The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-10-23
RED STORE, 2O7 OHIO ST.
BENTON'S BOOM.
A Prominent Citizen Talks
About the Proposed New
Railroad.
The County to bs Benefited, But
Some Towns to be Left in
Dependency.
BENTON'S BOOM.

"What is your opinion in reference to
Cole Camp becoming a point on the pro-
posed ST. Louis, EmpOria IL Western rail-
rOad?" asked BAZOO reporter of a promi-
nent citizen Of that vicinity yesterday.
I'VE feel perfectly easy ON the matter"
replied the gentleman. while Warsaw
has been agitating the matter and raising
money for survey, we have been merely
resting ON our oars awaiting the proper
time ior action"
'Do you think Warsaw has given up in
despair"
1.-The intelligent people in Warsaw never
expected The road In the beginning, though
they did raise money for a temporary sur
vey through the town. Engineer Emerson
who is supervising the work of the survey,
rs soon as he reached Warsaw and took a
look over the country, plainly told the
people that o locate the road there, would
be an impossibility. No, as said before,
the people of w arsaw never really expect
ed the road, and all this newspaper motto
rie;y the town got is the only benefit they
will ever derive"
"Iou think then, that Co'e Camp will
be point on the road, that is, ii the road
is ever built?'
"As t, the construction of the road, there
is NJ doubt, but as to Cole Camp being a
point on the line, am not SO certain.
However, tie .rcad will be To-
Gated north of WARSAW, ard
distant several hours journey from
that town. Anyone acquainted with the
geogra phical outlay of the couptry will
readily perceive that the breaks of the
Os>ge will have to be Stunned, or au i'm
me nse outlay of money will have to be
made. Considering the fact that il is the
desire of the company to construct cheap
line OF railway, and also taking In consid-
Grafton that the route via Versailles is
about as short and over a prairie country
most of the way, any philosopher will be
at once convinced that this route will be
adopted"
"Y0u are satisfied, you saw, that the
road will be buiIt?" asked the reporter.
"Ycs, / am satisfied the road will be
built from st. Louis TO Rich Hill during
the next eighteen months. Work is now
going on between Rich Hill and Appleton
City, and the road will soon be in operation
between those two points"
"What is there in the report that the
enterprise is in Vanderbilt's interests, or
do YOU know?'
Il am not prepared to say. Mr.. E w.
Fox, the manager of the scheme, has moth
ing to say about the matter. He only tells
the people that the road will be built and
all that is asked of them is the right of
way. The company has never asked
cent of the people, only in the Warsaw ex-
pertinent, and that money, see, is to
he returned to those who donated il. No,
my opinion is that the company desire to
the fact that reasonable grade
can be gotten and that the road will run
through thrifty agricultural country, and
then there will be no trouble in controll-
ing the necessary capital / am satisfied
Benton county will soon have another rail.
road and whether Cole Camp, Warsaw or
Lincoln get it, the taxable wealth of the
county will be greatly increased, which will
insure TO the benefit of every individual
citizen. Furthermore, a great many think
that the Sedalia, Warsaw & Southern will
be changed from narrow To standard
gauge as soon as this other line Is coni
pleted, which will give us two standard
gauge roads through the county, one run
ing east and west and the other north and
south. Benton county has fine timber and
mineral and the day is not far distant when
she will take her place as one of the
leading counties Of Central Missouri"