The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1908-10-22

there, aud 20 reach Forsyth at much
less expense and greater convenience
than at present; and so it will be with
the country beyond with the travel and
freight that now has to cross the noun.
tain between Forsyth and Branson; and
it will make 81 miles Of river bluffs the
resort OF tourists aud for country homes
for the rich, who can use their pleasure
boats and be in communication with
the railway and Branson by boat, Civ.
ing trade to its merchants and Hotels,
All the land needed for this slack
water navigation will have TO be paid
for by tlfs power company; they will
either buy it or coUdemh it aud pay for
it, so tuaL none OF the bottom land
owners viii be injured The dam will
be built under govcrument supervision,
and provide means for d,h to 30 up aud
come down, and for skitTs an rafls to
90 over it, aud for the skin, to be
pulled up over it If that becomes neccs.
sary
Ample provision is made ia the decd
made by General Standi,h and wife
to these parties to protect the public
We have been shown u copy Of the
deed. Among its provisions are these:
"ln the development Of these water
power sites, where dams ald slack
water shall be created to interfere With
usual furding places, the said corpora
tion shall provide lrcc ferry, ~ other
means suitable for crossing the stream,
by the public, 20 as to not prejudice CT
injury the public by reason oI said i e.
yelOpmcut, and In the construction Of
said dams said corporation shall pro-
vide the usual means prescribed by the
war department for floating over said
dams, and for the ascent and descent Of
fish.
at ls hereby stipulated by and be-
tween these grantors and said grantees,
that If public sentiment and state and
/ federal constitutional provisions shall
, so change as to allow it, they will be
willing TO have either the state or the
federal government take over the
aforesaid property after development,
with all its appendages, at its actual
value, to be determined by agr, emeui,
mutual arbitration or condemnation,
and have the state or federal govern
ment operate tie same and distribute
and sell power to the public.
This agreement and deed shall be
attached to the application for cor
poratUn charter aud be referred to by
the charter and mado a part of it,
after heng first duly recorded -
Nothing more fair or protective to
the public could be made, The above
quotations attach to all the water
power sites formerly owned by General
Stpndish on the two rivers in Stone
and Taney counties and they attach to
the present pending bill on the Big
Bend OF the james.
Everything on the White river above
Branson stops there and at HOllistcr,
because these are railway points, and
everything that will be on the White
river above this Wheeler dam can 60
up the river to BransOn aud HOllister
cheaper than it can now be taken down
the river to COtter and will at Bran.
son and HOllister command better
prices than at Cotler because the mar
ket for all our productions is in the
, north and east, and freight at these
points is less than it would be from
Cotler.
a, This improvement will insure the
, continuation Of the Nixa electric rail
+ way to For,yih and Lead Hill, keeping
q east Of White river until IL crosses t,
Lead Hill, and this will open all thai
r tributary region, and give power and
! transportation to devclOpe our mines
. while all the region in Taney county
4 between White river aud the Missour
, Pacific railway will go TO Branson,
r HOllister, Melya and Omaha, on th;
railway, as it does now.
r This improvement will bring fac
B tories to our region, the same as i
Il placed 500, 100000 in invested prop
e erty in the southeast, for We are 10
/ Gated close to the raw production o
= the south and the west, and nearly il
!. the center OF the population of tn,
Il United States. The building TO b,
c doGc here at home will require all o
:. our timber and lumber an(
n all that we can grOw upon our farms
r 1t will also build up the manufacturing
c and commercial interests OF Christian
II county, Springfield, Republic, Aurora
,f MOnett, Pierce City, Stotts City, Gran
:, and all parts OF Stone and Tame
:. counties, and everything in the regio
,f that can be reached by electric wire
d from these water power plants, includ