Tremont & Gulf Railroad Depot, Winn Parish, Louisiana Greggory E. Davies 120 Ted Price Lane Winnfield, LA 71483 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Tremont & Gulf Depot Winnfield, Louisiana This is a new railroad into Winnfield. Its officers are W. T. Joyce, Chicago, President; D. J. Bachelder, St. Louis, Vice-President; S. J. Carpenter, Winnfield, Treasurer and General Manager; J. H. Scott, Winnfield, Superintendent and Chief Engineer; A. Mead, Winnfield, General Freight and Passenger Agent; E. G. Rice, Auditor. This road is an important one and continues to build. A line will be completed from Menefee [near present day Joyce] to Dodson, November 20; to Jonesboro from Sikes, Jan.1; to Rochelle from Menefee, April 1. The terminals are Tremont on the V., S. & P., and Winnfield. The main offices are here. This road serves a hardwood mill and several yellow pine mills, and a large turpentine plant, besides the Tremont Lumber Company's mills. It connects with the V., S., &P. at Tremont, C., R.I., & P., at Dodson, and at Winnfield with L & A, L. R. & N. and C., R. & P., and when the construction now under way is completed it will connect with C., R.I. & P. at Jonesboro and Iron Mountain System at Rochelle. At present they operate a double daily passenger service between Winnfield and Eros and a daily passenger service between Winnfield and Tremont. They also operate a daily freight service between Winnfield and Tremont. Dec. 1, they will inaugurate service comprising through cars, package freight, daily except Sunday, from Monroe and Shreveport to Winnfield without transfer in route. They conduct their business through the medium of the latest improved metallic circuit telephone line, equipped throughout with creosoted poles, and in this connection to expedite train movement and as an additional factor or safety all trains are equipped with telegraphones, so that train men may get into instant communication with headquarters from any point on the line. The fundamental instructions from executive officials, under which the road is operated are to keep trains on time and to secure and hold business by according to the general public that courtesy and instant attention that is met in a well regulated commercial institution. The above article appeared in The Guardian newspaper, Vol. XXVII, No. 8-9, published September-October, 1907 at Winnfield, La., and copied from the Watson Memorial Library, Cammie Henry Archives, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, La., and submitted by Greggory Ellis Davies, Winnfield, La.)