The Elevator Fort Smith, Arkansas 26 August 1887 FORT SMITH HAS: Gas Ice factory Water works three banks Electirc lights Street railways canning factory Fruit evaporator Incandescent lights 2 iron foundries Several lumber mills One carriage factory 4 wagon factories Numerous brik yards Galvanied iron works Steam sausage factory 2 steam brick machines 2 large furniture factories Largest cotton seed oil mill in the south 2 large cotton yards and warehouses 3 extensive lumber yards and several smaller ones 3 railroads and 2 more to be completed at once The U.S. Court, the largest criminal court in the world 4 fine public school buildings and the largest school found in the south Various and sundry other enterprises and establishments too numerous to mention |