Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-04-11

Kansas City. Mexico and Orient.
A. r, stiiweil is following an un-
usual plan In the construction OF the
Kansas City. Mexico and Orient rail-
road. the new railroad that will short.
en- the time three days between the
Pacific coast and the Atlantic sea.
board. Generally when a new rail.
road Is built the construction work is
started at one end and continued un.
I'll the other terminal Is reached. But
Mr.. StIlwell and his associates are
constructing In half dozen places
at the same time. As a result Of this
plan the road is built and In operation
between the following points:
From Wichita, Kan. to Clinton. Ok.
1893 miles: From Knox City. Tex. to
Sweetwater Tex. II miles: from Pi-
chaeos TO Aguatos. In Mexico. 26l
miles: from Los Hornillos to Topolo-
bambo. n miles: total 5s5 miles.
The following pieces OF the propos.
ed system are graded and ready for
the laying of the rails:
From Emporia to Wichita. Kan. 81
miles: From Clinton. Ok. to Knox
City. Tex. 1863; from Sweetwater
Tex. to San Angelo. Tex. II; from
Aguatos. Mex, TO Los Tascates. Mex
So: from Santiago. Mex. to Cienega
Mex. 80: total. 423 miles
The rest of the main line Of the
Orient system. 1859 miles, has been
surveyed. excepting ll5 miles be
tween Kansas City and Emporia. Kan
A tentative location OF the line has
been made between Kansas City am
Emporia. but has not been finally rat
ified.
Mr.. Stilwell has outlined much worl
for the coming year. He proposes &c
finish the line between Emporia
Kan. and Sweetwater. Tex. With thu
use of the Santa Fe tracks betweer
Emporia and Usage City and the Mis-
souri, Pacific between Usage City an,
Kansas City the system will be ir
Operation from Kansas City to Sweet
u,a,or N a;.+ou.o ~ c9i ,,sloc II fS
proposed, also, to lay 300 miles o
track In Mexico this year, This will
leave 240 miles to be built In Mexic'
and about 400 miles in the United
States.
To accomplish this Mr.. Stilwell re
Gently placed the largest single oriel
ever given by a railroad company fol
steel rails. The order was for 10000
tons of 20 and so pound steel rails. Ii
addition. the company placed orders
for 100000 ties. These ties are t.
come from Texas. Louisiana, Arkar
sas and Missouri, except in Mexico
where the ties are supplied from
timber land adjoining the right Q
way OF the Orient railroad.
Aside from the main line Of the sys
tenn between Kansas City and the Pa
cific coast. Mr.. Stilwell Is building 1
I line from San Angelo which will MAKE
, the short route between Kansas Cit!
+ and the City of Mexico. He has als'
planned to have an outlet to the Gul
of Mexico. A branch line Is to be bull
from the cutoff to the City OF Mexic
to Kerrville. where connection will b.
made with San Antonio and Arkar
sas Pass railroad. thus furnishing al
outlet to the gulf by way of San An
tonic, terminating at Corpus Christi
A line drawn south from Salt LAX
City will show that TOpOlobampo 1
east of the Colorado state line. 1t i
in fact 250 miles east of Salt LAX
, and Is miles south of line draw
westward from Key West. The roa'
: will make st. Paul by way of Kansa
} City much closer to the Pacific oceal
by rail than that city is now to Seat
! tie or Portland. its nearest Pacifi
| seaport st. Paul is not the only poin
that will be benefited by the ne1
; line Chicago. shipping by way O
Kansas City, will be brought 20
, miles closer to the Pacific than by tn
present route to San Francisco.