The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-07-12
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70 What - on the Tapis ct
Parsons, Kansas.
The Missouri Pacific and the Fort
Scott 4 Gulf Zach Calling
for "0o0h."

Saturday nigh, the A;..ouri P.ci6c pa
. lot Of m~n ct work st Parsons BY ID,
light d tOrcs.ss, tearing up the d~po
switch Of the Fl. Scott 4 0slf narros kaus,
which connects with The iaitrr rood Q
Cherokee. When usOn.ing davbed and
the people OF PanoDs ross from theil
couches they we're surprired 10 ree the
barrow gauge track piled up in the
streets and the Missouri Pacific TRACK LAID
in its place. IL bad al bsen done silently
- possible ard with the gress~st desPatch
1t seems that when the nsrrov gauge
ss' Luili, their depot sss s<t 90 The land
Of the N. K. 4 T., and % understanding
We he'd With the old nanagsnea,, BY
which the narrow gauge wss to turn up
that line - long - they chose, and . csn.
tract vss entered into 10 that feet. Wbsa
the n. K. & I. passed under The present
msnaGemeot. the new o~nes objected 10
the baby raiIrosd. - il was somewhat il
their way. About vesk ago the Fort
Scott 4 Gulf having conceived the idea
that the Psei6c vas going to build
. switch on the east side Of the narrow
saase depot and thus shut the diminutive
railroad out. They accordingly run Q
switch on the esst side OF the narrow Ruase
depot, the main line running up the vest,
10 order more to protect themsslves than
anything else. This snger~d the K. 4 T.,
and they proceeded to tear up the track Of
the narrow suase from the depot south to
the city 1inits. The marrow guage runs
east and vert, passing along the southero
Limits of Parsons, over 4 quarter Of mile
belos their depot, With which they con.
uect BY Dssos Of Y. This 10 part Of the
track that 10 torn up, and it il lying
10 huge hep, all slo6g the road bed.
A reporter had quite an interesting talk
with Mr.. johnson, a narrow gusse men.
He thought and expressed 1t - has firm
belief thst there would yet be Interesting
times in Parsurs. He had heard II rumor.
ed ihsi The For Scott & Gulf we're for
warding men from Kansas City TO Chero-
kee, ~ fast as they could be obtained, and
intended serding forcs Of Eve or six hun.
dred men down to Persons for the purpose
1t tearing up the Psci6c switch and relay
ing the marrow gurge track ard after ihst
was done, TO guard il with armed men no
I'll the matter vas settled, but could not
tell until to-day.
All the railroad men, whom the re.
porter consers+d wi'h. +xpr~r~ed . 6im
conviction that the matter would vet come
to blows between the employees of tie two
rosds.
Last night fifty men arrived 1t PArsona
from ks"s~s City. who said that more
sere cunning to-day, and they would pro-
,eed 10 destroy the Missouri P.ci6c switch
md relay The narrow gauge track on lie |
I'D road bed. They said they we're armed |
md that they would hsve the live. Of the |
irst men. no matter hoe many, Who At
tempted TO hinder them in their work. |
During the night, snd vi en- the tain LET, |
II three o'clock this moruiag. the K at.
Eolks were throwing cars ID the track end |
otherwise Ob.irucIing the narrow gauge
Olks ~ much ~ possible.
The BAzOO has arrsnged for special tel
lersns from Psrrons, and the progress Of
he railroad var 10 thst city will 10 pub
lishsd in the BAzUO every evening. Both
.ay the end IL not vet aud the
matter NAV yet sssn0s the appearance Of
! miniature civil ear.