The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-08-31
SANTA FE'S ST. LOUIS LINE
The Interesting Story Again Starts
From Ft Scott That COnnec-
tiOn is Being Built

Several stretches of railroad are
being built in Missouri avis side of
st. Louis and this fact has given rise
to a persistent rumor that the Santa |
Fe is back of the scheme and when the |
proper time comes will throw aside |
all pretense and announce with IA
flourish that it has direct line into |
st. Louis. The REGISTER printed the |
story once before but it has been re- |
vived at FIT. Scott as the following |
sert positively that the Santa Fe
bought valuable property and right
of way through that town, including
the old road bed of the line which
years ago was built from TT. Scott
to Humboldt. The road was com
pleted, one train run over it., the
bonds voted taken and then the rails
were torn up. This swamped Hum
boldt in debt for years. The road
bed runs through Allen county about
six miles south of lola and there is
no reason why this point should not
be chosen by the Santa be as good
junction with its Southern Kansas
line lola is the best town ON the
road south of Kansas City and it is
growing better yearly st. Louis is
the spelter market of America and
this fact would make direct connec-
ton with lola desireable.
The latest article, from the Topeka
State Journal, is as follows:
Fort Scott, August 27.-There are
some significant facts which warrant
the suspicion that the line of railroad
now being built out of st. Louis and
across the state of Missouri, known
as the St. Louis, Kansas City Il Colo
RADIO, is Santa Fe line which will
absorb the charter of the Jefferson
City. Fort Scott q Southwestern com
pany and build to Chanute, Kansas,
via this city, and connect there with
the Santa Fe Southwestern line. This
will give the Santa Fe the ST. Louis
connection which it has 50 long
wanted and at the same time open. up
the big southwestern territory of the
Santa Fe lines.
The st. Louis, Kansas City & Colo
RADIO road and the Jefferson City, Ft.
Scott & Southwestern road were
chartered about the same time more
than a year ago under the laws of
Kansas. The directory of each con-
tains the name of Santa Fe repre-
sentative, and the lines as described
in the applications for charters are
almost parallel. The Jefferson City,
Fort Scott & Southwestern road is to
run from Jefferson City, Mo-, to Fort
Scott, Kansas, and through the coun-
ties of Bourbon, Allen and Neosho to
Chanute, Kansas, thence southwest
through the counties of Wilson, Elk
Montgomery, Chautauqua aud Cowley
to the Oklahoma line. The directors
are Reuben l.. Dewey of st. Adams,
Va, John f. Frost of Topeka, Will
liam G. Gum of Ft. Scott, Eugene F..
Ware OF Topeka ana L. A. Briggs of
Hutchinson, Kansas The line is to
be 300 miles long. In this city the
Santa Fe has for some years owned
$40, 900 worth of ground for terminals,
. and it owns right of way through
the city to the Missouri line. There is
an old railroad grade on this right OF
way. The reported intention of the
st. Louis, Kansas City x Colorado
, road, to run either to Kansas City OF
Joplin or both, would not interfere
with the line to Chanute, as the road
could conveniently branch OIL al
Clinton or any other point in that
vicinity.