Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-07-19

venture of Capt. Frank N. Moore In
the construction of the Mineral
Cities electrical railway were re-
moved yesterday when Capt. Moore
exhibited duplicated contracts with
the Bankers Trust company of Chi
cago, for the purchase of the mil
lion and a half dollar bond sale and
also with the Nicholas d. Pound
Construction company for con-
struction and equipment of the line.
Actual work will begin tomorrow.
After fifteen months of constant
effort and overcoming almost insur.
mountable difficulties, the stock.
holders, and especially Capt. Moore,
the promoter and president, are to
be commended. Joplin welcomes
the success of the undertaking.
The Pound Construction CON-
pany. also of Chicago. 10 one of the
largest in the country. Col. Is. Oar.
win, one of the stockholders in the
company, holds the distinction of
the construction of more miles Of
railroad than any other man in
America. Under the terms Of the
contract he becomes a member of
the directory of the Mineral Cities
road. The contract with this city
provides that work shall begin not
later than 20 days from the date of
ito EXECUTION. July 10. Their Mr..
Wiswell will arrive in the city today
and open an Office tomorrow in the
Mckinley building. He will act as
general foreman of construction
and dirt will be broken not later
than Thursday. All arrangements
for the grading az far west az Chit
wood have been completed.
The maximum grade Is to be IL
per cent, and there will be few cur.
yes. These will also be of easy
radius, none of them more than 10
per cent. The roadbed will have a
IA foot face and there will be IA
inches of ballast. The ties will be
standard and "a inches wide. The
rails will weigh 10 pounds to the
yard, from 10 to IA pounds heavier
than is used on any electric line in
the west. All sidings will be on
one side. Outside of the cities and
towns there will be but one line of
poles with galvanized flexible brac.
kets to hold two separate trolly
wires of the latest device, 80 that
when one is broken the other can be
utilized. No time will
be lost in entering switches. The
car will not have to slacken speed
az 10 necessary where but one troll
ley is used. The speed will be the
same until the car gets near the
at the switch, when il can
be stopped almost instantly by the
use of air brakes. This character
of brake will permit the motorman
to occupy seat instead of standing
continually az 10 necessary with
the ld.fashioned brake.
The latest improved electrical
signal system will be installed in
the cities and towns. These signals
will be used every two blocks. In
the country they will be every two
miles, or little less, and by this
there 10 no possible danger
of a collision. The instant one car
Car enters the territory traversed by
another this signal will be in evil
dence. It 10 especially valuable at
curves and does away with delay
by a conductor walking
a block to see if another Car 10 ap-
preaching.
The cara will be of the heavy
steam type, with smoking compart-
ments and compartments for the
of merchandise and ex-
press. They will be 4s feet and 9
inches long, five feet longer than
any ever used in this section. They
will carry water tanks, valvea and
other conveniences of steam
The equipment will in
clude electrical brakes and the push
bell system, one at every seat, so
that the Car can be ordered stopped
without consulting the conductor.
The motors on the cars will be of
200 horsepower, double the power
in use, and the cars are
geared to a speed of 40 miies an
hour.