Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1903-11-19
ELECTRIC R, R. FOR MEXICO.
The Missouri Central Electric Rail
road From Mexico to Memphis
Has Strong Backing Head
quarters to be in Mexico.

Memphis, Mo, with headquarters in
this city, is proposed and backed by
prominent capitalists in Missouri with
strong backing from Boston and New
York. The proposition is meeting
with approval all along the proposedrI
| line, and 1t looks now as though the
railroad would surely be built III
will be one-hundred miles long, going
through five counties. Starting at
Mexico the road goes through Paris
Shelbyville, Shelbina and other pro-
minent towns between here and Mem
phis, touching seven trunk lines Of
railroad
The road, II built, will be standard
gauge and can handle freight and
passenger cars off Of the steam rail
roads.
A preliminary meeting was held at
the Montezuma Club rooms In Mexico
| on Thursday night, November IL, At
this meeting details were arranged
looking toward the building of the
road at the earliest possible time.
Among those present at this meeting
\ q
were: ]. S. Beale and p. A. Lycan, OF
Edna; W. r. Baskett and DR.. Dysart,
Of Paris; Senator Il, d. Martin, II. d.
Burchard and G. M. Buckner, OF
Marshall; j. NJ. Jayne, of Memphis
. Harry W. Ruby, Of Macon; Thos. H.
Wagner, Of st, Louis, and Anderson
Buckner of Paris.
J, Those from Mexico who ATTENDED
:, the meeting we're: o. Hit, S. M
J, Locke, L. r. Locke, 4 ID. Graham
/ !, and r. NJ. White. The proposed roac
will run through five counties, ant
each county was represented at thi
meeting.
The meeting was harmonious ant
the arrangements which were mad
, met with the cordial approval Of al
> present. The railroad, If built, viii
l. prove Of great benefit to all Of th
d towns it touches and all the countie
which 1t passes through.
: Referring to the proposed road tn
r. Paris, Mo-, Mercury says:
,s A meeting was held at Mexic
Thursday to organize and incorporat
the Missouri Central Electric Railwa
" Company, to be built from that city t
u Memphis, running through Audrair
~ Monroe, Shelby, Knox, Scotland couI
Ve ties and passing through Paris, She
40 bina, Shelbyville and Edna on diret
~ north and south line, DR.. Dysart ar
w. r.. Baskett are both interested
it and were named as directors fro
bis county. In speaking of the pr
posed road, the latter said;
"The project has been in process
10 promotion all fall, but was not give
III any publicity from the fact that u
people along the route had so Oft
nu suffered Disappointment in simil
III enterprises. The Central Missouri
neither talk nor promoters graft.
is as reasonably certain as a railroi
iiy can be. Boston capitalists have had
man to 60 over the route and are
well pleased with the prospect th
'ie they have promised to negotiate t
81, 100000 worth Of bonds necessary
'us build and equip the road. All t
local directory has to do is to procu
en the right Of way and raise the sl0,C
i needed to incorporate and make :
vas survey. The latter has been dor
The Missouri Central will connect t
/ two Burlingtons' from Edna to M
= leo and will be a valuable feeder
ams m for that road. 1t will be a freight
iue well as a passenger line and will ha
+, :, three power houses, one at Mexi
u one at Shelbyville and one at Me
Ooo phis. 1t is needless to tell our peo
the advantages of an electric line o
In a steam line or the great good the
posed road will result in to Mon
county. These things will be discl
ed later"