Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-17
THE g., B. & Q. RAILROAD.



The Higginsv lie Advance came TO us
last week brim full of the &. Il. N q.
railroad extension project. II has
map also gotten up to back It's COM
ments as to the nearest and most tcaSl-
bic route from Carrolltom To Fort Scott.
We have seen all these things before
on paper-some of which did not pan
out according to programme, when the
of the engineer instru-
ments were applied.
The Democrat desires ii TO he dis
tinctiy understood at the outset. that 1t
has not word to say against Higgins
vile, or any other town doing their
level best to secure the proposed eSief-
sion Of the road in question south II
the Missouri river.
1t Odessa cannot get the road, we
want iIigginsvilie or Mayview 10 get
II. M matter where il passes through
the county, the county will be greatly
benefited.
We, of course. Intend to fight with
all the force that within us lies,to induce
the T.. Il Il Z. company to bring their
road to Odessa, for the same reason
that other localities are influenced by.
We do not know that it is all certain
that the road will be built, but onr
people will watch closely every indica-
ton on the part OF the company to bu,ld
| the road, aud spare no pains, time and
labor to present our side of the quos-
ton. We believe that as good, if not
much better, place can be i"nnd at
or near Lexington to bui'd n bridge
than can be found at Waveriy. We
believe also that much better grade
can be found by way of Lexington and
Odessa, whether the road touches at
Holden or Pleasant Hill. Ii is propos-
ed on our part to take care, as best we
can, of the location OF the road from
the north to the south line of the coun-
ty. After that, whether the road goes
10 Holden or Pleasant Hill will be a
matter for those towns and the railroad
company to settle.
AS to the difference in the distance
by Higginsville or by Odessa, that Is so
small as to cut very insignificant fig
ure The cost of construction by the
two competing routes as regards grade,
and bridging the Missouri river, Will
have. vastly more influence than the
difference in the distance will exert.
The difference in favor of the amount
of money that can be raised would be
decidedly in favor of Lexington and
!. Odessa, bnt not enough, in our opinion
:, to determine the matter. There Is one
= consideration, however, that will have
great influence, and that is the amoun
!, of. traffic that the rival routes woul,
afford, and that would be decidedly il
!, favor of Lexington and Odessa Th'
- large coal interest at and near LeXing
70 ton exceeds that of any other locslit.
- in the county, and beside its mercan
:, tile and other interests are in excess
any other route through the county.
- There is another important item, ani
~ that is the cost of the right of way
!! We are satisfied that the right of wa
=: OH the old Gulf road bed can be secur
- ed at comparative trifie, when com
~ pared with what it would take TO &c
y, new right of way on any line tina
may be mentioned.
=, Ii the road is to be built at all, W
a., consider that our people have NOR
a. than even start; but this is no reaso
:, :" that we should be idle. The T.. b.
q. company certainly have their mind
a" directed toward extending their line
- the southwest. NJ evinced by their n
Hv cent visit to Lexington, but there
,:t nothing really certain so far.