Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-12-18
THE NEW RAILROAD.

of extending the Missouri Pacific rail
road from Jefferson City through Boon
vile. Marshall and Lexington, to Kan
sas City, has rapidly taken definit'
form. When we spoke of it two week
ago it seemed only a tentative scheme
but since that time it has c~rystalized
until nov it is reported to be actual!
under construction at Boonville.
The idea is not q new one. 1t ha
been in contemplation a long time, ant
its purpose is to procure a low grad
for the heavy through traffic OF thu
road. By reducing nj grade below
Jefferson City this route be made
with a less maximum grade than TWEEN
ty-fve feet. 1t will. also, be shorter
than the old route, and one built il
will necessarily be the main line of the
road between St. Louis and Kansas
City for fast trains and heavy freights.
The road will leave the present main
line four miles this side of Jefferson
City, come up the river to Boonville,
thence to Marshall, thence to the river
about Waverly Cat that place we hope),
thence up the river to Lexington thence
to Kansas City by a track north of In
dependence, to reduce that grade.
Another purpose that MIR. Gould is
said to have in view is to make
this a direct road between Kan
sas City and Chicago. A glance
at the map will show that once COM
pleted between Lexington and Boom
vile, the Missouri Pacific will have a
line,by way of the NIX. s. TITO Han
nibal, and it is understood that 1t ia
now making arrangements for a direct
route from Hannibal to Chicago. 1t
will be seen that this route will be q
very short one
Whatever Mr.. Gould's other pur-
poses may be, it is pretty certain that
he means to build the road from Jeffer-
son to Lexington, and that very prompt
ly.
We are free to say that We would
much prefer the Short Line, but if this
road is to be built we should not think
it wise on the part of the people to dis
play toward 1t an obstructive policy.
We have always advised liberality as
to rights-of- way to every railroad pro-
jected through Lafayette county. We
see no cause to change that view as to
one. True, Mr.. Gould has done
in the management of his coal
interests here, and elsewhere, that are
in violation of the constitution and, as
we view it, against the cause of devel-
.ping our great wealth in coal. These
things should be amended; but this can
be reached by proper legislation. 1t
may be that important results will fol-
low to Lexington from the building of
The proposed road. II It shall be made
he main line, that in itself will be q
great advantage. There can be no
1oubt of the growth ID store for Kan
las City. We are at its very door
Though not situated so favorably for q
residence suburb as is Independence,
are sufficiently near to hope to be a
manufacturing suburb. With trains
making the distance between the two
places in n hour this could readily be
lone. Real estate is very high in Kan
AS City for manufacturing plants.
Here it is cheap; aud here, also, we
lave the advantage of cheap water,
,as and fuel. These advantages may
BRING machine shops, aud will very GER
ainly largely increase production
II coal.
Already this proposed road has
;aused inquiry for ZEAL estate in this |
'ity, and there is good reason to hope
or a substantial business boom. Let
Is all put our shoulders to the wheel, |
encourage every enterprise which
presents itself. The Short Line may |
;ome too. We must not give that up.
We must work for and support it. But,
IL the mean time, if another great rail-
Dad presents itself let us be liberal to
md encourage it.
Mr.. John Hess, chairman, Judge H, |
/. Filing and Mr.. w. 81. Bruins, COM
from Schaefer Post, G. A. R.,
waited upon Hon. Robert
\. Hicklin, last Tuesday morning, to
eqnest him to use his influence to pro-
:ure from the legislature an appropria-
ion of 1925 1000 for the benefit of the
encampment of the order to be |
'eld in st. Louis, some time in the
ear 1887. They stated that each post
lad been requested to appoint a similar
that it would probably be
he last time the grand encampment
ould be held in Missouri that Mime
ota in 1884; Maine In 1885, and Cali
ornia in 1884,, had made appropriations
Or the purpose, and that the state
+ Missouri could not afford to be |
hurlish or inhospitable to this society,
omposed of Union soldiers, an or
anization devoid of politics, and sim
ly of old comradeship. Mr.. Hicklin
that he was very friendly to
he Grand Army, and numbered in its |
many personal friends. He
hould, therefore, come to the oonsid-
ration of the subject In q friendly
pirit, but in this case as In all others
le must decline TO make pledges In ad-
'ance, as his action in matters of legis.
alton would be guided by the best and
ul!est information he could obtain
h%ereon, which could only be reached
" final discussion and elaboration
Turing the session. This, he said, was
particularly true as 10 questions of ap-
'ropriations. One half of the state
evenue is sacredly set apart to be ap
to the public debt. This cannot
'e touched for other uses. The other
lalf is for general purposes-payment
If officers, maintenance of penitentia-
y, sustaining educational and eleemos.
mary institutions, and for court and
costs, which are very great.
f these things, which are already
upon the state, shall consume
he revenue, then the state will be com.