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( Hiirtfm a .%•*« Ml*Mf»isrl Hoad.Secretary of Slate Swanger Issued a charter to the Slkeston Southeastern Railway company of Slkeston, Capital 1990,000, The road is to extend from Sikes ion in Scott comity to apoint on the Mississippi river opposite, Hickman, Ky., In Mississippi county, a distance uf HO miles. The Incorporators, it is said, represent over a million dollars ol capital, andclaim that the road Is purely a local affair, bedru; constructed to secure the best possible market at the lowest possible freight rate for the corn and wheat product ot Scotr. New Madrid and Mississippi counties, ft is current rumor In Farmington that the Slkeston road and the road being built by Mr. Houck, from Cape Girardeau, are to be owned and operated by the Illinois Central as feeders to their lines to the south.
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Laclede Blade
Laclede, Missouri, US
Sat, Mar 18, 1905
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