The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-04-27
A ST. JOE DELEGATION
Visits Lexington and is Roy
ally Entertained.
ST. JOSEPH WILL CONTRIBUTE,

ally Entc
ST. JOSEPH WILL CONTRIBUTE,
And i'm Return VIII Get Second Mort
gage Bonds and a Large Share
of the Trade South Of
the River.
Two weeks ago a delegation of business
men from this city visited st. Joseph, and
their testimony is that they were royalty
treated at the hands OF the citizens there.
Their mission was TO lay before the bus
mess men Of st. Joe a proposition, the
general nature of which was to bridge the
Missouri river at this point. Lexington
aud st. Joseph are united in one desire
Lexington wants to get to st. Joe and
st. Joe van her to come; in other words
Lexington wants a northern outlet and
St. Joe Is knocking for admission to the
south. The bridge at Lexington is the
key to the situation; it is the counter sign
that each must give before either passes
through the door way to the desired goal.
Old Lexington, solid, substantial old
Lexington has awakened from her leth-
argic slumber and now holds up the motto
bridge or bust"
After q long study of the situation a
company was chartered known as 1.-The
Lexington Bridge n Terminal Com.
pany." Authority was granted to the
company by congress to build the bridge.
and work began Immediately to seeure
subscriptions for the enterprise.
Soundings have been made and it is
estimated that the bridge, which ia 10 be
. railroad and wagon structure, will cost
between $4,000 and S350,OO0. OF this
amount of capital Lexington started in to
raise. with the aid of her older and larger
sister, st. Joseph, Sl5O, 900.
A committee of thirty, known in Lex
ington, as "ths hustlers," was appointed
10 solicit this amount. 1t is intended to
mortgage the bridge for the remainder Of
the amount needed and to give the sub
scribers q second mortgage bond for the
amount Of the subscriptions to the $780,
600. Lexington citizens have subscribed
for S125 600 of these second mortgage
bonds. She asks St. Joseph to subscribe
for the remaining s25, 900.
Lexington has done all she can and as
st. Joseph will be materially benefited,
she naturally looks to her to come to the
rescue. When the committee was in st.
Joseph last week, 1t was we'll loaded with
authentic statistics which showed that
Lexington merchants purchased in round
numbers.a million dollars worth OF goods
per annum, and hat on account of pool
railroad facilities, but q meager portion OF
this amount was spent in st. Joe;
whereas, were the railroad facilities bet.
ter, . large share OF these purchases
would have gone to the great northern
Missouri city.
The committee asked st. Joseph to in
vestigate for herself, and assured her thaI
II BY reason Of excellent connections
south Of the river, she secured nothing
but . fair share Of Lexington's trade, sh,
could we'll afford to invest $25, 900 in tn,
bridge.
Wednesday Lexington was happy. A
committee OF st. Joseph citizens CON
posed of Frank NJ. Atkinson, Ralph A
Stauber, ]. b. Moss, Major James Carbry
H. A. Walker, E. F. Hartwig and F. w
Maxwell, were here to look into the stu
alton, and to report b condition o
affairs to the St. Joseph Board OF Trade.
The delegation was met at Lexington
Junction by Mayor John Taubman
James r. Moorebead and E. M. McCaus
land, and escorted to Mrs. Nickells Home
where they were met by a larger com
mittee and afterwards driven to the pro
posed sight Of the bridge and from ther,
to all the leading points OF interest in ane
around b city. The drive over thu
visitors were taken back to the HON,
where Q special supper was served. Ever,
one who knows much of Lexington Il
apprised Of the fact that Lexingtonianl
are proud OF this little home hotel, and 4
IL useless to say hat therein our guest
Jared sumptuously. At eight O'Clock III,
visitors were invited to the ''Odd Fellow,
Hall" to meet the business men of thi
city. After a. informal reception her.
the meeting was called to order by J. c
AcGrew, who In q few well chosen re
marks welcomed the guests and explaine'
to them, in detail, the bridge proposition
Postmaster Atkinson, better know
here AZ Frank" was the first to speaE
Lexington gave Frank to st. Joe, an
while that city has n. improved hin
m ach, we think, down here, that he ha
improved her q great deal. Atkinso
> spoke for fifteen minutes and every wor
!, to the point. He was impressed with til
Importance Of the bridge TO st. Joe, az
: said he was really to join his fellow
citizens in making a liberal subscription
Hon. John S. Blackwell followed Akin
son and spoke at length upon the benefit
that st. Joe would derive from the bridg,
He compared St. Louis with st. Joe, an
referred to them a. the two great cor
sentative business centeIs of the west. H
: recommended it to the people as an In
vestment, and said that II st. Josep
would contribute SIS 900 to the bridg,
gratitude would demand that Lexingto
merchants, il they were honest, do the
trading in st. Joe, and supplemented tn
remark by saying Lexington merchant
were aS uouoTaoic men as tue So
g smiled on"
Attorney Ralph A. Stauber was Gale
O upon for q speech and responded by SAY
. ing that he was impressed with II
. resources and beauty of this city, an
said 81 shall not feel that ! have done IN
d duty unless l subscribe to this bridge. 8
Joe owes it to herself to raise S25, o.
without q murIner."
Mr.. e. F. Hartwig endorsed Mr.. StaI
ber's remarks, and said that he was read
to subscribe.
Mr.. F. w. Maxwell assured the meetiu
that he would carry back to st. Joe a goo
report.
It Major Carbry and MIR. Walker both Al
nounced that they would be able to spes
would speak fovorably OF the enterpTis
About thirty OF our leaoing merchan
:. made "sentence' talks, in which thu
pledged q large share of their bushes
everything being equal, to st. Joe, il tn
O city would now come to the rescue ar
assist them to bridge the "Big Muddy"
The meeting here last Wednesday mig
b was attended by three hundred prominel
citizens. II adjourned at 1880 O'cloc
and the guests were taken back to Il
Home, where they were comfortably care
for during the night. They left at
O'Clock Thursday morning for home, a
parently well satisfied with the hospita
ity they received.
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