The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-11-13

sso the Ere % Cheaper Freight Rate
for Oklahoma.

uNAu company expects 10 complete the
building Of Us line into Little Rock
Ard., by Novcmb i6,at which time it
will begin traffic service. Only 93
miles Of track are now 90 be laid
This company will then have direct
line from Westnerforo, ok 20 Mem
phis, Tenn, on the Mississippi river,
distance OF 500 miles, having already
finished line from Little Rock 20
Memphis. Every railroad crossing the
Choctaw from north % south. aud
having the Gulf OF Mexico a. thc ob
lective point for the delivery of south
western commodities, 10 watching thts
new enterprise with anxiety. This is
especially true Of the Chicago. Rock
Islsnd q Pacific, the Atchison. Topeka
a santa Fe. the Missouri. Kansas s.
Texas, the kansas City, Pittsburg g.
Gulf aud the ST Louis s. San Fran.
cisco. The Memphis terminus Of the
Choctaw suggests possible changes In
tho rates 20 guilt ports. The Choctaw,
even before reaching Memphis, has led
on By giving Oklahoma aud the other
territory tributary 20 the Choctnw the
same rate 10 New Orleans a. 20 Gal.
weston, a change Of about Eve cents
What Will be dOne when the Choctaw
has its trains pufing into Memphis o.
the road say Ia mild way that the
Choctaw does not intend 10 disrupt
trafiic conditions by bringing on a rate
var, a. the north aud south roads will
meet every cut that Ia made Okla
homa aud Indian Territory however.
are greatly Interested la knowing
what the outcome will be, aud are
dguring that cheaper freight rates
mean higher prices for their corn,
wheat aud cotton There Is much
curiosity where the Choctaw will 60
when building Is begun again al
Reatherford
The extension of the line from Geary
spurred the Rock Island into activity
and caused the construction Of an ex.
tension westward from Chickasha Co
Anadarko and beyond. u was a race
90 be hrst on the ground in the unde-
veloped portion Of southwestern Ok
lahoma. The Rock Island kept az
work until 10 got neck aud neck with
the Choctaw aud then 10 stopped. Ten
days ago surveying CORPS of the
Choctaw started from WcAtherford Tor
Albuquerque. n M 90 examine the
country and collect such Information
as would be useful la case the 0hoc.
taw decides 90 20 further There IL
talk that the Choctaw will in time
reach from the Atlantic 90 the Pacific.
j II. Holden, traffic manager Of the
ChoctAw Ia answer 10 questions, said.
The .Choctaw is following closely
the thirty.hfth parallel OF latitude, a
route dreamed Of and talked about by
railroad builders for many years. Once
into Memphis we will give south
eastern market 10 n territory hereto
fore excluded from It's benefits The
southeast consumes vast quantities OF
wheR.. oats, corn, tc., and has drawn
much of its supplies from Ncbrask Ia
and other north central states. okla
homa and Indian Territory will now
have chance. These southeahttr "a
states, among them being Tennessee
Alabama. Missssipi and Georgia ale,
consume a vast quantity of hog meat
An opportunity 90 supply this market
should give an Impetus 20 tine hos
raising Industry in oklahoma aud the
Indian Territory. aud no is not im
probable that iu time some kausa
Nitv packing house win see ltH way %
establish a branch plant iu one OF thl
territories We win haul iron, wag0l
material and such supplies into Okla
huma aud the west from southeastern
stuiea at much cheaper rates thau hav
ever prevailed.
30 is uui our purpose tn pursue rad
ical course. hu there wiil hc rom
changes oklahoma City a. q com
netit.ve point, for instance, will b
nhout tevcntg mi es nearer icu phi
than 50 Louis AZ this tmc Mem
uha pays hig ar rates from titf AZ
lantlc coast than are paid by 81. Lculi
Memphis. la competing with 81. Loui
Tor Oklahoma City business, Will b
entitled 20 lowe through rates iron
Atlantic po nts than it now gets. w
will shorten passenger aud freigh
tim great deal between this part q
the country aud southeastern citie'
such as Birmingham, Richmond etc
al expect IN see a heavy immigrs
tion OF people from southeastern
states TO Oklahoma and Indian Terr
tory immigration follOws latitv
dinal lines. People from Ohio 60 wei
70 Illinois and MissoIri N they K
further south h q generally after the
have gone drst into a western stat
having the sanie latitude as their ol
hCme People along the thirty hfi
parallel got as far as Arkansas an
stopped, save the few who continue
westward la wagons.
The absence OF a railroad direct
20 the west was a barrier which he
them back. The southeastern peOp
now Looking toward Oklahoma "a
Indian Territory will come from q
states whore agricultural pursuits a
identical with those best adapted %
large area Of Oklahoma and lndil
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