The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-04-28
LOOK TOYOUR LAURELS
The CatacUmbs Aroused to
Action at Last.
They Hold a Railroad Meeting
and Start a Boom.
Can it be They Mean Business
This Time

In order that Sedalians may know ex-
actly what their rivals at the capital are
about the following from the Jefferson City
Tribune is publish ed In full. As the BAzoo
has heretofore stated Jefferson City is at
last awaking to the fact thst she must do
something if she wou'd continue to prosper
and TO hold the capital, aud once con.
WINGED of this fact it is folly to suppose she
does not possess the ability, or that her
natural facilities properly developed will
not give her very great advantages, for both
are true. Again the BAZoo urges upon Sc
dallas Leaders the need of prompt and
energetic act on in the matter of lis north
and south connections:
The Tribune of yesterday says:
Pursuant TO the call published In the
Tribune of yesterday, large number of
our business men and citiZ ms assembled
at the United States court room last even
ing. The meeting wss called to order by
Mayor Riddler, who explained the object
for which it was called. On motion he was
made chairman and Major ]. 7. Clarke,
of the suditor's Office, was made secretary.
On motion of Mr.. w. g. McCsrty, Hon
6. III. Boyd, of Springfield, was called upon
to address the meeting. Col. Boyd sug
pested a committee 10 confer with the COM
mittee appointed at Springfield to confer
with the Merchants Exchange at Chic go.
At the suggestion of Mr.. Geo. White,
Judge Arnold Krekel addressed the meet
ing. He spoke iu favor of road south of
Jefferson, and recommended that the COM
mittee appointed confer with both the Chi
caeo parties and the Pacific railroad man.
agement The main object being road
south, no mater whether built by St
Louis or Chicago interes's.
Judge KrekeI spoke feelingly with refer
ence to the capitsl removal, saying that
with all the hailowed memories c usterirg
around the capital city-old men, wings
and democrats of bygone days-men who
had grown gray in Political discussions,
and who still lived to be democrats and re-
publicans of to dsy, would yet be found
friends of Jefferson City.
AT the suggestion of Mr.. Fisher, Mr..
Parker, of Rolls, adore ssed the meeting,
saving that Rolla had also had a meeting,
urging q road from JEFF City, tr some
point on the Missosri river via Rolla to
Cabool, making continuous road to the
sea shore; that a survey from Rolla TO
Cabool, a distance of about ~ miles, hid
already been made hoped that the Pscifc
south to Springfield, snd that the road from
Alton company, would also be completed !;
roads and no conflict of interest. People
of Rolla desired direct communication
with Jefferson City.
Expenses of building road south of
Rolla to Cabotl, $4,000 per mic, and from
La 20 al .
per mile.
Route from Rolla to Jefferson possible.
With Chicago connection and Chicago
capital, a bridge across the Missouri river
becomes necessity.
From Chic go to New Or'ears by this
rou'e was but a few miles longer than by
the Illinois Central.
Thought the time suspicious for the peo-
pie of Jefferson 10 take steps for southern
connections, and the proposed road to JEFF
ferson doss net interfere with the extern
sion from Jefferson to Cabool.
Cost of survey from Jefferson to Rolla
estimated at $1,000.
On motion, Mr.. Bishop, of Ro,Is, one of
the committee appointed by the meeting at
Rola, was called upon and addressed the
meeting
He said if ever railroad was needed it
was the projec ed road from Jefferson City
to Rolls. People in the south part of the
state think il best to expend small amount
of money to reach the capital by rail than
to be taxed for its removal.
Rolla has paid nearly $1,000 for the sur
yey south to Cabool; that The survey was
worth The money whether the road was
built or not; that they wanted connection
with the capital, and urged cooperation on
behalf of our Cit eus.
On motion of Judge Stamphi committee
of ten was authorized to be appointed by
the chair to confer with The committee ap-
pointed by the Springfield meeting COM
mittee.
The committee selected to correspond and
confer with the Springfield committee, in
relation to the cons truction of railroad
from Jefferson City to Springfield, consists
of the following gentleman: Gen. james
Harding, Col w. @. Dallmeyer, J. c. Fiji
er, Col. j. B. Price, j. I. Clarke. F. Binder,
Judge ]. St4mpfi, Jonathan Grimshaw, f.
knapp, ii. Clay Ewing.
On motion of Mr.. Fisher, the matter be-
fore the meeting with referen e TO the road
south to Cabool was referred 10 the board
of trade.
BOARD OF TRADE.
A meeting of the board of trade was
called Immediately after the adjournment
of the railroad meeting. Mr.. F. Binder pre-
sided over the meeting and Mr.. John T.
Clarke acted rs secretary.
Mr.. Binder stated the object of the meat
ing to be a conference with The committee
from Rolls, relative to survey to that
place from Jefferson City.
Mr.. Dowd, Of the Rolla commi tee,
thought the route from jefferson City to
Rolla practicable one, and tina, the sur
vey would cost about $500; thought the
road from Jefferson City to Cabool could
be built at an average cost of less than
S12, 900 per mile.
General Harding stated that the distance
to Rolla was about sixty miles, and that
this portion OF the road could be built at a