The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-12-18

him-I will watch over him With my care
all the dark paths which h. may
have to tread. Then God made man, and
said unto him, q, man, thou art the child
Of mercy 20 and deal With thy brother"
The jury, when he finished, were drowned
in tear, and agains: the evidence, and What |
must have been their own conviction, |.
brought in . verdict Of not guilty
II appears BY the Caioa that the people |
Of Pettis had been slightly divided ~ to
the route Of the Missouri Pacific through
the county. I, publishes full report Of
the Committee Of the Board Of Directors Of
the Pacific Railroad appointed to examine
the question OF locating the route, from
which make the following extract from the
report Of Edward Miller, Chief Engineer:
The only mode BY which the road can
leave the Lamine river, n the point indi-
Gated, and ascend to the prairie beyond. is
By some route up the valley ri the Long
Branch. This stream flows in an easterly
course from the high prairie. which divides
the waters Of Flat Creek ON the south, from
those Of Shave Tail and Cedar on the north
The Long Br inch flows into the Lsmine,
one mile east Of O,terville and opposite tine
point wherrthe road reaches the flats Of that
stream. The topography Of the country is
such IA To lead Ia necessarily To- this water.
shed, and to preclude any material d.
vergencc from it. Ii we attempt direct
line from OtIerville towards Georgetown,
deep yater-crosses, with high intervening
ridges, interpo-e obstacles of n formidable
character; while on the divide the cost Ct
graduation Is quite trifiing To point oppo-
site Georgetown, which town unfortunately
lies three miles north of the natural route.
A similar high prairie divide On the west
aide Of big Muddy" separates the waters
flowing north and south. and also indicates;
Enthusiastically, the true route for the road
while about two miles ii difficult work
have To he overcome ut the Crossing of Big
Muddy. between these two prairIes.
Ny own examination satisfied me that
the general route which my predecessors,
Kirk wood and OSullivan, had chosen, was
the proper one. and my attention was
mainly devoted to it, Improvement in de-
tail. and the reduction of unnecessary cost,
in which | succeeded very satisfactorily.
The President, however, in the winter of
1856 and 81, promised a committee Of gem
tlemen interested in a more northern line,
that Its Practisability should he examined,
and with this view ! visited Georgetown IN
1857, and with my assistant, Mr. Jefireys.
accompanied by gentlemen who professed
tn understand the subject and the country,
reconnoitered the whole region, and sur
veyed the only line could find, which ai-
forded the slightest prospect OF success.
This followed the original route to Farmers
tan L..
two branches Of Shave Tail to the valley Of
Big Cedar, which was followed tn point
where the ridge permitted short tunnel
through to the valley of Big Muddy. The
latter stream was crossed at favorable
point, and Immediately the line assembled
small branch to General Thompsonis, where
q severe cut permitted US to reach Little
Muddy, BY one of the branches Of which We
we're able to attain the high prairie some
distance east Of DIR. Washington's. The
most difficult parts Of this line, have been
examined by your committee, together with
= modification proposed to reduce i,s costs
By increasing its length and curvatude.
This line passes about one half mile east
Of Georgetown, and reaches at one point
distance Of FOUR and one-hslf miles north OF
the location. 1t il about two and one
fourth miles longer, and will cost So, OoO
more To construct il than the located line
has more rise and fall-and II inferior in
all respects. At the same time il il practi-
cable, and in my judgment II better than
any other northern modification which has
been proposed. To put it on footing with
the other route, il should cost So 800 less,
Sl322, 900 would bear to be raised to equal
ize the two Routes.
The line originally shown ME through
Georgetown IL quite impracticable, and
that examined by one, IN company with
your committee. passing One-half q mile
south Of town, and crossing the ridge west
Of Little Cedar, at Judge Gentry's would be
40 c,xtly, and so bad rs to gradients that
the whole subscription Of Pettis county
would not pay the additional cost, and no
competent Engineer would risk his reputa-
ton BY advising its adoption.
II seems they were to have fair in Octo-
her ls59-a kind Of district arrangement,
for the paper publishes list Of premiums
and the names Of the committees. Among
the lxtter from Pettls are mentioned Judge
W. Gentry, Clifton Wood, Judge A. Forbes
and Samuel Brown.
The old ls59-ers appreciated advertising
as tie columns of the Union show. Among
the list Of patrons We find some familiar
names:
Adm. Meyers New Cash Store, opposite
the public square.
c. F. Lehman 4 Co., Syracuse. to which
belonged J. II. Witt and J. Nussberger.
John A. s. Tut and Thos. T. Critteuden,
attorneys, Lexington.