The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-08-12
TOPEKA AND SANTA FE
RAILROAD.
LIBERATION sEPTEMBER 14TH, 1870.

Pursuant to announcement, meeting was
/ held at the Court House, Saturday night, to
take steps TO arrange for a celebration Of the
| completion Of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
| Fe railroad to this place. A committee Of FIVE
vas appointed to act In connection with a
committee to be appointed by the City Council,
| 20 determine whether n celebration should be
,eld or not, and II the celebration should be
determined upon, 10 fix the time and make all
necessary arrangements for a big one. A
| Councilman from each ward was app tinted ut
he Council meeting on Monday evening. to
yet in conjunction with the committee first
named, and the joint committee met in the
Council chamber the same evening, and or
ganized by the election Of Maj. E. p. Bancroft
as Chairman. and w. W. Williams Secretary.
IL was then and there agreed to celebrate. At
a meeting OF the committee on Wednesday
evening, il was decided that Wednesday, the
18th Gay OF September was, all things consid-
cred, the best time for holding the celebration.
II is uncertain whether the railroad company
would have their new passenger coaches on
the road the first week in September, and it is
desirable that the road should have its full
equipment OF coaches for the occasion. Then
the State convention meets September sth,
which would operate against the celebration
TO hold it during the same week. The time,
too, is about convenient as could have been
selected under the circumstances for the
farmers.
The following committees have been APP
pointed:
Committee on InritdtfoR-Col. p. b.
Plumb, Hon. Jacob stotler and Gov. j. c.
Crawford.
Commfttee on Recsptton-MayOr H.. C.
Cross, Judge r. N; Rqggles, J. d. Hoyt
Chamberiin, Rev. John Jones and Prof. L. b.
Committee on Speaking-Lieut. Gov. C. v.
Eskridge, Col. j. II. Steele and Judge f. w.
Cunningham.
CoBlmiftee on Subsistenee-Wm. Jaw. HAIR
vey Bancroft, X. &. Haywood, L +. Perley,
Il. Maclennan, 5. II. Riggs and 7. G. whitley.
Committee on Idbles.Charles Wheelock,
John Wayne, p. W. Rush, William Ferguson
and W. &. Bell.
Committee on HdlE-Noyes spicer, C. B.
Bachelor and A. a. Baker.
Committee on Mustc-Van II. Holmes, Clint
Waite and James Hall.
Committee on EreniRg Entertdinmehts-
Asa Bancroft, p. J. Lehnhard and George
Newman.
TOWNSHIP COMMITTEES.
Americus To,cnship-T C. Hill, John Lay
and X. w. Randall.
A1nes City-C. ii. Wilmington, Robert Nc
MILAN and II. ID. Curtis.
Fremont TOL1nShip-,J. NJ. Miller, l.. G. An
derson and Thomas Armor.
Waterloo T0lcRshtp-O. Phillips, John Way
man and ID. W AppleDy.
Jackson Townships. r. Page, - Hunter
and o. +. Richmond.
EZmendqro To,cnshtp--w. p. Gould, Prof.
4. ID. Chambers and Fl; J. stratton:
Pike IOlCRShip-N. NJ. Carter, Mark Patty
and Mckendrie Lambdin.
Center Io,gnship-G. II. soule, Daniel Bitter
and j. X. Miller.
EmpOrid TOicnShip-D. w. Evans, &. ID.
Humphrey and w. II. Macarthur.
II may be necessary to make some changes
in the committees as appointed, as it may not
be convenient to every one named to serve;
but if any one knows that he can not serve, it
is hoped that he will get an efficient man TO
take his place who can attend to it, and, in
order that such an one may be recognized as
member of the committee, it would be well for
the person declining to serve, or the chairman
of the committee to which he belongs, TO notify
the chairman, Major f. p. Bancroft, of the
general committee, of the change.
That the work each one of the several COM
mittees will have to perform may be generally
and well understood, circulars Will be sent to
each committeeman in the county from the
central committee here, and we would earn
estly conjure every individual in the county
to cooperate with the committees of their re-
spective townships to the utmost desirable eX-
tent, and trust that the several committees
will work in unison with the committees here
to make the 18th day of September next one
of the most memorable in the history of our
town, and the celebration the most complete
and extensive that has ever been gotten up in
the State of Kansas. 1t is an affair in which
every resident and every property-holder of
the county are interested, and it will be of
eminent advantage to the county TO make it a
grand success. And it will be no advantage to
the county unless it a success; and harmoni-
Gus and united work on the part of all the
committees and sections of the county are alb
solutely essential to this end. 1t is not city
matter; It is a county celebration. 1t is free to
every man, woman and child to contribute TO
its accomplishment and participate in its en-
joyment. 1t will do us all good to become
more generally and better acquainted. 1t will
afford the many newcomers in the county a
splendid opportunity to get acquainted with
their neighbors, and give to the neighbors n
chance to make favorable impression upon
the minds of the strangers. Come out, one
and all, and let us attest thereby our apprecia-
ton of the advantages conferred upon us by
the railroad, and our ability to get up dem
onstration in keeping with the energy and en-
terprise that Is developing the resources, in
creasing the wealth, and making the section
we represent one Of the most beautiful, and in
all respects the most desirable, for homes that
can be found on the face of the green earth.