White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-08-31
Railroads in Kansas.

ern. w eStern, COutnefO onu OeutTai Ahu-
sas are going to have roads. and they are
at work in earnest. The Pacific Railroad
is being pushed westwardly along the
Ksw. Work is progressing on the Atch-
ison snd Pixies Peak Railroad, through
the second tier of Counties. The Coun-
ties on the Route of the Atchison. Topeka
and Santa Fe Railroad, from Atchison to
Emporia and Council Grove. are holding
elections ard voting heavy subscriptions
toward building the road. Work is pro-
crossing on the road from Leavenworth
to Lawrence. A road from Wyandotte
to Leavenworth will soon be commenced.
The Lawrence and Fort Gibson Railroad
will soon be under wsy, as the Counties
from Lawrence to the southern boundary
of the State are voting subscriptions. The
people of the Eastern Tier. south of the
Kaw, are at work to build road from
K snsas City to Fort Scott. and the Coun-
ties through which it has to pass will
vote subscriptions. All these roads. we
believe, except those from Leavenworth
to Lawrence and Wyandotte. have ample
Government aid. which. with the liberal
subscriptions voted by the Counties, will
insure their completion. -
But we, in the Northern Tier, are left
out in the cold. There is nothing doing
here in the way of railroads, and no pros.
pect of it. The Counties might vote
subscriptions. but they would be useless.
without Government aid, which we have
not got. and will not get. The Northern
Tier cannot build q road by County sub
scriptions. in competition with one in the
adjoining tier. which, beside its County
subscriptions. has enormous appropria'
tions from Government. A new route
has even been found for the Overland
Despatch Line, and what little benefit the
Northern Tier derived from that. will
soon be transferred to the second tier; and
there is but little doubt that the Overland
Stage Line will soon follow suit.
This neglect of the interests Of North
ein Ksnsas has not been through accident
oversight, or the force of circumstances
1t has been deliberate, willful, and &C
complished through means of the mos
barefaced Misrepresentation and bribery
in the face Of facts showing that North
ern Kansas was not only entitled to Gov
ernment aid, but was the most proper
route for one of the great railroads west
wardly. Men who owed their positions
to Northern Kansas votes, systematically
ignored our section in the distribution o
Government benefits; while others, being
under like obligations, sold us outright
for pecuniary gain, and promise Of con
tinued political power.
But the people of Northern Kansas ar,
responsible for their own i'll usage. Be
fore the first election of Representatives t.
the two branches of Congress, the people
were warned what would be the conse
quences of the election of certain indi
viduals. They did not heed the warning
but by their votes elected the very mel
who betrayed them. When another elec
ton came round, they hooted at thos
who talked of the interests of Northern
Kansas, and again voted for her betray
ers, against one of their own citizens
Now, the Northern Tier is not known il
the balance of the State, nor will it b,
until another election comes around
Then, judging Of the future from the past
they will again run after strange gods
and place men in power who will u.s.
their offices to enrich themselves at on
expense. The Northern Tier possesses
power which might be made to tell, il i
were concentrated; but it is always frit
tered away, and commands no inauenc
whatever. In elections, our enemies hav
only to throw us sop in the shape of {
candidate for some minor position who j
too insignificant or indolent to stand ul
for our rights, and we seize the bait
turning our backs upon our most inauen
tial and devoted men. We see, as q re
suit, that nearly all the prominent ant
influential working men of Northern
Kansas, finding that she has no disposi
tion to assert her rights. and is being lef
far behind in the march of progress, ar
leaving us and making homes elsewhere
in communities where energy, progress
and unity upon local interests, are tn
order of the day. And Northern Kansas
the richest and most beautiful part of th
State. will plod on, falling farther ant
farther in the back ground. until her peo
pie learn and act upon the great trutl
that Fortune favors those who bell
themselves"
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