Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-06-11
RAILROAD NEWS.


The Kansas City Times of Sunday,
June 5, contains the following:
The Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Trust company has filed for subscrip-
ton 10000 shares of 800 each of cap
ital stock of the Missouri Coal and
Construction company. The capital
stock Of this company is -, 0O0,0 00, of
which $l,000,000 has been fully paid.
President Stillwell and Secretary
Taylor of the Trust company, who are
now in the east engaged in the placing
of these securities, Yesterday tele-
graphed to General Manager Richard
Gentry, of the Kansas City, Nevada
and Fort Smith railroad that their la
bors were about completed, that the
Construction company's shares had
found a ready Atlantic market and
that within few days they would re-
turn to Kansas City with the cash in
hand to begin the work in contem.
plation.
The Missouri Coal and Construction
company was formed for the purpose
of building the Kansas City, Nevada
and Fort Smith railroad, which will
be in time, through its own construc-
ton of track and from connection
with allied lines, a through and direct
route from Kansas City 10 the Gilf OF
Mexico.
The Times is in a position to an
nounce that contracts are now ready
for signing under which the line OF
the :Kansas City, Nevada and Fort
Smith railroad will be at once extend
ed from its present terminus at Hume,
Mo-, southwark almost in an air line
to Pittsburg, Kan. From Kansas City
to Hume is 81 miles. From Hume to
Pittsburg is So miles. These added
miles will make the main trackage of
the Fort Smith route 136 miles south
ward from Kansas City, and every
rod of 1t will he completed and in full
operation on or before November of
the current year. A continuation of
the line southwark from Hume taps
the Missouri, Kansas aud Texas six
miles west of Fort Scott and offers to
that system its most direct entrance to
Kansas City. AT Pittsburg the "Katy"
again and the Memphis are intersHcted.
A little beyond Pittsburg the Frisco
will be reached aud all that that i'm:
portant connection implies obtained.
As has been suggested above, the
Fort Smith management, its owners,
its directory, are Kansas City men.
Within less than five months it will
have line due south from Kansas
City l36 miles in length, upon which
will rest not q dollar Of membranes
In this unique aspect it will stand
single among western roads.
Said General Manager Gentry yes
tertlay 10 a reporter for the Times ::
"When we get 10 Pittsburg we won't
owe a dollar. Instead of running
southwark into a pocket, as we do
now, into a veritable cul de sac, we
will have established connections
which will provide for us outlets in Ms
many directions as may be indicated
By fan. Then the real motive and
purpose Of the Nevada and Fort Smith
will appear. We aim 10 reach the
gulf; and TO reach IL by an air line.
With our road in the financial posi-
ton which it will hold, free from debt
aud already transacting a business
profitable in Itself, 10 60 on will be
easy. BY bonding what we have and
what we shall build to continue south
ward through Fort Smith and as the
bird flies will be a matter merely of
detail. The financial portion of such
an undertaking, on such a basis, will
almost arrange itself. / feel conserva-
tive in assuring you that within two
summers 10 come Kansas City viii
own and control all air line 10 tire
gulf"s
The above item is Of unusual i'm
portAnce to Baxter Springs from the
fact that she has chance TO be Que of
the fortunate cities on the line Of this
great tbOroughfare from Kansas City
to the gulf. For two or three years
past We have ipdulged in. more or less