The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1876-04-20
ANOTHER FRAUD.
Geo. T. Anthony Discriminates in fa-
yor of Kansas City.
The Centennial Map to be Painted in
Water CoIors on Paper.
Railroads to be BIackmaiIed for
Making Their Lines Prominent
on the Map.
Geo. 7. and the Board Perfectly Sc
rene so far as the Times" is
Concerned.

A few weeks ago Geo. I. Anthony, Pres.
ident mot Treasurer) OF the Centennial
Board Of Kansas, called at the painting es
Establishment OF Scott q Bro. and asked those
gentlemen what they would charge fol
PAINTING map Of the State OF Kansas
said map to be l2x24 feet in size, and to be
painted on CANVASS in OIL COLORS.
Scott q Bro. asked time to consider the
matter, and finally put in their bid at $500
STIMULATING that if their map was not liter.
ally correct in topo graphy, and in all othe,
respects in compliance with the require.
ments of the Board, no charge whatever
would be made for the work.
1t will be remembered that in 1875 this
same Geo. I. Anthony, as President of the
State Board of Agriculture, employed a
Kansas City man to execute a map If this
State. This mans name is A. l.. Thornton
The map he got out then is an abortion, SC
far as correctness is concerned, and shows
evidence of the fraud he il accused Of try.
ing to perpetrate on the Centennial map.
Without consulting Scott & Bro. as to
their price for making a map of the State
On PAPER and in WATER COLORS, this
man Anthony goes to Kansas City and
contracts with Thornton for a map Of the
character last described.
The reader will notice that the PROPOSE
ton made TO Scott q Brs. by Anthony was
for painted map, in oil colors, on canvas,
with all the post-offces, school houses, Sec
ito lines, etc, while the map now being
got out in Kansas is on paper and in water
colors. Scott q Bro. say they would have
done the work on paper and in water col
ors To- $3.50, but were not consulted about
this nd Of job.
profit be will receive from the job, it is al
.sed that Thornton has solicited the vari-
Gus railroads running through the State to
pay him all they would to make their lines
appear conspicuous on the map. 1t is also
stated that the rivers are thrown upon the
paper with such promiscuousbess that ii is
almost impossible 10 tell whether the Ar
kansas river runs through the Sou;h western
or Northeastern portion Of the State.
Having obtained the above statement
from Scott & Bro, we concluded 10 inter
view the man who had thus Disseminated
against Kansas, financially and otherwise
We met him at the foot OF the stairs Lead
ing to the U. S. Collectors office, and in
formed him that we were reporter for THE
TINES, and had understood that the State
Board was having a Centennial map gotten
up at Kansas City.
He replied that he supposed We wished 10
publish it as a matter of news, and proceed
ed 10 give US the dimensions, etc. After
further unimportant conversation, We asked
him il he didn't think it would have been
for the best interest of the State 10 have
had the map painted on canvas in oil col
ors with the section lines in. He immedi-
at,ly became nervous, and indicated by his
actions that he thought We were looking Tor
a small fraud. A few more questions and
he reared right up on his dignity. We as
sured him there was no occasion for his
getting excited. He refused 10 he calmed,
and with a wave of his hand and a scorn-
full look upon his countenance, he angrily
remarked that ii didn't make any difference
to him what THE TINES said about the
matter. 1t had been fighting the Board Of
Agriculture ever since Its existence. Him.
self and other members Of the Board were
perfectly Indifferent t. the attacks of The
TINES In fact, they were perfectly serene.
After this burst of passion he seemed TO
get higher and higher on his ear; so much
SO, in fact, that he refused to make any
statement in defense of his action in the
map business. However, he remarked, as
he hurriedly assembled the stair, that if we
wanted 10 take up Scott 4 Bros fight, We
could do so.
People visiting the Centennial will re-
member that this map represents the inter-
ests of the railroad company whose line Of
road is the largest and blacklist on the map,
and not oil the important railroads in Kan
sas.
1t will also be remembered that the last
map gotten out by this man Thornton was
not only incorrect, but in the interests of
Kansas City, and against those of kansas.
Geo. L. Anthony has contracted for another
map OF the same character, and from the
information we have, it will thoroughly
represent the interests OF Missouri and ma
terially injure those of Kansas. We were
under the impression that the Centennial
appropriation was made to further the in
terests of Kansas. But this is only anothe,
illustration of how easily a man can be
mistaken.