The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1871-10-05


ss- ID ccsmissioner district, hereby announce my
sfss isdFp~slFnf candidate 'sS sid e,ss
EAC7s AND CzPPIyGs.
Raillrosi. arr all the talk down this way The peo-
81 u II. K r. ihe a. T. and s. Fe and L. L: ( G.
roads, sud c new towns are all ambitions to get tesc
they strike now while the iron Is hot. In Ave YEAR,
there will lie Tsftun as there always in ANY grrai
i. roads ssw viii very likely he len the cold, The
tide musf br taken nj lie no. Railroad building he
now q fever heat repe DESTROYS Of roads mast strk
just nOT
The foregoing clipping is from the
Parsons (Kansas) correspondence of the
Topeka Commonwealth. Parsons is a new
town Of Southern Kansas, rcvcling in the
blessings afforded by the junction of two
railroads aud is seeking for others. She
can tell some pleasant tales of the ad-
vantagcs of railroads and what they have
accomplished for that town and section.
But what We wish particularly to impress
upon the minds Of the people of Saline
county, that they are furnished the op-
portunity to secure additional railroads,
is the truth Of the statement that "thc
town in Kansas that does not secure its
road now will very likely be left out in
the cold" We have coptended that this
is the golden moment for railroad build
ing; that the town that docs not STRIFE
now for its share of roads will, in very
few years, have passed the meridian Of its
growth and will decline in importance /;
and that in less than half OF decade of
time only cross lines and unimportant
roads will remain to be built. Then tho
town and county that do not have their
quota will be overshadowed by those
that have and can expect only t" make
mcager progress at the best.
Once in while we run across an
enemy of the railroad propositions now
before the people of Saline county who,
on being approached on the subject, an
swcrs, II am in favor of railroads-there
is no need for discussing that point-but
do not like the manner of submitting
the question" So far we have been un-
able to find upon what particular thing
objection is made, with the exception
that swindle is about to be perpetrated.
Alter u careful perusal of the PROPOSE
tons we have been unable to see where
. wrong is designed or likely to be enact
ed. No one, in truth and candor, but
will say that the wording is discreet, pro-
tecting both the companies and the coun-
ty, and in the event of the issuance Of
the bonds they would be placed in secure
and responsible hands where no "swin-
die could touch them.
If one or more of the proposed new
railroads arc built into Saline county,
every citizen will be benefited during
the time of their building in the cxpend-
iture of many thousand dollars for ties,
rights Of way, in the sale Of goods, grains,
&C., to employees and in the payment Of
large sums TO persons living in the coun-
ty forlabor. Every person who has been
where railroads have been built at the
time of their making knows how this
works. Every older settler Of Saline
county "knows how it's yourself" in
the case of the Kansas Pacific, though
there was very little here then compared
70 the present condition. These sums
will relieve any and all deprcssions Of
money for At least a year for each road
Should the railroad propositions he
voted down, then We have lost the conf
dcncc Of railroad men IN = great meas
ure, and 1t will be hard work to induce
them again 10 submit propositions to rs
And other towns will reap what we viii
have lost. The question with rs should
be, and is, do we want the railroads
Ii We lot tho present opportunity go BY
without improving it, other towns ri
about will build their railroads and W,
can only whistle when It is too late. Thi,
10 strife for supremacy, for growth, 70,
advantage.
Tho city Of Ottawa, Franklin county
has. . proposition before the people Il
donate sixty thosssnd dollars in consid
Grafton OF the location Of the machin
shops Of the l., L. 4 G. r. r. Co. at tina
point The Journal portrays IN ihs 70
lowing some Of the good influences tbs
,.ilrnads create. What will the cstal
liahusat of thres o. .(eae Hoes Of mi
wsy not % for our own eoanty! II
Shct that Galina b the junction Of tho
roads viii esGft moro in The establfsl
msst Of nanalhetories and other publ
vorhs tIben I'll other causes combined
asd will - ~ pataral point for the !