The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-11-16
FORT SMITH ASD WESTERN
TO EXTEND SOUTHWEST
VIII Form a Connection With
the Orient Near The
Red River
~ a. - WINE IN

That construction work viii be start
ed Immediately at Cimarron. N. NJ.
and pushed eastward toward Guthrie
Is the announcement made by II 5.
Wannamaker. general manager OF the
Mountain Valley aud Plains railroad.
with headquarters at AmiAiae. N. NJ.
The company was chartered early this
year 10 build eastward across the Tex.
as Panhandle and oklahoma 70 Guth-
rie. The towns OF Higgins and Dai-
hart, in Texas. are on the proposed
route, and also shattuck. Watonga
aud Kngfisher, IN Oklahoma.
The locating crew OF the Wichita
Falls and Northwestern road Is busy
selecting towns on the route proposed
to be taken to the northwest OF Okla
homa The road was col Jleted into
Mangum from Altus during the laat
week and Elk City has been selected
as the next town north OF Mangum.
VI Ii expected that from Elk City the
lNfiu viii DC buiit W ORad "atH ~ =
connection with the Panhandle dlvl-
sion OF the Santa re. Grading from
Mangum 20 Elk City will commence
al once There are now ta0 miles or
the line in operation from Wichita
Falls 10 Mangum
The officials of the Fort Smith and
Western railroad will visit Guthrie
and El Reno on Nov ~ To 80 over the
proposed extension southwest from hi
Reno and consider the proposition Of
building The extension In the iniffe-
diate future President A. Q. Dustin
o. Cleveland, Ohio, will be With the
visitors Il ~ proposed 10 build south
west VIA Aluts to a connection
with the Orient near the Rcd River.
The Fort Smith and Western has
been IN OPERA ION for six years be-
tween Fort Smith, Ark. and Guthrie,
ANA later from Guthrie 90 Ei Reno
through the purchase of the 81 Louis
M Reno and Western railroad.
The extension OF the Missouri, Ok
lahoma and Gull railroad from Temple
through Clarita to Wapanucka has
been completed and passenecf trains
are now running through 10 Wapa-
nncka. the new temporary terminus.
William KeLafick of Kansas City.
pres,dant Of the road, has been Ia OK.
lah0ma and penisou Tex during tho
last week. checking up the final sur
vey OF the line from Wapanucka 20
Denison fie was accompanied by u.
tH Young Of Boston and G. II fay-
+ lOr of Chicago, capitalists, who arc
4 Interested IA the road, and } j, Har-
fisnn. chief engineer Several sur
veYs that were figured on In the
f original survey were abandoned late.
j ~ owing Ia the heavy flood IN the
/ Red River valley in 1908 Mr.. Kene'
flick announces that negotiations are
Under consideration fof running all
regular freight trains on the Iron
Mountain railroad between Fort Smith
and C0ffeyyille, KAN into MuskoBee
over the Missouri. Oklahoma and CUT
tracks from Rex. i distance Of eight
miles I'm this connection 1t Is pro
posed 10 operate q joint uptown ticket
and passenger office for both roads ia
Muskogee
rho commercial club uf Chickasha
has signed an agreement With MAJOR
a. G Gordon pledgina q bonus uf $lvV'
0oa for q line Of railroad northwest
west from Chickasha through Clinton
ana north into Kansas. None or the
bonus is to BE- paid until a portion OF
The line s. In operation. Chickasha
X also promised terminals. Major
Gordon is q brother OF the late Gen.
John r Gordon
Resolutions adopted at q meeting or
he directors al Kingflsher changing
the route OF The Denver Kingfisher
and Gulf were filed with the seefe'
tary OF state yesterday The road Vas
originally chartered 10 build from On
lahoma city through Oklahoma, Can't
diam. Kingfisher Blaine Dewey aud
Ellis counties In Oklahoma; Lpscomb
county In Texas Beayef, Texas and
Clmarron counties in Oklahoma aud
through New Mexico 10 the coal fields
"A Ration, ". NJ A branch line from
Beaver to Denver is proposed The
resolutions show the attendance oL
j II. Mcdonald, president; D. X. Gun
nlngham. secretary and Directors W.
w BENSON. r. Rappe and II. W slpes
at the meeting.