The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-10
Beloit-Kearney Railroad.
Surveyors Find Easy Grades and
Few Difficult Passes.
PEOPLE ARE ANXIOUS
The Kansas-Nebraska Country
Awaits Completion of Road.
Other Items of General Interest
in Railroad Circles.


nual meeting of the stockholders of the
new line of railroad that will connect
Beloit with the town of Kearney IN
Nebraska. was held at the Avenue motel
in this city, this week, and, notWltn-
standing the bad weather, was well at
tended. The eastern men present We're:
N. R. and ]. B. Holmes of Troy, N. Y,
and ]. P Larmoh of New York city.
Representatives from Beloit, Ionia'
Franklin and Kearney, towns on the
route, were present.
Reports were submitted from the sur
veying party now going over the pro-
posed route at present near the Repup-
lican river in Nebraska The reports
were of a satisfactory nature especially
as to the grade which showed that no
difficulty need be feared from that
source as over the whole stretch so far
surveyed there are no bad grades.
The towns and country districts along
the route were reported to be giving the
project their hearty support and CO.
operation and no difficulty is being ex-
perienced in obtaining the necessary
funds to complete the survey.
The road will run from Beloit to 1on1a
in Jewell county and from there
through the northeast part of smith
county probably crossing the ROCK
Island railroad at Lebanon into Frank
lin county. Nebraska, where 1t will be
carried over the Republican river prob
ably at Franklin, the most important
town in the county. From Franklin II
will go nearly directly north through
the town of Hildreth in Franklin coun-
ty into Kearney county. which 1t Will
traverse for it's entire length until 1t
reaches the Platte river, which 1t Will
have to cross to get into Kearney which
is on the north side of the river in Bur
falo county.
A part of the business transacted at
the meeting was the election of new
board of directors and a new set of Of
ficers. In the new board of directors
are IL western and four eastern men,
whereas the board as originally const1-
tuted consisted of eight belonging to
the west and seven to the east. The
new directors officers and executive
committee of the road are as follows:
Directors: ]. B. Holmes, N. R.
Holiness c. E. Gardener, F. H. Hermon,
Rodgers, Ben Kuiken. J. w. Patterson,
w. H. Roe, w. L. Hand, r. H. Mitch
ell. H. Baer, c. B. Vinegar and R. M
Trumbell
Officers: W. H. Mitchell, president,
BeIoit; n. r. Holmes, first vice presi-
dent, Troy. n. Y; w. H. Roe second
vice president, Kearney; C. B. Wine
gar, third vice president, Lebanon; ].
3. Holmes, fourth vice president,
Troy, N. Y; H. Baer, secretary, Be
lott; Geo. n. Nay, assistant secretary,
N Y; c. Hildreth, treasurer, Frank
er, Beloit; F. T. Locke, auditor, N. Y;
n. R. Holmes, general counsel, Troy,
n. Y; T. T. Durham, general attor-
ney, Kansas City, Mo-; Baxter L.
Brown, chief of engineers. st. Louis;
r P. Harmon, consulting engineer,
\. Y; executice committee: W. H.
Mitchell, chairman; N. r. Holmes, F.
r. Burnham, c. Hildreth and ]. w.
Patterson.
R. M. Trumben and w. L. Hand
whose names appear on the board of
directors are from Lebanon and Kear-
ney respectively, j. w. Patterson who
is on both the board of directors and
the executive committee is also from
the latter town. c. E. Gardner on the
board of directors is one of the four
eastern men on that body.
Wichita on Proposed Line.
Wichita, Kan, Dec. 1O.-A new
railway proposition has been put up
to the Commercial club by a party
of Nebraska men who are seeking a
direct route from the southern part
of their state to the Gulf of Mexico.
c. Hildreth, president of the Frank
lin State bank of Franklin, Nebraska,
is head of the proposition in Nebras-
ka. He writes that there already is
n company working toward the con-
struction of new line from Kearney,
Neb-, to Beloit, Kan. The Wichita
club is asked to take up the problem
of filling the gap between Beloit and
Newton.
Mr.. Hildreth writes that it is the
expectation to build the road from
Kearney to Newton and then lease it
to the Santa Fee for operation This
would give a Gulf outlet for millions
of bushels of grain which now goes
east or to the gulf by roundabout
way. The section which the road
proposes to traverse is one of the
richest wheat, alfalfa and cattle feed
ing sections of the United States
None of the counties through which
the line would pass have direct
connection with the trunk RAILWAYS
that reach the gulf.
NEW TRUNK LINE PLANNED
Railroad From st. Louis to Texas
Arkansas and Oklahoma.
st. Louis. Mo-, Dec. 10.-A new