| Show UNKNOWN railroads Sec tlona of the south which the iron biorge has not invaded the most attractive field for railroad investment remaining undeveloped in the united states lies between the missouri and arkansas rivers and between the east and west lines of the states of missouri and arkansas item braces the southern half of arkansas if a wall was built around it the people within would want for nothing that goes to make life comfortable barring the precious metals more natural wealth is within theae boundaries than within any other region of like in this country all of the metals all of the woods all of the stones and clays are there to these are added climate and soil which furnish the most successful conditions for all of the fruits of the temperate zone water powers in number and strength exist beyond the comprehension of those who have noc seen them draw a line from st louis to little rock from little bock to fart smith from fort smith to kansas city from kansas city back to bt louis you have described an area which is capable of supporting more people in comfort than any part of the united states of like size and you have a region in which more people are living today to day without railroads than anywhere else in this country trunk lines of the gould system traverse the missouri and arkansas v alleys and skirt the eastern edge of this region the fricek and the gulf systems cross it diagonally the cape girardeau road penetrates it on the east far enough to demonstrate its possibilities ties the missouri kansas texas cuts through the northwest cor ner A new kansas city road the pittsburgh gulf is being built southward through the western edge of it the gould system has grid ironed the kansas city corner it taps the eastern edge with branches fco doniphan in missouri and to batesville Bates ville in arkansas the frisco sends a chort prong into a couple of counties from cuba to salem and further down rom springfield to chadwick the gul road has run out a feeder to current river the eureka springs road enters from the west just far enough to reveal what a promising land t is but the heart remains untouched south of the frisco and the gulf lies a territory more than as large as massachusetts without a mile of railroad north of the gulf bouth of the frisco and of the iron mountain is the current river country larger than connecticut and an ideal manufacturing if ever there was one north of the frisco south of Missouri pacific and east of the clinton division of the gulf system is B third great section of the ozark country with the same characteristics as to soil and climate as the others and the same magnificent water powers it hae less mineral wealth and less forest than the other two sections but more rich farming land twenty counties in arkansas and 3 counties in missouri lie within the boundaries of this undeveloped region eighteen of them have not fl mile of railroad twelve others are but little better off with a single railroad cutting off a corner or striking the border or penetrating to the conaty seat yet the 50 counties each contain by the last census a population ranging from to there are living in this territory people who are more than ten miles from a railroad station arid of them never rode on the wr sst louis globe democrat |
