Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1909 — STATESMEN BACK OF TRANSPORTATION LINE [ARTICLE]

STATESMEN BACK OF TRANSPORTATION LINE

Champ Clark and Others Stockholders In Big Concern.

Dover, Del., Sept 21.—The Mlastfsippi Valley Transportation company, with a capital ot $10,000,000, has been chartered here. Senator William J. Stone and Congressman Champ Clark of Missouri and 112 others, Including a number of congressmen, are the Incorporators. The concern will operate a transportation line on the Mississippi river, which it is said will revolutionize traffic on that waterway. The officers are: President, W. K. Kavanaugh; vice president. Congressman Richard Bartholdt of Missouri; secretary, John L. Matthews. Kava naugh said:

“We "Xpert to build about 180 barges. Some of them will be able to carry 4,000 tons on eight feet, some 1,000 tons on four feet, some 600 tons on three feet—but all steel and snagproof.”