The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-07-28
NORTHERN EXTENSION.
Marshall Moving Forward
With Her Road.
Sedalia Shamefully Indolent and
Indifferent.

7 Engineer Coppedge yesterday received a
Letter iron the president Of The company
inc, rporat.d 10 build the Marshal and
Coal Mountain raj road, saying that
preliminarI.s had been completed aud the
| company was now prepared to r ceive bids
for the construction of the whole or por-
tions OF the road, cons rue ion 10 commence
! at cnce aud the work TO be finished b-foi e
cold weather. Mr.. COPpsdge expects to PIT
in d Tor portion AT least vi the road
and will ST nd it at olce.
As TO the exts nsiOn of the road to Sedslia
the Marshall company have about |, st
faith In : dallas premises and will net
bother hem elves further about il.
"What about Mr.. BsgCelPs propo:ition?"
asked the reporter of Mr.. Copp.dg-.
"Oh, thet has fallen through ike all the
rest. You rec Jllect the Star chamber mte.-
ing held June so, after the BAzOo pub
lIshed his proportion, the proc. ediugs OF
which you we're not allowed TO PUBLISH"
"Ies, sir, quite we'll. believe the meet
ing al pointed a committee to Wit Mr..
Bagnell IN st. Louis, and get propos ton
10 be submitted 10 the people of Sedalia
snd Pet Is county for acceptance or rejec-
liCu"
ayes, sir. 3. g. Wilkerson, the chair
man, appointed ID. II. Smith, Jahn l..
Hal anu myself such a commll'es, but we
were afterwards lis ructed to invite Mr..
Bsgnell to Sedalia instead OF going down
oarSe,yes."
"Well, what did you do p
ave wrote Mr.. Bagnell and he replied
that be had not the time TO come up; that
his proposition was ,mb. died in the |. tier
sent me, and ii ) dalia wished a road and
was ready to bu,!d he was re.dy 10 begin
work on those terms at once,
but unless he had definite
answer on he must i'hdraw his offer a
he hid an opportunity to make bid On
an yther road and when he invested in that
he would have neither time or n eaOs 10
give to the Sedslia road.
"Whst was Mr.. Bagne.Ps proposition to
Sedalia ?''
'That if Sedalia would rai.e 100000
he would advance the other 100000 neces-
sary to build and equip the road aud when
completed he would turn it over 10 the Sc
dalia company 10 own and Iun, taking a
NOR gage on The road fer his 100000 AID
ALLOW them the full control of 1t with al.
the stock"
"What answer did the comm; ttee send to
him on lee Up of his letter to them ?"
Mole at /. They just let the matter
drop"
"And wh're is Mr.. Bsgnell now Can
not the people of Sedalia call a meeting
and &c; up a contract with him ?"
"No, sir. He has done az he said he
would, lie has taken 4 contract to build
lS2 miles OF rosd, from Bull City 10 Dsn.
Yer, Colorado, known as the Bull City Il
Deuver extersiop, and is now cut there
busily engaged, with all his capital 10.
vested"
els there 10 chance for northern ex-
tension, then p
None that can see, unless the people
can msnsge TO get up joint stock COM
pany Of their own, snd Tut somebody at
the head OF sffaIrs who loves Sedalia sni
his OSn interests enough to 20 to work aud
keep at work uutil The thing is accom-
pl SEED"
Is II not a shame that Sedslia, when
she knows her eed, aud when her p, Ople
are almost a unit in their desire To give To-
the buiioi' < OF s-cl road all the aid and
money rec. sSary 10 accomplish, cannot ind
some ore to take tue leai, outside the Cd
e!euen who h,ve for the past year, been
proving themselves incapable OF longer Ie-
manning at the front?
Stdali MS, you C N never ge. 4 nor hern
extension until you me Ell mssss End or
gs0ize to have; and once the world knows
you are determined: the Means will he At
hand.