Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-11-24
MANY RAILROADS
ON WAY HERE
Coming from Both Ways Build
ers Likely to Contest for
City Privileges

railroad talk passing around il
Baxter and in neighboriug cities
it appears not a question now o
what kind of a new railroad
Baxter can get, but rather how
many she wants,
Several companies have theii
eyes on this coming metropolis
in fact several have already gone
to the expense of making surveys
into the city.
One is already assured; that ID
the Southwest Missouri Interur-
ban wich has not only announced
its decision to build from Ga
lena, but already has construc-
tion under way and material on
the ground.
This week The New man as
certained from a reliable source
that the Oklahoma and Northern
Interurbau company will come
into Baxter with its new line,
now building from Bartlesville,
Okla, to Joplin. We. look for
definite news from this campany
in a few days. It is not a pro-
motion scheme; but financed BY
some very wealthy oil men and
surely has every appearance Of
being genuine. This company
says that it will come into Baxter
if suitable franchise can be Sc
cured and adds that it will be
the first new road to get into
town.
During the east week J. R.
Rose, we'll known railroad pro-
moter, was in Baxter accom-.
panied by Indian Agent Ira C.
D.aver. They came to negotiate
tor a right of way for another
railroad from the Picher-C -Cardin
district into Baxter. Mr.. Rose
has been working on railroad pro.
jects in this vicinity for several
months but as yet has never
brought any of them to a reality
He declares that he now has his
proposition financed.
Still another railroad PROPOSE.
tion, and one which most vitality
concerns Baxter is the revival OF
the rumor that the 0. K. & NJ.
railroad, which at present runs
out of Mama up through the
mining towns and as for as Blue
Mound, is planning on extending
into Baxter soon. The News has
good authority for the statement
that the company wants to come
here and could be induced to
build now if Baxter people were
willing. to offer some assistance
in the matter of securing a right
of.way. The subject will very
likely be brought to the attention
of the Commercial Club. A line
from here down into the mining
district would add tremendously
to the business and prosperity ot
Baxter and every month the
building is delayed is costing
this city thousands of dollars in
trade.
A rumor was in circulation
last week that because of the
Southwest Missouri had refused
to accede to the demands of the
city of Galena that its cars to
Baxter be run over certain city
streets, that town would NOT
grant a franchise to the railroad
and in consequence the road
could not be built. There is DO
truth in such a rumor. II issafe
to bet that the road will be built
regardless of Galena's demand.
The Galeua evening Times Of
Tuesday, intimates that the road
has decided to. run around that
; city, instead of through. Il, be-
cause the city council has been
too eKscting in its demands, and
suR gested that the council should
no longer split hairs over the
matter. The paper also asks
the Community Club and business
men to come to the rescue and
pull for the Rogers extepsiun tC
pass through aaleua aud not "a
the south OF the city, where Il ID
understood a snrVsY has already
bssa uaAa.