The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-06-14
appointed as follows:


Woodson County 10000
Total $500 900
With this amount of subscription to the
capital stock of the Company, the Direc-
tors feel assured that capitalists with
sufficient means TO insure the building of
that portion of the road between Fort Ri
ley aud tie point of junction with the
LeavenWorth, Lawrence and Galveston
r. R. will be ready to avail themselves of
so promising an opportunity to make a
profitable investment of their means as the
construction of the aforementioned por-
ton of our road, will furnish
Friends, We have had agents of the
Company at Washington to represent it's
interests during The period of three SEES
sions OF Congress. We have labored with
the hope of having our road recognized
By Congress as of equal importance to
the Government and the country as the
other branches or links that compoee the
grand national Pacific railroad scheme
With such recognition secured we had
reason to presume that, az a necessary Sc
quence, our road would be placed on the
same footing as are the other links, and
be equally favored With the aid of Gov
eminent bonds. We have been dIsapoint.
ed. Our project has been treated by the
President and Congress with favorable
consideration, aud the right of way for
constructing the road and franchise iu
lands have been granted US, but thus far
the Government bonds or the Govern
ment's pledge to pay the interest on bonds
that the Company might issue, has been
denied Us. 1t is possible that We may
yet obtain additional Government aid, but
the positive assurance we need that this
aid is to be acquired, We do not possess.
Time is precious with US. We must get
to work 5000 TO retain the united interest
of the people of the Valley in this magnif-
icent project. Other railroad projects
will arise 10 discover US if We do not soon
get work on our road in progress and it's
entire construction assured. Again, by
delays We are endangered with prospect
Of having Southern. Branch road project
ed to run up the Arkansas, which project
might meet more faVorably with tie
views of the people Of the Southern States
than ours, and rival interest may be es.
tablished. 1.-THE stock is not subscribed
that is now solicited the franchises that
tie Company possess may be forfeited,
and the Arkansas Valley may enjoy the
benefit of the Southern Branch of the Pa
cifc railroad. If the franchises We now
hold are forfeited, We need not expect to
see railroad in the Valley until the most
of our young men of the present day are
gray headed. By voting for these bonds
We have every reasonable assurance that
the road will be built at once, so that the
present property holders Of the Valley
can enjoy the benefits of the enhanced val,
ne of property, increase of business and
other well known advantages that are oc-
casioned by the advent of the railroad.
Among the advantages that may be
enumerated by building this read are the
following:
LIST, The road will traverse the entire
ength Of the Valley, making it the most
important IN wealth and population of any
in the State. Our towns win grow into
g; 8, our farmers will become opuIeni
aud our present wild lands will be occu
pied by permanent citizens.
Cd, We win be placed in immediate com
municalion with the Gulf OF Mexico and
the mining regions OF the nocKy Noun
tains. Galveston will be the seaport
town of the Rocky Mountain States.
Our road will furnish the means for the
bulk of the transportation occasioued by
The vast traffic that will be maintained be
tween tie commercial interests of those
States and Galveston; consequently I
Sd. The road will pay and paying roads
llWays benefit country. Travel will b
great over it, being, as it will be. an i'm.
,ortant Ink In the chain of connections
between the South and the mining and
oaaifc States.
4th. The railroad viii be the means oil
IevsloPiog the manufacturing resources
i the Valley The Eeosbo river possess.
. more and better Hater power than anv
'ther stream west of the Missouri river !
With these valuable powers properly de-
eloped We can manufacture al The Cot. 5
% and Wooden Goods, Agricultural In t
dement's and Machinery Of all kinds that Q
aay be demanded By ibs people Of ths
aLning States. There is 40 good reason