Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-08-14
PROPOSED RAILROAD
FROM MEMPHIS, THROUGH AR
KANSAS, TO PARIS,
TEXAS.
Rranch of 1t to Extend From Lonoke,
Through Pine Bluff, to the
Louisiana Line.
COMPANY HAS INCORPORATED.

Application was made Friday at Lit
tie Rock to the state board of railway
incorporation for charter for the
Memphis, Paris and Gulf railroad,
line which. if constructed as now pro-
posed, will extend from Memphis west
through Arkansas, passing few miles
south of Little Rock. to Paris. Tex.
A line is also proposed. branching
off from the main line at point in
Lonoke county, and running south
the Louisiana state line. 1t is un-
derstood that it is proposed to extend
the line to the Gulf of Mexico, with
a number of lateral lines, but the ar
ticles of incorporation and the accom-
panying map filed Friday cover only
that portion of the line which lies in
Arkansas. The proposed road. with
it's branches in this state is about 400
miles in length.
The company is capitalized at Sc
100000 and the articles of incorpora-
ton state that stock to the amount OF
S1.00O,O00 has been subscribed IN good
faith by the corporatOrs.
The promoters of this road are the
men who built and controlled the Ar
kansas Southern railroad until it was
sold to the st. Louis, Iron Mountain
and Pacific for consideration OF
about two and half million dollars.
Most of them are we'll known business
men of this state and the others are
we'll known here The financial
standing of the men behind the enter
prise is unquestioned and they declare
that they will carry the undertaking
through.
The corporators are James w.
Brown, William K. Ramsey Walter
W. Brown, and T. J. Gaughan of Cam
den; c. c. Henderson, Robert W.
HUE, Eugene w. Barkman and Geo,
H. Locke of Arkadelphia; Ben. F.
Thompson of Ruston. La, G. E.
Neeley of ST. Louis and T. NJ. Dod
son of Hot Springs.
According to the articles OF incor-
poration the company proposes to con-
struct, own and operate railroad
from point in Crittenden county,
Ark, opposite the city of Memphis,
Tenn to point on the boundary line
between Sewer county, Arkansas, and
indian Territory, and to a point on
The boundary line between Union
county, Arkansas, and Louisiana, as
the terminii in Arkansas, and a point
near Sabine Pass in Texas. The
route of the proposed road in Arkan-
sas passes through the counties OF
Crlttenden, st. Francis, Lee, Monroe,
Prairie, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline,
Grant. Hot Spring, Clark. Pike,
Hempstead, Howard. Sewer and Lit
Tie River, for one branch, and the
counties of Arkansas, Jefferson. Lo-
hoke, Drew, Cleveland, Bradley, Cal
noun and Union for another branch,
and the counties of Dallas and Ouch
lta for a third branch.
The line, if completed as proposed.
VIII extend from Memphis through
or'ttenden and st. Francis counties to
Marlanna in Lee county; thence to
clarendon in Monroe county and
'hence to Hamilton in Lonoke county.
AT Hamilton the road divides into
TWO branches. One line extends from
hamilton through the southern corner
VI Pulaski county and the corner of
same county, Grant and Hot Spring
eoultles, to ArkadeIphia in Clark
county; thence through the southern
part OF Pike county to Nashville in
howard county, and thence through
SEWER county to the boundary line be-
tween Arkansas and the Indian Terri
tory.
ine other branch of the road ex-
,enos from Hamilton south through
enerson county to Fine Bluff; thence
a'ough Cleveland county, the north
es' corner OF Bradley and the south
ase corner of Calhoun to Ell Dorado
onlon county; thence in south
~s'etiy direction to the Louisiana