The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-19
sT1LLwELL's NEW ROAD.
Will Build Line From Kansas City
to Topolobampo. Mexico.

Kansas City. Feb; 1s,-Kansas city,
sociates will build from Kansas City TO
Topolobampo, Mexico, on the Gulf of
have been sent to Topeka, and charter
is expected in a few days. The company
is capitalized at 81 600, CO., though it is es-
timated that it will take $50, 900 to com
plete the road. one-third of which is said
to be in sight. The officers, and incor-
porators are: Arthur f. StiIlwel. presi-
dent; J. ". Hirst, Omaha, first vice
president; A. S. Witherbee, Detroit, sec
ond vice president; H. G. Pert. third vice
president; w. A Rule. treasurer; c. n.
Atkinson. secretary: J. Med. Trimble, D.
J. Half, W. 5. Woods. J. c. Fox, E. w.
Snyder, William c. Edwards E. L. Mar
tin, William Huttig and Herman Kuhn,
Of London, England.
right-of-way of the Kansas City, Leaven-
worth & Topeka interurban line, which
over either the Kansas City Belt or Kan
sas City Suburban Belt lines. The right
renee to Usage City, distance of forty
nine miles The line viii then run in a
S0uthWesleTIy ulrecIon tnrougn t1mpor1a
Wichita and enter Oklahoma Territory at
a point south of Anthony, and thence
through western Texas TO Preside del
Norte, on the Rio Grande river, at which
point 1T VIII connect with the Mexican
Western railroad, which is now building
and Will be come part of the system. The
proposed line will tap the rich agricul-
tural districts of Kansas and Okla hOma.
the cattle and cotton district of Texas
the rich coal mining districts of Chihua-
hua- and as it approaches the Pacific
terminus, il will have plenty of lumber
and minerals.
S. A. Witherbee. of Detroit, has gained
concessions from the Mexican government
for the building of the Mexican Western.
He will receive S12,500 a mile for the low
lands and So. 500 for the mountainous dis
tricts. The government has also given
him full control of the land locked har-
Dor of Topolobampo. There is 120 miles
of the road completed and work is being
pushed as fast as possible. There are
5000 mines in operation on the line of road
and the forests abound in pine and red
wood. Between Chihuahua and the Rio
Grande river there are 10000 acres OF high
grade bituminous coal.
The Frisco, by the building of a short
branch, viii be able to connect with the
main line Of the road in Oklahoma and
give 1t a through connection from St
Louis, making a transcontinental line 500
miles shorter across the continent than
any of the present routes. The Choctaw
Oklahoma & Gulf will have a new trans
continental route with the Southern rail.
tnental line than via the Frisco.
A line of steamers between the Pacific
terminus and the Orient will be estab-
lished, though the present company is not
as yet Interested in that part of the
scheme, but the advantages of the harbor
at FopOlobampo coupled with the fact
that 1t Will make a route 800 miles shorter
to the Philippines will be sufficient to at
tract steamship companies. The harbOr
IS absolutely controlled by the Mexican
Western railroad and will place the com
pany in a position to make advantage Ous
TENS for the establishment of a line of
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