White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1867-09-19
The Railroad Bonds.

of Doniph.n County are 70 decidA by
their votes. whether or not they viii sab
scribe 100000 in, aid Of the Atcbison
and Nebraska City Railroad. and S200.
600 in aid Of the St. Joseph and Denver
Rsilroad-making total Of S400. 600.
II the proposition carries. the 5000. 900
subsctibed in aid of these Roads last ysar,
win be null and poid.
The question which will be considered,
most BY the people. and which will inhu-
sncs many 10 vote 10 the negative. is that
of taxes, Too many can onlylsse itin
the slight thattbe present sss-psyets Of
the County will have the 100000 and
yearly interest to pay. in. addition to their
present taxes. They look Il the addition
al burden. without considering the sddi.
tionsI aid that will come Ia to help them
besr it. These bonds Of 8400. 900 are to
run thirty years. all per cent interest.
Suppose they ara not paid until the e.
pirstion of the thirty years, the annual
interest would be 1928. 900, and each year
y iustalmsut of the principal. about slS.
3s3-or a total yearly tax, of al 1888.
This looks big, IL the present wealth Of
the County would have it to pay. Bot
the Bonds will not be issued, except as
the Roads are built-no Roads, no Bonds
to pay. Aud as soon ss the roads sre
built, they are taxable. the ssms - Other
property. 10 There will obe 'about thirty
miles Of each Road In this County. max.
ing sixty miles 10 all. In, Atchison
County. we believe that the RsilsoAd that
is completed, is valued at 8ll, 900 per
mile, fer purposes of tsxatiSn. AZ this
rate. there would be $500. .ooo worth oi
Rsilroad alone to help bear tho burden os
taxation, by the time that interest on the
Bonds would be due. This is slmos.
one-third % much IS the total taxable
property In the County in 1856. ,"i u
These two Roads would afford conven-
TENT Railroad facilities to every part, oI
the County; for they wouM run through
the centre Of tbs Ceuuty. the ons north
and South, the Others east and West Il
would give our County better railroad q:
cflties than any other. Comfy in the
State. with the roads now contemplst
ed, and likely to be built. This, added
to the natural superiority Of the County,
would make Doniphan the very best
County in Kansas. 4. r n
When the Railroads are built, the pop
ulstiou and wealth of thsC County will be
doubled within Eve years. exclusive Of
the valuation Of the railroad. This alone
will take half the burden of taxation of
of our present population and wealth.
And in thirty years, when the Bonds arc
finally due. it is impossible to estimate
the progress the County will have made !;
but there will probably not be vacant
quarter section of land in the County.
It will tend to build up. either large
towns or brisk tssdins points ct Doni-
phsn. Wathsna. Troy. Highland. lows
Point. White Cloud, and at some point
on Wolf River. All these points will
be centres Of heavy settlements and valua-
bic improvements. -,----..E --of,,.s'T
1t wli increase the vslue Of every mans
property; and where be is now worth one
dollar. be will in a few years be worth
from two to FIVE. ~ ~ --.. "a. T.
Il will give Us direct communication,
without change of cars. with st. Louis.
and will connect 'us with Lssvenwortb,
Lawrence. Topeks. and all points on the
Kansas branch Of, the, Pacific Rsilroad.
The Galveston Road is fixed fact. and
in few years it will give us connection
with the Gulf of Mexico. aIze-i IT
1t will place every farmer in direct
communication with the head Of the mar
ket. and be can afford to hold on to bis
crops until the most favorable turn Of
prices. and thus gain the advantage Of a
rise;;, whereas. now. with no means OF
reaching the market daring half the year.
he 10 at the mercy of grain operators.
who resp Tire profits. By the aid of .
Railroad, farmer may save enough. pp|
q single years crop to pay all the sddi-
tional taxes arising from the subscriptions
OF Bonds. O. .2s3-yii4i fSgs1i' ogiui 4
1t will assist every tradesnsn and ID.
borer. by creating q demand for mechanics
and isborers, at good prices. Il will
stimulate improvements, ief every kind,
which will ofeourss incrssss the demand
for mechanics. and labor Of every descrip.
tion. --
Another argument that has sbsen ussd
is, thst the NEXT Legislature will probe
bly, enscs = law BY which tie Stats iss.
snmss sor suarants the p.ynlsus of Cssnty
Rsilrosd Subscriptions lis quits liksly
that such q ,lawivill b apasssd; bnt, wsI
do not huld it ont as an inducement, for
we are opposed to such 4 law. IL wiu7be
n ,piolAtion of ibo (ycu.k;k~x:o. 81 -