Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-02-14
BURLINGTON & SOUTHWESTERN.
A Large Meeting held to Hear Prop
oSitionS.

BURLINGTON & SOUTHWESTERN. CT
l Large Meeting held to Hear Prop tt
ositions. o.
n Executive Committee Appointed 81
and Steps Taken. p
IFrom the Bates County Democrat
On yesterday week the citizens OF /.
Bates county assembled at the court II
house to hear the propositions OF Col.
Putnam, representative OF the Burling-
ION & Southwestern.
Judge McGaughey was elected pres
ident, and j. w. Abernathy, secretary. ..
Col Putnam then made known his
as follows That for the
sum OF $1,000 per mile, sufficient to
purchase the ties, from Grand River to
the Marias des Cygnes, they could have
the cars running from point on the
Chicago e. Alton to the last named rlv
Ell by January 1st, 1881. And tor SAID
81 600 per mile for u miles, the people
were required to give their promissory
notes, payable January lst, 1882. with
interest at eight per cent. from January
lst, 1881
embodied in the notes.
An executive committee, consisting OF
j. 2. Edwards, j. L. Smith, A. Henry,
J. NJ. Patty, DR.. j. Everingham, j.
Scudder. J. l.. Pace, A. II. Humphrey.
John Atkinson and Z. Ii. Holcomb, was
appointed, to take full charge.
The committee met in the evening,
and conferred with Col. p, when condl-
tions. &c, were agreed ON, which the
colonel had no doubt would be ratified
by those whom he represented. to whom
he would forthwith report and return
this week.
The Burlington Il Southwestern is
Chicago road, and is well worth the
S2l 600, which will bring it this year.
| The papers all along the line clear to
Iowa, say that the river will positively
be br1dged by the Burlington u South
western at Lexington.
IFrom the Carroll:on Democrat. Feb.6.I
The soltening breezes of spring will
soon be with US again. and with them
will come that activity in western rail
road construction that recent comblna-
tions make inevitable to the interest," OF
competing lines, and the work promises
to be pushed with equal if not greater
yipor than in 1879. The construction OF
a railroad within our state the coming
season that will vie il Importance Win
the Omaha extension OF the ST. l.. n. y.
&N. r. R., commenced and completed
last year, and now doing au immense
business and directing u large trade to
the metropolis OF our state, adding ma
terially to her wealth and development
is not at all unlikely.
What has hitherto been known as the
Burlington & Southwestern extension
to KansasCity has occupied the attention
OF citizens OF Carroll county more or
less, for many years and looked upon
by many as quite visionary, and Ike
, the great nocks of arctic geese tina
. come and 90 with the regular seasons
! and thought OF only when our nlmrods
give the annual alarm. But the persls
r tent. course pursued during the past few
months by surveying parties in the IN
, terest of locating Il desirable route 1o'
a this road Indicates more OF business thar
q ANYTHING heretofore manifested Ih'
! great aud important changes in western
! railroads seems to be all important ant
! the crescent outlook would seem to re
ldouud to the material interest of tn
: western portion et cur state, and espe
: eially to Carroll county. Inc chang
!. tso recently indicated by the engineer
n ING corps running direct line to Lex
!. ington instead OF Kansas City mean
more than Kansas City connecting. :.
:. The passing of the control OF the NJ
X Il T inte the hands OF the Gould syn
j. dicate with Jay Gould as president, 1
d probably only to cut that road out OF II
Y project OF a through route to the Paclfi
d coast, which would materially interler
= with the business of the Kansas faclil
e and Central Pacific routes. This comb
a nation OF railroads under the mana &c
e ment of one interest has virtually lei
the C. b. & q. '.out in the cold frof
81 any control OF the great Texas an
e Southwestern traffic. 1t is rumoret
/. and with some degree OF authority, toe
II that the Fort Scott & Cult road is abou
!. to pass into the hands OF the Z. u. " !,
l. or Boston interest; and the survey no.
:e being made through this county. dlret
Y, to Lexington would seem to lndicat
y that the purchase had already been ST
IS cured. ...
n A charter was some time ago secure
Y, from congress Tor bridging the Nilsson
Ii. ri at Lexington for the beneht OF tn
ST company, soundings of the river hay
Is been made, and the construction OF
bridge is practicable. This bridge on'
built, the wealthy corporation Will ut'
iZe it for other purposes than hans
CITY connection. There IS an old roi
bed extending a long ways southwe
of Lexington in the direction Oh 70
1, n rI1l
'd through fine agricultural district. III
e. Fort Scott & Gulf road has the right
Ill way through the Indian Territory, whe
10 ever opened to settlement not tar IN Il
future.) Thus plan is laid tor graz
es trunk line from the gulf to Chlca'
A. passing directly through Carroll coun
hg with branches from Fort Scott " lie
ha ington to Kansas City. Thus our peot
On can easily see the Importance OF II
IL road, and the necessity of Carrollt'
II. and Norborne making, at once, eve
effort to bring it within their reach,
ne was proposed and the necessary ste
as taken last summer at the Joint meetl
at Lexington. The Carroll county col
mittee should at once see what can
done in this direction. Lexington W
no doubt secure the road by paying Il
pGdlIN lDI IL ldSoluUiC IoSotioi vi wy
&c. Carrolton and Norborne will la
their own interest to manage, or see
rival town built up within the count
aa that in few short years will cont
I'd more business than both these towns nj
.rv have. We would like to hear from
many interested parties and learn wi
he effort, if any, is being or can be ma
We to get desirable location OF this M
by important extension across our coun
an Time will without doubt develop ii
nr more importance is attached to this
ITO tension than any OF our citizens b
contemplated in the past.
The present, survey, now being MAJ
crosses 4 north and south line from n
borne, about eight miles north of TOW
lay running southwesteriy across the IA
led of Thomas Porter. and will pro5at
'se. cross the Wabash, st. Louis and Pacl
oil at OF near the village of Hardin, Il
lie. county. |
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