White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1869-02-18


We desire TO keep oor readers posted
in the operations OF this Company. as
closely ss We can, considering the rapid.
ity Of their movements. Their engineers
are now engsgsl in surveying the line
for vo,es-in Brown County. The last
line has been run nesr Highland. and
through the Roy's Creek settlement.
As there has been heavy opposition to
the proposed bonds 10 this settlement,
We presume the route is deemed prsctics-
Bile. We hsarH whispered that there is
. good deal of opposition in the western
and north western part OF the County.
This will necessitste the surveying OF >
practicable route on that side Of the
County.
A route is also to be at once surveyed
from Manhattan to St. Joseph, which no
doubt will secure the vote Of the SOUTH
srn par. Of the County. The latter road
is spreading itself, and is now called the
Manhattan, ST. Joseph and Chicago
Railroad. This is noticeable only for the
fact that it goes to show that Whatever
roads are turned towards St. Joseph are
msde to serve as feeders to Chicsgo ;
which is couclusivs proof that St. Louis
is anxious to taiid all these western
roads to St. Josephl
Bob Stewart is still working at Lin
coin. Nsbrasks. and causing kilograms
to be sent out. heralding his success. He
has secured the passage Of his bill through
one branch Of the Legislature but the
other branch has passed bill of an en-
tirely different character and wonderful
to relate. it is claimed that this bill,
which has passed instead of the one
Stewart was log-rolling for. is really the
one he is ip favor Of! But as Bob's chisl
characteristic is seeing donble. we need
not wonder that be sees double 10 this
matter of railroad bills. They must
keep terribly bad whiskey up at Lincoln.
The St. Joseph Herald has regular
days in each week set spsrt. for rousine
blows about how St. Joseph is going to
bnild the road at once in this OF thst di.
rection. These articles are designed fol
sop to the various interests that are ex.
pscting the road and it is q common
thing to find, in three or four different
papers. hailing from opposite directions
long articles taken from the st. JOSEPH
Herald. on the good prospect for tb'
speedy building Of the road in each par
ticulsr directio1-all published the SAM
week. Aad the people SO love to b.
bumbuggei. that they become "fghtinl
mad" if any ons intim .tes that they ar,
being bsmboozlsd. Then. sgain. tbr
Herald is occasionally compelled to tel
the truth. to stir up the capitalists of tha
city. who understand the condition of th,
thing, and hsve no. sufficient con6denc,
to invest their change in it.
/ For instance, the Herald Of the -5il
inst. contained q windy article on thI
road to Nebraska. 1t stated that tb
road would run to the mouth of Walnu
Greek, on the north line OF Doniphal
County, thence Up the Nemaha 1t pro
badly meant Roy's Creek. which is nea
our northern line; or it was probably
blowing for effect in Nebraska, and wa
not particular about the geography o
Northern Kansas. This article "take
like hot cakes" 10 Nebraska. but vii
hardly be circulated extensively abou
Hiswst and west of there.
Bot Just Eve days later. it wss fount
necessary to stir up the business men o
I St. Joseph. and frighten them into som
action to aid in keeping up appearances
90. on the 10th inst. the Herald publish
ed column editorial on the precsriou
condition Of the Denver Road. whicl
vindicates the truth Of what we but re
Gently asserted. and made some peopl
fsarfully venomous by so doing-tha
the Company is utterly without mean
to prosecute work on the road. and tha
monied men of St. Joseph will not ad
vance aid to help it along. This is
fact, which we had from q good source
some weeks ago. This is the way tn
Company has means to build fifty mile
of road, and much other bsncombe of
like nature. to keep up appearances be
fore the public.