Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-12
THE WARREN PLAN OUTLINED

The proposed buldna Of a short#lIne
road from tni~ city to noiut connect.
iag with the Choctaw road on the
north has met With much favor from
towns aIon2 The proposed line oi the
1..w road. and if the matter is taken=ap|
In earnest by the business men oi the
towns the road may be extended even
farther than was proposed al first
The town OF Warren. in Bradley eeua=
= about forty mics aoHth oI Hefe.
!. also interested in the road building
n1onusition and proposes a plan Where
b. the road may be extended to that
city and make an Smile short road
which Will cennec1 Pine Bluff and Wa1=
rem with tn Choctaw at Lono'e. The
nroposirirn has not been submitted to
r those interested in the new road in
this city. but much Favorable comment
has been heard on the plan The War
ren Democrat News has thu follow
inc to say OF the plan:
THAT Warren is sore iy III need of
better railroad facilities is apparent
to the most casual observer. And it
is also evidenced by the many railroad
projects which have been discussed
by her people from time to time. In
fact, so many efforts have been made
to get another road for Warren, to no
avail. that her people are in a great
measure discouraged and seem about
ready to give up in despair.
But it will never do to give up.
and set in motion a project which if
pushed with vim will result in a Rock
island connection inside Of eighteen
months. and which would undoubtedly
be fine paying property.
The Democrat-NeWs will endeayor
as briefly as possible to outline the
project mentioned above, and We ask
that the business men of Warren care
\fuly consider the proposition and if
they find it practicable and feasible
that they go to work with us at once
to give it shape and put the wheels in
motion
"To begin, we will call attention to
the fact that a number of the largest
capitalists of Pine Bluff have put on
foot propect to build a railroad from
that city to Lonoke, a distance of less
than 40 miles. If that road is built it
will give Pine Bluff valuable Rock
Island connectiOn-a connection very
much desired by that city, Pine Bluff
is very much in earnest, and it is al
most an assured fact that the road to
Lonoke will be constructed
From Warren to Pine Bluff it is
about 40 miles, and on to Lonoke it is
almost an air line, thus making the
distance from Warren by way of Pine
Bluff to LonOke as the crow would
fly say 80 miles.
Nov the proposition is that War
rem citizens convene in mass meet
ing: that they resolve that this road
snail De constructed, lndL LneS dp-
point committee to go to Pine Bluff
or invite Pine Bluff representatives
to come to Warren, and thereby join
issues and thus secure the building of
tMe road from Warren to LOnoke.
With the aid of Pine Bluff this
road can be built, and Pine Bluff will
be only too glad to join issues with
Warren. Under the present regime
Pine Bluff does large volume of bust
ness with Warren, and with this new
road she would have it caught in great
shape.
pine Bluff is fast forging to the
front as a manufacturing and jobbing
point, and her enterprising citizens
can we'll afford to reach out for Rock
Island connection. and direct connec
ton with town as good as Warren,
''In our opinion the proposition to
build railroad from Warren to Lo-
noke is the most feasible and practic-
able railroad proposition that Warren
could have suggested to her. In
Pine Bluff we have strong and able
ally. This road will give us Iron
MqNntan and Cotton Belt connections
at Pine Bluff, and Rock Island connec-
tion at Lonoke 1t would relieve the