The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-08-10
WILL BE THETHIRD CITY.
That's What Sedalia is Bound
to B .come in the Near
Future.
Beyond all Question She Is the
Model Young City OF tho
West

A. :. Mitchell, the able and thoroughly
posted editor Of the 81. Louis Saa3Jrd. has
the foiiosing to ray in regard Ia S-siniia
and her people:
Ii ia the matter o. enterprise, public
spirit, a iesveu can heaven the whole lump,
sc sha;i nave great hope of the future oi
Mi sourI, from the example OF the stirring
hui. city Of S-i.iia. There L. NO Other
iown or city in the ~ ate thai. A. the
!SsaaGa7d looka at IL, ~ exhibiting une-hsli
The ambition aud activity iu promoting
her growth snd prosperity that S-aaiia is
doing Ii wAs "a good ilii.siF stion cf her
c,,usciou-ner. # self contained power, that
not content wiIh the advantages accruing
10 her from two great trunk i.ne railroads
the Missouri Pacific rDi the M,-s
h sns - aud rrKes-she resolved IT, h.ve /.
local system vi roads to huIia her oxn pc
caliar interests. To concs i've w.s To ex-
ecule, and the narrow guage ro.d, running
from Sedalis forty mii~- or more, through
= rich country to Warsaw, in Benton
county. il we'll adv ,nced TO completion.
But the -uccsss of this en:erprise, 50 far
from satisfying the ambition OF S~daiis,
only wh-t. her appetite Tor conlnes,-. A
iew weeks ago The project of Another !oca!
TO ID 10 run north from Sedaiia, passing
over unriv allied coal fields aud striking
the Missouri river below Glasgow. vas pro-
iec; d. Already the engineers are in the
field locating the road, With the plan OF
extending ii 20 Gia-yoS. wh-re, by . M sg-
nific-nt railroad bridge, il will CONNECT
with the railroads at north and northwest
Missouri. That this ,oad will be hui't
there can he no doubt. and then Seislis,
while occupying the centre OF one OF the
richest and most extensive bodies Of agri
| cuitursl land in this Or anv other country,
will have raiiro ID connection with the Ter.
tile Mi-souri valley and al! the rich coun-
try beyond nj four different paints-Ksn-as
Cav, Lexington, Glasgow and BDo.riilr.
With .uc., railroad rys,cn north and
south rs :. dsiiA will then have, il IL diff
cult 10 place 8 limit on the possIb!li;ie.
Of her future growth and importance.
+! But Sedsiia has ststesmaBsh ~ well
IA enterprise. She comp ehsDds thsi ihs
rich country around her mn-i Re occupied
aud brought into vssiei prodGctivenese 10
order 10 give employ ment 10 railroads an.
create wealth that shail in the ED crystal
lie around great cities. To think .. TO act
aging the manufacture Of cheese. and 9,
that end il bringing Svis experts iron
Europe who are most eminent in this de
rartmeut of industry. the m.nufaciur
o. creamery hu:ier will doubtless he sdd-,
90 the s,:eciaities Of the thoughtful Soda
Iisns, ard with these two commodi;ie
alone-ior which the market al home am
abroad j. prrenni. al aud Unlimited -Seds
liza will have resources of wealth that fe,
towns will ever rivsl.
The working Of the wonderful Coz
ields already alluded TO will NIKE MANI
featuring po-.ible and prc6. able, e.
where can operatives be fed more cheapi
than at Sedalia? Ard the lead mines
the adjacent counties when worked vi
swell the tide o! prosperous ls5or that wi
in the not distant future m IKE Sedalia IN
marvel Of inland cities. There IL no en-
Of natural advantages for building On
supporting q seni6cent city as Sedsli.
II il beyond I'll question the model CITY
The wesf. and viii Inevitably Be the this
city of Missouri il rank and populasio,