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RM2AG62T9–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... CHURCH AT MINDKN- LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY 73. MINDEN S MAIN STREET also obtained his training with a southern road, the KansasCity Southern, Col. Knobel, chief engineer, has spenthis life in engineering work in the South and is unusuallywell qualified for his position. The Industrial Depart-ment, recently established, is in charge of Mr. R. L. Pritch-ard, who occupied a similar position with the Central ofGeorgia Railway. 74 LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY
RM2AG6595–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... traffic in forest products Increased 21 per cent. As thefreight rates on manufactures and agricultural products aremuch higher than on logs and lumber, the increase indiversified tonnage is very profitable for the railroad. CONCLUSIONA few of the dis-tinguishing characteris-tics of the Louisiana andArkansas Railway m.aybe summed up brieflyin closing. The roadruns through one of thefinest bodies of longleafpine now standing. Atthe present rate of cut-ting, the timber will lastfor twenty-five years;and, as add
RM2AG64A4–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY. RESIDENCES AT STAMPS The management is in the hands of conservative busi-ness men, who have been for years in close touch with thecountry and who understand the best methods to be em-ployed for its development. Mr, William Buchanan, thepresident, has been connected with the lumber business forthirty years and is well known as a highly successful man.To the upbuilding of the Louisiana and Arkansas Railwayand the country that it serves, Mr. Buchanan is devotingthe same energy th
RM2AG61KC–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... RESIDENCE i MIMh timber gradually removed along the line of the road and itsplace taken by farms, the cabins of the axemen succeeded. WINNFIELD COURT HOUSE 76 LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY
RM2AG64JF–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... of the traffic of the road orig-inates on its own Hnes, making it very valuable to itsconnections. Foreign tonnage is steadily increasing, how-ever, that for the fiscal year 1904 being double that for1903. Upon the completion of the Natchez extension, ifnot before, the road will form part of a through route fromthe grain fields of the West to New Orleans and a greatdeal of outside business should result. Not only grain,but flour, packing-house products, coal, and cotton shouldalso contribute to a heavy volum
RM2AG6X35–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... RESIDENCE AT MINDEN 20 LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY factories, cotton mills and canning factories, all tell thestory of the industrial growth of this section. That manyof the New England cotton mills are not making expenses,because of the lower cost of production by southern enter-prises, is an open secret. The figures below, showing thegrowth of three leading industries in the States of Arkansasand Louisiana, from 1890 to 1900, speak for themselves: LUMBER MILLS Increase. 1890. 1900. Per Cent. Establishme
RM2AG6YW4–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... ing in detail the region tributary to theLouisiana and Arkansas Railway, it will be interesting to notethe vast natural resources of the two states in which theroad is situated and the steps that have been taken fortheir development. First worthy of mention, perhaps, isthe great fertility of the soil. Practically every acre is sub-ject to a high degree of cultivation. The products rangefrom cotton, sugar cane, rice and tobacco in the alluvialdistricts to wheat, oats and barley in the uplands. Thecotton crop,
RM2AG6PRJ–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... LUMBERING Within a few years the South will be the only part ofthis country east of the Rocky Mountains in which pinetimber will be obtainable. But little remains of the whitepine forests of the North. The days of Pennsylvaniahemlock are numbered and the Oregon and Washington firs are debarred fromeastern markets by theexcessive freight rates.That the southern millshave superseded those inthe North is evidencedby the large sales insuch states as Michiganand Wisconsin, wherenorthern pine was onceobtained. The
RM2AG60JG–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... ing limited to the actual cost of construction and to amaximum of $20,000 per mile of completed road, excluding thereservation for bridges. The entire issue, but no part, will be subject to redemption at110 and accrued interest on any interest day after September i,1907. Beginning with 1907, the bonds will be entitled to thebenefit of a sinking fund of $55,000 per annum, to be used by theTrustee in the purchase of bonds at a price not to exceed 110 andaccrued interest. Should it be impossible to purchase bon
RM2AG6RRA–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... 26 LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY Frisco systems, affording competing routes for traffic to theNorth, East and West. At Stamps it connects with theSt. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt) and business canbe delivered to that line for transportation in the same threedirections. The Viclcsburg, Shreveport & Pacific (Oueen& Crescent) system, extending east and west, is crossed atSibley. From Chestnut, La., the Louisiana & Northwestextends north and south. From Winnfield the ArkansasSouthern runs north to a connecti
RM2AG67JE–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... SPOKE FACTORY AT HOPE LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY 63 Staves. Among the other industries are a grist mill, twobottling works, a cotton gin, a planing mill and a handlefactory. A sawmill with a capacity of perhaps 60,000 feeta day is building an extensive plant and negotiations areunder way for the location of another sawmill and a foundry and machine shop. JENA Jena is at present the southern terminus of the Louisi-ana and Arkansas Railway. The town is situated in thecenter of probably the finest body of l
RM2AG71EP–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... CONTENTS P.GH. Preface, 11 States of Arkansas and Louisiana, 13 Louisiana and Arkansas Railway, „ . . 23 Industries Along the Line, 30 Principal Towns, 5 Financial Position, 64 Sources of Revenue, 67 Conclusion, 08 Financial Statement, 77. LITTLE RIVER, NEAR JENA PREFACE FEW people who have not kept in close touch with affliirs in the Southrealize how thoroughly that part ot the country has shaken oft itsformer depression. Perhaps the best proof ot the change that hastaken place is the improvement in the con
RM2AG67WC–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... HOPE ICE PLANT. SPOKE FACTORY AT HOPE LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY 63 Staves. Among the other industries are a grist mill, twobottling works, a cotton gin, a planing mill and a handlefactory. A sawmill with a capacity of perhaps 60,000 feeta day is building an extensive plant and negotiations areunder way for the location of another sawmill and a foundry and machine shop. JENA Jena is at present the southern terminus of the Louisi-ana and Arkansas Railway. The town is situated in thecenter of probably the
RM2AG6GDH–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... was destroyed. The first production of oil In theWestern Hemisphere occurred about 1783, but nothingfurther was heard on the subject until 1826, when a millwas established at Charleston, S. C. In i860 there wereseven oil mills In the South; in i 880 the number had grownto 45 and In 1900 to 357. Last year there were about 650mills in active operation. The process by which the oil Is extracted is very simple.First the cotton adhering to the seed, and known aslinters, is removed by a machine somewhat similar to
RM2AG6H02–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... INTERIOR OF COTTON COMPRESS, HOPE LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY 43. COTTuN- AWAll ING SHIPMENT bobbins on which the cotton is wound revolve at almostinconceivable speed, some making as high as 9,000 revolu-tions per minute. From the mule the cotton comes inthe form of finished yarn, ready for weaving into cloth. The threads that are to form the warp of the fabric arenow wound on a drum and the ends passed through a seriesof combs, while the weft is placed in a shuttle that travels
RM2AG6D45–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... riELD OF ALFALFA LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY ;i w. CUTTING SORGHUM 52 LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY
RM2AG6GHD–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... COTTuN- AWAll ING SHIPMENT bobbins on which the cotton is wound revolve at almostinconceivable speed, some making as high as 9,000 revolu-tions per minute. From the mule the cotton comes inthe form of finished yarn, ready for weaving into cloth. The threads that are to form the warp of the fabric arenow wound on a drum and the ends passed through a seriesof combs, while the weft is placed in a shuttle that travels. COTTON WAREHOUSE AT HOPE 44 LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY back and forth at almost lightning
RM2AG6NXM–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... LlH, LOADKK Ar SPKIN(; HILL 32 LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY been buying timber lands in Louisiana for twenty years.Interests affiliated with the management of the Louisianaand Arkansas Railway own or control in the neighborhoodof 6,000,000,000 feet of standing timber, the transporta-tion of which is assured to the road. Almost all of this. TRAIN OF LOADEn LOG CARS tonnage pays two freights, one on the rough logs andanother on the finished lumber. The longleaf pine along the southern end of the roadhas been
RM2AG6CHR–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... CUTTING SORGHUM 52 LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY. VOUNG RIBBON SUGAR CANE greater acreage valuation than the average for the wholecountry, while the average value per acre of the farmingland suitable for raising these crops was about one-fourththat for the whole country. The advantages possessed bythis section for farming can have but one result and that is LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY 53
RM2AG623W–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... MI.NDEN HKjH school These officers have had much to do with the develop-ment of the country tributary to the road, and, having keptin close touch with the changing situation, they reaHze theimprovement that has taken place. They have seen the. RESIDENCE AT MINDEN LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY 75
RM2AG61R3–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... RESIDENCE AT MINDEN LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY 75. RESIDENCE i MIMh timber gradually removed along the line of the road and itsplace taken by farms, the cabins of the axemen succeeded
RM2AG712M–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... 0,000. The strategic position ot the Louisiana and Arkansas Railway is apparent toany one familiar with the resources of its territory, as the road forms a linkbetween the immense longleaf pine forests of Louisiana and the treeless prairiesot the West. Upon the completion ot its Natchez extension, if not before,the road will form part of a through route from the Central West to NewOrleans and a large amount ot foreign business should result. Manufacturing enterprises of various sorts are rapidly springing up
RM2AG6XH0–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... 0 tons. Marble and lime-stone occur at several places and oil is often found inconjunction with the latter. Lignite is reported in the LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY 9 northwestern part of the state, but no commercial use hasyet been made of it. Good brick clay of several gradesand sandstone suitable for building purposes are found ingreat quantity. Extensive gravel beds furnish material forstreet improvement and railroad ballast. Gypsum exists inconjunction with limestone throughout the state and largebeds
RM2AG6M67–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... LOG CARRIAGE IN OPERATION LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY 35. INTERIOR VIEW OF SAWMILL AT STAMPS tion on a carriage where they are caught and held by a seriesof teeth. The carriage then travels back and forth beside
RM2AG709K–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... he pleasantest time of theyear. The thermometer in Louisiana seldom reaches 95degrees and the nights are generally cool. The winters areshort and usually mild, permitting work in the fields through-out the year. In point of health the States of Arkansas and Louisianacompare with some of the Eastern States as follows: Death Rateper 1,000. Arkansas, 17.2 Louisiana, 15.2 Maine, 17.5 Massachusetts, ^1-1 New York, 17.9 POPULATIONThe census returns indicate a steady growth in the pop-ulation of the two states, alt
RM2AG6FDB–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... GRAPE VINEYARD NEAR STAMPS LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY 47. MELONS GROW IN ABUNnANCE vegetable and fruit country. Among them are fertile soil,a sandy loam with clay subsoil, favorable climate, sufficientrainfall and proximity to northern markets. Perishableproducts can be shipped from Hope to St. Louis, KansasCity or Chicago within 24 hours and the early springenables southern growers to obtain the highest prices of theseason. Almost any product known to the United Statescan be raised on the line. One farm
RM2AG6D82–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... CORN FIELD, MC KAMIE. riELD OF ALFALFA LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY ;i w
RM2AG6JFR–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... COTTON riELD, NEAR MCKAMIK COTTON The cotton crop of the United States last year was secondin value only to that of corn and constituted about 80 percent, of the worlds commercial supply. Various attemptshave been made to wrest from this country its supremacy,but such attempts have met with either failure or onlypartial success. The South continues to control what isprobably the most complete monopoly ever existing in theagricultural world. Since 1880 the acreage devoted to cotton in this countryhas more tha
RM2AG65MM–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... RESIDENCE AT HOPE LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY 67. HARDWOOD MILL AT STAMPS SOURCES OF REVENUE During the fiscal year ended June 30, 1904, the grossearnings of the company amounted to 1704,000. Of thisamount the freight department contributed 1613,000 andthe passenger department ^75,000, while 116,000 wasderived from miscellaneous sources. As compared withthe previous year, the passenger earnings increased 37^per cent, and the mail and express earnings 52 per cent.These figures are of interest as indicating
RM2AG629N–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... MINDEN S MAIN STREET also obtained his training with a southern road, the KansasCity Southern, Col. Knobel, chief engineer, has spenthis life in engineering work in the South and is unusuallywell qualified for his position. The Industrial Depart-ment, recently established, is in charge of Mr. R. L. Pritch-ard, who occupied a similar position with the Central ofGeorgia Railway. 74 LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY. MI.NDEN HKjH school These officers have had much to do with the develop-ment of the country tribut
RM2AG6AT2–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... MINDEN BRICK WORKS 56 LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY advantage exists, as no city or county tax will be levied forten years from January i, 1900, on any factory utilizing theraw materials of that State. The counties served by theLouisiana and Arkansas Railway had in 1900 407 manufac-turing establishments, with total capital of ^4,405,000 andoutput of 14,731,000. Since that date both the numberand the output have largely increased. Some of the plantsrecently established along the line are the Eureka Stave &He
RM2AG6768–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... )M BI.K SCHnilL .W HlirE Standing in the South. A lumber mill with a daily capacityof I 50,000 feet is being erected at this point by interestsclosely connected with the management of the railroad.With the exception of an additional sawmill Jena has atpresent no other manufacturing interests. Much farmingis done, however, and good corn, sugar cane and cotton areraised. 64 LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY. HOPE LUMBER MILL A few miles south of Jena are the celebrated White Sulphur Springs. The curative properti
RM2AG6HF8–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... ut between two sets of fine teeth, one set ona rapidly-revolving cylinder. This arranges the fibres inparallel lines on the cylinder, from which it is taken in theform of a very light fleece and passed through a funnel, issu-ing in the form of a cord of cotton fibre about half an inchthick. In order to insure uniformity, several of these cordsare combined by a drawing frame, after which the embryocotton yarn passes successively to the slubbing frame, theintermediate frame, the roving frame and the fineroving
RM2AG6TNJ–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... BIRDS-EYE VIEW OF LUMBER 1 .-vklJb Ai STAMPS 22 LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY. OFFICES AND STATION AT STAMPS LOU^IANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY LOaSIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY THE Louisiana and Arkansas Railway Company wasorganized in June, 1902, to take over the assets of the/ Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad, a corporation oper-atino-725.3 miles of line between Stamps, Ark., and Winn-field* La. Under the management of the Railway Companyth/northern extension of 22,47 miles from Stamps to Hope,>Ark., was undert
RM2AG69E0–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... STAVE AND HEADING PLANT AT HOPE 6o LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY. PLANT OF MINDEN LUMBER CO. Minden is the county seat of Webster parish and, asthe largest town in the county, commands all trade within aradius of 15 or 20 miles. Well provided with stores, havingtwo banks with combined deposits of ^450,000, it is alsoone of the most attractive towns on the road in which tolive. Minden has a high school with an enrollment ofover 300 pupils and its churches embrace all of the prom-inent denominations. A great
RM2AG6BAC–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... ertising and that has already been startedamong the class most interested, viz.: farmers owning high-priced lands in other parts of the country. LIVE STOCKSeveral superior sorts of food for cattle, such as alfalfa,lespedeza and cow peas, can be grown at almost everypoint on the railroad. Corn and cotton stalks furnish anadditional source of feed, and farmers are learning that theconversion of these products mto beef is unusually profit-able. Cotton seed meal, one of the best fatteners known,is obtainable at
RM2AG6T6H–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... d runs for some dis-tance through a prosperous farming country. It thentraverses the shortleaf pine belt and near Goldonna entersthe longleaf pine belt, which continues unbroken to thepresent southern terminus at Jena, La. The farming land tributary to the road is very produc-tive and its area is constantly increasing through the cuttingaway of timber. The longleaf pine along the southern endof the line is among the best now standing and it will lastfor fully twenty-five years at the present rate of cutting.
RM2AG65B9–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... HARDWOOD MILL AT STAMPS SOURCES OF REVENUE During the fiscal year ended June 30, 1904, the grossearnings of the company amounted to 1704,000. Of thisamount the freight department contributed 1613,000 andthe passenger department ^75,000, while 116,000 wasderived from miscellaneous sources. As compared withthe previous year, the passenger earnings increased 37^per cent, and the mail and express earnings 52 per cent.These figures are of interest as indicating the growth of thecountry and the broadening of the i
RM2AG6WA7–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... HOPE COTTONSEED OIL MILL LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY 21. BIRDS-EYE VIEW OF LUMBER 1 .-vklJb Ai STAMPS 22 LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY
RM2AG6EB6–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... A CLOSE VIEW OF THE VINES LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY 49. PEACH TREE LADEN WITH FRUIT The temperate climate is of great advantage to thefarmer, as he can raise two and sometimes three crops ayear on the same ground. Alfalfa grows throughout theyear and is often cut as many as five times, each crop yield-ing from $15 to $20 to the acre. Hay grows unusuallywell, Louisiana being one of the leading states in acreageyield. A great discrepancy appears between the value of landand the value of the crops grown th
RM2AG70NW–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... l, but itrises to 2,800 feet in the Ozark Mountains. In drainageboth States are particularly fortunate, having an abundanceof streams, among which are the Mississippi, Red, Black,Arkansas and White rivers. The country bordering therivers is protected from inundation bv a system of leveesnow nearing completion and already extending for 1,430miles in Louisiana alone. The cost of construction andmaintenance of these levees is met partly by the UnitedStates Government and partly by local taxation. Gooddrinking w
RM2AG6DY4–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... CH TREE LADEN WITH FRUIT The temperate climate is of great advantage to thefarmer, as he can raise two and sometimes three crops ayear on the same ground. Alfalfa grows throughout theyear and is often cut as many as five times, each crop yield-ing from $15 to $20 to the acre. Hay grows unusuallywell, Louisiana being one of the leading states in acreageyield. A great discrepancy appears between the value of landand the value of the crops grown thereon. At the time of 50 LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY the cens
RM2AG72F6–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... 0 014 646 100 1 m. %^^??u^louisianaarkansa00ande
RM2AG66R2–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... STREET SCENE AT HOPE LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY 65 Year ended June 30,Miles operated, .Gross earnings,Operating expenses and taxes Net earnings, .Other income. Total net income, .Fixed charges. Surplus, .... 1904. i90j- 1902. 147.77 127.17 97 ^704,671 $532,534 $478,532 487»795 37i>707 295,575 $216,876 $160,827 $182,957 24,186 17,843 $241,062 $178,670 $182,957 125,605 70,027 33,001 $115,457 $108,643 $149,956The increase in gross earnings from 1902 to 1903 was11.3 per cent., while from 1903 to 1904 it w
RM2AG6NH0–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... TRAIN OF LOADEn LOG CARS tonnage pays two freights, one on the rough logs andanother on the finished lumber. The longleaf pine along the southern end of the roadhas been pronounced by men thoroughly conversant withthe lumber business to be one of the finest bodies of stand-ing timber in the South. The United States Departmentof Forestry, in grading southern pine lands, makes nohigher classification than 4,000 to 6,000 feet per acre.Mile after mile of the timber between Winnfield and Jena,on the line of the L
RM2AG69NW–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... , which operates here the largest sawmill in theyellow pine belt, shipping last year over 82,000,000 feet oflumber. All of this tonnage pays freight to the railroadboth in the form of logs and as finished lumber. A hard-wood mill is the only other large plant tributary to theroad at this point. The Operating Offices of the Louisiana and ArkansasRailway are located at Stamps, as well as the companyscar and machine shops. For the accommodation of its ownemployees and those of the Railway Company, the BodcawLum
RM2AG6BJ6–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... HOME-BRED HORSES, MINDEN 54 LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY. CATTLE RAISED AT MCKAMIE immigration. All that is necessary to secure new settlers isintelligent advertising and that has already been startedamong the class most interested, viz.: farmers owning high-priced lands in other parts of the country. LIVE STOCKSeveral superior sorts of food for cattle, such as alfalfa,lespedeza and cow peas, can be grown at almost everypoint on the railroad. Corn and cotton stalks furnish anadditional source of feed, and
RM2AG6RET–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... n& Crescent) system, extending east and west, is crossed atSibley. From Chestnut, La., the Louisiana & Northwestextends north and south. From Winnfield the ArkansasSouthern runs north to a connection with the Queen &Crescent system and is building south to Alexandria. Atthe same point the Louisiana Railway & Navigation Com-pany affords a southern outlet to New Orleans. At George-town the Iron Mountain is crossed, affording an additionalNew Orleans connection, while on the projected extensioneast to Natchez,
RM2AG6HXD–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... INTERIOR OF COTTON GIN AT HOPE 4° LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY to the raising of cotton, Louisiana standing second among thestates with an average yield of .565 bale to the acre.Arkansas is fourth on the list, with .507 bale to the acre.Much of the country along the line of the Louisiana andArkansas Railway is well suited to cotton growing, yieldingin places as much as a bale and a third per acre. Situated atsome distance back from the Red River, the land is notsubject to inundations, such as annually thre
RM2AG6Y4Y–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... wingin both states was enlarged 13,000 acres, or 59 per cent.Accompanying the increase in acreage devoted to truckfarming has been a decrease in the average size of farms,indicating a more general adoption of the intensive systemof farming. In the ten years from 1890 to 1900 thisdecrease in Arkansas was from 119 to 93 acres and inLouisiana from 138 to g^ acres. In comparison with the value per acre of crops pro-duced, the value of land in both states is low. In 1899 thevalue of farm products of the two State
RM2AG61CW–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... WINNFIELD COURT HOUSE 76 LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY. BUSINESS BUILDING AT WINFIELII by factories and the factories form the nucleus for prosper-ous towns. That the development will continue theybelieve without question, and such confidence in the rail-road and the country that it serves, supported by existingconditions, will admit of no result but success.
RM2AG6513–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... ncreasingrapidly. Probably 75 per cent, of the different varieties offarm produce grown in the United States can be raised onland tributary to the Louisiana and Arkansas Railway andthe seasons are so mild that two and three crops a year can begathered. Good farming land is plentiful and cheap. Nobetter place than this region for the location of woodwork-ing and textile plants exists in this country to-day, as fuel,water, and labor are obtainable at most reasonable figures.In Louisiana, establishments for the
RM2AG6FYG–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... GIN, OIL MILL AND FERTILIZER FACTORY AT MIMUN 46 LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY Of the different products of the seed the oil is the mostvaluable, selling at from 20 to 25 cents a gallon. Thelarger part is used in the preparation of food products, suchas cooking and salad oils and refined lard. Cotton seedoil is also used in the manufacture of washing powder andgenerally as a substitute for olive oil. Large amounts areannually sent abroad, exports having grown from 2,690,000gallons in 1889 to 50^627,000 gall
RM2AG6R4G–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... or gravel obtained nearStamps. During the year the company has secured addi-tional extensive beds of this gravel near Jena, furnishing anunlimited supply of ballast for the southern end of the line. The companys right of way is 100 feet wide through-out and is cleared to width for the entire distance. Theterminal facilities are ample and satisfactory conditions existfor the exchange of freight with connections. The stations are of wood, commodious and well main-tained. That at Stamps is occupied jointly with
RM2AG6M3F–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... INTERIOR VIEW OF SAWMILL AT STAMPS tion on a carriage where they are caught and held by a seriesof teeth. The carriage then travels back and forth beside. PLANING MILL AT STAMPS 36 LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY a band saw, which slabs each log, after which the squaredtimber passes to the gang saw to be cut into boards by anumber of parallel saw blades operated in unison. Somemills have no gang saw but cut the logs into boards by theband saw, one board being cut at every trip of the carriage,either going or
RM2AG635G–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... RESIDENCE AT MINDEN acquainted with southern roads, having come to the Louis-iana & Arkansas from the Cotton Belt. Mr. B. S.Atkinson, general freight agent, was formerly connectedwith the Queen & Crescent. Mr. F. S. Carroll, auditor,. CHURCH AT MINDKN- LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY 73
RM2AG6JB5–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... COTTON PICKING. INTERIOR OF COTTON GIN AT HOPE 4° LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY to the raising of cotton, Louisiana standing second among thestates with an average yield of .565 bale to the acre.Arkansas is fourth on the list, with .507 bale to the acre.Much of the country along the line of the Louisiana andArkansas Railway is well suited to cotton growing, yieldingin places as much as a bale and a third per acre. Situated atsome distance back from the Red River, the land is notsubject to inundations, such
RM2AG690D–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... trade within aradius of 15 or 20 miles. Well provided with stores, havingtwo banks with combined deposits of ^450,000, it is alsoone of the most attractive towns on the road in which tolive. Minden has a high school with an enrollment ofover 300 pupils and its churches embrace all of the prom-inent denominations. A great deal of cotton is tributary tothe town, because of its compress, which has a capacity ofabout six hundred bales a day. The cotton industry isfurther represented by a gin and by a cotton seed
RM2AG644G–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... RESIDENCES AT STAMPS The management is in the hands of conservative busi-ness men, who have been for years in close touch with thecountry and who understand the best methods to be em-ployed for its development. Mr, William Buchanan, thepresident, has been connected with the lumber business forthirty years and is well known as a highly successful man.To the upbuilding of the Louisiana and Arkansas Railwayand the country that it serves, Mr. Buchanan is devotingthe same energy that has made his lumber interests
RM2AG6B1K–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... ,-#«^«^ STAVE WORKS AT WINNKIELl) great speed. Though perhaps the most important of theseadvantages is the proximity of raw materials, others areapparent. Fuel costs almost nothing, water is obtainablein abundance, land and building materials are cheap and themanufacturer is not subjected to the often unreasonabledemands of organized labor. In Louisiana an additional. MINDEN BRICK WORKS 56 LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY advantage exists, as no city or county tax will be levied forten years from January i, 19
RM2AG6K2K–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... oldings, etc., and partly as fuel. LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY 37 OTHER FOREST PRODUCTS The pine forests yield, in addition to lumber, variousother products, such as turpentine, rosin, tar and pitch,articles that are of great commercial value and that furnish animportant source of revenue to the lumberman. Thehandling of these naval stores is of itself a great industry.The trees are first boxed to collect the raw turpentine,which is refined by distillation, producing commercial oil ofturpentine and leavin
RM2AG68BF–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... 62 LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY. HOPE ICE PLANT
RM2AG6YAK–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... CUTTING SUGAR CANE LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY 17. DRIVE NKAR MINDEN Agriculture are begin-ning to show results, asappears from the in-crease in the number offruit trees. Between18 90 and 1900 the num-ber of peach trees inArkansas increased from2,769,000 to 4,062,000,or 47 per cent.; appletrees from 2,114,000to 7,486,000, or 254per cent.; and plumtrees from 375,000 to1,082,000, or 188 percent. In the same time the area devoted to potato growingin both states was enlarged 13,000 acres, or 59 per cent.Accom
RM2AG6MRN–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... D ARKANSAS RAILWAY In order to facilitate operations, a lumber companyusually constructs a branch railroad, or spur, from the millto its timber, cutting trees on both sides of this spur andcontinuing the track as fast as the timber is cut away. Smallframe houses, which can be transported on flat cars, are putup for the men and their families. When a tree has beenfelled, an operation usually accomplished by sawing, it issawn into sections and hauled by ox teams to the spur.There the logs are loaded on flat ca
RM2AG6N0B–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... UNLOADING LUMBER AT STAMPS 7,000 feet. The trees grow very straight and have fewbranches, the distance to the lowest limbs being often fiftyor seventy-five feet. The ground under the trees is usuallycovered by grass and is generally devoid of underbrush.Forest fires consequently do almost no damage. The various steps attendant upon the transformation ofthe standing tree into finished lumber may be of considerableinterest to those who have not visited a modern sawmill.The methods described below are those in
RM2AG6KM2–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... PLANING MILL AT STAMPS 36 LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY a band saw, which slabs each log, after which the squaredtimber passes to the gang saw to be cut into boards by anumber of parallel saw blades operated in unison. Somemills have no gang saw but cut the logs into boards by theband saw, one board being cut at every trip of the carriage,either going or going and coming, as the case may be.. LUMBER YARD AT STAMPS The boards next pass to edgers and trimmers, bywhich they are cut to width and length, after w
RM2AG63N8–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... )1H-AV I.AkK, , KAR MC KAMIE 72 LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY. RESIDENCE AT MINDEN acquainted with southern roads, having come to the Louis-iana & Arkansas from the Cotton Belt. Mr. B. S.Atkinson, general freight agent, was formerly connectedwith the Queen & Crescent. Mr. F. S. Carroll, auditor,
RM2AG66CM–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... gexpenses and gross earnings compares favorably with thatof other roads operating in the same territory. A consid- 66 LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY erable reduction in the ratio, however, will probably beeffected during the coming year. The balance sheet at the close of the fiscal year 1904makes a very strong showing. Working liabilities amountto |i28,ooo, while working assets are |28o,ooo, actual cashalone amounting to ^214,000, or $86,000 more than thetotal working liabilities. The profit and loss surplus
RM2AG671A–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... HOPE LUMBER MILL A few miles south of Jena are the celebrated White Sulphur Springs. The curative properties of the water and the bracing air of the pine forests in which the springs are located combine to make the spot an ideal one for invalids. No little business should result from traffic to and from this point. FINANCIAL POSITION The earnings of the Louisiana and Arkansas Railway for the last three fiscal years have been as follows :. STREET SCENE AT HOPE LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY 65 Year ended June
RM2AG6BYB–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... VOUNG RIBBON SUGAR CANE greater acreage valuation than the average for the wholecountry, while the average value per acre of the farmingland suitable for raising these crops was about one-fourththat for the whole country. The advantages possessed bythis section for farming can have but one result and that is LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY 53. HOME-BRED HORSES, MINDEN 54 LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY
RM2AG6PA1–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... CUTTING TIMBER AT SPRING HILL LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY. HAULING LOGS TO LOADER in which strength is required and large quantities are usedin bridge building. Lumbering operations on an importantscale throughout this region are of comparatively recentdate, although far-seeing lumbermen of the North have
RM2AG612K–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... BUSINESS BUILDING AT WINFIELII by factories and the factories form the nucleus for prosper-ous towns. That the development will continue theybelieve without question, and such confidence in the rail-road and the country that it serves, supported by existingconditions, will admit of no result but success.. THREE HOURS SPORT, JENA LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY -j-j LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAYCOMPANY FINANCIAL STATEMENT Miles of road owned, 187.20 Capital Stock outstanding, ^2,625,000 Bonded Indebtedness ou
RM2AG6JTG–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... LOADING LUMBER AT STAMPS 38 LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY. COTTON riELD, NEAR MCKAMIK COTTON The cotton crop of the United States last year was secondin value only to that of corn and constituted about 80 percent, of the worlds commercial supply. Various attemptshave been made to wrest from this country its supremacy,but such attempts have met with either failure or onlypartial success. The South continues to control what isprobably the most complete monopoly ever existing in theagricultural world. Since 18
RM2AG6P4C–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... HAULING LOGS TO LOADER in which strength is required and large quantities are usedin bridge building. Lumbering operations on an importantscale throughout this region are of comparatively recentdate, although far-seeing lumbermen of the North have. C^i^^S- ?t^KKSSSSS
RM2AG68HX–. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... 100,000 shingles per day. The entire traffic of the town istributary to the Louisiana and Arkansas Railway exclusively.WINNFIELD Winnfield is thecounty seat of Winnparish and is situatedin a region containingvaluable deposits of mar-ble and limestone, as yetpractically untouched.Salt exists in consider-able quantities aroundthe town, but it is notnow worked to anyextent. One of the largeststave factories in thestate is in operation at hope water worksWinnfield, its plant having an annual capacity of 15,000,0
