The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-02-13
OUR $4,C00,0O0 ELECTRIC ROAD
CHARTERED.
The Line Will Extend From BrOokfield
to Cuivre Springs, Passing Through
keytesviIle, Glasgow, Fayette,
Columbia, Fulton, Mineola
Springs, New Florence
and Troy.

ny NSPupliS Slah SOTTeSpOn-
dent. Jefferson City, Mo-, Feb. Q.
"A $4,000, 900 electric road to
run through 1874 miles of the richest
agricultural country in Missouri is
the project which was chartered
today by the Secretary of State
under the name of the Missouri
Central Railroad.
Ultimately it is expected to
connect st. Louis and Kansas CITY
with the line. Permanent surveys
have been made of the road from
Brookfield through Keytesville,
Glas gov, Fayette, Columbia,
Fulton, Mineola Springs, New
Florence and Troy to Cuivre
Springs, which on an air line is
about thirty-two miles from st.
Louis. AS the bird flies, Glasgow
is the nearest terminus to Kansas
City, the distance being about 100
miles.
The officers of the company
are: President, George B.
Harrison, Glasgow; vice president,
General E.W Price, Keytesville !;
secretary, Howard Ellis, New
Florence, and general manager,
Colonel w. H. Chase of New
York City. All Of these gentle
men are bankers with the ex-
ception of Mr.. Ellis, who is the
editor of the New Florence Leader
and president of the Missouri State
Press Association, and Colonel
Chase, who is the promoter of the
enterprise.
The route of the new road as
indicated runs through the richest
agricultural territory of Missouri
and passes some of the best towns
of the State, none of which has
good connections with St. Louis.
When this road is completed, it
probably will be possible to ride
through to st. Louis by way of
st. Charles, an electric road already
having been completed to the latter
place ny IllC I1OuScIIldllS.
The electric road will cross the
Burlington in Brookfield, the
Santa Fe in Rockwell, the Chicago
and Alton in Glasgow, the Wabash
in New Florence, and the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas in Fayette. 1t
Is proposed to erect three main
power-houses over coal mines
which the company will purchase.
This will give cheap fuel.
About $4,000 has already been
spent in the surveys. Eighty per
cent of the mileage will have a
grade of less than per cent, while
only about 5000 feet of the road
will be difficult engineering. The
company will operate freight,
passenger and express cars, the
freight being moved principally at
night. 1t is thought that the fast
trains can run at speed of forty
miles an hour, Through trains
and accommodations will be
operated.
The history of the organization
of.the road is interesting. About
a year ago DR.. r. H. Jesse,
president of the State University
in Columbia, wrote to Eastern
capitalists concerning the prospects
for having an electric line built
from Columbia to Fulton, a dis
tance of only twenty-five miles.
At present, students of the Univer-
sity who live near Fulton are com.
PEELED to make several changes be-
fore reaching Columbia.
The result of investigation by
the Eastearners is the present pro,
jected line. Colonel Chase is
backed by Eastern capitalists who
will furnish the money. 1t is ex.
pected that work on the road will
begin in the spring.