Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-15
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT

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crowded out of our last weeks issue.
But a few weeks will elapse before
we will begin to receive coal from the
Lexington coal fields by the Narrow
Gauge railway. Our cheapest coal will
then be delivered on the east side OF the
city, and east of the river foot of Grand
avenue. The railways. entering in the
'.bottom," and the manufactures in the
same neighborheod, will have the city
between them and their cheapest coal
supply. 1t is time we were considering
the means by which these large inter-
ests, and this new supply of superior and
cheaper coal, can be brought together
with the least possible cost to the on
sumner. A new line of road from the
'.bottom" to a point east OF the foot Of
Grand avenue is the proper solution Of
this important question. 1t should be
common to all the roads, and should
have a third rail to the Union Depot and
through the s.bottom." The standard
gauge roads could then receive coal for
shipment at the junction east of Grand
avenue, while the third rail would ena-
BILE the Narrow Gauge to deliver to the
roads and manufactures for local con-
sumption without the delay and cost of
a transfer. Our railway managers and
manufacturers should take this cheaper
fuel question under advisement. 1t will
effect a large saving in their favor.
They cannot afford to delay in this mat
ter.-[K. C. Times. +"
The people Of Lafayette county voted
on the oath ult., on the proposition to
compromise their debt at 20 and 80 cents
on the dollar, and adopted it by q large
majority. There was no a single PIE
cinct that gave a majority against it.
There yet remains the assent OF the
bondholders to the scheme to be secured.
Many of them signified their willingness
to accept the terms several weeks ago.
when the county agent, Col. McClel-
land, visited St. Louis to lay the county
courts proposition before them, and it is
not probable that any considerable mum
Der of them will oppose it. Lafayette
county will, by the compromise, effect a
reduction of about, $4,000 0 in its debt.
and bring its obligations down to a point
where it can pay them without difficulty.
We hope to see other counties initiate
this example.-[St. Louis Republican.
Kansas City expects to get its supply
of coal from the Lexington mines as
soon as the narrow gauge railroad. now
completed to the latter point, shalt be-
gin the delivery. This coal is growing
in favor in the western counties, and both
on account of its good quality and the
greater cheapness with which it can be-
livered, is coming into general use.
What with their coal mines and their
rich lands the people of Lafayette have
the means of paying off their debt with
out serious difficulty, and if, during the
next ten years, they will make the best
use of these advantages, the increase OF
their wealth will cause their indebted
ness to lose It's terrors.-[Republican.
We understand that the gas works at
Lexington. Mo-, are completed, the gas
turned on and the city lighted on last
Monday night to the great delight of the
citizens; thereby proving that Lexing-
ton does not propose to be classed among
the old fogy towns of the state; but, on
the contrary, situated as she is in the
midst of as fine a country as the u
shines upon, and of inexhaustable coal
fields, has determined on Progress"
as her watch-word, and expects at no
distant day, to become n of the impor-
tant manufacturing towns of Missouri.
The gas works are said to be a fine
specimen of workmanship, and of sufi-
Gent capacity to accommodate an in
creased population of n hundred per
cent. They were built by c. H. Boyle,
of Fl. Scott, and J.. S. Ambrose of Jul
city, whose reputation as builders rank
as number one
We are happy to learn that the COM.
pany starts under most favorable u S
pices, especially as our former towns
man, Capt. A. II. Chevalier is connected
Herewith, and is superintendent of the
company. Our readers will recollect
Captain Chevalier as a resident of our
city for a length of time, he having been
connected with the State Auditors Office,
and in charge of the collectors accounts
for a number o. years. He is extensive
ly and most favorably known in every
county of the state, especially among
the collectors. Capt. Chevalier and
family left our city but a few weeks
since to become residents of Lexington,
and to the citizens of which place their
MANY friends here most cordially re-