The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-01-03
THE RAILROADS..
A Crossing Conflict that Must
Be Settled in the Courts.

NEVADA, Mo, Dec. 27.-The track
gang of the Kansas City, Nevada and
Fort Smith road attempted to force a
crossing over the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas road near Clayton, in the
western part of Vernon county yester-
day. There were 100 men in the
Fort Smith force, and thirty-fve Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas employees.
when the attempt was first made.
The last named road rapidly re-en-
forced its crowd until it numbered
$50 men. The Missouri, Kansas and
Texas had ditched one of its engines
at the point of crossing. The ob>tae-
lie, however, was removed and the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas rail bro
ken and Fort Smith iron laid over it.
The Fort Smith, however, was com
PEELED to abandon the crossing, and
when they had retired from the scene
their iron was quietly loaded on the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas ear AID
the broken track connected.
Officers were called from here this
moraine, hut when they arrived on the
scene the conflict was ended and peace
prevailed. The Fort Smith has OBJ
tanned an injunction from the circuit
court, and the matter will be fought
out in the courts. The Missouri,
Kansas and Texas objects to the point
of crossing because it will interfere
with running their heavy freight
trains, as it is in depression, and the
loss of momentum by stopping will
render the ascent of the grade on
either side very difficult.
THE NJ, H. AND t. ST. LOUIS LINE.
As the St. Louis extension of the
Missouri, Kansas Il Texas is nearing
completion the following accurate de-
scription furnished by Mr.. ID. NJ.
Wheeler, assistant superintendent of
construction, to the Raiyray Age NAV
not be out of place: The Missouri,
Kansas and Eastern Railway is under
construction from Portage dies Sioux,
near the mouth OF the Missouri river,
westerly and along the north hank of
that river 1872 miles to connection
with the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
railway at New Franklin, three
miles distant and on the opposite side
of the river from BoOnville,
Mo. 1t is being built by the South
western company (of which F. n.
Finnev, OF Milwaukee, is superintend-
ent) as the St. Louis extension of the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas railway,
by which latter company the line will
be operated when completed. From
St. Louis to Portage Junction, 24.3
miles, the new line of the st. Louis,
Keokuk and Northwestern will be
used, crossing the Missouri river by
the new bridge now being erected at
Bellefountain bluffs. From Portage
the line passes westward through st.
Charles city and county and through
Warren, Montgomery, Galloway,
Boone and Howard counties to its
Jun lion with the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas at New Franklin. The
grading is now entirely completed
from St. Charles to New Franklin ex-
cept at the tunnel at Rocheport, which
will require two weeks more work.
East of st. Charles the grade will be
completed by January /. This COM
pany bought the Cleveland, st. Louis
and kan>a, City railway. formerly
the Missouri Central. extending from
St. Charles to Hamburg. sixteen
miles. and has to date laid seventy
four miles of track from Hamburg
west, and nv January /. 1893, will
close the gap to North Jefferson, lO4
miles from St. Charles. North .Deffer-
son is at the crossing of the Chicago and
Alton railroad jefferson CITY branch,
one mile north of Cedar City, Mo.
Two powerful Barnhart steam shovels
and four ballast trains are running.
and we hope to have all the track laid
and ballasted by March /, 1893. The
maximum grade upon the whole line
is One-half of per cent. or 26.4 feet
per mile. We are about to begin the
erection of fine depot at st. Charles,
Mo-, in the heart of the city, conven-
lent to all business. Henry X Balch,
of Minneapolis, Mimi, are the con-
tractors for grading and bridging; T.
j. PIosser K Co., of St. Louis, for
the depots and other buildings; and
Fairbanks, Morse 4 Co., of Chicago,
are building the water stations. The
locomotives are built by the Baldwin
Locomotive Works, the passenger
equipment by Barney Il Smith Manu-
featuring company and the freight
equipment by st. Charles Car COM
pany and the Missouri Car and Foun-
dry. The line is very picturesque,
being almost its whole length along
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