Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-03-01
a., X. & G.. RAILROAD,
ROCK ISLAND ROUTE

The building of the Arkansas Kansas & Colo
! raGo railroad INTO Dodge, which was completed
! December last, was an important event in the
! hi tory of our city. This new road is branch
| of the famous Rock Island system and in con-
nection with the Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska
Rv.. forms one of the most important lines of
railroad in the state. The c. X. & N has opened
during the past year Learly 1900 miles of railroad
or an average of one thousand miles per month";
d feat in lroad building which we believe has
never been equalled in this country The Rock
Island with its numerous branches forms per-
feet net work of railroads throughout the state,
connecting nearly all the imp rtant cities and
towns with it. iron bands and carrying increased
prosperity in its track. The same principles of
equity, lberality and thOrOughness which has
characterized the parent road is noticeable in all
its branches. The people along its lines have
learned to recognize it and its branches as a cor
poration in sympathy with them, anxious to de-
veope the country fair and honorable IN its deal
ngs, furnishing the most, sump iOus passenger
accommodations which modern invention has de-
vsed, and the most rapid and reliable freight SER
vice which it Is possible To attain.
Emulatng this example. the A.. K II c. has
been built TINS far upon the most approved plans
aHd in the most substantial manner, Offering &C
conimodatloms to The travelling public and ship
pers uneXcelled by and Of the older roads
The a. X Il G.. railroad starts at Buckln i'm
Ford county, at a point on the line of the c. K
Il n; running thence direct to Dodge City and
following the south bank of the Arkansas river
to Lakin, where it crosses, and follows almost
an air line to Pueblo Colorado Another branch
of the road will start from Dodge City for Trini-
dad, Colorado, by way of MOnteZuma, and through
Haskell. Grant and Stanton Counties to the coal
fields of southeastern Colorado About twenty
miles o grading done on this road last fall,
and work will be resumed in the early spring.
The surveys of both lines through Kansas are
nearly completed and work is being pushed with
all possible dispatch. Depot grounds and right
of-way have been obtained direct from owners a.
satisfactory prices without the assistance of
appraisers and wherever its locating agents have
gone the road has been regarded as q welcome
intruder.
At South Dodge, just across the river from
Dodge City, the company has sixty-twO acres of
level ground where they are preparing to baild ex-
tensive yards, round house and machine shops
Trains un regularly from Dodge City, making
through connections to Kansas city, Chicago ST.
Lonis and all eastern points The mail and express
service is established and the road il in complete
running order.
The Rock Island people have been among the
most liberal promoters of excursions OF land seek
ers from the east, and it has been the policy of the
road to be very generous in the matter of rates
All former efforts in this direction will be ecips-
ed by special facilities and inducements offered
the coming season. Regular excursion trains
will be run monthly at greatly reduced rates of
fare and those interested in the subject will be
able to obtain definite information concerning
dates and rates at any general ticket Office If you
intend to come west this year do not fail to pro
cure your tickets over the Brock Island Route"
and see that your destination is Dodge City.