The La Cygne Weekly Journal Linn County Saturday August 5, 1882 Another railroad charter, as follows, has been filed in the office of the Secretary of State: "Kansas and Nebraska Central Railroad Company. Route from Fort Scott, through the counties of Bourbon, Allen, Linn, Anderson, Coffey, Osage, to a point at or near Topeka, Shawnee county, and from thence to Lincoln, Nebraska. Estimated length of road, 280 miles. Place of business, Fort Scott. Capital stock, $4,500,000. Directors, T.L. WILSON, A.M. AYRES, I.D. BRONSON, J.M. DAVIES, L.H. GORDEN, D.H. HORNE."