The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-11-26

ftilsncN lDr lTtelfitnt Oh tue blltI i.D
hereby designate InrEsDAr 2Grm DAY or
NOVEMBER, 4 day 81 Thanksgiving and praise
to Almighty God, the giver Of every good and
perfect gift, and recommend to all citizens that
that day they lay aside their ordinary secular
pursuits and assemble in their usual places of
worship To give thanks to the Supreme EGler OF
the Universe for His great goodness.
In testimony whereof /, Thomas \.
Osborn Governor of the State of Kan
sss, have hereunto subscribed my name
GaEaLl and caused to be affixed the great seal
of this stale Done at the city of Topc-
ka. this 9Th day of November, 4. ID.
1854 THOMAS \. OSBORN.
By the Governor:
W. II. su.LLwoop, Secretary OF State.
The Paola e. Fall River Railroad.
Some three or four years since u
local effort was made and local com
pany organized to build a road from
Paola west or southwest, in the direc-
ton of the Arkansas. valley. The en-
,crprise was based primarily upon To-
cal aid OF subsidies in the way of
township and comfy bonds, To be
thereafter voted. Miami county yot-
ca the first installmcni, but before the
company made any tangible move to-
wards building the road, the aid thus
voted lapsed, or WAS forfeited. The
company then took up their initial
point of operation and came west To
Garnet. there securing other bonds
which was put into the work Of grad
ing from that point west in the direc-
ton Of lie Roy, Coiiey county. In the
mean time the contractors, for want OF
funds or something else, failed-iailcd
10 pay their hands, and failed 10 meet
other obligations. The last failure
WAS something like year ago. Sever
al attempts have since been made by
the company 10 satisfy creditors and
10 get the enterprise upon its feet.
All of these facts have appeared from
time TO lime in the EAGLE and most
of our readers are fully posted, having
been interested in the enterprise be-
cause of It's pointing in the direction OF
this valley.
= OF late VIM. Spriggs, the President
OF the road, who lives. in Anderson
county, together with other citizens of
Garnctt and Anderson county, have
been making another effort To raise
money for this road. Some of its Off
GERS wrote to the editor Of the Times
at Eldorado, proposing to build TO the
latter point with u branch via Towan-
do to Wichita, and another branch via
Augusta, Douglas, etc, TO Arkansas
City, providing Il certain amount of
county bonds were voted, or rather
asking if county bonds could be voted
for such lines or upon such PROPOSE
ton. Severa! leading men Of Augusta
in Butler county, visited our city las,
Monday, and i'll the evening met 4 few
of our citizens TO talk railroad" with
a view to organizing a local board or
directory corporate body looking
10 the construction of the Paolo Il Fall
River Railroad to Augusta thence to
Wichita, with branch, we suppose,
from Augusta down the Walnut 10
Arkansas City.
The next day their meeting was
made public at Eagle Hall. where a |
general talk was had, and at which we |
were present for short time. The |
company was duly organized, we be-
lieye
With every man in Wichita, or Scdg-
wick county, who owns a dollar here
or who expects TO make this his future
home. we are interested in everything
that promises prosperity or threatens
disaster. And, personally, the man
who pays only ten dollars tax is as
much interested a. he who pays his |
hundreds-its their all. Without a |
single exception Wichita is more fay
orably located in "A railroad point of
view than amy town in the state, being |
at a terminus, which terminus com
mands ;hc trade of not Cnly several |
counties, but portion of the Indian |
territory and of western Texas. Then !
anything tina: Wichita or her people |
might do tending TO jeopardizc that
interest, that position and that power, |
would bc misfortune TO the town. |
The burden that might be assumed to-
day TO pull new road in would !
as surely drive the old road out,
and beyond Us. The new road that
comes unaidcd and unsubsidized will
be valuable 10 tax and valuable rs a
competing line, and no further.
Some day, probably in the near fu-
ture, either the Fit. Scott, Humboldt
& Western Railway - which latter
road has more work done upon its
line then the othcr-or the Fall River
road. will reach the Walnut valley.
When that time arrives, Wichita and
Sedgwick county's opportunity viii
have arrived. and not before. Ii is
nothing 10 our people at what point
these roads or either of them strike the
Walnut valley, so long as they cannot
strike il out OF our reach. Il is better
to get a road without bonds than with
bonds. County bonds are PLAYED out.
Any action grounded in even proba-
bility will only tend to render us inse-
cure in that which we alrcday abso-
iutely enjoy.
The points above enumerated .cems ,
TO us sound. and perfectly plain. 1t is
not the interest of Wichita to play the
doctor TO an enterprise that has no life
in and of itself. not wise 10 consent, to
become a cats paw 10 pull out hot .
chestnuts for other localities thereby
loosing the chcstmuts she already has.
So soon as our county and valley
shall produce a surplus of commodi-
ties: when we are able 10 ship out in
stead of shipping in: when near mar
kets become necessary 10 our wealth.
then will we want a direct line east
Then will be time enough to agSitate
the bond proposition.
A Terrible Storm. ,
\ terrible storm occurred last Mon
day in northern Alabama. Tennessee =
and other southern localities. In Ala :
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