The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-03-03
THE WORK COMPLETED.
Texarkana and Kansas City
Shake Hands at the Union
of Rails Yesterday.
FOREST AND PRAIRIE MEET.
We Can Exchange Our Lumber and
Cotton for Flour and Bacon with
the Kansasites.

OOJIOn lot ElOuT anu DhCOn Win
the Kansasites,
Yesterday, there pulled out of
this city a special coach bearing the
following parties; Mayor John N,
Cook of the East side, and Mayor
w, G. Hardin, Of West side, W. L,
Stout, Chief Clerk Of the Texarkana
& TT, Smith railroad and lady, Al,
Chic, William Buchanan, w. II.
Grimm, b. y, Estes, j. D. Cook, Mr..
Willis, claim agent of the 7 ~ TT.
3. II, II, and wife, NJ. d. TiIson, @.
n. Beard, @, G. Stalti, 7, s, Ed
wards Harry Ehrlich, DR., j. W.
Talbot, Mrs, W, A. Williams, Miss
Maggie Chapel and M. l.. Stanley.
The train met no mshap, and
pulled into the little station Of Ho-
ratio at IL m. where a stop was
made for dinner,
The trip was resumed aud when
three miles out form Iloratio the
train came to stop and II was dis
covered that'somc one had placed a
fence across the track The train
men soon tore II away and the train
sped on until the end OF the rails
were reached where there were
many men at work laying and spik-
ing the rails TO the ties that would
bind a great area OF territory to-
gether and cause the distance TO
seem but a span when riding be-
hind the steam horse over the
heavy steel being laid,
The reporter found Mr.. j. II.
Mclnerey in charge of the con.
structon work for QuIgley n White,
the contractors, and he was hand
ling the 800 men under him AZ easi-
| ly 40 a general would an army on a
battle field,
The last tie was placed at 800,
and Mr., ", Wagner, from Berlin,
Germany, was chosen TO drive the
last spike, He made a good talk
before he drove the nall or spike
home, that bound Kansas, Arkan-
eas, Louisiana aud Texas together,
after which Mayors Cook, Hardin
and Others delivered short address
ca, After this 70 kegs Of beer
were tapped for the construction
gang, and they drank to the health
of the officers Of the road and
those men under whom they had
worked
Mr., 0llham, chief engineer and
Mr. Rusk, resident engineer, OF the
road placed the plates and bolts to-
gether binding the rails together,
after which Mr. Gilman made u
brief speech, In his remarks he
said "'fhere are now 400 cars OF
grain awaiting shipment In Kansas
CITY 10 Port Arthur" lie said In
IA days the construction gang had
laid "a miles Of track, which for
quick work was a record breaker
kilograms Of 4 eongratulatory
nature were then read aud sent TO
different officers OF the road not
present
The distance from Texdrhapa 10
where the gap was closed Ia just 90
miles, The stations on the road
from lIoratio to the gap we're nam'
ed llurrah 0ity and Calamity 4
The Texsfkana party are Joined
at the gap by party from Kansas
City composed Of the following gen'
tlemen " Il Martin, president OF
the road TN Sherwood, assistant
general managers W A williams,
general managers ] II Elliott, train
masters " n Brown, Of the Kansas
City Worlds II II Whitman, OF the
Kansas CITY STAR y W Mcdonald,
industrial agent W K Morley, gem
eral superintendent ! y Landea,
Mena t0wnslte agent,
While absent we learned that
tieilbf0h Brothers had out 10000
ties near llofatio, aud were then
putting In u alaye plant at Calam'
itH
The reporter saw prosperity signs
all along the route, and believes
the building Of this great trunk
line will help this country no little,
The reporter ls under obligations
to Chief Clerk W l., Stout, W, M,
Willis aud !, II Melaefey iof eour'
tesies while out, The trip was
pleasant one, long 10 be remember
cd
Hpfng medicine IA d necessity
which Hoods hafsapaflla gfahdly
supplies II pufiHes and vltalises
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