Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-01-19

BY APRIL FIRST
Work to be Commenced ON
The New Road.
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DIRECTOR FuDGETELLs SOME
INTERESTING FACTS
TO THE LEDGER,
The Road Will be Built if Mexico
Outbids Centralla-Other
Railroad Matters Of
Interest.
speclal Correspondence of the LEDGER.

Hannibal d Springfield railroad
company in the Rialto building,
this city, this afternoon, the object
of the call being to learn some
thing of the plans of the new
company, something definite hat
would prove of interest to LEDGER
readers. In reply to an inquiry,
your correspondent was informed
that Mr.. Joseph Lathrop, the
secretary of the company, was in
Missouri, consequently could not
be seen. Mr.. Enoch H. Fudge,
one of the directors, was at home,
however, and would be pleased to
see the LEDGER man. He greeted
the reporter cordially, and when
asked why the surveyors had
skipped from Mexico to Columbia,
while at work on the route, said:
awe anticipated some trouble
in getting down to the Missouri river
on this side and as we have a
corps of engineers working On the
south side of the river northward,
we sent our engineering party from
Mexico to run the line from Col
umb1a to the Missouri river, so
that the party working northward
would have a definite point to
work to; we had no other purpose
and when they have finished to the
Missouri river they will then work
back from Columbia to Mexico"
"When will actual work ON the
line begin ?"
eff all the subscriptions we ask
on the north end are made, and all
the conyeyances for the right of
way are given, work will begin by
the first of April and perhaps
sooner if the weather will permit.
A definite answer to this question
will depend upon the rapidity with
which subscriptions are made and
conyeyanees for right of way given
as upon this will depend the final
location of our line"
"When would you reach Mexico
if your line goes through our
city !"
"We expect to have the line in
| operation to Columbia, Mo-, if
they give us the aid asked and we
conclude to make it one of our
points, by the first day Of October,
1885,"
"Do we have any show to secure
the shops or a division ?"
sour present plan is to locate
shops near the north end of the
line and we cannot promise you, or
hold out any hope to you now,
that the shops may finally be locat-
ed at Mexico, and the distance to
the Mississippi river is not great
enough for your city to become the
end of a DIVISION"
"Will you build on the old
grade ?"
eve cannot definitely state now
but if not we will in all probability
parallel it."
SIS the line to belong to the c.,
B. & @. System?"
'tIt is to belong to the Chicago,
Hannibal & Springfield railroad
company"
"How do you think our people
are doing, about s25, 900 have been
raised and a good committee is now
out on the line working ?"
"We are very much pleased
with this result, and hope that
you will speedily be able in all re-
spects to meet our proposition of
100000 bonus and right of way
through Audrain county"
sis it not a certainty that the
line will be built to Mexico ?"
"Our proposition to your people
was made in good faith and if the
people of Mexico raise 500, 900 and
the right of way through Audrain
county, the road will certainly be
built to Mexico. Your neighbor
on the right is preparing to offer
us inducements, W. are informed,
to build through their town, and
of course we cannot say, but if
their inducements are sufficient,
and you fail in your undertaking to
raise bonus and right of way, we
viii build that way, but if you do
raise the bonus and right ofway we
will keep absolute good faith with
you and build to Mexico, no matter
if we should receive offers of al
much larger subscription than we
ask of you from some rival point"
SIS there any question about the
line being built? ~
"None whatever, as the money
is provided and construction is to
commence as soon as the weather
will prenit."
"Are your folks or the G., 3. al
Q. people going to build the line 7"
aThe G., Fl. & 8. railroad COM
pany viii build the-line."
aWill not the line come through
we do the very best we
can ?2s'
aAll things being equal, we will
build to Mexico, but if Mexico fails
to meet our proposition and we re-
ceive superior inducements from
Centralia, We will build through
their city
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