Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1904-02-05
New Railroad.
uxora, Evening Shade and
Northwestern Elect Off
GERS and Apply For
a Charter.

i N IS jupilant tonight over the GER
fg 'ainty of new railroad leading
35 fctalo the northwest and opening
r,icFp hitherto imprisoned territory
,g,it ID the counties of Mississippi'
III { Craighead, Lawrence and Sharp,
i,s lRhere the proposed terminus Is
.Hfi 45ocated for the present The
,eIl .lhapital is 100000, Of which
IJ 'tinore than 100000 has been sub
\ i llScribod by the incorporators, who
'JB fhave complied with the law in all
Tsa, hespects and forwarded the appli-
~ ,,'cation for charter to the secre-
Nj : diary of state in Little Rock,
81 ~ The following gentlemen signed
*, Particles of agreement and applied
{ llfor charter for the LuXora, Eve
" ming Shade & Northwestern Rail-
P, 'Sroad: W. NJ. Connolly and J. NJ.
tTrimble of Memphis, Tenn; H.
ir ZAP. Liston, Jonesboro, Ark; W.
II NIB. Calhoun, Samuel Bowen, j. F.
/ ai ia Morrow, W. J. Driver, Dr.. Kit
i III Dalton, Charles S. Driver and
- John B. Driver OF Luxora; Prince
d E,s de Rosenberg Orsini, Of Austria.
Fida The incorporaUors elected John
B. Driver president and W. M.
u l, Connolly secretary treasurer. The
4 4, official home of the corporation
4 il will be in Luxora. Mr., Connolly
4 G will also maintain an Office in
i Memphis,
Re A commission consisting of W.
= M. Connolly, j. B. Driver, W. B.
6 Calhoun, H. P Liston and j. M,
'Trimble was elected and Will, in
I few days, opensubscription books
~ for such as may desire to invest
y in the enterprise,
i, Work on the road is to be COM
) menced at once and pushed to
Up completion.
IVA The disposition of minority
Liz of the stock is incidental. 1t is
< proposed to make Of this road a
IA home enterprise and at all times
10 a majority of the stock will be
ia held by home people who will
g,k control and manage the road.
is. This road will open up virgin
iir forests of vast expanse and COW
ik, cered with hardwoods, hickory and
'sf pine woods of various kinds. it
W. has been estimated that there is
IN 10000 feet Of lumber to the acre
liz which in freight rates alone will
K, amount to more than $1,000 to
f@ the mile, allowing for lateral eX-
In tension and outreach.
W. Further on the uplands are
so reached, where mineral wealth
Il. will be opened up to the world.
a. Mountains Of marble, white and
x colored, of onyx, granite and
"a other valuable rocks, large de-
III posts of manganese, coal phos-
&c phate, zinc, iron, lead, silver and
Il, other valuable minerals.
N The road will follow up Straw
% berry river, the valley of which
II cannot be entered in any other
e way without tunneling. All along
I the line are splendid agricultural
II and horticultural lands, where the
7 finest apples in the world are
q grown, as shown by the first
x prizes taken at the Paris and
Il Chicago exposition.
"A Prince Rosenberg Orsini is re-
lated to the royal families of Aus
4 tria and Germany and to the
! royal family of England through
F! the marriage of his cousin, the
Duke of Fife, to one OF the late
Queen Victoria's daughters, He
intends to colonize several thou
sand families along the line of the
road, where suitable lands may
be found.
A part OF the road will be in
operation in a few months and
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