The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-09-24
MANY NEW RAIL
LINES PROPOSED
IN SOONER STATE

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE
heavy steel lts Hutchinson Southern
branch from near Wichita 20 ponca
/ city thus making II an important
. freight. CUTOFF between the two
points named.
Tho Chicago. Rock Island & Pacl-
fic Go. has several projects on
its program for the present and
coming year, including the building
so OF a connection from Naurka,
on the Rock Island main line. east
. 10 Ringing, which is the end Of the
. railroad IOklahoma, New Mexico
n paoific) built from Ardmoro 10
. Ringing i'm 1913-14 by Jake L..
/ Hamon aud John Ringing. the cir-
Gus mngnate. Tho Rock Island COM
| plotod during the past year an eX-
teA.ion from Chattanooga I'm south
wNtcrn Oklahoma to Grandfield I'm
order to get in touch with the oil
/ industry In the Wichita Falls, Texas
| district.
Citizens OF ponca City. Enid Bill
/ lings, CARRIER and TonkaWa are be-
/ hind the move to have the Rock Is
land extend ITS Enid-Bllngs line 80
miles on northeast to PunCa city
and - Is known that the company
has ahis under consideration. A
permanent survey OF the extension
llNN hftu Ablll llltltl AIN "a bIfh 'allN
chamber OF commerce committee
and these men. with other citizens
here. viii build the road IL the Rock
Island does not. The cost of the line
has been estimated and the local
mon are ready to go Immediately.
The Ponca city railroad committee
IL headed by John 5. Alcorn OF the
Marlaud Oil company, which guar
antees million dollars in freight to
the line when completed.
Katy Has Extension In Mind.
The only Katy railroad extension,
so far as known, that is planned is
that from Parsons, kan, southeast
TO Niuita, Okla, where 1t will con-
meet again with the main line south
through the state into Texas. This
| road will be built in order to get
into new coal field about ten
miles northwest OF Vinita. field
that several lines are anxious to
reach. one of the main lines con-
structed by the Katy recently was
the Wichita Falls & Northwestern
northward from Wichita Falls,
Texas, across western oklahoma to
Forgan In Beaver county, and to
connect with this citizens of ANA
rillo. Texas, and other panhandle
towns are urging a Katy extension
north from wellington. Texas, via
Amarillo, Dumas and IIansford to
Eogan.
Several other lines. in addition TO
the Katy, are planning to get into
tho coal fields, northwest of Ninita.
These include the Frisco, which
would run out a spur from some
| point on it's st Louis-Tuha main
line; the Kansas & Oklahoma South
crn, which has been granted per-
mission by the interstate COM
merce commission to issue 100000
IN notes secured by a bond issue 10
build the 10 miles between Nin!ta
and the coal field, extending eventu-
ally TO Caney kan, where the pro-
= motor. Senator $. VI. Porter, lives
: Also the Northeastern Oklahoma
d company, which owns an electric
line north from Viuitn into the zinc
and lead district. iS planning an eX'
, tension westward from Miami that
E will touch the coal fields and build
on west via Nowata and Rartlesyille
to pawhus<a and eventually to Pom.
ca city and Enid. James $. Mabor
Of Miami announced during the past
week that much OF the construction
has already been financed.
The Mabon line would cross III,
main lines of the Frisco at Mama
y the Iron Mountain at Nowata, tn,
Santa Fe and Katy At Rartlcsyilio
the Santa Fe and Midland Valley a
Pawhuska, the Santa Fe at Kav
city the Santa Fe and Hutchinson
4 southern at PonCa city, and tho
Rock Island, Frisco and Santa Fe a
Enid,
Cities to Buy the Stock.
Under the plan, advanced by Ma
bon and his associates. the citieI
al. 0 Ia 4 ~.
asked TO subscribe S1,500,O0O Of pre-
ferred stock, bearing 2 per cent an
ITual interest. The cost from Miam
10 pawhuska Is estimated at $3,250,
600 II viii be 105 miles long anC
cost $4,000 a mile.
Othcr electric lines under con
slderatiou now include the southern
extension of the Arkansas Valley in
torurbGn from Arkansas City. Kan
to ponCa City with lines east 4
the western Usage oil field and ives
to Enid, George The!s, jr., OF Wich
ita, Kan, is the man behind IN
project. Tho oklahoma mterurbal
railway company Is planning an eN
tension in the near future iron
Guthrie northeast to saltwater
about 80 miles saltwater Is directl
south OK Ponca city, GO miles.
a saltwater Perry iutcrurban wa
promoted three years ago by A. W
Ahrberg, farmer living near tn
PGyno-Nohle county border, VIII
had interested H. G. McCue Of Gar
den City Kan, I'm the project.
Other Roads building.
In addition 10 the Santa Fe eX
tension from Burbank 70 DeNoya
another western Usage oil-field lin
recently completed is that OF IN
~ Usage Railway company from Fo
u raker on the Midland Valley {
Shidler, IA miles southwest. TIL
cities OF DeNoya, kaw city an
Ponca city have asked Tor an eN
tension westward of this road. .
special charter with S250.000 stoc
was secured 20 build the 14-mil
line.
The oklahoma & Arkansas hull
20-mile line this year from Salin
on the Missouri, Kansas & Gulf I
Kansas In Delaware county, all &
oklahoma. a special company wa
chartered with $3O7,50O capita
stock 20 build this line for the pur
pose of opening up a wide eXpans
of timber land along the oklahoma
Arkansas border at that point. Sew
eral lumber mills are being estab
lished.
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