Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-06-06
THE ST. LOUIS & KANSAS CITY
SHORT LINE.

SHUhl LINZ.
The meeting to organize the st.
ouis Il Kansas City Short Line Rail
,ad, took place at the court house IN
olumbia, last Wednesday. All The {
,unties on the line were represented
Y strong delegations OF then most
lbstantial citizens with the necessary
900 per mile of capital stock already
Inscribed, and with the s25,Ooo In
ash, in hand and ready for use. This
ounty was represented by M. V. l..
icCIelland, w. B. Steele, w. G.. Nc
,ausland, WIN. T. Wood, Jas. Went
worth, Henry Winkler and u. A.
Lexington; John Corder,
". A. Redd, E. NJ. Edwards, n
.has. Kraus, of Waverly.
Col. NJ. v. l.. McClelland, OF this
county. was made chairman, MIR. W. B..
Hale, secretary. Speeches were made
by Gen. Guitar, Hon. E. M. Edwards
and others, setting forth the necessary
legal steps to be taken, when the
amount of stock subscriptions were re-
and the cash collected turned
over to the secretary, who was elected
treasurer. A board OF d.
rectors was then elected as follows:-
Lafayette county-W. B. Steele, Z. H..
Edwards; Saline-A. 7. Palmer, ). ID.
Cordell; Howard-R. P. Williams,
Jno. D. Tolson; Boone-James ii.
Waugh, Odin Guitar; Callaway-D.
NJ. Tucker and T. b. Harris; Mont
gomerv- Elliott NJ. Hughes; Warren
B. Hale; st. Charles Mitchell
Castleo.
A committee was appointed to file
articles OF association with the secretary
of state and procure a charter at once.
1t is to be stipulated in the charter that
the road is to be built by way of Lex
ington, Marshal, Fayette, Columbia,
| Danville and Fulton. The board OF
directors will meet for organization in
Kansas City on Tuesday, Jnne 10, by
which time the charter will have been
procured, and all the work preliminary
to permanent organization completed
The road when built will be some
40 miles shorter than any other be-
tween its terminal points; it is to have
no grades over IS feet to the mile; it is
to be built in a first class manner
throughout, and it is expected that ii
will connect with the Vanderbilt inter.
ests on the east and with the Atchison
Topeka & Santa Fe on the west. In
word, it will be the grandest road il
the state.
1t looked, last week, as if there wa
promise of a stubborn and long-con
tested war between MIR. j. c. McGreV
and the Lexington Coal Mining Com
pany for possession of the mines. If i
had become necessary to bring a suit il
ejectment it might have taken SOM
months to decide the issue, and in thu
mean time, of course, the mines woui'
have been idle, and much inconve
%nience and even suffering would hav
ensued. The company, however. tool
the position that it was in possession o
the property and took prompt ane
very vigorous steps to become so il
fact. On Friday evening some of tn
company's men employed by Mr.. Nc
Bowel, by playful strategy induced tn
! McGrew men to come out of the shaft
, near old town, and took possession TO
the company. On the same day, s
Sedalia, Judge Strother, on application
of the company, granted an injunctio
against Mr.. McGrew, his employees an
agents, which Mr. Wallace, of couns,
for the company, brought up from Sc
dalia Friday night, and put in tn
! hands of Sheriff Bowman On Saturda
morning. With this writ and a littI
l talk with the McGrew men, the comp,
l ny, during the day obtained pOssessio
: of all the remaining mines except tn
Seawell mine, which the McGrew me
D obstinately refused to give up. M
2 McGrew also refused to give up tn
Office and books and papers, and serve
+ notice on the company's attorney
9 Wallace & Chiles, that he would, Q
Wednesday, June 8, apply to Juds
Strother for a modification of the in
t junction. This put a temporary stol
!, page to active hostilities, though Il
! McGrew men having abandoned IL
Seaweil mine on Sunday,th company
y men promptly stepped in and took pc
session. On Wednesday Mr.. M
B Crews application for a modificatit
of the Injunction came up before Juds
Strother here; after hearing the afid'
C Wits and counter affidavits, during Il
progress of the argument of counse
II Mr.. Shewalter, attorney for MI. ",
o Grew, arose and stated to the coul
II that by direction of his client, he wit
n drew his motion. On the next NOR
3 ing Mr.. McGrew gave up to the con
pany possession of the Office, book
- papers etc. 1t seems that the emit
-, matter will be amicably and satisfa
70 torily settled. The new general ma
: ager, r. NJ. Mcdowell, is now in fl
,f control of the company's mines, and t
local direction of them will be und
the special control of NJ. w. Ser
70 Esq superintendent. MI. Mcdowell
a regularly graduated mining engine
from the polytechnic schools. He is
man in the prime of his life, with
) long and practical experience in
profession, and is a mining expe
J. both from a scientific and practit
t. standpoint. Mr.. Mcdowell has orde
III to put the mines here in first cla
'e working order, and to extend their
e. pacity in season to produce 1000 to
ST of coal per day. He says our vein
J. coal is of the best mineral, east
worked, and comparatively inexhaus
ID BILE, and for these reasons a stro
n probability exists that they will be t
leading mines of the entire Gould S,
D. tenn. The directions about the VOL
I'd here, he says, come from Mr.. Gor
We himself, who holds our mines perso
II, ally as of the utmost Importance to l
he great railroad projects. 1t seems, a
til we trust it is true, that this last mo