hundred feet of this lime
stone fault Hence the entire region
between the coal outcrop and the
limestone fault is included. This esti-
mate also throws out considerable
property where the strata are so faulty
and broken as to make mining imprac-
ticabIe The extent OF the deposits of
the Pulaski field is yet to be deter
mined. but IS almost as extensive as
the MONTGOMERY felu. 1t extends and
has been more or less developed from
New River to the city of Pulaski. but
all operations except those at New
River have been practically abandoned
The coal. as shown by chemical
analysis and by its physical character
istics, has rather a striking resemb-
lance to the deposits in the Lykens
Valley region of Pennsylvania. It's
lustre is not as great as the usual run
Of Pennsylva mia coal. 1t is more ten
der and carries more volatile combus-
ttble. but It gives absolutely no smoke
except with very careless firing; Chin
news are entirely free from SCOT. and
the ash is white. though in some
places there is sufficient iron to give it
a reddish tinge. For ordinary domes-
tic uses there is little or no clinkering
except Where fires are very heavily
forced. Certain constituents of the
ash seem to melt and form just the
right amount of ciinker to give salts