The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1901-03-07
WILL IT CONE TO fARGlNdroSa
TIE SoHthern Missouri Railway Cen
pany 10 Bald from Ste. 0ene.
We've 10 Fist River.

tbs Southern Missouri Railway Com.
pany, Mr.. 4. u. Nhllledge, the COM
pauy's ai,atucy. and IIon. lIoury l..
l.o.ier. q capitalist Of the city OF Ste
Geaevieve, visited Fartninginn last
week With a view Of sseerai1ing the
sentiment II our people In regard to
giving some iudueemcnt TO have the
proposed railroad from Ste. Cenerievc
"a Flat river bell, into our town. A
number of our entcfprisiag citizens
mct them At the CouEt fpuse 'rhuss-
day evening to hear sud consider the
proposition they hal 10 offer. Mayor
GeoFge II. Wilson was called 10 the
chair and J. ". Buck acted as secre-
taY.
Mr. WLi;lega stated that the com
pauy wanted 80 and wss able to build
4 lirst.class ra.iroad, aud intended 10
do SO whether the people helped or
not; thar the building Of The road
from Ste. Gcnc,icyc to Flat River was
n certainty, hut that iis coming Into
Eaimingiru was M uncertainty aud
depended upon the action Of the peo-
pie OF the Town. The company Is
willing 20 enter into an agreement that
il our citizens will as.is, It ia procuring
rights Of way for It's liae within this
borders If 81, Francois County, The
ruad will ha huilt iato Huntington.
There will be possibly twenty mile, ct
road within the limils Of lhis county,
and ihas much right Of way our people
viii be expected 10 procure ior the
Ia order TO get The road To
this poiu,.
After hearing the proposition All
somn discussion. a committee com.
posed uf the following prominent bus
iness and professional men was NJ.
pointed TO sec what could be dune Ia
The s@y 81 securing tights u way ani
fuuhcrng the enterprises r,tcI Giss.
sing, T.. T.. SNink, Thomas Lang,
u. li.ghlpy, 81 Il. Smith, Merrill Tip.
Ign, j. W. Buck. NJ W Han, John
I. TURKS. " H. Yonng and Dr 4
G. Mccormick.
The road iulo Fsrniiugion, inter
seeliug with the Missis sipfi river, will
be OF the greatest value, for the rva.
son that II viii give our people lower
fa'gs on all Kinds ni shipments. Tho
ralca on merchandise generally will be
folly % per oeui. Tor Il Is well
known that tariff rates by riycg are
more Than Que. half less thau hy rail,
where the railroad has no
competitions and besides, this road
wonli give an almost direct outlet uyer
The Illinois Central to Chicago, pat.
ling our meschints 10 a position TO
trade with the great wholesale houses
Of that city.
II is all important 10 Pennington, II
the railroad is to be buillto Flat River,
that Il also run into Pennington, for
The reason that II freight rates are TO
be reduced q per cent on account Of
the lOw river rates, the Flat River
merchants aud people Of that vicinity
will ger the benefit, while our ner.
ehauls and people will b. deprived of
sach benefit unless the road comes
here, Thry will hays TO pay the
same exhorbilan, charges that they
have been paying for the last thirty
years over the iron moaHt,in. II Is
not hard 10 see taat nnlef these con.
ilitians our merchants will suffer hy
reason Of the competition Of the maFe
fortunate merchants of Flat River,
Desipga anil Elsins, much more IN The
future than they have 10 the past, b.
canse lhey will be brought into com.
petition with dealers who are getting
their goods at lower tariff rate, thus
reducing tho cost and enabling them
To sell cheaper.
The fact i Il Is absolutely necessary
Tor the road to come into Fariniagioh
II our iowu Is going to ransia com
pcllliVe gGolor In busincss iu this
cmiaiy. The statement Of this propo-
sIlion Aught TO be shtlieicn, 10 all TO-
lelligeRt men. II shere Il anything
FarniMgtoa needs il Il an cutie, 10 the
wofld.. II has been bottled up, 20 to
speak Jan It's life, and the progress i
has made has been made in spite u
he u3t adverse esndi,iuns
As pors remslua 20 be raid. the
will Do Tor present reflection.
Fsfgs and Garilch Seeds 81 alI kinds
n Davis III gpfDltfe.