The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1918-02-21
THE GRAND AVENUE
RAILROAD FRANCHISE

At the meeting Of the commission
ems, Fob 18TH the proposed grant OF a
franchise along Grand Avenue TO the
NJ. d. & G. railroad company for the
laying OF single track to Il c0unec-
tion with the Rock Island Road, was
Freely discussed and il seemed that
those opposed to Jhe franchise would
largely remove objection to the grant.
provided The people OF the city So
cured substantial remuneration. di-
rcetR or indirectly from the grant
I'm TACT, property owners along Grand
Avenue, in sense expressed will
mgness TO make some sacrifices for
the common good if Necessary but de-
sired not to take mere promises i'm
return for the injury or inconycni-
ence incident 10 the use Of the High
way By the railroad Among other
facts referred TO, in favor OF the fran
chise,, none ere more convincing
than the figures cited by Mr.. Homer
twhom it appeared was thoroughly
familiar with freight rates and traffic
rules Mr.. Homer conservative in
bis estimates which showed that in
his line of business alone there would
be a saving OF at least $4,000 am
nu8lW. These are moderate esi-
mates and are made up by a prac-
teal and experienced shipper and not
by the traffic manager OF railroad
company This great saving ON freight
enables the merchant and manulac
urer TO sell their goods to the con-
s"mer much cheaper than at present
and also tends to build fortune for
those who live here Murfrcesboro, a
town on the NJ ID. q G. Railroad. is
seventy -four miles further from st
Louis than from Hot Springs. has an
advantage Of two cents per hundred
pounds. in rates over those of Hot
Springs. IL Hot Springs had one
through line Of railroads as pointed
out boy Mr. H3rner. manufacturing
plants could be located here and
placed on equal footing with plants in
ether sections OF the country, j.. Ding
/ and wholesale houses could locate
! here and send their army of travelling
statesmen TO all part sol the coanuy
and as Mr.. Callahan so elegantiy pic
| tured great enterprises are seeking
! and going 10 seek location at or near
/ the gulf ports and the Golden on
! Toruuity.' is knocking at the door
OF the city is a dream Of no idealist
out that of a man VOL informed by
careful study OF The present situation
No other place in all the soath land
has natural and climatic advantages
superior TO those ,l Hot springs, and
no other place viii more rapidly forae
ahead in industrial Ines, provided
ample and through railroad facilities
are secured. As stated by Mr. Horner
rates based upon what is known as
milling in transit or effective only on
through lines of railroad, and the
rates are predieased upon the theory
that the rough material may be fabri-
Gated, or it's sorm changed while in
transit from one place 10 another in
the country For instance a roller
mill located in Hot Springs could ship
wheat from the northwest TO it's plant
here and manufacture the same into
llOuI HIdH OF ittQ stun dlu iut
freight paid on the original shipment
Of wheat is refunded, or credited on
the freight charge on the finished
product when again offered TO the
road for delivery, the rough material,
which is in theory a reconsignment
OF the original shipment or portion
| thereof. This fabrication in transit
i is now applied to almost everything
manufactured, and accounts for lum-
Der, wheat, ores, cotton, cotton seed
wood, pulp and etc being hauled N
its rough state from one part OF tho
country to another and reshiDed again
J in it's Fabricated or manufactured
/ state No inland city can ever Jc-
come a Wholesale or manufacturing
center, without the milling in transit
privileges, which are effective only OH
| through lines and at junction points
on through lines Hot Springs at
! present is simply bottled up from a
a jJbbing, wholesale or manufacturing
standpoint and to one who has studied