The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-10-07

THE A. 7. & s. F. RAILROAD The new
lepOt OF this road at the junction of the Mis-
souri,. Kansas & Texas road, was complete,
last week. Ii is the neatess of the tire
railroad buildings now In this city. Iht
store room il not so large as the one on TIT
corner of Merchants street, as all ireigh'
left there Is transferred to or from the othel
road for shipment. north or down the river
and, of course, it will not accumulate or b.
kept on hand great while. The passen-
ger room and ticket Office are very pleas
ant rooms. The woodwork Is grained anC
vanished, and the walls finished with
smooth white coat OF plaster. Cattle yard
of sufficient capacity for thirty car loads ar.
convenient TO this depot, and every conve-
nience provided by the company for loading
and shipping stock. The business of the
road at this depot, has been rapidly inereas-
ing, and will continue to increase as fast a.
the business men along the line of the n.
f. & It. road. southeast of this point, dis
cover the advantages of shipping by this
road, and the readiness with which theiI
goods will be transferred from one line TO
the other. The agent, Mr.. A. G. Lakin,
is a courteous, energetic and pleasant gen.
with the duties of his position. He inform
ed us that his sale of tickets to passengers
from the other road, averaged about thirty
for each train, mostly through tickets. His
receipts for tickets and freight for the month
of September, are given In round numbers
below.
The large depot on the corner Of Merchants
street, is In charge of Mr.. F. NJ. Jennings,
an agent fully qualified, by long experience.
for his Office; an active, devoted and cor
rect business man, who gives his undivided
attention to his own work in hand, and the
accommodation of the people, with and for
whom he has business 20 transact. There
is a great amount of goods stored here just
now for various points south and west. In
fact the large ware room has not been equal
to the emergency. A large portion of the
freight he has been obliged to store in a
neighboring house. There are now 90, OOU
pounds OF groceries, tobacco, etc, in the
depot, for the Indian agencies about Fort
Gill in the Indian territory. We observed
among other things one of Halls finest fire
and burglar proof safes, labeled 'W. A.
Shannon, receiver Of public monies, Empo-
ria, Kansas, - which has been on hand for
some days. For the benefit of our patrons,
and business men of southwestern Kansas.
we will publish in our Daily, semi-weekly
reports of the freight received at this point
for parties distant from the city, and here
suggest that they have all goods directed to
their several localities, instead of EmpOria,
as they sometimes do.
The receipts of the road at each depot for
the month of September, are as follows:
At the Merchants street depot, for tickets,
81, $500; for freights, $4O,OOO AT the
junction depot, for tickets, 81 600; for
freight 81 600; making the total receipts, at
this station, for the month, in round num-
bers, $50, 95s.
The force Of hands now at work on the
road west of this, is increased by almost
daily accessions, and before the grass again
greens the prairies, the engine may be draw
ing its heavy trains of cars to the mouth OF
Doyle creek, in Marion county. The COM
missioners of this county, condemned the
right of way from this city to the western
line of the county day before yesterday, and
the commissioners of Chase county will do
the same thing on the route within their ju-
risdiction on Monday next.