Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-07-25

ments, even to the weather. The
net proceeds are about S22. Miss
Annie Shane of Arcadia has the
palm for ticket selling.
The work of laying steel on the
Saline Valley railway gradually
goes forward. II is expected that
by tomorrow night it will be al
most, if not entirely, completed to
Wolf creek at the st. Mary's road
ford, 3 miles southeast of Farm
ingtoD. Another month should
easily put the line into Farming
ton. MI. Houck, the owner and
builder of the line, had hoped
originally to haul passengers over
the line to the Pennington Fair
last fall. He will just about be
able to do that this fall, a delay of
a whole year1over the original
plan. This delay, however, would
easily have been shortened to one
half that time with even ordinary
weather. Several months of time
was lost on account of the abnor-
NAL weather prevailing during the
past winter and spring. The
people of Pennington and this
section of the county will glad
ly note the completion of this
road, as it will be the first of sew
eral steam lines constructed SO far
through this immediate section
that has failed to miss the town,
to the later regret, we believe, in
every, instance, of not only the
people of the town, but of the
owners of the various roads as
well.-Farmington Neuos.
A goodly number of the citizens
of Centerville met at the court
house on last Saturday night and
listened to an address by Mr..
E. E. Evans, president of the Bis
marck, Belvue Valley & Western
Railroad Company, on the build
ing of that road from Bismarck to
Bunker, on the west side of this
county, with a branch line ex-
tending from Edge Hill, down
Middle Fork and by way of Panes
branch to Centerville a distance
of about fifteen miles. Mr.. Evans
is a practical business man and in
a brief manner outlined the pro-
position of the building of this road
to our people. He is not seeking
donations or a bonus from the
residents of the country through
which it is proposed to build the,
line or from the towns which mayI
be reached, but is accepting sub-I
scriptions for the preferred stoeR-
of the company of the par value cn
$500 per share; said stock to Ee
six per cent, dividend bearing.
cumulative and participating.
The contract for stocks providedI
that said road must be built withS
in two and one-half years and the
obligation for stock is null and
void unless the road is graded and
laid with ties and steel to the
point specified in your contract,
and in no event is any part of
of thereof due or collectable I'M
til the road is completed. Mr..
Evans talk received close atten-
ton. He was followed by Mr.. S.
j. Bunker, president of the Bunker
Cutler Lumber Company, who
made a very enthusiastic talk in
behalf of the road and urged tho
people of the county to do every
thing they could to further the
building Of the road. He pointed
out a few of the many advantages
of such a road and said he believ-
ed the road would be built. After
short talks by others it was agreed
that we will hold a railroad meet
ing at Centerville on Saturday,
July 9th, and invite the citizens
of the entire county to be present
and lend.a hand in giving Rey-
nolds county approximately forty
moro railroad than we now
have. Free refreshments will be
served and a contest between the
different bands of the county is
being arranged for that day. If.
you are in favor of the upbuilding
of our county and the build
ing of this railroad you should not
fail to attend this meeting.-Cen-
Outlook.