The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-11-22
NORTHERN EXTENSION.
What the Marshall Democrat
Has to Say on the
Subject.
The Right Of Way Has Been Sc
cured by the Com
mittee.

We have been asked What is bciua
dOnc about the Scdalia and Marshall
railroad enterprise" In answer 10 this
important question We an. enabled tn make
this reply: "Mc>>r>. ". II. bush. Wm. L.
King anu Judge %. Hurt, who were al,-
pointed upon ! committee To procure the
right oi way from Marshall To- the P,ttiS
county lire. have performed their duty.
- faithfully and well - IL could have
iecn done. AMI nave pS,ie their report L.,
headquarters at cvCi5iIa. To show the
amount al interest taken in the matter
along the Zine, and the nature Of the re-
port, We have simply To state that thew not
only secured the right Of wsy i1r the ROAD
along the entire rUaIe after leaI iuy Mar
shalt, but, with three or four exceptions
the owners of the land freely donated the
right oil way, and offered ~ do ANYTHING
In their power - aid the enter
prise. The committee are great
~ encouraged hy the nlanner in
which they were everywhere received and
the interest shown by the people along the
proposed line They further s,ate thai,
the only apathy shown al all in this i'm
pOrtant enterprise. il right here In Mar
shall. Here, some al our people seem 10
think that the road would not benefit Mar
snail. bat would bc an injury bv diy,rtiuo
u portion of the trade which now com.,
here from along the proposed line south To-
>v'ialia and other points. These same
parties say, however, that ii the road i To-
bc built that II will never do io STE Siater
the terminus. which shows the utter falIacy
81 their argument. For, ii The building oi
the road 10 Marshall would I've an iuinrv
bv diverting trade To other points. the same
argument would hold good In the cast. oi
Slater, aud instead of benciiiiinc tha, place
it would he an injury. But, unlike the
people of Marshall. the shrewd people of
Slater do not see IL In that light. and
the business men of that stirring town
are holding out strong inducements. and
are willing Ia do all in their Power To- So
cure the prize. We mention this matter
ID that the people of Marshall NAV know
what to depend upon. Railroads are not
built by old iusics. They I,cIoug To an era
oi progress aud enterprise. Wh r,.ycr Won
hsd railroads, the world over, there, too,
you Will lind the busy, bu>tliug scene, of
active life. They are the advance of
more perfect civilization. a dcnser unpula-
ton. amt - thousand other blessings Ia all
new countries. and in agricultural dis
iric;s like this in which ~. live. are a!,,o
lutely indispensable to keep pace with the
times. What Marshall now needs Is an
other railroad not only Mar>haII. but il
Is what the people al Saline county need
\ competing line Oi railroad means
in freishts, and competition
means no more nor less than lower /
rates Tor every bushcl Of grain and every |
head of live stock shipped out of our /
county, as we'll as Tor every pound OF I
freight shipped in. This Is benefit which /
AN Inc obtained in no other way. Ii
would save To the people oi Marshall and
Saline county many thousands of dollars 4
Another thing, make Marshall !
he terminus of the Sedalia railroad, and |
n less than one year IL would add one or |
wo thousand people To our population,
would enhance the value of property
iearly double. and would give an impetry
q every branch of business. This is a rea-
enable conclusion. The same may be
aid Of Slater il the road should be built
o that point, i'm which event Marshall
night we'll look after her laurels. A word
D the wise Is sufficient on this point.