Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-08-09
MISSOURI PACIFIC HAS BEGUN
THE SURVEY OF LINE FROM
CRANE TO CAssvILLE
-BAGNELL BRANCH
SEEMS ASSURED.
MEXICO THE DIVISION POINT.
Murrel Branch Of the Alton Lessons
Distance Between Kansas City and
Chicago-What the Roads are
Doing in Mexico.

That the next year holds much that
Is good for Mexico In a rail road line
is being conceded by all who are cog
infant Of the present situation locally
Everything points directly toward the
establishment Of the Alton Division
here and though no positive statement
to that effect can be gotten from the
railroad officials they do not deny 1t.
The Chicago and Alton rail road will
complete in the next two months q
short line from Murryville ILL.,, which
reduces the distance between Chicago
and Kansas City % miles. Men are
connected with the road and familiar
with its working say that Mexico and
Springfield will be the division points
In the future. That this opinion is
abroad in Slater, the present division,
seems evident from the fact that sew
eral parties from that city have been
here recently trying to get large hous-
es for boarding purposes.
The distance from Kansas City to
Mexico is 1853 miles, and from Mexico
to Springfield 14S miles and from
Springfield to Chicago is 1856 miles.
The geographical situation of our
city is ideal and from the amount OF
work the Alton is doing here the stat
ment Of those who profess to know
should bear some truth.
THE BAGNELL BRANCH
The following from the Springfield
mo. header Of August 1st, augers well
for the building Of the Bagnell branch
which means direct connection for
Mexico with Springfield and the Alton
will use this city as the Southern ter
minus Of the line.
civilian H. Schneider will leave to-
night for Crane, Mo-, where he will
take charge of the surveying outfit
that to-day began running the line
for the new Missouri Pacific extension
from Crane to Cassville.
This will be southwest addition to
the Springfield Southwestern railway
now being built by the Missouri Pacific
from Crane on the White river divis-
ion to Springfield.
The line from Crane to Cassville will
run in southwesterly direction and
will be between 20 and 25 miles in
length.
Cassville is In Barry county q few
miles west of the Frisco line. 1t is
connected with the Frisco by a short
spur called the Cassville and Western.
This was built several years ago by j.
M. Bayless and 1t was said at this time
that ii would connect with some Of
the large systems other than the Fris-
co and bring another trunk line into
southwest Missouri. This never PAN
ned out" however, until the Missouri
Pacific now plans to build to Cass.
vile.
With these extensions, the Crane
branch built north through Sprintield
to Bagnell would give the Missouri pa
cific valuable short line connection
between Kansas City, st. Louis and
the southwest, Arkansas, Indian Ter
ritory, Oklahoma and Texas.
A prominent man In touch with the
railroad situation said this morning
that money was being already set
aside and preparations made to begin
work on the line north from Spring
field as soon as the Crane branch is
finished.
The actual beginning Of work to-day
from Crane to Cassville looks like
there was something more than the
Crane-Springfeld line in contempla-
tim