The weekly soliphone., 1917-04-05

Unable to make satisfactory ar arrangements with the Cotton Belt railway for the transfer of timber cars from the Frisco at Jonesboro, the Paragould Handle Manufactur- ling Company, s. B. Bradburn, sec retary and treasurer is to be moved to Jonesboro. Announce ment of the determination of the management to leave Paragould was made yesterday afternoon by MT. Bradburn, who, although thor oughly welded to this city, has been compelled to sacrifice his per- sonal preference for business ad- vantages.
 The situation as it affects the Paragould Handle Mfg. Co. is rather peculiar, and gives Jones' boro, by virtue of it's railway con nections, an advantage over Para gould All timber of the charac- ter used by this, company is secur- ed from points along the Frisco railway. The practice has been, during the past few years, to have the rough material loaded onto freight cars at sidetracks contigu- ous to the place of cutting, and waybilled to Paragould by way of Joncsboro and the Cotton Belt. This practice proved satisfactory until recently, when the congested con dition of traffic at tidewater ere ated a nationwide shortage of I freight cars. All tife railroads are using their utmost endeavor to prevent their own cars from slip ping from beyond their control, yet even with the exercise of every possible measure of economy and dispatch the transportation eompa- nies find themselves in position extremely embarrassing to them selves and to their patrons. Para gould merchants and business mon, without exception, have felt the pinch of inadequate shipping facil- ities. Freight consignments from the northern and eastern markets are almost invariably delayed for periods ranging all the way from two weeks to months. Many of the larger manufacturers only accept orders contingent upon their abili- Ety to secure cars for shipment.
 In the lumber and timber indus tries shipping facilities have been especially curtailed. Open, or flat, cars, such as are used for the nov ing of logs, etc., have, in many in stances, been turned over to the makers of machinery. During the late winter three automobiles came to Paragould on flat cars. They were protected with heavy canvas, for which an extra charge of five dollars per machine was made. In other instances open cars have been appropriated for shipping per ishable commodities. The result is that dealers and manufacturers of wood products are embarrassed to such an extent that most of them are forced to makeshifts.
 The local plant will be operated for ten days, in order that timber now on hand may be disposed of. 1 After that time the sheds will be torn down, and, together with the machinery, shipped to Jonesboro. MT. Bradburn has figured that it will prove economical to use the old shedding material, rather than go to the expense of buying new lumber at Jonesboro. He estimates that the shipment of lumber and machinery will require ten cars. The plant in the Craighead metrop- oils will be located on a one-acre elevated tract at junction of the Frisco, Cotton Belt, and Jonesboro, Lake City & Eastern. The site was purchased at cost of eight thousand dollars, one-half of which amount was given as bonus by the Jones' boro Chamber of Commerce. MT. Bradburn states that the cost o1 removal, including re-establishment of, sheds, placing of machinery, etc., will approximate ten thousand dol liars. Even facing this exceptional ly heavy cost bill, it is calculated by the management that savings to the company incident to the elim- ; ination of freight bills will within a short while more than reimburse l the treasury.
 A tract of timber land, compris-