The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-05-19
NEW State
RAILROAD
|. ' BUILDING
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NUMBER OF EXTENSIONS
PLANNED IN WESTERN
OKLAHOMA
ORIENT MAY BUILD
SPUR TO MANGUN
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Kansas City Southern May
Absorb Fort Smith and
Western Is RunOTed

a SOOmlle extension from Tegar
kama. Ark. through oklahoma, lo
meet The Kansas City Mexico and
Orient railroad AZ O point near the
Clmarron river, IS now contemplated
by tie Kansas City Southern Il is
also understood, according to inIorma
ion received here. that the obvious
intention 0f the Kansas city Southern
X ID secure che Fort Smith and
Western railroad. which has It's west
ern terminus IN Guthrie. and make an
extension OF that line from Prague.
IN Lincoln county. via oklahoma city
TO Wichita Falls. Tex, forming c
trunk line 10 the West and Southwest
The point where the Western exten
sion would Join the Orient would be
near Cherokee, In Alfalfa county. The
fact that A. 70. Sllllwell promoted both
the Kansas City Southern and lhe
Orient gives credenue TO the report
that this extension viii be Dullt.
The Chicago, Rock Island aud Pa
clfic will commence construction on
July Of an extension from Ardmors
to Waurlka, on the main Lille Of the
Rock Island, into Texas. The con-
tractors who will do the work are at
the present time employed on the
Rock Island road from Amarillo, Tex
to Tucumcarl, and will have com.
peted their contract by The fret OF
July They viii then move their con-
struotion outfit to Ardmore and begin
work on The construction extension
rhe Rock island has for some time
contemplated the building OF This con-
struclion, thus giving the Ardmore
branch OF the Frisco direct connection
with she Rock Island main line.
Surveyors Went through the field
during the past week to survey The
ronte Of the proposed Emil 0hcil-
tree and Western railroad, which In
promoted from Enid westward 10 Dal.
bart, Tex According to the present
plan the road viii run through Fair
view. Selling and shaliuck IN Okla.
homa. before entering The Texas
Panhandle. ii Is understood that
towns III the Panhandle and along
the route IN Oklahoma are c0ntrlhut
ing literally toward the construction
" The new line. for the reason that
there are large sections OF the country
where there is no railroad whatever
The commercial club of ManPum
hns received n proposition from the
Kansas City Mexico and Orient that
contemplated building q spur 10 Man
gum from @ point On The Orient llne
four miles north Of Blair Okla. Man
gnm Is 10 buy shares OF the stock
covering The enterprise, which viii
make The town part owner The citi-
gens Of Mangum worked hard several
years ago IN secure The main line Of
tho Orient through that city
The statement Is made In towns
along the proposed route that The
commercial club IN Wichita Falls
Tex. has offered bonus Of $4,000 TO
extend The Missouri. Kansas and Tex
ne from Oklahoma city to Wichita
Falls. The route was surveyed two
years ago, at which time the citizens
oi Wanrlka. okla offered an addl'
ilnnal bonus Of 100000
The citizens Of Guthrie are ralslne
n $4,000 hnnus. which thew offered
two weeks ae0. "a secure hp eastern
terminus of the Mountain Valley and
Plains railroad TO build nastward
from cimarron. n. NJ, to this city i