Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-11-21
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From the Odessa Democrat

tFrOm the Odessa DemOcEhtl |
Our esteemed contemporary, the In
te~lliQepcer, under the caption OF "The
darlington and Southwestern railroad"
giyes IN its last issue q lengthy commu-
1ication setting forth the many advant-
aces of the route through Lexington
The writer carefully c~onceals his ident-
ity and he does we'll. If we had the
.:g9all' Ito put it mildly, to write such
a souib as that, we should hide our
name also, if not our face. This writer
seams to have entered into Q partner
ship with the Odessa Democrat for the
purpose of obecuring, as far as posi-
ble. the true facts in the case. They |
cannot hope to deceive any one by such
labored argument; neither will they be
successful in inducing the railroad COM
pany to ignore this place and the
vantages Of its route, a. their sole e6.
iact ppears to be. The company will
Carefully consider what we have to
offer. and this is all we have to ask
Higginsville Post.
ssfhe galln contained in the above
article from the Post, that the Odessa
Democrat has .s'entered into . partner
shin" with anybody to obscure the
facts about the c., B. 3 @. railroads.
proposed extension, surpasses all COM
ntehension. If there is any one thing
above another in this railroad contro-
versy the Democrat has sought to do,
II has been to let the light of day shine
upon the entire project. The route the
Oemocrat advocates for the cOnstruc-
ton of the proposed road has nothing
to lose BIZ the closest scrutiny that COM
petent engineers can give it, as compar-
ed with the route advocated by the
Post, and Advance. The editor of the
papers referred to know this fact;
hence this begging the question by the
Post.
We are willing that the, people of
HieeinsyiIle and MaverIy shall read all
that The Democrat has said about the
enterprise, and read all that the Post
has said, and decide between us as to
the paper that has sought most to sob
scure facts" The Democrat has said
nothing derogatory to Higginsville, or
to the eastern part of the county. We
know quite as we'll as either of the Hig-
ginsville editors that a road from Wa
verify via Higginsville, and thence to.
Holden, would pass through a. fine q
section of. country, as q whole, as the
county affords; that as much wheat,
corn and hogs would be raised for ship
ment as by the Lexington and Odessa
b route, And we also said that Lexing.
ton and Odessa combined would afford
double the traffic for q railroad that
: H~iQeinsville and Waverly combined
would afford, and we still say that this
is our belief. The Democrat also said
that Waverly possessed no advantages
over Lexington for the building OF q
bridge, and We think we drew it very
mild when we said that. We also said,
and repeat it with emphasis, that there
ia no practical difference in the distance
from Carrollton via Waverly and Hig-
ginsvillv to Fl. Scott, and from Carroll,
ton to Fl. Scott wa Lexington anG
Odessa: and when the difference in the
+. cost Of grading the road through Lafay
cite county is considered, the Difference
is largely in favor of the Lexington aDd
Odessa route. How much, we hav'
never ventured a specific opinion. NJ
one but q competent engineer can tel
that.
There is one thing we know, and tn
editor of the Post knows it too: q wit
ness who Overstates or understates
case before q court is not considered
creditable witness. This being true
how about the twenty miles from Lex
ington to Odessa, when you canno
make it exceed fifteen miles to save You
neck if you will follow the grade of tn
Gulf road ?
Let us discuss this matter, if We dis
cuss it at all, in the light of facts, an
not of fancy. II the matter is ever sci
tied at all, it will be done by skillfr
engineers, as it regards distance an
grade, and not by anything that
newspaper editor may write. So, don
rend your clothes, kind friend OF til
Post, the winter is coming on.