The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-02-17
THE NEW AIR LINE.
How the Globs-Democrat Thinks
il Will Affect st. Louis.

lfOtD the
concerning the proposed new air line from
81. Louis TO Kansas City, will be read With
Interest by S'dalisns, as IL Is tie read
which, If built, is 10 pass through Pe,lis
county:
"Louis /. Post, the moving spirit in the
new railroad enterprise known As the Cen
trail Missouri, 10 run from st. Louis Io
ksns IS City and from Alton to Hannibal,
nss been in the city for several days stop
ping at the Liudell. An Informal confer
encr Of three OF four of the temporary IF
ficers was held Saturday 10 Mr.. Posts room,
but no business of importance was accom-
plished. Mr.. Post says the road is fixed
fact, and work will be commenced as soon
as tire weather will pzrmit.
When asked ii Vanderbilt was behind
the movement, Re replied evasivrly by say
ing that "whO, Yer said Mr.. Vanderbilt is
an interested party is drawing entirely up
on his imagination. There msy be a dozen
ilfis rent corporations pushing tue enIer-
prise, but no one outside Uf tue directory
knows anything about H."
What will you do about the bridge
across the Mississippi"
We anticipate no trouble from that
source aud Eel assured that We can get a
charter allowing its construction"
Mr.. Post LETT Saturday night for CClum-
bia ON business but will return today. 1t
i expected a full mtetir & Of the board vi
directors will b. held on tuesday.
In his report on the PROPOSED read De-
cember is, j l. X. Hayward, civil igi-
neer, shows BY the -rniBgs and Iucr-ase ia
three years for the o,hsr st. l. uis-K ansas
City r, ads that Tie pres mt business VIII
support another road. The population Of
/ The counties through which IL would pass
forms larger aggregate thin Tor any of
lis competitors while the cereals and live
stock raised in those cOuLtIes are also far
IN excess Of those tributary TO It's rivals
| Coal fields are adj iceni. from which that
necessary article eau be- mined snd deliyrI
ed In Kansas City at gross at four cents
bus el, while 1t seldom brings less than l23
cents by the Car load. Iimber, hydraulic
limestone, htmstile OF iron, tIff, sandstone,
add even mineral springs and summer re-
SORTS abound all along the proposed route,
as is certified by leading c':rmis :.
The grades are lar lighter than on any
lival ruad. II ans IS C.Iy," says Mr.. Hay
ward, lis tEe onIy point permitting a road
OF low grade To The Mississippi river and
your lire The only route by which il can
be secured" With the advantages of light
grades and comFar itIvely straight line Mr.
Hayward thinks with an averege of 200
loaded cars per day he can save S32S 800
over the Missouri Pacific, which has
shorter line. This OF itself would be =
very respectable income-if the road COM
msnds the freight.
The estimate Of income is carefully m sde
up. The liberal allowance Of 90 per
CT nj. Of Income IL made for operating ex-
penses aud a nice = per cent dividend guar.
anIeed stockholders on $9O00,G00 with
surplus of over Si00,OOO. According 10
the report of the railroad commissioners
the Missouri Pacific, which purchased its
Kansas City liue under foreclosure sale SD
chespiy that the stOckholtefs of the old
corporation that owned il, are ccntes; ing
the sale, paid 81 per cent. on that portion
of its road and paid 55 per cent. of gross
earnings for operating expenses.
The advantages Of delivering freight in !
east st. LOuis-in other words, Of cutting
of st Louis from any participation In the
business the road may bring this way, are
delightfully."- set forth. StOckmen are TO be |
saved the annoy ing del avs al ST. Louis in |
cident - crossing the bridge" Ali things
considerd, he says, il would be economy
10 reach 81. Louis from the east. "The two |
belt roads on the east side with their
numerous ferries for transit rring cars, fur |
nish much better facilities for distributing
freight in Carloads over a large portion Of
the business part of 81. Louis than could |
by any possibility be secured II entrance |
Was made on the west of the city. The DIFF !
ference IN cost If Transporting merrhsndizs |
between East St. Louis aud the business
houses OF the city, as compared with Its |
transfer To and from the DEPICTS of the TO IDS |
In the city proper, would he less than cent |
per 100 pounds, and would not be greater |
than that to reach any depot that could be |
secured In the western part of the CITY," |
To cap the climax OF this argument, !
Mr.. Hayward alleges that wheat COM
mands per cent per bu>hel more in East |
81. Louis than on this side of the river /
IL Mr. Hayward would take the pains To- |
examine the proceedings OF the Merchants |
Exchange Of 81. Louis, he would be unde- /
ctived on this point; and rs one of the prin |
cipsl articles furnished ST. Louis proper |
by Kansas City and tbs West is grain for |
her mills, the advantages OF an east side |
delivery where transfer would have TO be /
paid and cent per bushel less realiz, j, is |
not so apparent in this. Still, Mr.. Hay
ward speaks Of his proposed road as a |
great bCom-one that will remove the .
"blight" which 81. Louis pow feels in every
artery of her commercial life. This blight |
is the grest bridge, and Mr.. Hayward |
shows Its whitening effect by demonstrating
that the cost for hauling car from Kansas
Cily to East ST. Louis is less than for haul !
ing ii across the river. And yet he ex.
poets to deliver goods in st. Louis from the |
east side in competition with roads which !
run in from the West.
In conclusion Mr.. Hayward cites Mr.. ID. /
w. Marmsduke and Mr.. WIN. T. Patti