Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-12
FRISCO BUYS NEW ROAD
Southwestern System Takes Over Arkansas
and 0hoOtsw Property.
THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS PAID
Acquisition IL Projected Line of Two
Hundred and Fifty Miles, of
which About One-Half
is Completed.

The Frisco system formally bought th9
Arkansas & Choctaw, a projected line of
$50 miles, part of which is completed.
Thursday. Negotiations for this deal were
practically closed the day before by the
formation of a syndicate to take over the
road, representing the directors and stock
holders Of the Frisco. President Yoakum
himself carried the negotiations through.
This transfer of property represents
about $500, 600. Tba new road is char
tered to build from Texarkana, Ark, to
Wichita Falls, Tex, on the Fort Worth &
Denver railroad. About 1875 miles, half
the total mileage. are finished and 100
more miles are graded.
The present ~oficials of the Arkansas q
Choctaw are: John scullin, president; R.
H. Keith. vice president; Charles Gilbert,
secretary and treasurer; Allan McCarty,
auditor; W. H. Carson, assistant general
manager: Charles S. Keith, general freight
and passenger agent; G. NJ. Boswell. SUI
perIntendent; w. G. Perry, general attor-
ney; F. w. vallient. chief engineer. The
general ofhces are to be in st. Louis
Promoters of the Road.
The original syndicate controlling the
road consisted Of: Howard Elliott, second
vice president Of the Burlington; B. b. Gra-
ham, John Scullin, r. II. and Charles s.
Keith Of Kansas City; Thomas McKittrick.
d. r. Francis. Robert ~Brookings. l. w.
Morton, /. H. Lionberger, Ed Butler, w. H.
Lee. George A. Madill, ]. Shepley, Thomas
H. West. Festus ]. Wade, James Campbell
and r. c.. Kerens.
The new syndicate is formed OF mem
bers of the board Of directors Of the Frisco
as follows: James Campbell. Mark 7. Fox,
New York; James A. Blair. Edward c, Hen
derson, Isaac N. Seligman, Frederick
Strauss. New York City; BENJAMIN F.
Cheney, Richard olney. Nathaniel Thayer
Boston; r. G.. Kerens, H. Clay Pierce, B. F.
Yoakum. ST. Louis.
This new road is expected to become
one Of the most valuable feeders OF the
great southwestern system. 1t will traverse
much undeveloped and new country With!
out any other transportation facilities I'm
afford better connections for the 'Fr4se
with other railroads.
Railway Notes and Personals.
II. F. Fisher, travelling freigh. agent @
the Missouri Pacific at st. Paah is in IN
city.
General Freight franc Manager Monro
of the Union Pacific has rebarned from
trip east.
w; n, BabGGoek, general western freigt
the city on official busiEess.
c. c, Harvey OF Kansas City. travelin
freight agent of the Aobile & Ohio. is mai
ing his regular rou'Ads in Omaha
Master Mechanis Barnum and Divisio
Superintendent Baxter OF the Union Pacih
accompanied JhS n~onunion men whom III
company, sent west Thursday night
Cheyenne.
Work on 'Ghe impaired roadbed in II
Union PacfAc depot yards is progressini
though no dirt has yet been hauled In
MI the DEPRESSION caused by the collapse
the embErkment Monday morning.
The Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul raj
way nAs issued a circular exploiting Il
crea merry interests along its lines thrOug
the states OF Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesotl
lcANa, Missouri, the Dakotas and MichiEa
lAocordinE to it compilation from the -