The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04
New Line to Be Built to Ell Paso,
Texas.
Said to Have No Connection Witt
the Orient.
THROUGH RICH LAND.
Reaches Points Which Promise
Heavy Freight Tonnage.
Work Will Begin on the Con-
structiOn in Three Months.

Kansas City, No, May 4.-E. A. Hill,
of Muskogee, Q. T., general agent OF
the Canadian IEidland railway, project
ed, was in -e city yesterday If the
plans which Mr.. Hin discloses will ma
terialize. Kansas City viii. by Septem-
Der of next year. have new railroad
to E. Paso, with traffic arrangements
with the Mexican National and South
ern Pacific, traversing the richest por-
tions of Oklahoma and undeveIoped ter
ritory between here and FL Paso. The
proposed road would be the shortest line
from Kansas city to the Pacific coast
and would not parallel any other road.
Speaking of his plans. Mr.. Hill said:
..tlnal plans for the construction of
the road have been consummateds Work
will begin within three months at Mus
kogee on the Lawton division and will
proceed both ways simultaneously. Mus
kogee being about midway between
Kansas city and Ell Paso. Contracts
have been closed with the American
Express company for the express busi-
ness on the line and contracts covering
other details have been closed.
This line will not parallel any other
road now building and will develop
new region tributary to Kansas City.
The Canadian Midland is not an Orient
branch and it is not a Hartman branch.
Hartman has nothing to do with the
road. The details as to terminals IN
Kansas City are being worked out The
first place of importance on the pro-
posed road out of Kansas City is Jop-
lin, and from there it will extend down
through the Cherokee nation on the east
side of the Grand river, where there are
vast deposits of zinc, lead and iron 1t
then traverses the richest section of the
fhr07erh ReQPQ and
Hampton, thence through Wewaka and
Sasakwa in the Seminole nation, To-
cality where the late dispatches report
immense discoveries of oil.
From Wewaka 1t is contemplated to
build through Ada Paurs Valley and
NARROW in the Chickasaw country, and
thence westward to LaWtOn, where the
immense traffic Of the military reserve
at Fort Sill and the opening OF the pas
ture reserve can be handled. From TINS
point the road viii be practically di-
rect line to FL Paso.
I'VE expect to have construction be-
gin within three months. Subcontracts
are now being let. AS I said. the new
road is absolutely Independent, except
ing as I was recently told In New YORK
that certain f1nanciers there who are
largely interested in other lines, are
connected with the Midland and ex-
cepting also that there are now negoti-
ations in progress looking to the TAX
ing over of certain Independent south
s.The organization Of the Canadian
Midland was completed under the laws
Of Oklahoma in January. George NJ.
PaschaI Guy c. Robertson and George
M. F. Barber were the Oklahoma incor-
porators. Our bonus contracts are all
drawn, guaranteeing the central dlvis-
ion to be in actual operation by Sep
tember, 1907 BY the central division
is meant the Grand ri--er and Lawton
section of 200 miles, for buildin0 which
MI Peckham, a large contractor, has
submitted proposition"
Mr.. Hill returned to Muskogee last
&. ". Rawlings Is In charge of the
Canadian Midland syndicate offices here
in the Heist building