White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1868-12-24
A Railroad Daniel Come TO J ndS-

A Railroad Daniel Come 10 JndS.
ment.
The editor Of the Hiawalhs Sentinel
has jast discovered his strong "hoIt."
1t 10 Railroads. He goes 10 with the Mt
most abandon, and. like the Kentucky
plsnter who learned to drink greens in
bis liquor. is in danger Of letting his new
passion grt him down. He rlings rail
road ct the public a. reeklessly IS an
African urchiu with bad cold slings
nasal sap. He is now building the Den
yer Rsilrosd right along. and is not 60
ing to stop for cold weather. public days,
or high waters. He not only determin-
sdly refuses to permit sny other road to
unite with it, but has spit on bis hands.
set his teeth. and sworn that no other
road shall cross it's track.
The Sentinel is sppe alins to the peo.
pie of Brown County to Subscribe anotb.
er $50. 900 to the Denver Road. They
have already subscribed sl00. 900. which
has sot yet been touched now. If $780,
900 more is subscribed, and that also re-
mains untouched. why it is plain to be
seen that the locomotive whistle will be
heard in Hiawaths within one year:
This will be Q benefit 10 one particular,
il in no other-it will improve the hear
ing Of the folks ont there for in no 9TH
er way can they bear the whistle Of 10.
como,ivs at distance OF fifteen or twen
~ miles. The Sentinel ssys the Direct
ors OF the Denver Road are anxious that
the people of Brown County should ex
pend the amount OF their subscription in
grading the road through the Comfy.
whom the Company would gladly do tbs
balsucs Of the work. No doubt the Di
reetors realize the loss they sre sustaining
by not having their road in running or
der to the editor of the Sentinel. just
think Of it-tbey would have the freight
ing of all the paper and ink on which
the Sestinel is printed The Sl50. 900
bonds Of Brown County. sold at Q dis.
count. would probably grade the road =
dozen miles, still leaving . considerable
gap to Hi.waths. But the editor only
asks that the work shall be done as far as
the money holds ont. He has studied
out trick to bring it the balance of the
way. He will just put gooss-quill to
the end of the road, and suck it into
town!
The editor of the Sentinel talks learn
edly about the charter compelling the
Denver Company to run their road
through Brown County; ridicules the
humbug idea Of Atchison talking Of bull
ding railroads; and predicts. with start
liag Itslic emphasis. that Q road never
will be built from Atchison to the north
ern line Of the State. Seriously. now.
for few moments, does not the editor Of
the Sentinel know that Railroad Compa-
nies do pretty much ss they pless Q. and
make their charters warp to suit their
convenience? II it suits the Company
to run through Brown County. they will
do it; il they see better thing in uniting
with the Atchison and Nebraska Road.
ssd running through White Cloud. (as
they probably will, they will take that
route. All talk about charters COMPEL.
ing them to do this or that, is waste OF
wind. that might be more commercially
applied to rendering certain monuments
Of home genius successful. What causes
the Jealousy Of the Sentinel against .
road running north from Atchisos. We
cannot conceive. We are anxious to see
it built. and We also hope that the Den
yer Road will be pushed on wsstwardly.
They would not interfere with each 9th.
er. Whether the latter will be. is q
matter of grave doubt. With an east
and west road on the southern border OF
Brown. having the sdvansage of Govern
ment aid. what inducement there is to
build . competing road within twelve
miles Of it. with private capital. the SEN
tinsl has failed to demonstrate. Cspi-
talists blind Of one eye and brick-dust in
the other, could hardly be mads to "ses
it."
Still, We hope the editor of the Senti-
mel may live until he has the pleasure OF
joining the. excursion psrty on the 6rst
train over the Denver Road through
Brown County. Itwould form an epoch
10 the history of the County. but moro
wonderful one in the worlds history.
Old Msthuselah would lose his place in
the Shorter Cstechism-would be hurled
from the rank which he has held undis-
putsdly for 30 many centuries. In short.
Dowser would be Methuselsh. and Me-
thuselah would be downer.
There is one way in which Brown
County may secure a railroad. and build
up . railroad city Of which she msy be
Proad. 1t is by ber people going to
work With . will. And using oil rbsir in
hnsncs 70 accomplish the annex stion OF