The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-10-27
KATY IS MAKING
BIG IMPROVEMENT
AS Soon as Line is Finished to McAles-
ter Double Track Will Be Laid
Through Vinita.

The Missouri, Kansas & Texas Rail
way company in consequence of the
growing traffic on its lines has under
taken the reconstruction of its main
line from the Texas state line at Red
River northward toward Kansas City
and st. Louis. This is a work involv-
ing vast expenditure of capital This
work starting at the Texas line has
been going on for some years. The
road was originally constructed for
ordinary traffic on a one per cent SO
feet per mile gradient uncompensated
for curvature 1t is being reconstruct
ed on a four tenths of one per cent
gradient, fully compensated for curya-
ture. from the south line Of oklahoma
as far as Wagner, and projected from
there to Paola, not far from Kansas
City, on a three-tenths gradient. At
present there has been completed and
put in operation this reconstructed line
from Red River to Stringtown, SO
miles. All this has been double track
ed
Through Limestone Gap, which is be-
tween Stringtown and McAlester, a
heavy south bound grade has been re-
.duced so that the train loads have
been largely increased.
The engineering department is un-
dertaking a difficult proposition to
complete the revision from String
town to McAlester. The removal of
two heavy grades near Kiowa will be
an expensive task. After this i'm
provement is made, the operations will
proceed north Immediately through
McAlester to Muskogee. and from Mus
kogee toward Parsons, Kans.
AS the elimination of grades and
curves is equivalent to the rebuilding
of the line, the management is laying
double track in connection with the
other improvements.
In order 10 expedite the movement
Of traffic and produce economy in op-
GRAFTON, the company will provide dou-
BILE track from Parsons, Kansas to
Atoka, Okla, a length of 223 miles in
all, as freight and passenger traffic
concentrates on this part of the road.
Superior service at the utmost econ
omy and under the most favorable
transportation conditions is the object
of this valuable reconstruction and
betterment While the work done by
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railway
| is reducing grades and curves, and
laying double track, will enable con
siderable lowering of the operating
cost, it will be extremely beneficial tc
shippers and travellers by accelerating
the movement of traffic under the best
and safest conditions.
On the section between Atoka, Okla.
and the Red River, 46 miles, the train
load hauled by the new consolidation
type of locomotive is increased, by the
revision, to 1920 tons, or 1,346 tons
more than the same locomotive could
have moved before the grade was re
duced The gain in tractive power is
equivalent to 1856 per cent
Between McAlester and Kiowa the
heavy locomotive can haul 1900 tons
an increase of II per cent and be
tween Kiowa and Atoka. 1000 tons, an
increase of 81 per cent
1t is contemplated to extend the
double track northward from it's pres
ent terminus at Stringtown to Parsons
Kans. This will ultimately make q
double track line from Denison, Tex.
entirely through Oklahoma to Par
sons, Kans., on which portion of this
railroad the traffic is densest.
There will be 173 miles of four
tenths, and 195 miles of three-tenths
gradient, and 274 miles of double
track.