The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-03-25
POLE NUMBER ONE.
Of the Electric Railway of Sc
dalia.
Planted With Pleasant speech es
Music and Cheers.

tern Don. 1t was the formal plsnting
of the first pole il the system of cleo
sric railways, with, it is proposed,
will g'iiiron Sedalia in the
near flu ure. La honor of the &C.
casion aad TO commemorate the in
sugura ion the enterprise, pro-
ces.ion was got NJ, the aid of music
was invoked and speakers were en-
gaeed to address the crowd.
The procession was formed at the
int rsection of Second street and Ohio
avenue, at about half past ! o'clock
this afternoon, and it was compos, d
as follows:
The mayor, and Marshal Prentice
in advance, detail of police. the Sc
dalia band, Engine Companies 1 and
2, With their respective hose carts.
At Fifth street, The famby au club, So
strong, j ined III the procession. The
proceedings were had at the southeast
corner of Broadway and Ohio, where
a six.foot hole, and a thirty-foot pole
were in waiting for the farmaliiies of
the affair to be attended to.
Promptly at 2 o'clack mayor
Crawford mounted into Jacob
Zunz's spring wagon and called the
crowd, which was very large one.
and embellished with quite number
of ladies around the edges, to order.
He said the gathering was not dem
Ocratic or republican caucus, or in
deed, political sssemblage of any
kind. 1t was meeting of
citizens of Sedalis, and poll
tics would be laid aside
for a few moments, in order to con-
sider more important matters. They
were here to inaugurate an enterprise
which would be for the benefit of
Sedalia, and to Its attractiveness and
increase its wealth. Here end now
We shall lay all little things aside and
address ourselves to matter that was
OF moment to every citizen of
Onr beautiful progressive town. |
Here in. the golden glory |
of an April sun, he proposed by |
the authority vested in him as mayor,
10 dedicate the enterprise of an cleo
trio street railway for Sedalia. Judge
Metsker and his associates had invest
ed their money In Sedalia. and thoy
would soon be citizens OtSedalia. He
hoped the people would extend a
cordial welcome to capital when
1t comes In our midst, and he
was down on everybody and every
thing which would take toll from, or
endeaver to antagonize any enter
prise. |,
The mayor then introduced Judge
ID. c Metsker, of Topeka, Kansas,
who, he said, shortly would be Judge
u. g.. Metsker, of Sedalia, Mo" Ii
Cheers. l.
Judge Metsker climbed in the wagon
and introduced bis remarks by saying j
ne didn't come to make speeches, but
to put in operation an enterprise that
the citizens would appreciate in the
future He had expected, when he
came to Sedalia, the cooperation of
the people of the Queen City, and he
had got more, by far, than he had '
expected. He appreciated the kind
feelings of the citizens toward him,
md he would assure them that he
would carry out the enterprise, now
icing inaugurated, to successful a
five all stand shoulder q
o shoulder, he said, and work to. r
ether for the common veal, Sedalia II
would, before a great while be a city G
+ 100 900 inhabitants. Electricity was a
destined to accomplish many things, q,
nd il would instil new life into the "
ossils of Sedalia, if there .,
'ere any such. He believed f.
here was mineral wealth IT
this country, and he thought II
company should be organized, buy W
diamond drill and with the aid of n
he electric current, look into the ~
owels of the earth about Flat Creek A.
nd on the edges of the city and bring W
} light these hidden possibilities of
ealth. There was another thipg u,
would mention, and that was, that IN
e state capital would be moved 10 K
edalia at a not very distant day. in
'rolonged cheers. He concluded n
saying that he would conduct the
wv enterprise so as to be satisfactory e,
all. He was man Of 70
lsiness: and for this b
ason, only had not called on the
liens and was not known to them. 70,
any extent. His motto was to az
aw wood and tend to his own bust. t;o
S." Laughter and applause. hn
Mayor Crawford at this point,
lied small United States flag to Fl,
E top of the pole, and this was ms
sed hy a haIfdozen uiII;n H'