The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-05-09
A NEW RAILROAD.
St. Louis, Kansas City and Colo.
rado-WilI Run, Via,
Sedalia.


Immediately extend the line to Kan
sas City Contracts for building and
equipping the entire line have been
let to H. E. Drew, who promised that
the work will be prosecuted vigorously.
The line, when completed, will be
practically part of the Atchison sys-
TEN, the ultimate intention undoubt-
eddy being that it shall be owned by
the Atchison. When completed it
will use the Atchison's terminal in
Kansas City.
The St. Louis, Kansas City and
Colorado was was begun in 1885. 1t
was completed to Union, Franklin
county, Mo, in 1856, and the 60 miles
of road were bought by the Atchison.
Since then it has been classed as a
branch line of the st. Louis and San
( Francisco, now part of the consoli-
dated Atchison system. A. NJ. Bill
ings of Chicago, furnished the most
of the money for building the line.
n. l.. Drew was contractor, and SO
impressed with the possibilities of the
road did he become that he has finally
succeeded in rejuvenating the original
plan, forming syndicate and secur-
ing the contract for its completion.
The road has very valuable termi-
nal in st. Louis, having the right to
use the Wabash track between Forest
Park and the Union Depot.
i, The original plan of the company in
) 1885 will be followed out for the COM
pletion of the road. 1t will run via
/ Sedalia and will be as near as possible
an air line between St. Louis and
Kansas City. The promoters of the
company are sanguine of the success
of their venture. 1t passes through a
frst-class territory, which they think
will pay in local traffic from the start.
1t will become practically part of
through line of the Atchlson from
Denver to St. Louis, and will do an
immense through business as the St.
Louis outlet of the 5000 miles of
Atchison track in Kansas and Colora-
do.
A great advantage of the new line
is that it Will be capitalized at less
than half the average of competing
lines. This is possible because of the
extraordinary low prices of railroad
and the lesser gradients of the new
line, The terms of the deal of the
Atchison are not vet ready for publ
cation, but that road will act as god
father during and after construction.
LEwELLING AFTER THE NJ, k t.
Topeka, Kas. May 6.-Last night
upon complaint of the mayor of Par
sons that the NJ, K. Il T. railway had
removed its general offices to st.
Louis, Governor Lewelling telegraph
ed the president of the road at New
York calling his attention to the law
of Kansas requiring all Kansas corpo-
rations to maintain their general
offices in Kansas and warning him
that steps would be taken by the state
to revoke the charter unless the
general offices were moved back to
Kansas. The governor has also
notified Attorney General Little of
his action and unless the company
moves its Offices back at once suit in
quo ,carTupto will be instituted in the
supreme court.
SPIKES.
The Burlington has put on the
S37 round-trip rate to Colorado COM
mon points to compete with the Frisco
and other lines.
Charles S. Lee, formerly general
passenger agent of the Colorado Mid
land. has been appointed division pas
senger agent for the Colorado district
of the Atchison road. I
Mrs. Mittie Wilson, of Bolton,
Texas, has sued the NJ. K. d T. rail-
road for $50, 200 damages for running
over and killing her husband near
Echo, on the 18th of April.
The financial and accounting de-
partments of the NJ. K. & T. will be
located on the fifth floor of the VAIN
wright building IN St. Louis, on Mon
dao, but a part of the Offices will still
be maintained at Parsons, Kansas, to
comply with the Kansas law. Vice |
President Waldo says that the COM
pany now maintains four general Of
fces-at New York, St. Louis, Deni-
son and Parsons.
A City Pasture Lot.
ActinU nnOn the instructions IF the |