The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-04-01
New Missouri Illinois Railway
Has Commenced to Operate

gaCIty, the man IN WnGSp DRAIN oFiis
mated the plan by waich the Missour
Illinois emerges clean limbed ail
unfettered youngster, from the wrecl
OF the old Illinois Southern-1that MAI
Is Bonne Terre boy, born aRou
where part Of the old settling yat'
now are, Mr.. r, ] Thomure, Vic'
President and General Manager q
the Mississippi River q Bonne Terr'
railway Bonne TArrc boy who start
ed from scratch" and worked himself
up from freight hustlcr1 on ths
"Bonnes. js
His hosts Of friends In the commun,
ity are pleased with this new evidenct
Of his qualifications for success anc
the confidence Of The interests lie has
SO long and efficiently served
Whatever may be the future Of the
new road, 1t has been due to the un-
renting work and constent p.anning
Of Mi. Thomure that has brought the
MI into being.
The advancement that Mr.. Thonlure
has made from the bottom to the top
on the aBonne" Is possible to any
Bonne Terre boy who win do the work
necessary to qualify himself for these
positions, however no boy whose prin-
cipal thoughts are pay day and the
clock has any chance TO 60 to the top
in Bonne Terre or any other place.
This coming Saturday, March 26th,
win see passenger and freight traf-
fic resumed between the coal fields of
Illinois and the Lead Belt, over the
railway formerly known as the Hi
nois Southern, and which has been
idle and subject to rust and decay for
some months, after d stormy and un-
certain career.
Under an order Of the District
Court Of the United States for the
Northern District Of Illinois, the IN
inSis Southern was sold some months
ago, after being operated for some
time by 4 Receiver
Tha purchaser, under the Gvurs or
der, we believe, was the Chicago
Clearing House. Later the road was
purchased by W. Frank Carter Of st.
Louis with associates subject TO cer-
tain contingencies.
The Illinois Southern being lead
one the name was not available, ard
it was necessary to find i,aw name,
with result Of naming the baby the
Missoufi+Illinois Railway, under which
name incorporation papers were TAX
en- out. Then it was necessary to Sc
cure permissions, licenses, etc, from
the Public Service Commissions of
Missouri and Illinois, the Interstate
Commerce Commission; and the trans
fer boat had to be registered and IL
censed--all this has taken time, and
the last of these preliminaries has
just been completed.
In the meantime forces Of men have
been at work to put the road in OPP
Grating condition, and SO. unless the
management has missed getting the
consent of some bureau or commits.
sion they plan to begin irregular SER
vice over the line at least tomorrow
and regular service perhaps in another
80 days.
There has been great deal of spec
ulation about the road. From wha;
the writer has been able to gath
er during the past several months,
while the matter has been pend
ing, the road has been purchased
by Judge Carter and his associates.
It has been at least inferred in print,
that Mr.. Crane, President Of the local
companies, had bought the road. This
is not true, as we have it on the best
authority; neither did st. Joe or any
other local company buy the road.
According to the papers filed. We
understand, the capital stock Of the
road IS 81, 10000 and there are or will
be bonds to the amount Of 100000.
If we were going to make guess we
would say that these securities are
divided up among the several big in
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terests who are affected by the opera
ton Of the road, and that none Of
them has preponderating interest.
II H. no secret to say that had the
Illinois Southern been Id efficient OPP
ersstion during the past several years,
the, saving to the different large inter-
ests along the road would have been
enough to pay for the road.
1T is entirely reasonable that all
these interests have joined II the ;pdr-
chase and have turned the road over
to the M. r. n 3. 4. management toll
operate for thems because of the fact
that the M. n. a B. +. ii i necessary
link Ia reaching the plants Of this dis
trict; for the reason that the M. r.. 4
B. +. has the organization To operate
the road Iii d less cost than anyone
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