155:. Having little capitalization of its own, unable to talk other railways into financing the effort, and prevented from issuing railroad bonds by Oklahoma law, the town took unorthodox paths to get it built. The town passed bonds for a light and water plant, and simply used the proceeds to help fund the railroad. And, the town tried to interest farmers along the route in grading the right-of-way for the line, but this effort was less successful the further the line got from Beaver. Making little progress, the railroad was eventually sold to Jacob A. Achenbach, a 69-year-old railroad builder who had already made a small fortune, and his partner Ira B. Blackstock. The partners completed the line into Forgan in 1915, about 6.6 miles with an additional .8 of a mile in yard tracks and sidings.
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