Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-01-24

Y, arc going over the system on
 of inspectiotn, and will take southwestern to Shreveport l, La
 .o huilding bridge over the
 river at that point, and "'li to inspect the work, which Is rpsseing very nicely, the steel
 heinz already on the ground. work on the cassons and piers also been started.
 eaying Shreveport We will go 1hz exas, passing thron5h a large Hel' of that state and inspect the i'm ements being made along the inc have been carrying on operations \ there for a long time, and hope lave a splendid roadbed i'll time. vier steel rails are being put in, heavier grades are being cut down we are doing a great deal of re- sting in many places.
 The Cotton Belt is just now under E greater improvements than the has ever heretofore been sub- bd to, and we hope to have, even- y, one of the finest roadbeds in southwest. This must be done, course, to improve our service. will enable us to put on a much er schedule. which we have in temptation, particularly with ref Ice to our mail trains 10 the Invest, We expect to inaugurate ew mail serv ce out of St. Louis bon as practicable. We will use Iron Mountain tracks from St. Is to Texarkana, where We will beet for the further south and Invest"
 lch were the statements made by Tn Gould when approached con. Ing the purport of his present over the lines, as he sat in his ate car in this city Monday even- Fhnd MT. Gould's story lies an estlng story, for there is a great more in them than at fire ap- |s
 IS now known that Mir. Gould's purpose in making the present oi ms lines is not so much a ol general inspection of the lines fhat of looking personally into aaylsability and practicabilitv of pe'ing TOT the great railway mail iee or the southwestern territory As from his remarks here it iu seem that there is no longer uouot Of his intentions. An at.
 VIII De made by the Gould
 o hold this business, wh oh
 'u'erests threaten to wrest from And # can ho .,ta4,
 nnproVements now going on or sAplated along the Cotton Be1f as nave in view the success of D;., " service, II should be borne ,uu that the mail contracts car. hs,, 7, 'ne railways of the country otba, a ol greater importance than nt;on zs' class of bus ness, with tse \ p''on of freight traffic alone
 eou1d's present trip Ss. over h;s {. ana his determination to man. T. a. faster mail service between a1a, gbt ,ho n' lexas points, was 1a' of a.5 about by the strong comneti. fI Koa ,ner lines, notably the Mis the 1gsas w and Texas, the Frisco [s t41 ,,. Houston and Texas cantre, a,lSe1 bin,ties n4es have recently formed ,":' 2 '''oh for a ouicly ,,..,
 (pt,r S'' ., Louis to the southwest postof,ipe'aa p'aas were completed in for ',a'ee snes department at Wash,ns :. arraDaa, en a service. The plans tory ,aased aqs ], will advance 1pa'an piaan ty.four r1 l., Texas mails from ten to $ sa.,. Missouri. Kansas an, r.x.. te early date win insta,' tna Texas ssss II: T T1''aeet meet With the Frisco ,"st at ion with t which, mic !. operating n~e in con. n. Fal, wi1 ni1p the the Houston and rexas en, |ern rez.s tap all of Central and servioa ytps' in in fact. a complete fast Of in aer It s.,. means. primarily nsn to 1eo@ e@e inro, ,Hat competit;on 'as' sec
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