The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-05-31

i viii give them these advantages, they
/ will not be behind Kansas City In lib
crafty.
Mr.. Phillips said Kansas City did
not want anything but through line.
Mr.. S. B. Riggs, called out, said this
enterprise was his fayorite, and as
both Kansas City and Emporia desire
it, active steps to secure the road
should at once be taken. He would
i take little broader view of it, how
ever, than merely to I'LL the gap be-
tween Emporia and Ottawa; he would
extend the road down the valley OF
the Walnut river to Arkansas City.
All feel the necessity of draining that
rich valley. He spoke of the case
with which the road could be con-
structed-the comparative cheapness,
and it brings the line, also to the most
desirable point to enter the Indian
Territory.
Major Z. p. Bancroft was called, and
said he had only time to present some
resolutions he was requested to present,
and move their adoption. He would
say In reply to Judge Holmes that this
was the first railroad project ever can
yassed in this county, and might say
that
''This is the way we long have sought
And mourned lmany OF US for years
because we found it not"
1t is the road we have wanted all the
time. Believed it will be the best one
in the country, and that we can pay
for it, and that it will pay for itself
will pay from the start. Did not want
it TO stop here. Too much could not
be said of the advantages of the Wal
nut valley endlot the route. Thought
that valuable franchises could be work
ed up along the entire line.
The resolutions presented by Mr..
Bancroft were thereupon unanimously
adopted, and are as follows:
Resolred, That we, citizens of EN-
poria, Lyon county, Kansas, recognize
the urgent need OF more direct rail-
road connection with Kansas City, and
with the east, north and south, through
her unrivalled system of railroad COM
munication.
RESOLVED, That direct line of road
from Kansas City to Emporia, thence
southwest through the rich valley of
the Walnut river, would, in our opin-
ion, be one of the most profitable roads
in the state, and of incalculable value
to Kansas City, and to the whole coun-
try along its route.
Res0lUed, That we extend to the rep
resentatives of the Kansas City Board
of Trade a cordial welcome, and pledge
to them our untirng efforts, both in our
corporate and Individual capacities, to
promote the enterprise of connecting
our cities by direct line of railroad
at the earliest practicable moment.
We have not space to report more
fully the speeches made, nor to refer
to the many that followed both from
the representatives of Kansas City and
our own citizens. Suffice it to say that
they were all good, and left no room
TO doubt that the interest expressed in
the enterprise was fully as great as
their words would possibly imply.
The meeting adjourned to meet in
Eskridge Hall at Il. IN. on Wednesday,
and the adjourned meeting was large
ly attended, fact which goes far to
show the great interest manifested by
this community in this road. We
venture that it would take some Wig
orous drumming up to gather such a
crowd as this if the proposition was
for any other road.
After the matter was fully discussed,
and everything suggested that could
be elected to promote the end In view,
on motion the appointment of the
by the meeting held in the
Council Chamber was ratified.
Mr.. Phillips acknowledged in be- |
half of the gentlemen from Kansas |
City the kindness of their reception |
here, and their qualification at the in
terest manifested.
Judge Holmes rendered the thanks |
of the committee for the kindness |
shown them, and did not doubt that |
the enterprise, with such spirit of |
as has been manifested |
here, and the mutual interests involved |
and felt in it, would prove a success.
The chairman responded in few
happily chosen words and the meeting
adjourned.
Carriages were already in waiting |
and the joint committee of Kansas
City and Emporia were soon on their
way to Ottawa over the line of the pro-
posed road, commissioned to find out
all they could that would be essential
to the speedy development of an able,
active organization to built it.