Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1920-06-18
HORSE CARS END
Street Railway Track Torn Up
Work Progresses Quickly
Trucks and Rusesl

Nearly thirty one years ago,
/ J. j. Moore and Hugo Bartz
launched the enterprise which
put the town several notches
ahead in progressive moves and
the application to the board Of
trustees Of the then village for
permission to construct and oper-
ate a horse car line over the
streets and alleys Of the village
and to the Wabash railway sta
ton was favored. The board,
headed by John D. Butler and
with q. F. Smith, NJ. v. Ander.
son and D. B. Kellogg members,
granted permission to Moore and
Bariz as prayed and for term
of twenty five years. Mr.. Moore
was desirous of having the privi-
laege for fifty years but president
of the boaad, John D. Butler OBJ
jected and the time was fixed at
twenty five years. Town trustee
NJ. W. Anderson was opposed to
| the road being permitted to run
along main street and held to
that position, tho out voted.
The road was built and when
completed a most enthusiastic
'houcewarming' was given it
and an ovation extended to the
enterprising men who put their
faith and money into the project.
Just what the owners of the
road have encountered, the OBJ.
stacles met and overcome, the
: patience demanded at times, the
l constant attention to details nec-
: essary to success and the hard
, and constant work would be hard
Z for the survivor to estimate,
much less for an outsider to ap'
t preciate, but it must not be losI
e sight of, that while the road wa:
l. and has been during the most o.
its existence, a great enterprise
- for the town, like its owners, i
!. wore away with time and ust
until d decrepitude rendered it in
9 sufficient for the purposes of tht
public. Mr.. Moore was in chargt
of the building and equipping o.
y the line, was. until loss of eye
y. sight, its chief director and a
O. the end of its lease on publ
service, is directing the wreck
ing and removal of the rails an,
e ties. When no vestige of tn
j. enterprise remains other thai
the reccollection of pride in it
y existence by the owner and
d well served public; when the re
cords of the country show tha
., the last remaining horse car lin
a in the country had become littl
~ more than cUrio and was re
moved to make way for NOR
modern methods of transports
~ ton; when in long after year
u the living generation shall spea
d. of the Moore & Bartz Railroad a
" tho 1t were only a tradition an
memory of the older people res
" again on the founders with tale
a of their accomplishments, the
~ will have been once more proven
s. About ten years ago Mr.. Ge'
ID West acquired the interest {
Hugo Bartz deceased, in tn
J property and has been active
g. the operation of the line sine
y the day he became part Owner
', Moore & West have sold tn
!. rails and will deliver them &
y, rapidly as cars can be had
y which to load them and the tit
will be converted into wood, e.
of cept the new and unused. Tf
m advent of motor passenger bust
tn and freight trucks will great
ms facilitate transportation and II
Sc city will attract the attention
business men rather than slgl
i, seers.
" AS soon as the road bed
n cleared, the work of grading al
ke oiling the street from the JUDI
I'D Montgomery corner will be und
ia wav. the other mart of the ro;