Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-22
NEW na.,RoAD coRpoRArIoN.

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be found the legal notice of the in-
| corporation of new Railroad Com
pany. which proposes TO extend the
st. Louie. Kansas City & Northern
Railroad from this point to Cedar
Rapids. thus completing the ga be-
tween Dubnqne and Ottumwa, and
making continuous line from Dn.
bpgnc To 81. Louis. The officers OF
the company are as follows, to wit:
john. a. Scudder. President of the
s.. Lonis and Memphis Packet Com
pany. President: w. e. Linn, General
Agent 81. L., X. c. e N. II. r., OF.
tumwa. Secretary Edward z. Curiis.
Cashier National Bank of Missouri, at
ST. Louis. Treasurer; w. A. McGrew,
Cashier First National Bank, Ottum-
wa, Assistant Treasurer; John r..
Lionberger, President Third National
Bank, ST. Louis, Vice President. with
a Board of Directors, as follows:
John A. Scudder. ST. Louis.
John Il. Lionberger.
John jackson, g
Edward p. Curtis
John G. II. d. Block, :.
James L. Sands, g
1t is represented 10 us by well in
formed gentleman of St. Louis, that
this organization is very wealthy
and bona tide affair, and that il is the
intention TO proceed without any I'M
necessary delay to complete the gap
between here and Cedar Rapids. Less
than ono hundred miles of road will
take the st. Louis, Kansas City Il
Northern Il. Il. to Cedar Rapids, there
connecting with The Dubuque and
Southwestern, which has been COM
pieted for years. This would then be
the best and most direct north and
south road in the western coun-
try, making, 10 fact. a comparatively
straight line from Dubuque to Saint
lINitiS ftN inns Guy.
At Sigonrney ii wonld connect with
the Chicago & Rock Island. and at
Cedar Rapids with the Chicago &
Northwestern Railroad, which would
substantially give lis two other out
iats to Chicago. neither of which would
be but few miles farther to that city
than ria the p e nj. and by which routes
the same time wonld be made to Chi
cago AZ by the latter ronic. These adj
ditionsl facilities for freight or pass
ago to tho great commercial empori-
inns Of tho country, would greatly add
to onr advantages here, which, as a
cheap shipping point. are now without
rival in the west. OF course it would
bc an Invaluable auxiliary to st. Louis.
and great feeder to the already pop
ular and highly prosperous st. Louis,
Kansas City & Northern Railroad
ronie. The road is graded and ready
for the iron to Sigourncy, which is
more than one-.hird of tho way to
Cedar Rapids. The ronte is through
the garden OF Iowa, and il is to-day
the best unoccnpied field for rail-
road left to the enterprise of capital.
lists in the State of Iowa. Besides its
important connections, it would open
TO the entire northwestern part of the
State our inexhaustablc coal fields
and add all immense impetus to the
Young and rapidly growing city of
Ottumwa.
Personally we know but little of the
responsibility and managing members
of this corporation, but we are told
that they will visit our city in few
days and fully develope their plans
and Intentions at that time. ssssssssssssssa.
wunueriui that St. Louis HAS
not moved in this direction before
this in u determined manner, and if
it is the intention of this new organi-
cation to put this work through at
once. they will meet with substantial
and hearty encouragement from the
people all along the route.