CACHE VALLEY RAILROAD
DECEMBER 24 , 1909
THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
TRANSCRIBED BY : TINA EASLEY
THE FUTURE OF PARAGOULD LOOKS TO THE EXTENSION OF THE CACHE VALLEY RAILROAD TO THIS CITY .
THE ROAD IS NOW IN OPERATION FOR A DISTANCE OF ABOUT TWELVE MILES AND ITS EXTENSION TO PARAGOULD IS ONE OF THE THINGS CONTEMPLATED FOR THE FUTURE. PERHAPS THE EXTENSION WOULD HAVE BEEN MADE BEFORE THIS BUT FOR THE PANIC OF 1907 WHICH DEMORALIZED FINANCIAL MATTERS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS EXTENDING FAR INTO 1908 .
PARAGOULD NEEDS A WESTERN OUTLET IT NEEDS A BRANCH OF THE FRISCO TO GIVE COMPETING RATES AND IT IS ONLY A QUESTION OF TIME UNTIL THE P&M OR THE CACHE VALLEY OR BOTH WILL BE ABSORBED BY THE FRISCO AND WHEN THAT IS DONE PARAGOULD WILL SONN HAVE INCREASED RAILROAD FACILITIES AND COMPETITIVE FREIGHT RATES.