The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-05
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1 Moss and 4,running between Kansas City
and Fort Worth made daily instead of
daily except Sunday. due TO increase in
( travel Straight baggage car service es-
| tablished on trains 3 and 4. instead of
| combination baggage and mail car, made
necessary on account OF heavy increase
| in movement Of baggage and express,
| Daily except Sunday service established
| between Chickasha and Mountain View.
| due to new extention. Freight train ser
| vice has greatly increased during past
year. requiring additional trains. as wei
as yard engines at Ell Reno and Chi
| ckasha-
with reference TO Improvement in
road bed. We have made no improve
ments except necessary repairs TO keep
| tracks In first-class condition.
with refernce TO new deDots built in
| the Territory. We have constructed dspOts
between Chickasha and Mountain View
as follows: One at Anadarko. one at FIT.
Cobb. and one at Mountain View. We
have also constructed Iive section houses
on this line. On division from Caldwell
to Chickasha. de2ots have been enlarged
at Pond Greek. Enid. Hennessey. King
fisher and FL Reno. All stock pens in
the Territory have been enlarged and i'm
proved on account Of shipments.
with reference to improvements coz
templated during the coming year VIII
say, that we have in view the construc-
ton Of a line from I[ingfisher 10 Guthrie.
We are now building a line from North
Enid to Tonkawa, and one from Anadar-
ko TO Fort sill"
HUTCHINSON. AND SOUTHERN
l. z. Walker. vice president and gem
eraI manager of this line. furnishes the
following information:
I'VE have Just completed a Is mile ex-
tention from Blackwell TO Cross. We
are about TO put in effect a new time
card which Will give Us 1 passenger
trains a day between Cross and Medford,
and two passenger trains day over the
balance of the line, and > freight trains
a day over the entire line in oklahoma
In a general way our road bed has
been considerably improved between Med
ford and Blackwell, but not in any spec
ial manner.
we have built, during the year, new
depots at Manchester. Medford. Deer
Creek Nardin and Blackwell. and there
are now under obstruction new depOts
at Virginia and Cross
Another exteution OF about 30 miles
has been commenced from Cross.
THE line has been located about nine
miles. almost straight east, from Cross.
and we then cross the river into the
Usage Nation. Our Engineers are now
at work in the Usage Nation, and TO JUST
what point the lire has been extended I
am unable 10 say, they are now running
southeast"
CHOCTAW
This line was extended to Weatherford
during the year and new depots put in at
Geary. Weatherford and several other
points. also round house at Weather
ford. The road bed has been generally
improved along The whole line. The shops
at Shawnee have been enlarged and the
force increased. The train service has
been extended and improved and as soon
as the eastern extensions now building
in Arkansas are completed through YES
thule trains viii be put on from Mem
phis making as fast time as any road in
the west. They also. contemplate an ex-
tension west
FRISCO.
This line has entered the Territory
within the year, but is already doing a
large business. Their extension from Sa-
pulpa, l. T. 20 Oklahoma city, was com
pleted during the winter and a through
train service put on at once. The line
to Blackwell from Arkansas city. Kan
sas. is just about complete, and may 10
further southwest they are also sur
veying for an extension southwest from
Oklahoma City to Greer County.
AN ERA OF RAILWAY BUILDING.
Four railways are now building in the
Territory. three lines were built the past
year: several more are now being Sur
veyed and enough other lines projected I
to indicate with a degree Of certainty /
that within the next year or two Okla /
homa will experience an era Of railway ,
building such as has not been seen any
where in the country for some years.
The records OF the Territorial Secretary /
show the following railway companies +
Incorporated during the past j. months. 4
RAILWAYS CHARTERED SINCE JAN /
UARY 1. 1sg9.
Missouri. Oklahoma and Texas Rail- /
way Co; through the counties Of Cleve- 4
land. Pottawatomle and Lincoln; capital (
stock. $4,000 -; directors. d. T. Melon /
ough. &. Clay. ". Christian. A. T. Fos- /
ter. and L B. Mundy. of Tecumseh: /
place Of business. Tecumseh. o. T.
The New Orleans and Oklahoma City /
Railroad Co; through the counties Of 4
Grant. Garfield. Kingasher. Logan. ok (
lahoma and Potawat3mie. capital stock. /
81. G'0. 5000; directors. Q. O. Jones. y. Q. +
Lewis H. Oyerho.ser and S. A. Steward. /
OF Oklahoma CITY. and W. O. Reafrow. /
OF Guthrie. pace OF business. Oklahoma /
City. O. Z
The Fl Reno and Southwestern Rail- /
road Co: through the counties q Cana +
dian. Washita and Greer. capital stock. /
s. 001. f51.o3. directors. =. = Was, 4. =. 4
Masterman. J. r. McIslrash. Az. Newell. /
J. s Eerfoot IT. W H. Riey. r. =. /
Hensley and J. :. Morn on. q r. Raaos +
place Of business. r Reno. o. T.
Muzcogee Coal and Railway Company;
through the counties ~ Lincoln !
Payne and Logan: capital stock r-E9 (
0)a95. directors. Joseph ". McSesi. T. Q. I.
Guss ". y. s2urlock. Frank H. Greer
and c. c. Ho-no-. q Guthrie; place -
business. Guthrie .. :.
Hutchinson ana southern Railroad Co.
th-ouza the counties - Grant. Kay. Car
field. Kl1Kdsher. Logan. Nosse. Fayae-
Lincoln. Pawnee and PattazatgHsie; cay
ItaI z;9ek. roo oaa.a9 tlrectorz. ~. -
Bradford. Jr.. @ Boston, Mass-. 8. =
wake. ~. " Whits-aE. Jn0 =
Grave and 7. T. sae-maa. ~ Hstraia-
scr. Kansas
stT.-1.z Te@srnzeh ard f.eEingto7 Ra4l-
way CO.. throagh rhe cauatisF = Linco ..
rsattzaat1rrie and CIevean3. ca5.si
r.-rs KS ~. ~. directors. = p &a1seH.
Frsse-ek king ard s J ssgtt. - T.
r-4rr4ah. O T ard 'Tbosaas NeCe-E gar.