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This offer to sell shares is to help finance the construction of a railway from Kansas City to Port Stilwell (Topolobampo), Mexico, approximately 1,100 miles. The offer is for shares of stock of the International Construction Company, which is building a portion of the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway in Mexico and Texas. This route is advertised to be the shortest line from Kansas City to the Pacific Ocean. The construction was delayed to find a route over the Sierra Madre Mountains. A route has been found and construction is progressing. The reverse side of the document is a map of the proposed route.
Creator: Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway Company
Date: Between May 31, 1900 and January 31, 1902
Item Number: 214179
Call Number: Box 3 (K Port 385 Folder 4 Or4)
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 214179
Built Environment - Function - Transportation - Rail-Related
Business and Industry - Construction - Commercial
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway Company
Collections - Library - Railroad Ports (K Port 385)
Date - 1900s - 1900
Date - 1900s - 1902
Places - Cities and towns - Kansas City
Places - International - Mexico
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway Company
Transportation - Railroads - Construction and maintenance
Type of Material - Printed materials - Advertisements
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