The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-06-11
KANSAS RAILROADS.
Expressions and Opinions Of I he
Press.
What LeavenwOrth Has Done to
Cpbuild the State Of
Kansas.

What LeavenwOrth Has Done Il
Upbuild the State Of
Kansas.
JUSTICE To LEAvENwoRTH.
From the Topeka Common wealih-Editoral.
Iii. journal has rs frequently IS urjuily
been scciised by the press Of ih- city 0
Leavenwar'h OF dealing unfsirly with aut
despit. fully using that metropolis. 1t il
demon strsLle that any person or newspaper
which spoke the truth would lie under ihil
CT aree. and tirce the truth has been fire
worth, BY the complicity Of our sils nee, y,
t-g,ui IN to the inter sts Of that city. Tn
other bexspspers of the State can claim tn,
gratitude Of LeavenwOrth by similar acts o.
tacit Fl iendlinsss. We wish to ssy here anC
now that rot 0niy are We friendly to lIe.v
worth, tu We have great faith in the ulti
mate growth and pr, sperity of that city, ia
degree beyond the hopes Of the most san
guine. l, Is now pa sin. through its era o
despon6ency, AMI though i, may =. en- to b
prOtracte', yet a. lLere j, an end TO 81
things, there will be IN end 10 The dulnee
in Leavehwoith, WIN the reaction viii
amply repay those who's. faith has been held
out to see the coming Of brighn and bst,el
days. The Leavenwor h TINES, in an arii
Gle relating what Leavenworth has done iOl
the IA lrosd sy.tcm Of the St.t-, in answer
TO some boaslfui avert ons Of II. kansa,
City Journal, says:
II is plain and simple truth, which figures vii
| prove, that Leav. u worth has contrbutsd II
| aid Of Kansas railway Development than botf
| Kansas City and A chisOn combined. The exien-
| Sion of the Missouri Pac fc rUad from Kansas City
10 Atchison, which the Journal referred to. was sc
I, cur ei through means contributed BY Leavenworth
| This county ave i've hundred thou and dollars "a
build the road The eta line TO this city, OuI
people gave five hundred thousand dollars more u
| extend The Toai from this city to AtchisOn II the
people OF Northern kaeas are indebted to any city
| ior the privileges Of travel and communication
which the Mis- OUR Pacific road TO ST. Louis affords
the credit is certainly due to Ieaveuworth. Again,
Ieaven worth subscribed SIS GOU u aid In the
| straciion OF Kansas Pacific railway. This expen-
,lture Of money secured To Lawrence and the coun-
| try Of the Leavenworth, Lawrence Il Galvt ston
railway. an important eastern outlet the Chi.
saso, Rock Island a Pacific railway, which road
WAS aidOd by LeavenwOrrh to the extent Of $50.
ap, exclusive Of $50, OO0 given to the bridge.
| The Kansas Central road also received lihcrs!
subsidy (S25o, OVo) rom lesvenvorrh ooGniy.
Ali this is trne and it is 4 splendid show
ing Of publ c spirited effort to improve
Ieavenworth and upbuild the State. Though
Leavenworth has done much and more than
| any ether city aud county Of the SIa!e TO-
wards internal improvement, she has done
much UNIV isely and wAsteiuliy As relates TO
the interests of the city, and her oma sions
have been all tn: fatal one. Look at her
liberal subsidy to the b. idge 1. r instance; it
has been gobtled by clique in the interests
OF q cir gle COOPERATION, aud now spans the
river teautiiul ruc:ure but ''ss idle AZ q
painted ship upon a tainted ocean," She
gave $500, 900 to a ring ofstlfsh specul,ton
to place LeavenwOrth in connection with the
JOY system If r. ads by bu ldng the Miss-
Oari riyer railroad to the Sisie lire, and
then g we up the stOs she r. eived fer this
subsidy to the came lxal Clique to construct
the A,chison and N,rthwetern rosd, with
view OF bringing the trade oil Nebraska to
the metropolis. Tie precious re. in whom
she placed such CT nhdence 50 disposed o.:
these roads. which could not have been built
without this corporate aid, as to make Leav-
enwO.ta a way station on the Mis- Ouii Pa
ti6c railroad. She paid $250,0OO for 4
Lr inch II the Kansas Pacific when she
nj Sht, a. vel! a, not, h ave had the t,rmi-
nus, and everything in Kansas City b. sides
as Consequence. The L. L. & G. road has
snapped its fingers al the Law which COM
PEELED il 10 make lis northern terminus a:
Leavenworth, ssand now runs it, priEt ipal
trains 10 ksn-as Ciiy. But why recaPitu-
late? Lezvenworih failed to take the tide
a, tie flor, and all the great expenditure
and prodigious efforts ste has made since
have been in the way OF retrievsl. The
citizens of Lesvenworth, NJ the Times de-
mons,rate., deserve we'll Of tae people of
Kansas. There are NV in that CITY some
Of the most sasacious enterpiising mer-
chan's in the ", st. Whatever may be..said
Of the dullness OF Leavenworth, these men
are max ng money. No man who is doing
business lsgitimaiely on ri, own capitsl
in LravenwoIth, and there are numbers
Of such, is losing MOI ey, and business can
oe AZ pro6tab,y prosecuted there as in any
town in the wsst. The credit Of Leaven-
wOsth merchants stands 6n,-c ass IN the east
There is too much invested, in rains, eneI-
gy, capital ane hoptfulness, for the place to
be nythirg but. ultimately prosperous
Leavenworh ia suffering from the same
Complaint that aill cts the whole state just
now, ard as it ia the largest town ia The
state, rba. suffering is The more rO'eworthy
Blu: with such citizens es J. L. Aberpa,hy,
J. F. Ri:hards, Henry Saunders, c. F.
Pier e, II. w. Gillett, AMI de- N, OF others
We could name OF the same sort, the ulti-
mat. 'nliv nirg Of trade snl r-opening of
general property Is only a ques i'm Of
time. Lesvenwoith, a. We have show n has
made tome serious mistakes, but they are all
retrievahle, and il becomes the people .nd
press Of Kansas 10 do all they can to for
II q ! k.. -
WHAT ArcHlsoN HAS DONE.
From the Afchison Champion.-Edaoriai.l
The Kansss City Journal recently contsin-
ell m article on the Railway System OF
Kansas, in which it il asserted that this
State lowed her railroad development, main
ly T. Kansas City and A'chison. The Leav-
envoith Times wax indignant al this state
ment, AMI asserts thst 'Leavenworth has
coniribu ed more to Kansas Railway deve,-
opuent than both Kansas Cry and AtchisoD
c ,mhined.s Bot our unhappy contempo-
rary IL only allie TO point, Ms prof If its
~lld and absurd assertion. u thre Kansar
r ailroa ente,prs that Leavenwor.h ha-
EVER aided, viz: the Missouri Pacific, from
State Line TO A;chison; the I.eiyenwoIth
b. anch Of the Karsa, Pacific; aud the Kan
"a, Ceu,ral, or bob-,ail NJ r1ow gauge.
The 6rA railyosd sy, r bui I Tor the benefit
1f Kansa,-a road compltt.d before the
var, and years b.'ore lRav.nvcrth had
railroad connec ,n-wfs butt BY Aschi -on
no1ey and enterprise. We mtaa the old
A,chiscn s. St. joseph Railroad. Atchison
.ou,r buied literally to aid 10 building the
AtcLis m & Nebrasks, Atchi.or, Topeka &
santa Fe, Central Brsnch Union Pacific,
nd the Atchison Branch of TIE Chicago.
seck I.iard 4 Pacific Roads. ell Important
borough a'ss Of trade and uav.l, end OF
,reat ben. Il, to the whole State. To The en-
r,v. IL Huence and asis'snce of Atchison
he sCccess OF Tree great ente,priss is prin-
ipally due. They we're pDrely AtchisoD
nterp,is $, in ter original inception. and
i every II le Of their proer.s,. and they
ontinue 20 to tbs day. Tn. brains OF At
hison cit;z,ps c. ncsived them. Ate! ison en-
espri.e, emrsy and influence gave them
hsracser and success in their C 'ncpti0n,
md A,chis m money assisted materially in
'uilding them
Leavenwor h can show 10 sBeh moDu-
nents Of her work in rsilio, I'd building. She
-, probably contributed as much money IS
Atchison for che building Of railroads, bot
be has nothins to III ~ :or j., p hrs At
hiros, shs va. s;hsr le5bed ~ those
rusted by Les. or s,nlidly blnDdered at
very step she made, az, r. most probable.
O h Hundred and was robbed. A.chiaun
ev,r b!urdi rel nor was she robbed. Her