The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-04-15
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RAILROAD
FIGHT ON
Rock Island Territory Is Being
Invaded BY Hated
Rivals
speclal b Daily Leader.

~At ltVNeh Is ut AAcie Is NUN g0fUE
on allently IN this state one oi the
Fastest railroad contests in the his.
tory Of this section OF the country
Il Is an effort on the part or three
established roads to enter territory
Iof Western Oklahoma heretofore con
trolled almost exclusively by the
RCNk aslangilhsco 'sfstem and ia
divide with that system. the trans
portation Of coal from McAlester
Coalgate and l.ehigh to Southwestern
points Another 'biect Is to divide
the coal business OF Naw Mexico
and romplete trans state lines across
the western and Panhandle section Of
the state
This contest is beng waged, ac.
cording to aNcallent authority be-
tween the Missouri, Kansas ana Tex
as the Gulf Colorado aud Santa lie
and the Missouri. Oklahoma and Gulf
companies. The only one Of the
three that Is operating without cover
Is the last OF the three named. The
road largely owned aud controlled
BY William Kenefick of Kansas city
The original line extends across the
eastern part OF the state and trains
ore now running into Danlson Tex.
Inc northern terminus contemplated
is kansas CITY and the southern ter
minus the gulf OF Mexico.
Within few weeks the Fort Smith
and Western railroad. that operAtes
between Fort Smith Ark. and ri
Reno. Okla. will begin operating It's
trains into Oklahoma CITY. They
viii enter oyeg the tracks of the KATY
from Falls a small station on the
main line, and later probably will oD
crate to Fl Reno. either over new
tracks or the internrban tracks OF
the Oklahoma Railway company
THIS project OF the Fort Smith
road IS said to be backed by the
haty and southwest line out of
III Reno, probably with Altus az the
terminus, Is contemplated. There
IS no cont ealing tie desire of the
company to make connection with
me orient a some point In Western
Ohlahoma. This fact, backed by the
evident intention 81 tile COMPANY 70
NIX Il with Rock island and Frisco
M the eastsAest traffic gives ex.
cellent ground for the belief that the
eAtentlon VIII cross Canadian and
Naddo counties, intersecting the Man
gum branch of the Rock island AZ
Anadarko and paraleling this branch
ana the Frisco branch from Oklaho.
ma City to Quanah, Tex. passing
through the Wichita mountains and
emerging theretrom at the town of
Roosevelt Three surveys have beeu
made from El Reno to Anadarko bv
othef QmDanies, however but II X
prunable one Of these surveys will
pe adopted. BY connecting with the
orient al Atlas. the Fort Smith ana
Western will be given an outlet for
Oklahoma coal and timber to Wiehit~
and Kansas city on tie north ana
california and Pacific points Oh the
west =" 'N
mere Is no doubt that the Santa
re Is backing the Oklahoma Central
IN US recent entrance Ia Western
territory The Oklahoma Central has
been all independent line extending
ir9m Ada through Purcell to Chick.
asha Nearly two years ago the com
pany was placed in the hands Of
receiver through an action by the
construction company It's business
ald not pay thereafter, nor did ii he
forv N'0 = ~
Within the last few months how
ever the company began improving
ats terminals al Chickasha hnit its
tFai KS into the city aud N now erect. !
1ns 2 S@VOVb passenger station. sur.
NeS recently have been made from
Nhlekasha 10 Anadarko and Ii K the
aNoWea intention az The Central 10
bead into the northwest. trayersinp
tAe Panhandle and extending eventu
ally 20 the New Mexico coal repion |
oueh az eventually would oonplete
9 continuous line nearly across Okla.
Aona fron the southeastern coal
1ieids lnto the great wheat and al.
alfalfa belt.
fhe Keneiick proposition has the
support of former Gov a N Haskell |
whose business tor a number of yea4s
peiofe ne entered politics vas pro. |
noting ana contracting Fron i
point IN Hughes county probablx
alFin, The Missouri Oklahoma ana |
GuA wili tirst extend It's line ID Ok. |
aait9ma City. From that noint +
VIII head 10 northwesterlr dlrec. |
tlQn ,tfayerstng Oklahoma. canadian
hlngfishert Dewey Ellis and Wood. |
Waid counties Haskell h president
~ promotion company recently or
sahlzed in Oklahoma city with 1
capital stock Of ST0D,o06 that propos.
es 20 Sc ure options and right of
way vest and northwest from Oklah0 !
a i''a tltF There seems to Be Id doubt |
be built N1S We
nas long been common knuwl I
edSe th4 there was sacred agreed
y ~ petWeen tue Santa re and Rock
lsfahd tlle main lines of which from /
Kansas Guy othe gllf cross the state
rom north to south. whereby the
santa fe south Of Enid wa not rs /
cross the Rock Island line and tha
h0ck island south Of El Reno was
ilo " Cross ,he santa re line. 4l
mere Vas such an agreement IL eap
hardiN longer ex 81. since out al Ard, /
more has been built Frisco line tn
nnrant and other eastern points. the
itock island ana the Frisco have prae
Jvails conuloSed coal and lumber
lfansp portatlon into Westarn OkIa.
aoma The promise of two or three
pDA34f flNn Inns t.t....