The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-12
Where Are Railroads.
Asks Federation.
8 sK S 81 81 a. 81 81 M s e s M M So s ess s as So M @ ss s s

except for
What?
But tnat does not complete the list.
Branches and extensions of the lines
already operating in this state were
at that time chartered and projected
as follows:
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe--
Woodward to Guymon, 100 miles
G. Il. /. and P.-Haileyville to Guth-
rie, l25 miles; Asher to Denison. Tex
as, 100 miles: Rush Springs to Charley
10 miles; Ringwood 10 Liberal, Kans.,
100 miles; Ardmore to Waurika. 81
miles; Watonga to a point in Dewey
County. 80 miles. Total. 527 miles.
= Fort Smith ami Western--El Reno
to Coi1ell. so miles; Coal Creek to
boundary, 20 miles. Prague TO Okla
homa City so miles. Guthrie to Peru
Junction, Kan, 120 miles. Total. 270
miles.
NJ. K. and T.-Coalgate to Denison.
100 miles; Usage to Wichita, Kans..
80 miles; Coweta to Joplin. Mo-. 10
miles. Total, 225 miles in Oklahoma.
IA. o and G.-Henryetta to Shaw
nee, Calvin TO lDenison, Alton ami
Joplin ami other projected extensions,
200 miles.
Oklahoma and Cherokee Central
/ Nowata to Blackwell 100 miles.
F'risco-Okmulgee to Shawnee. rs
miles; ORmulgee to Chandler. SO
miles; Oklahoma City to Award, 15O
miles; Grove to Alton, Is miles: OK.
lahoma City to Cornish, 100 miles,
Total, 800 miles.
The total OF these proposed exten.
sions and branches, all of which ought
I TO have been built, is 812 miles. ex-
| elusive Of sidings. Under the average
assessed yaluatlon OF these roads this
year 1t would have added more than
$3O,0OO,000 to the assessed valuation
| of tne state.
or the 56 new roads projected, emu
| merated first, at least 5,OUO miles of
! lines are not only feasible but needed
| in the state to assist in proper devel-
| opment Figuring on the same basis
OF valuation as applied to existing
lines, this 5000 miles would add sl75..
100000 more TO the valuation i'm the
s,a,U, ana Dring thteotal assessaole
valuation of these promised and need
ed railroads up to $205, 100000
None of them has been built.
! Something has cost Oklahoma two
huISGreI millions of dollars taxable
property.
II is up to the people of the state
to look for 1 reason.
They must know that some tEing is
wrong, somewhere. 1.ss.xsl
There are tine records.
Nor is that ALL The building OF
these railroads would add anotner two
hundred millions to the value OF farm
lands and town property along their
lines.
-Four hundred millions!
In looking for the cause we find
that it takes some effort to gather
s200,000,000. Few OF us have that
much. To secure it for building rail-
roa~s we must get 1t from those who
have It; those who, as trustees or
financial brokers can assemble the
small linvestments of many people
until a sufficient sum Is obtained
Responsible men who handle money
or the army of small investors are
properly very careful Tney invest
not so much where the largest re
turns are promised as where the great
est measure of safety and security is
assured. To do less would be TO Prove
unit for the trust reposed in them by
the many people who send them their
savings for investment These men
have been appealed to many times
within the past two years II furnish
funds for construction of railroads in
Oklahoma. They say
Listen!
They say that these trust funds
can be invested with telling Of safe
T. only where the laws OF a state are
settled upon a fair and conservative
basis, and until there is reason tO
trlleve there Is r. danger II people
being prejudiceI against INVESTMENTS
by the investives of political dema
gogues.
That is plain talk but It's the exact
situation.
You would not taink well of a ply.
sician who would conceal from you
the nature of your ailment II you
were indisposed, or deceive you as to
the proper remedy When snythmg
is wrong the best thing to know Il
the truth. Then the remedy can be
applied
If the spirit of Oklahoma Is being
misrepresented eithe- at nome ol
abrca5 by a few selfseking politicians
the people ought not only to know II
but they ought to apply the remedy
without delay. Waiting Is expensive
IL requires a whole lot of politician.
Of the demagogue order to be worth
$2OO,OO0,OO0 to the state.