The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-12-06
NORTH AND SOUTH LINE.
Sedalians Beginning to Realize
Its importance To the
City.

mass meeting held Friday night at the
court house for the purpose of raising
by subscription the s60,00O which
Pettis county must subscribe in order
to gam the advantages of the proposed
Springfield. Sedalia, Marshall and
Northern Railway.
Among those present were Mayor
Stevens. f. q. Cassidy. j. W. Muir
ply, James Glass, Frank Newton, X.
II. Moses. b. q. WilkerSou, Clark
Richie. Frank Landmann. w. Lee
Porter, W. J. Let's. J. q. White. j.
c. Van Ripper, Wm. Mentor, DIR. III.
W. Wood, DIR. J. $. Rogers. City
Collector Hart, City Engineer Zoll,
Emanuel Wolfe, J. b. Quiglev, Fred
Movers, Chris. Hye, j. II. Mer,z,
Prof. Robbins, Col. Crawford. Ferdi-
nand Never, Mr.. Mclaughlin and
numerous Others.
Mayor Stevens called the meeting
to order and impressed upon his hear
er> the importance Of subscribing at
once, and the benefits TO Ire derived
from the proposed line. He called
upon Mr.. Lee Porter to explain more
fully what the required subscription
was for.
Mr.. Porter stepped 10 the front and
stated in substance Is follows: 1t
was proposed 70 build Il north and
south road to extend from Springfield
to Marshall, touching at Sedalia, and
in order to do this each county through
which the roai was to pass were Ia
raise certain amount Of money, or
rather were 10 agree 10 take certain
amount OF stock in the proposed road.
This stock WAS 10 he paid for by sign
ing note, which stipulated plainly
that when the road was
built and in operation, one third OF
the note was due, another one third
70 he due one year after completion OF
the Rad, and the remaining one third
to he due AMI payable two wears after
the construction and operation OF the
road. 50 that if a person subscribed
tor 500 one third or S333l would he
due when the al was built and in
operation: the second one third or
s33i would be due one year after the
road was in operation, and the third
one third or the remaining s33awould
be he due and payable two years after
the read was built and in operation,
and when the full amount OF the note
was paid, for every slO0 paid a tull
share of stock would be issued. He
stated furthermore, that last spring
five committees had been appointed TO
solicit subscriptions, and that out OF
those five committees one only had
made any effort To obtain subscribers.
but that in two days in only five bust
ness blocks they had received sub
Scriptions for about $1,000. This
was but one quarter Of the amount
required, and the object OF the meet
ing was to obtain subscribers for suf-
ficien, to make up the balance Of the
$50, 900 and secure a right. of way.
And this must be accomplished very
soon a. the charter OF the company
expired on the lst of April next.
Mr.. QuIgley was then invited to
enlighten those who we're still unfam-
liar with the project. He stated that
a syndicate had been formed who
were ready with the necessary funds
To build the road. when the several
allotments had been subscribed and
the right OF way secured; that these
subscriptions would be null and VOID
if the road was not built and
put in operation. Springfield was
was allotted 1000 as her quota fox
subscription, which amount was III
ready pledged. AMI when called upon
for terminal facilities, she Immediately
offered a strip of land 100 feet long
and l35 feet wide for depot purposes
This plat OF land in itself being w"rti
fully $40. 600. II Sedalia should -e
cure this road the Santa Fe and othel
roads would be obliged To Protee
themselves by making connection
with Sedalia by extending the'
branches, and that would make Se
dalia the principal inland city of TN
state. 1t would also give direc
communication with the Cult and witt
Minneapolis. If we did not get thu
road, it would 90 by the way OF som
othe. point, as Jefferson City wa
making overtures to have it come II
way, and if it did sedaiia would D
cut out and at standstill.
At the suggestion of Mayor Stevens
Secretary Van Ripper read the name
and amount Of subscriptions alread
received amounting to about sl9,oo.
Others were there called upon TO sui
scribe and b. G. Wilkerson, on b
half Of Smith and Cotton, set the ba