The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-28
On A GREAT LINZ
Work Has Begun on the Road
to TopoIobampo.
DIRT FLYING IN OKLAHOMA
Bright Prospect of the Mag
nifcent Enterprise.

Guthrie, o. T., March 27.-As the Eagle
has predicted right along, a new road
win be built south from Kiowa through
western Oklahoma, and perhaps several.
A special from Emporia, Kan, in this
| Connection quotes the Gazette Of that city
as follows: w. c. Edwards, formerly sec
rotary Of state, now president Of the
Kansas City and Oklahoma Construction
company, has now under him a heavy
force of graders at work on this line in
Oklahoma south of the Kansas state line.
and has paid for labor in the last ten
days SCI, 900 in cash. This cash has been
paid out on new railroad-the Stiliwell
road-which is TO pass through Emporia.
To a reporter Saturday Mr.. Edwards
said:
Few realize the importance and mag
nitude Of this enterprise. 1t will be built
before some people know it. The right
of-way has been secured from Kansas
City over the old Lawrence, Carbonate
and Emporia road through TO Emporia
From Emporia it Will run southwest to
Wichita From Wichita It viii cross the
state line about eleven miles east of
Kiowa, west Of both Santa Fe and Rock
Island crossings. 1t will go through the
country about fifty miles west Of FL Reno
to Sweet Water Tex, thence to Chihua-
hua Mexico, and Topolobampo Harbor,
where the company has valuable rights.
The concessions in Mexico alone are val
ued at $15, coo, OO0 secured by s. A. With
erbee."
Mr.. Edwards has also charge Of the
townsite properties on the new line. The
work on right-of-way between Kansas
City and Emporia has been done so quiet
ly that little has been understood Of the
large amount Of real work on this pro-
ject. The company has secured the Kan
sas City terminal facilities granted to the
Winter secured the right-of-way of the
old Carbonate line out Of Lawrence it |
was thought he contemplated an electric |
line into Topeka. 1t now appears this has |
been changed into a steam railroad, and |
the Topeka people who feared an electric |
line to Kansas City have apparently no |
cause for tribulation at this time.
The Arapahoe Bee along the same line |
says: On Monday A. c. Springs and two |
other gentlemen connected with this com
oany arrived here on their horseback |
Of the route from Kiowa, Kan,
where the proposed road connects with
Doth the Santa Fe and Missouri Pacific
'oads. They found a good and practical
Die route from Augusta Ito which point
grading has been done from Kiowa)
south to a crossing on the North Cana
Ian river near Cantonment, and on in
he same general course across the South
canadian river and down the divide a
ew miles east Of Independence, straight
N to crossing on the Washita river at
he mouth of Beaver creek. From a little
'elow the mouth Of Beaver the route
viii be southwesterly across the divide
o the head Of BOggy creek, then on in
he direction of Cordell and the Wichita.
fountains to an undetermined point on |
Red river. Mr.. Stillwell. the man at the
cad Of this enterprise, is the man who
tanned and built the Pittsburg and Gulf
cad, in spite Of the many DISCOURAGE
lents and predictions Of failure This
Dad will be built, and that in the near
iture, and it will build practically on
ne route we have outlined above.