The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-06-10
Judge Metsker Talks to a BazOO
Reporter Concerning the
Prospects of the Road.
The Probable ROute Will be La
mine Street.

People are beginning to inquire
after the electric railway. Some who
are not able to circulate around AID
see for themselves, think that the
matter has been dropped. In the ex-
citement and talk naturally caused
by the Williamson murder
and sundry other things
of lesser importance, the street car
line has almost been wiped out of the
minds Of the people.
While everything in and about the
main business portion of the city has
haon in q srav over ono .Ling or an
other, the men employed by Judge
Meisker to build his road have been
plodding along and saying nothing.
Take ,helr work day at time and
it seems as though they were doing
nothing. But take a look one day
and another few days later and The
change is very perceptabIe. From
Fifth street and Hancock to Ohio,
around by the general Offices the road
is nearly complete. The track fir
ished. the wire all hung, and yester-
day when aBAzoo reporter called at the
car house ON Ninth street, just south
of the power house at the cross ng of
Broadway and the NJ, K. d L. rail-
road, he fonnd several skilled electric
tians hard as work placing the motors
on the trucks of the cars.
"How long will it be before the
road will lie in operation"
asked the scribe. "About one
MONTH" replied Mr.. Nile, and
you may say that in ten days the
first Car will run over the road.
Judge Metsker was by a re-
porter at Sicher's hotel. When asked
how the work progressed he said. 81
have been feeling so poorly since my
sickness that have not gone over
the line. My men are grading out on
south Ohio and laying track on Six.
teenlh street, [ was compelled to lay
off the last two days on account ofhav-
ing no more ground surveyed. Mr..
Yeater is really doing the work of
three men. When l was mayor of
Topeka and we were improv-
ing our city we employed three men
and they were all kept at work. Bus
Mr.. YeBter seems to be doing just as
much work. He right now has
Third street rnd Broadway and my
route and the sewer all to look after
and then keep his eye on Ohio street.
He ought to have an assistant if only
for one month. My idea is to con-
meet the Third street line with the
line now stopping at Fifth on Hancock
and made a belt line. But that de-
Ponds how baily the people on East
Fifth street want it. l shall tear up
Third street horse car lice and put
my rails down and at the same grade
he street, which is sadly needed in
'front.' of the hotel here"
"What street will you put your
inc, Usage or Ohio?" "Well that is
lard to tell. In my mind Lamine |
treet is the best place for me. L 90
lot like TO 60 anywhere but on Ohio |
treet for there the business now lies |
nd it has been the history of such
moves that the business will follow
he street railway lift has any backing |
It all. Now, on Lsmine |
here is the opera house, govern
nent building, court house, three ho-
els, wholesale boot and shoe house.
chool houses, two churches and is
nly one-half block from Sicher's be-
ides being a good residence street
urther out. With that to start on
am sure of success. Usage also has
ONE good points, but Lamine is my
hoice."
Mr.. Metsker says that the ma.
hinery for running the cars is all up
nd all that is necessary is to fire up
he engine and turn on the steam.
he park also is being put in good
rider and the Sedalian will soon have
nice resort that they may attend
hon ca IiSpoSad /,