The log cabin Democrat., 1907-06-13
NEW RAILROADS FOR CONWAY
Lines Projected to Quitman and
 to Beebe.
The Quitman-C Conway Line Interests Little Rock, and Talk of Conway-Beebe
 Line is Revived

SNA - the past week, whether anything comes of 1t or not. Quitman is still intensely interested in secur- ing line into this city and has secured the cooperation of our Board of Trade to assist them. Col. C. C. Goldman, the we'll known promoter, who is now building the Dardanelle- Ola line, is interested in the project, having already gone over the proposed line, and will probably visit this section again in the near future.
 Judging from an article appear ing in the Gazette of last Friday, Little Rock is also interested in the project. The article is as fol- lows:
 "If a plan outlined in Gazette dispatch from Conway, published yesterday morning, for a railroad from Conway to Quitman carries, it is probable aid from Little Rock capitalists can easily be secured to help this new line.
 ''The dispatch told of meeting of the Conway Board of Trade, at which a delegation of business men from Quitman, who had come to Conway for that purpose, sub mitted plan for railroad to con- meet Conway and Quitman. The building of this line would mean the easy accomplishment of Little Rock dream of a railroad to the north. The project for line from the north to Little Rock has been baked by Wilson's hill, a ridge which lies along the northern bor- der of Pulaski county and the southern border of Faulkner coun- ty. With line from Conway to Quitman, however, Wilson's Hill, considered almost an engineering impossibility, would not have to be figured into the plan, for the line would go around the ridge.
 "Conway is on the Iron Noun tain S Fort Smith line in Faulkner, and Quitman is north by east from Conway in the extreme southern end of Cleburne county. The Missouri and North Arkansas rail road is now being built south from Leslie in Searcy county by way of Heber in Cleburne county. The distance between Quitman and Heber is inconsiderable and with this gap filled in, Litt.e Rock would have connection with the Missouri and North Arkansas and would have a line to the north which would tap country which Little Rock merchants must now reach by a most cirCuitous route and at great expense for freight tariffs.
 Another Proposed Line.
 Talk of a line from Beebe to Conway has been again revived and an organization to promote the matter was formed at Beebe last week. A special to the Gazette from Beebe says:
 "Beebe, June 7.-The business men ot Beebe held a meeting this afternoon at the Dye opera house and organized Business Mem S League. Dr. E. H. Addington was made chairman and T. M. Woods secretary. Steps were talk en to effect permanent organiza- ton. The first purpose of the league is to secure right of way for a railroad from Conway east to Forrest City by the way of Beebe, Des Arc and Cotton Plant.
 Letters were read iron. a promi- nent St. Louis capitalist and rall- road promoter giving assurances that if the right of way is secured along the proposed route the road will be built within one year. It would cost less to build than any another road of equal length in the state. There IS not a hill to cut through from Conway to Des Arc and not a stream that would re- quire bridge 25 feet in length. The proposed route runs through one of the most fertile and best timbered sections of the state.
 The Iron Mountain has twice surveyed the route from Conway to Beebe, but for some reason failed to build a road. The peo- pie here are enthused over the prospects.