The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1911-06-07
The Committee Report


10 the President and Members Of the
Business Mems League:
1he undersigned committee an
pointed by the league at a recent
meeting to investigate the proposi-
ton presented to the citizens of Hot
Springs by the Memphis, Dallas and
Gulf Railroad Company, beg leave to
submit the following report:
Your committee were met at Nash
vile by a committee of the CONNER
cial League and also by officials of
the road and every means to faclli-
tate our work end to secure such in
formation as we desired was placed
at our command.
We find that this road has been
constructed from Ashdown, Little
River county, to Murphysboro in Pike
county. distance of 43 miles, with q
miles graded beyond Murphysboro
and as far as completed it is a stand
ard guage road in excellent condition,
fine road bed. steel bridges standard
rails and ties and well equipped with
rolling stock to handle the business OF
the road, is being operated with sat
isfactory train service and enjoys re-
nunerative business,
We find that the road connects at
Ashdown with the Kansas City
Southern and the Frisco railroads,
two trunk lines covering an immense
territory from which Hot Springs will
1raw an immense patronage. II the
road is extended to Hot Springs il
will cross the Iron Mountain Southern
railroad at Nashville and will also
cross the Prescott and Northern and
Gurdon and F.. Smith roads all OF
which will in way be feeders of this
line.
The road as at present completed
Is laid through yeritable garden
spot of the state, running as it does
through the counties of Little River
Howard, and Pike, rich in all re-
sources necessary to support rail-
road
These counties In development, fer
Ttility of soil. and variety of products
coupled with a salubrious climate
compares, favorably with any in The
whole country.
From Murpheysboro to Hot Springs
along the line of the proposed exten-
sion we have not made any persona
inspection, but from information
reliable We are led to believe that the
territory traversed will not equal tha
through which the road is now built
hat the construction will be more
rificult, and when finished. for a limit
ed period the timber will constitut'
the principal freight asset but tina
there are numerous narrow valleys o
great fertility that will become avail
able in time for farming purposes
with upland for fruit and stock rails
| ing which with the advent OF tn
advent OF the road will develop into
air territory.
Assuming that the road may b
brought to this city we are convince
that the supporting territory from thi
city to Ashdown will compare favor
ably with the best anywhere.
The road is called the Memphis
Dallas and Gulf which We assum
ontemplates line from Mempris t
DALLAS, Texas, any person of averag
intelligence can see the great bene
ficial possibilities that will accrue I
this city from such line with Mem
phis as the eastern gateway maxim
connections with the vast eastern an
southeastern business, and Dallas Q
1.-THE southwest with Its many connec
Ting lines, 1t will become a favorit
road of travel to the south, and south
west. California and Mexico, thu
|realizing our long fond dream Of see
ling Hot Springs on trunk line, an
Through tourists may secure stopove
|priTiieges to visit the greatest healt
land pleasure resort in the world, an
Of this ultimate extension within th