. The street railway review . the lightning broughther the news of violent times in the East. The Western Journalof Commerce, Kansas Citys first daily newspaper, was establishedin 1858, and in i860 the Chamber of Commerce was organized. Ini860 bonds were voted for a steam railway to connect with theHannibal & St. Joseph R. R. at Cameron. This road, which wascalled the Kansas City, Galveston & Lake Superior R. R., waspartially constructed in 1861; but the war interrupted and the roadwas not completed until 1867. Following this pioneer railway withthe long name came the Pacific of Missouri, late
. The street railway review . the lightning broughther the news of violent times in the East. The Western Journalof Commerce, Kansas Citys first daily newspaper, was establishedin 1858, and in i860 the Chamber of Commerce was organized. Ini860 bonds were voted for a steam railway to connect with theHannibal & St. Joseph R. R. at Cameron. This road, which wascalled the Kansas City, Galveston & Lake Superior R. R., waspartially constructed in 1861; but the war interrupted and the roadwas not completed until 1867. Following this pioneer railway withthe long name came the Pacific of Missouri, later known as theMissouri Pacific; the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council BluffsR. R. and the lines now known as the Hannibal & St. Joseph andthe Wabash. In 1869 James F. Joy completed the Hannibalbridge of great fame and importance, and Kansas City leaped aheadof her competitor, Leavenworth. Kansas City owes a lions share of her progress to the activityand enterprise of her newspapers. The Journal, established in. AQUADUCT BRIDGE OVER THE KANSAS RIVER. 1858, proved under the management of Col. R. T. Van Horn, apowerful ally of the citys interests. In 1869 Dr. Morrison Mun-ford started the publication of the Index, a journal devoted toreal estate. Two years later he purchased an interest in the Kan-sas City Times. a daily which had recently been launched withgreat success, and at once assumed active management both in the ( 552 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. [Vol. X, No. lo. editorial and business departments. The Times began a careerof hustle marked with unqualified success. It was a Democraticpaper. It was a paper which soon made Kansas City famous. was a keen and vigorous writer. He believed in KansasCity devotedly, and banked his fortune and his future on her suc-cess. The Journal, a Republican newspaper, was a worthy com-petitor for the Times, and both papers were united in a boldand energetic policy for the advancement of Kansas City which
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