The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-05-28
From the Topeka Daily Commonwealth.
LYON COUNTY.

The people of Lyon county are earn
estly discussing the question of sub
scribing 100000 in stock to the Atch-
ison, Topeka Il Santa Fe Railroad Com
pany. The vote is to be taken on the
18th of June, and we are assured il will
be favorable one. Every wide-awake,
shrewd man in the county will be GER
tain to vote for the bonds. Should this
proposition carry, the bonded indebt-
cdness of the county will be 100000 +;
a large sum, to be sure, but not drop
in the bucket, compared with the adj
vantiges to be derived from the outlay.
Within twelve months il is more than
likely that Lyon county will be SPAN
ned by two railroads, and it needs no
long array of figures to prove that the
Increased wealth consequent upon the
building of these two roads will many
fold more than offset the expenditure.
The experience of every man who has
lived in a railroad country will teach
him this.
The 'railroad property itself will pay
n respectable proportion of the in
creased tax I; but if this were not so,
il ii should never pay cent, even then
we hold that the bargain will be a good
one. There is scarcely farm under
cultivation in the county that will not
be increased in value fifty per cent. by
the completion of these roads, while it
is more than likely that property in
Emporia will be doubled in value. Be-
sides this, the tax lists will be sweiled
enormously from immigration, and
PoRIA NEWS demonstrates conclusively
that, owing to the enhanced valuation,
the entire expense of the county, in
Guiding interest on the bonds, can be
met without increasing the ratio of tax
alton. So far as the principal of the
bonds is concerned, it is not worth talk
ing about. BY the time it becomes due
100000 will not be worthy of mention
i'll the grand aggregate of the wealth of
Lyon county. Besides, we have little
doubt that long before these bonds be-
come due the stock Purchased by them
will exceed them in value.
We feel justified in commencing to
vote on this proposition, because we
are in position to see what happy
effect such policy has had elsewhere.
The Al. 81 S. +. road is not yet quite
completed through this county; not a
mile of 1t has been opened to geReral
business; and yet there is no sensible
man here who does not know that the
vigorous prosecution of the work, and
the absolute certainty of its eventual
completion, have added more to our
wealth this year than would pay the in
tercst on our county bonds for five
years. We arc just beginning to reap
the benefits of this enterprise-rhose
yet in store for us are beyond calcutta
ton.
Lyon is to be the most important
county, ami Enporia the most import
ant town, in Southwestern, perhaps in
all Southern Kansas. The completion
of This road to the Neosho places En-
poria in direct connection with all East
ernpoints, and the latter can soon be
reached by competing lines. A vast
country, now sparsely settled and but
little developed, will always look to
Emporia for its supplies. In the midst
of a splendid region, to be made more
fruitful and valuable by railroad influ.
enccs, nothing is wanted but a liberal
policy to enable the largest town on thu
Ncosho to compete with the best.