The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-16
FORT SMITH
SOUTHWEST
EXTENSION N
8s1sy1 M
Ultimate Connection With The
Orient Road Is Object
Sought

Relative TO the announced plan OF
the Fort Smith and Western railroad
TO build southwest from ~ Rerqs
TO a connection with the Orient near
the Texas boundary line, an official
Of the company says
"lhe extension Is being seriously
cot sdered ,Nlaen we bought the
ST Louis, FL Reno and Western, be-
tween Guthrie and El Reno four years
ago II was with this extension in view
The road at preseht ENDS nowhere
particularly and we need both bet
ter outlet and a better inlet The
most direct route would be through
Anadarko and Mountain Park to AL.
tus." The commercial cub of Law
ton will try TO interest the company
to route the extension from Anadar
ko via Lawton
"A contract has been let by the Am
erican Central Railway company.
chaItered in Arizona lasA Decem3
Der, to the Central Construction com
pany to build line from Vernon,
Tex, across Oklahoma and through
Olustee and Man2um. thence across
the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandle
country to Hoover Tex, distance OF
1865 miles. The line will also touch
Wheeler, Tex. The ccmpaly was
chartered With $lS000,000 capital fo5
the purpose OF building from Aransas
Pass, Texy northward to Pierre S
ID. The work on the first line will
begin at Vernon and progress north
Grading on the Porter Line.
Grading is progressing on the
Cheryyale Texas and Oklahoma
road southeast from Caney, Kan, to
Sloan Springs. Ark, and has been
completed from Caney south into Ok
lahoma and as far as Delaware in
Nowata county The men are now al
work between California creek and
the city of Nowata, This Is the road
promoted by State senator Porter ci
Kansas.
The commercial club of Frederick
has offered bonus OF $4,000 In cash
and guaranteed the right-of-way in
Frederick to secure an extension OF
the Rock Island railroad from Chat
tanooga, Okla. distance of twenty
five miles. The Rock Island had a
stub line from l4awton TO Chatta.
nooga, and this Frederick wants ex
tended Grandfield also wants the
extension.
The Grandfied commercial club
has been asked to subscribe a bonus
Of $4,000 to secure the western ex.
,ersion OF the Lawt0n-Ardmore line
whic his being promoted by Jake l..
Hamon Of Lawton through the Corpor
alton Development company of Phil
adelphla IIamon has the road fl
nanced from Lawton to Ardmore via
Duncan but desires to extend ii east
to Sherman, Tex, and west through
! Grandfield.
lnterurban Prof
A state charter has been issued to
the Peoples Electric Railway COM
pany of Muskogee, with 100000 cap
ital and the following incorporators
w y Patterson, Samuel Spaulding
j. b Mcdonald, w r. Robinson, 4.
II. Martin and j II. Hucklehemy of
Muskogee, and G. w. Resser OF Ok
lahoma City. The two corporations
| winch former Governor G.. N. Has
kell Is promoting in connection with
the building OF an interurban line
from Musk gee TO Fort Gibscn have
been chartered by the secretary of
state. The first is the Monticello
company organized with 100000
capital and headquarters at Muskogee
for the purpose Of furnishing electric
and water power. The incorporators
are: Mrs. Lillian e Haskell, wife OF
the ex-governor; w r Eaton and
Thomas P. Smith, allof Muskogee.
.-e second Is the Muskogee com
pany with 100000 capital. and the
ircorporators are c. N. Haskell, w.
n Patterson, Thomas p. Smith, L.
n. Owen, all of Muskogee and O. l..
Hayes of Webbers Falls. 1t is pro.
posed to connect both Webbers' Falls
and Fort Gibson and intervening
| towns with Muskogee.