Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-06-25
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machinery for work on the Burlington
short-line to st. Louis has arrived
! An regular G. & A. trains are run
ming now and all Wabash trains except
Nos, 9 and 8, going east at 1913 p. m
and west at SIS p. m. have resumed
II Is said that twenty-three cars OF
merchandise consigned to Mexico
merchants are held east OF Louisiana
! awaiting transportation In this Guy
Fred phelan has been appointed
wabash freight agent at Moberly 70
succeed George p. Roberts, resigned.
The appointment became elective
Tuesday, June 10.
The O. & A. has a way OF finding out
how long ties will last. Every tie that
is put In this year will have a spike
driven into it and On the head OF each
spike are the figures "0S."
A caravan OF contractors wagons
drove out to the site for the railroad
camp, east OF town, this morning with
a complete camping outfit. II Is sup
posed that this camp will be for the
men who will work ON the first section
OF the Burlington grade.
Bunches Of laborers will be dis
tributed all along the Burlington
right Of way, and the grading WORK
viii be pushed as rapidly as possible
ii being planned to have all OF thu
grade completed at about the SAINT
time.
Attached to the Katy train iron
the south yesterday was a coach oc
cupied by laborers and their families
They we're en- route to Old Monroe
where the men will be employed u
the construction Of the Mexico-Ol'
Monroe cut of Of the Burlington an
lC. & A.-Hannibal Journal.
Lawder Bros, who have a sub con
tract to grade 4 miles OF the Buriine
ton cutoff, will begin work on thei
section in about ten days. They vii
move go 1000 yards Of dirt and will wor
about Is hands. Their work begin
about 4 miles east Of Mexico and e,
tend 4 miles east from that point
The Chicago s. Alton railway hi
resumed service Of its through trair
between Kansas City and Chicago an
st. Louis, after an interruption
thirteen days, caused by the washir
: out Of 600 feet OF its bed, where
formed a part OF the Sny leyee, ne;
Louisiana and on the other side Of Il
!. Glasgow bridge.
u In the grading work on the fir
= four miles Of the Burlington cutoff
T. stupendous task Is to be performed
getting oyer the ridge on the Lawd
Il. farm. On this ridge a cut thre
fourths Of a mile long will be necessai
and ID some places IL will be 80 fe
N deep and about $4,000 yards OF di
will have to be moved. This enormo
amount OF dirt will be handled vii
n steam shoyels and win be dumped
y. the site for the switch yards, which
,w low ground.
A big 27-horse power traction 9
CINE with a pillow attachment attraS
er ed considerable attention on q
ell street Wednesday afternoon. 1t W
In was being taken out to the works
ng the Burlington road.-A contract
ng for the Burlington road southeast
town arrived here Saturday with
workmen and several cars OF mul
and implement. They are camping
EN- half mile north of Pope Wards, a
his are making the dirt fly In thatlocalii
be- THE Burlington company has bong
sixty acres OF land from II. c. Niehl
he a mile and a half south Of Truxt
and will build a station there-t
Ige first one west of Hawk Point. T
'or company also has 200 feet right
way for a distance there and will buI
his a mile OF sidetrack. MI. Niehuss 6
VS. $40 an acre for the land he sold. IT
la station will be in Warren county,
half mile south of the Lincoln coun
line.-Troy Free Press.