MAY 10, 1902
FROM ; THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
TRANSCRIBED BY : TINA EASLEY
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CACHE RIVER VALLEY ROAD
THE STATE BOARD OF RAILWAY INCORPORATORS AT LITTLE ROCK YESTERDAY GRANTED A CHARTER TO THE CACHE RIVER VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY OPPOSITION HAVING BEEN WITHDRAWN BY THE JONESBORO & EASTERN RAILROAD . THE PROPOSED ROAD IS TO EXTEND FROM NEWPORT TO THE MISSOURI LINE , VIA SEDGWICK ON THE FRISCO , A PORTION OF THE LINE ALREADY BEING BUILT . IT RUNS ALONG THE WEST SLOPE OF CROWLEY'S RIDGE . IT PASSES THROUGH THE COUNTIES OF JACKSON , CRAIGHEAD , GREENE , LAWRENCE AND CLAY A TOTAL OF EIGHTY MILES . THE DIRECTERS ARE ELIAS W. CULVER , JOSEPH E. CULVER , AND EDGAR W. CULVER , ISAAC H. KINLEY , KANSAS CITY , HERBERT A. CULVER , SWAN O. DOWELL , HARRY L. PONDER , WALNUT RIDGE , BEN H. CROWLEY , PARAGOULD , YANCEY J. MORTON , LAWRENCE COUNTY .
THE CAPITOL STOCK IS $600,000 . THE ORIGINAL OPPOSITION OF THE JONESBORO COMPANY WAS BASED UPON THE PARALIELINIOL THE LINES.