White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1869-01-21

We are told there ls unpleaSsnt feeling
in some localities against White Cloud,
on the railroad question. One set accuss
her Of eonniving to make rsilrosd jnnc.
ton and build mp Q town west Of Troy !;
another. that she is striving to effect a
consolidation Of the Denver and Atchi-
son and Nebraska Roads. to prevent the
former from running west and still en-
other. that she j, working to have the
road mira certain othes towns. Really,
they ascribe wonderful influence to White
Cloud, all st once. This fact ia, she is
trying her best to secure the railroad 20
White Cloud, and will be satis6sd If che
succeeds. To do this. she intends to
mind her own business, and let every
body else alone-tsking part neither for
nor agsinst any other place. IL she gets
the road. she does not care how many
other towns get il. and will throw no OBJ
otAcio 10 tne1r Vav.
1t is extremely silly to accuse White
Cloud Of every untowsrd circumstances
that operates against other towns. 1t 10
presumed that the Railroad Company
have engineers with sense enough to ind
the most practicable route. and honesty
enough to report the facts to their EN-
ployers; and that the Company will
make the most favorable location. after
taking al the bearings into considera-
tion. Anything that White Cloud may
say or do. cannot alter facts and 6gures.
If the best and cheapest route is by White
Cloud. nature is responsible. not the
town. If her citizens back up her natu.
raj advantages by subscribing liberal aid
it is 9 right which other places posses,
ss well. and one the exercise of which
would avail them more than snathema
tizing White Cloud. We suspec. that
the superiority of this route. and the en-
terpriss Of our citizens. are the gres
trouble. If We should say. give the road
to the other towns. and miss us if neces
sary, a. We don't need II nor care for il
bat will give our money all the same, ",
would be mighty clever town. Tha
sort OF thing went out Of fashion, abou
the time the stars fell. White Clout
wants the rond, and means to do al il
her power to get it. If standing up fo
her own interests makes other people
woldsh. it can. be helped.
II 10 moro to the interest OF the peopl
of Northern Kansas to have White CLOUD
point on the road than any other town
If line were drawn midway between
Atchison and White Cloud, running
from the Missouri River west thirty
miles. thence north to the Nebraska line
and all the people living in that portion
VI Aouodb uOCtu uuU 6u6I Vi tuOS0 llQ6i
asked to designate town that they de-
sired should be made q point on thu
road, iu preference to any other, White
Cloud would recsive Eve times as many
votes as any other town. Here is thei
natural trading place. and here it would
be to their interest to have a railroad
point.
But II. after usipg sll possible means
Whits Cloud fails to get the road, bel
citizens do not propose to place rails on
the track. or butt the cars Of, or murder
the Directors, or sue out iniunctious, Of
stop the building of railroads. or make
the world stand still. or cheek the flighl
OF time. or do any other of the silly
things that have been threatened in cas-,
the road is not built to suit various
towns, neigbbosboods, and cross roads.