The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-03-14
RAILROADS WILL WEAVE
NETWORK IN OKLAHOMA

Guthrie, Okla, Mar 14.--An incresi
ed force is to be put to work imm'
diately in the construction Of tbs
Mountain Valley & Plains railroa
now being graded between Guthri
and Kingfsher. The permanent Il
cation OF the right-of-way between tn
two cities has been completed an
Chief Engineer Conlin is now work
ing westward from Kinghsher toward
Hitchiek in Blaine county. ConstruC
ton is also in progress east from
Cimmarron, y. NJ, on this line and !
is expected to rush the work as rapid
ly as possible from both sides OhiC
and Pennsylvania capitalists are be
hind the new road.
The Kansas, Lawton & Gulf rail
road with headquarters at Walters
has filed amended articles Of incor
poration providing for an additional
branch line 300 miles in length, start
ing in the southern part Of Comanche
county and running eastward through
Stephens, Logan. Pawnee, Payne,
Grady, McLain, Cleveland, Oklahoma
and Usage counties to the state line.
The line provided for In the original
charter Of the company is $50 miles
long, running from Randlett, in Co
manche county, northeast through
Kiowa, Caddo, Custer, Washita, Dewey
Woodward and Harper counties to the
Kansas state line. The company is
capitalized at 100000 and the d.
rectors are DIR. w. A. Green, II. F.
Crossman, DR.. C. NJ. Beckham, Of
Walter and ]. NJ. Bellamy of Law
ton.
State Senator Franklin Porter Of
Caney, Kansas. has returned from
New York with the announcement
that he has interested French capital
sufficient to build two lines OF rail-
road in Oklahoma and that work viii
be started Immediately. One Of the
roads is to run from Caney south
through Usage county, and the other
from Caney southeast, across former
Cherokee nation. touching yinita, and
to Fayetteville, Ark, passing possibly
through Sloan Springs. There has
been considerable preliminary work
done in the latter road already in the
way Of surveys With the additional
capital that has been interested it
seems certain that actual construc-
ton is about to begin.
At 3 meeting held in Mangun dur
ing the past week an agreement vas
entered into between the promoters
Of the American Central railroad and
the people Of Msngum. whereby TIE
road le to be built to Msngum from
Vernon. Texas The company Is now
building the road from Miami. Texas.
10 Vernon and later vii be extend
ed % San Antonio Contracts have
already been entered into by ma
5ority of the towns along the line be
tween Vernon and Mangum. This
makes three railroads for Mangum
The citizens Of Lamar. Colo, have
given 3 $4,000 cash bonus. the right
of-way through town and 20 acres Of
land for terminals to the Denver &
Gulf company. which proposes TO build
q line northwest from Texhoma in
western Oklahoma, TO Lamar. and
have the line completed by May !,
1911 This company will have 80
miles of line IN Cimmaron county. Ok
lahoma. going in straight line from
Texhoma to Twin Buttes. The citi-
zens Of Carthage, Oklahoma, have
raised bonus of $500 for the com
pany. TO be paid at the rate of $4,000
per mile as fast as the road is com
pleted from Lamar Twin Buttes has
raised bonus of $4,000 and ranch
men along the line have subscribed
a bonus of $4,000. payable when the
road is completed from Lamar to Tex
loma.
The extension of the Midland Valley
now operating between Fort
Smith, Arkansas. and Arkansas City
Kansas, to Sapulpa has been decided
lpon. The matter was brought up
Turing the past week with the Sapul-
pa Commercial club and committee
If citizens named to make whatever
are necessary to pro
,ure the extension.
G. G. Jones of Oklahoma City is
,ne of the promoters of the Kansas,
4awton & Gulf railway to be built ,
rom Wichita Falls, Texas. to Lawton,
Oklahoma, has submitted proposition
o the Lawton Chamber of Commerce,
he guarantees to build the
'oad into Lawton within year. The
is to build this line north
,ast from Lawton to Oklahoma City. !
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