The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-06-13
NORTH AND SOUTH ROAD.
Some Interesting Facts and
Figures.
A Springfield Subscriber Has
Made an investigating
Tour North

lust returned from in investigating
tour in the northern part of the state.
To the Springfield Democrat he details
the following interesting comments:
Il have all along, The said, "been of
the opinion that a through north and
south line. and not mere local rail-
way from Springfield to Sedalia. is
what we want. Because a through
line would he strong enough to be in
dependent of the east and west trunk
lines, while Il local road, or a short
connection with any of these trunk
lines, would soon fall into the combi-
nation, leaving US not much better of.
NV inquiries we're therefore directed
toward ascertaining the feeling on this
point north of the Missouri and IN the
adjoining state of Iowa; and my OPP
portunities for obtaining the exact
facts were. l think, exceptionally good.
| found the people there all talking
for through north and south line,
making link across Missouri to con-
meet roads already stretching north
into British Columbia with southern
lines that are coming this way from
the Cult and south Atlantic points.
THE ROAD WILL BE BUILT.
Twas told by the chief engineer
of one of the roads operating from the
extreme north nearly to the Missouri
line that he felt certain north and
south road would he built, and that
at no distant date. Correspondence
is now in progress between several
roads operating in Iowa and Mime
sofa with view Ofat least traffic ar
engagements, if not consolidation with |
the Brooktield Il Northern railroad,
whose proposed line comes long way |
towards Springfield from the Iowa
boundary. a line known as the
Wnona and Marshalltown, already in
Iowa to Usage, and surveyed TO Sey-
mour, in the same state, just north Of
the Missouri boundary is also making
similar propositions and Ottumwa l.
proposing a northern line with the
same connections on to Red Wing.
Mimi joining there road now
being built to Duluth from
that point 1 learned also
that the people of Centerville,
Iowa, will build the ten miles from
their town to the state line, if the
Brookfield and Northern agrees to
meet them there. Then the Milwau-
kee Il st. Paul, the Iowa Central, the
Great Northern and the Northwestern,
all important railroads. are each OF
them extremely anxious to foster any
project that will give them a direct
outlet to the south All Of these con-
nections afford convincing proof to my
mind that there is backing enough for
a through line project to make it pos
sible for Springfield to act indepen-
IDENTIFY of the men who seem only to
have succeeded in sidetracking the
railroad projects of which they have
had control.
INTEREST IN THE ROAD.
81 think it would surprise Spring
field people, know | was consider
able astOnished-tO find so much ill.,
terest being taken at the extreme
northern limit of the state in the
Sedalia and Marshall road. They
are friendly to the project but seem
to have lost faith in the projectors,
and they seem to think there should
he new deal. The men interested
in the railroad projects have referred
to have made no secret of their inten-
lions. They say openly that they
mean to 90 north and south across
the continent. But the opposition Of
the trunk lines have not prevented
them from getting all the financial
support. But when told them it was
publicly stated that bonds have been
placed for the Sedalia extension, they
laughed and broadly limited that moth
ing more had been attempted than To
hold the charter saw the statement
in writing over the name of response
bic party that all of the talk of letting
the contract from Springfield to
Miami, or at least to Sedalia, was for
effect, and that nothing was done but
to arrange for enough grading before
the 18th of April to hold the charter.
COST OF A RAILROAD.
''Some Of the experienced rail
readers l talked with also raised the
question as to the estimates of cost
made by the Springfield, Sedalia, Mar
shall Il Northern people They
claimed that they were altogether too
low, and that no road north from
Springfield could be built for any
thing like as low figure us 81, 300 a