Show I STILWELLS GREAT PROJECT I Short Line from Kansas City to Port in Lower California Kansas City Mo Feb 17Arthur E Stllwcll promoter and president of the Kansas City PIttsburg Gulf Rail road company Is the moving spirit in an ambitious railroad scheme that was announced here today Ills plan contemplates con-templates a new International railway system 1SOO miles In length stretching from Kansas City to the Gulf of California fornia The Kansas City Mexico Orient Railway company was Incorporated In Kansas today with an authorized capital capi-tal of 1000000 The Incorporators include I in-clude Mr Sllllwell J W Hirst of Omaha president o the Linseed Oil trust Dr W S Woods and W A Rule ivansas City bankers J C Fox ana E W Snyder Lcavenworth Kan cap italists II A Wltherbee Detroit Mich Herman Kuhn London Eng land and several other capitalists of Missouri and Kansas Through the corporation thus formed it is hoped to capitalize the scheme The plan contemplates a railroad from Kansas City through Topeka ant Wichita Kan through El Reno Okla and through northwestern and western Texas between the Santa Fe and Rock Island lines to u point on the Rio Grande liver about twenty miles south and east of El Paso thence southwest to Chihuahua Mexico A Chihuahua connection Is proposed with a line now being built to the southwest Its ultimate terminus to bo Topolobampo on the Gulf of California Califor-nia Of this line ICO miles Is already constructed Mr Wltherbee the Detroit De-troit member of the corporation formed today holds the concession from the Mexican Government under which the work is progressing Mr Stillwell proposes pro-poses to Incorporate the several lines into one great system He announces that It is a 27000000 proposition but in view of his success in promoting the PIttsburg t Gulf during the panicky times of the early DOs he believes it can be done Detroit Mich Feb 17 Henry A Wltherbee of this city who Is interested interest-ed In the projected railway In addition to holding the right of way for the Mexican branch of the proposed system sys-tem has a concession of 10000000 from I the Mexican Government to aid In Its construction The Mexican Government Govern-ment also agreed to allow all materials used In the construction of the road to come Into the country free of duly and the road is to be exempt from taxation tax-ation for a liberal number of years Mr Wlthcrbeo announces that a new line of transPacific steamers wIll be built to run In connection with the road Topolobampo which Is n fine harbor will be the connecting point for the steamers Mr Witherbocs concessions conces-sions provide that no other road can strike the harbor without n right t of way from the new company |