The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-06-18
PAW PAW BEND.
The h. y. ROad>-.What it Does,
and What it Doesn't.

The h. p. ROad-.-What it Does,
and What it Doesn't.
Piscatorial Resources Of the Kaw.
Among The Institutions OF this portion Of
Kansss i, the KaIsis Pacific railroa' l.
carries our mall; il f.eighIs oUr goods and
$40 k; We ride in its pa senger coacies; it
gives STEADY employ ment to number of our
cit zens; il Piys taxes to suppor: our county
and state government ard distric. school;
i. breaks the bucolic monotony by constant
exhibitions of the msster forces OF civ.liza-
ton; We should hardly feel a. home without
the K. z. railroad; nevertheless, certain
things are and mus, be said to its discr. dir.
In the first place, il is not law respectir g
corporation. Ii is down on Col. Anthony
list of railroads tha; have broken faith with
the CITY and county Of Leaven worth. II
runs over and destroys cattle, an! Then re-
fusea to pay reasonat lie damages. contrary to
a statute "made and prov iied' by our Leg
| stature at lis last session. In these and
other r,s pecis best known TO tho Who prao-
tic. in the courts, i. evinces its corporate
ssullessness ~ evasion or disregard of the
law. In the second place, it charges ex:or-
,ionate r-tes We have travelled and paid
freight bills on eastern railroads. and know
that the charge OF the X. =. road are cen i'd
erabIy in excess OF theirs, though it costs
quite az much, TO FAY the least. 10 build,
equip AMI operate railroads there. as il
costs here; and who vi FAY that the ksns as
Pacific can compare in CONDITION and equip
m. mt W II such road. as the n. y. and Erie.
and Penney lvania Central? Why then
should is rates b, so much higher than
t1eis. and what have western peoI le done
that they rhould I've taxed heavier for rail
road accommo j ns than people living
down eaS'.
sIeaking q It ck-kiIiipg, it has been the
custom ii tn s railroad to pay one-hslf val
ne of rtock killed, at "A minimum appraisal,
which damaged parties hereabcuts have gen.
orally accepted, rather than put up with de-
ton. Now d ut lsw has been made held
ing railroads liable in every case of injury
to pay the fall meas Ire of DANG : urless
they csn show that they Lave sufficiently
fenced off their ack, RS GeHts of this
NJ igi borho Of have r.sJlved they will no
longer accept partial compensation; they
pro pose 10 see what virtue there is IN the
law.
1t strikes me that The poli V Of hi. rosd in
hi. and otner matters. ia anything but an
ecor omioal on. In some places where
large numbers OF cattle run 1t large during
tine grazing seasons, and where the situa'io
OF the cad is such tbst they IRE more than
ordir arily iiahle to be killed Or injured. a
li'tl. iencing won!d do away with such a
b.lity entirely The cost Of making and
maintaining such f,nc:ng would b=ar TO
companion one year with another, with the
amount of damage incurred fy destroying
stock, even when settled at halI-rates. Fur
thermore, if the road would apprecisb'y re-
duce it. local rates. the increase OF patron
age re-ulting, would more than make god
lie difference 10 insividual rsce'p,s.
Turning from railroads, We next come TO
speak of feb Kansas, in the pa,ure of thing,
has never been csarded IS frs;-clns field
for piscatorisl enter prise never,hel a. the d.
products of the Kaw river ba, b en-, this
season, more than ever an item in the local
res lu,ces. More and larger fish ttan u.ual
have rewarded the labor of The daring fisher
mer The artificial obstruction At Lawrence
has furnished the inbabtinis If thst city
peculiar fac li,ies in the PisCatorisl line,
which Il ey are not slow to improve Should
/; be dee ed advisable TO get a correct and
inexrensive ceusrs Of that city, the census-
tak.r could on'y have 10 take pcs ton on The
bridge ard count n)see." One Of our
neiphbors who visieed Lawrence rec.n ~,
counted 10. less than one hundred and sew
en,y-eight able bodied citizens eating nets
int below the ds n, and our Ne ghbor il not
reckon ed uncommOnly smart at figures either.
This is good thing Tor La wIeuce. The dam
may never amount to much As Q creator of
wstsr power, but there is . mixture Of novel
ty, fun and censol.tion in getting out ones
dividends with dip nets. Not only this, there
il brain aliment in 6sh, and that 10 wha' our
nj izhbors possibly stsnd in need o.. The
scientists If the UDiver-iiy are TO be con-
xrA.ul lied; and Prof. SnO~ may now prose-
cute ,he hishly and pec sssry important
work OF ella sifyirg and naming all the 6nny
inhabitsnts of The raging Kaw to the very
best advantage Branch fisheries are in optr-
alton at DE Soto, Tib!ow and other points
below, and all are doing q good business.
A. NJ. G. rdon, who left these parts last
spring, thinking this is no, much OF
country anyhow" has just returned, sits
fed that the southern tier OF Kansas coun-
lies, TO which he Di grated, will mt COM
pare with this section II the kaw Valley in
quality of land and most other resrects
shich ought to be taken into account in the
location OF q home. He Sc tied in the Vi
cinity al Cofieyville. He report. all grow
ing crops. sni especially corn, to be in lie.
advanced state of growth there than they are
here The principal occupation Of farmers
there is trying to find som, b ,dy to buy them
ou. Gordon advises nobo3y TO whom he
has friendly r. Ia ions t, e, to Southern
Kanas vi h the intention vi growing up
wah the country.
Our Township Assessors are busy copp'ei-
ing their schedules Of the population and
re, o1rces of their several distIicts. In come
,us,.ncts-as was to be exp,c ed-unmarried
lsdies Of doubtful years dhliked to Be
"sxei," and persons without de6nite prop
erty status were fearful they might be tsxed
but for all that, The as-e-sors hsve done their
duty we'll. Their returns wall chow ,ha, |
our people are reasonably Rive to the i'm |
poriance OF pnpulatirg and improving this
beautiful country.
Ooe day lat week an Iriehman-a strae- |
gler-~as dresdfuIly frieh,<ned, ii no, badly |
nur', q, Len.pe Station In attempting to |
secure free trar spoi tat on OF . passenger |
traio, he c'u,ched 1t the guard in rear OF the |
last car, ni<ed bis hold, and fell forward |
10 such q way II at his body was j.mned in
she nsrrow space betxeen the moving tnin
srd the platform. He VA picked up near
er dad ,h,n slive and taken on BY the COM
passionate conductor to Kapeas City. This
vas getting free rf6s 1t de.r rate, aod
ehculd serve . vaniag.
The weather shus far has been vesy favora-
bic fx the Spring crcps. Some farnesh ave
bexun to lay their corn BY, while Others Who
have been lsyinG By thsir corn too long On
account Of hos veaiher, phyeicsl disinclins-
hon, &c, have sill . lively caupaign
aesinss Tie veeis befoss them. We ars nov
haviag . reviving tins Of falling weather.
]. B. B.
Paw Paw BExp. June IA, 1874.