The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1902-09-25
ALL ROADS SQUINT THIS WAY
Arkansas, Springfield & Northwestern Asks
for a Conference with Ciiiicns
OF lane, County

torneys Of the Arkansas Springfield y
Northwestern Railroad company asking
that conference bc arranged for nm
early date between the citizens Of For
syth and fancy, and Representatives Of
the road, 10 talk over the proposed line
and the mattcrof securing right of way
and depot grounds, which, 1t is intim.
atcd, Is all the aid the county will he
asked Ia extend.
This is II company recently incorpor.
atcd, Is said to be II Gates line, is capi.
,ali2cd at $3.50 coo, and in lis article
Of incorporation names ScligmaH, Barry
county, rs one terminus, and Jefferson
City n6 the other.
Wuney county has had experience Of
many railroad propositions based on
nothing more substantial than hot air
but the present enterprise appears tO
have substantial backing, and ii Is Ger.
tainly worth encouraging.
The Kansas City journal has this con.
cerning the company and It's plans:
| &. r. Wollman, Of Wollman, Solomon
& Cooper, said last night his firm had
written TO representative citizens along
the route Of the proposed line, asking
aid in securing right of way and In 9th.
or matters and promised TO build the
road II sufficient encouragement was re-
ceived. Mr.. Wollman declined 10 say
who was behind the project, The incor.
poratorr aro c. II. Varnon, Henry G..
solomon, c. Il. Funk, B. f. Wollman
and J. b. Delaney, all Of Kansas City.
Woilmon, Solomon X Cooper are attor.
ncys for the Iowa Il ST Louis and have
represented John w. Gates and a-soci-
atcs In different matters.
The line is Ia pas through Cole. Mil
Ter, Camden, Dallas, Polk, Greene,
Christian, Tancy. Stone and Barry coun'
ties, measurably parnllcling the Frisco.
The Arkansas, Spring q Northwest
crn was Incorporated abou, the time the
negotiations between the Rock Island
and the Frisco for Tie sale of the latter
system 10 the former were nj critical
stage and II was thought the action
might be- con trued as Il posSibl, threat.
Since then IL has come 10 be- generally
understood that the Rock lsland-Frisco
negotiations are definitely of, the price
set by the Frisco holders being consid.
cred too high.
While Seligman is given as the OBJ
jective point, the fact the road Is pro
jected through Tnney county a. well N
Barry county, In which Seligmnn is 10
Gated, aud that fancy county is one
county removed 10 the ,nst from Barry
suggests ii may be the purpose Of th,
mcorporatOrs to wait until later to select
the point OF crossing the state line int,
Arkansas. a man marking "A map ~ u,
to connect up lines Of the Rock Island
would perhaps run the line east Of Barry
county aud through either fancy o,
Stone, both Of which are mentioned II
. the articles of incorporation. All thrc,
In the southern tier Of counties. Selig
man might have been selected H. tn,
: proposed terminus because there Is
railroad there while neither Stone MOI
Tancy counties has one. The state lin,
ought 10 ID about ~ good connection
for the new road. however, us the FriS
co, which IL proposes TO parallel eight.
or ninety miles, probably crossing it IA
Springfield, before running up to it II
Seligman.
William Kcncdc. Of Kansas City, VIII,
II building the Iowa Il st. Louis for IL
promoters, is himself onr Of the promo'
y ers of the Ozark u Cherokee Central
which is building through the India
and Oklahoma territories, with a loLgl
Of $50 miles, from Fayetteville, Arl
Fayetteville is thirty.ono miles soutl
west Of Soligman, The O1nrk X Cher
okce Central parallels the Choctaw lin
Of the Rock Island, The Iowa " >
Louis is TO connect with the Rock lslan
/, at Ceutaur, Mo, and Use the Rock Il
h lands line into st. Louis and the Roc
Islands terminals there, II connect
with the Rock Island ut Cen,erville, la