The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-02-15
THE UNIVERSITY QUESTION.

! We find the following strong arguments
m favor of the location of the State univers
sity at Emporia. in communication TO the
Daily State Record Of the 9th. To all
fair-minded men, they are conclusive &
AS the Constitution of the State of Kan
sas requires the location of the State Uni
versity at some i" eligible and central
point" allow me, through your paper, to
submit the following facts, gathered from
authentic Sources Ia behalf of the Just
claims of the town of EwPoTia for this in
stitution.
By a careful examination of the map, it
will be seen that the distance from Law
renee to Emporia is exactly ten miles short
er than the distance from Lawrence to
Manhattan. The distance from Leaven-
worth to Emporia is just the same that it is
| from Leavenworth to Manhattan. Emporia
is central in the State. east and west. Man
haitian is not. Emporia Is more central,
considering the present settlement of the
State, as the following figures will show:
| By the census of 1860, Breckenridge
county had a population of 3,164
Riley county had only :. l.26s
Population of Breckenridge Go. over Riley, l,8sf
Population OF counties west of Breckin-
ridge-Ohase. Marion, Morris, Peketon
and Dickinson, -. 1888. -. 2,I15
/ Population of counties west of Riley
Clay, Shirley and Ottawa, LIT
Population of counties west of Breekin-
ridge over counties west of Riley. l,e4s
It appears, then, that Breckenridge coun
ty and the counties west of it, have nearlJ
four thousand inhabitants more than Riley
and the counties west of it have.
By Auditors statement of 1889, it. Is
shown that Breckenridge county
turned taxes to the Territory to the go :,
Riley county, the same year, returned
! .u only 1870
Less than one-half the amount returned b,
Breckenridge. Upon an examination of tn
State Treasurer's book, few days ago,
found that for vi f. 81 80! s.s e.s
Last year. 1861, Breckenridge county re- .
turned taxes to the State, amounting to $691 2
| Riley county, the same year, returned
only =. 200.9
Less than one-third the amount returned b.
7 Breckenridge. ....
r 1t therefore appears that Emporia is NOR
central than Manhattan, geographically
more central than Manhattan, considerin,
the present settlement Of the State-mor
central than Manhattan, considering tn
e State as a tax paying district---and, I max
: the assertion and ask investigation to prov
q the truth of it, that Emporia is healthie
= place than Manhattan. and is situated in
better agricultural section of the State. Thi
4 is important, when we consider the price G
board and the health of pupils. Empori
is more accessible to- the majority of th
people of the State, there being no danger
Gus streams to cross in reaching it from an
: direction Pupils can arrive and depar
t without delay. Emporia offers to the Stat
; the same conveniences. free of cost to th
State, that Manhattan offers. Therefore
, offering the same. conveniences, and pos
: sessing superior natural advantages owe
Manhattan, as above demonstrated, shout
not every member of the Legislature, j
justice to the present, future and perma
{ nent interests of the people of the State
vote for the location of the University q
Emporia |? She has never before aske
r anything at the hands of the representative
of the people of the State, and she only ask
this because she is naturally ard justly en-
titled to it. JUSTICE.